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Alan Lonsdale Patterson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2021-08-03-A
Overview Alan Lonsdale Patterson worked extensively in the field of aviation from the 1920s to the 1980s. Throughout his career he worked as a barnstormer, pilot and established multiple companies that facilitated the sale of aircraft and aeronautical equipment, predominately between companies based in the United States and China. The collection represents both his professional and personal life through correspondence, photographs, business records, clippings and audiovisual materials, as well as...
Dates: 1876-2021; Majority of material found within 1920-1981

Henry L. Reed Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 1993-01-14
Abstract

Henry L. Reed was a Technical Sergeant in the United States Air Force from 1942-1963. The collection contains negatives, slides, and photographs of various military aircraft taken by Reed during his service.

Dates: 1949-1962

Robert L. Simons Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1998-05-05-B
Overview

Robert Lewis Simons was a military and commercial pilot in the mid-twentieth century. The Collection is comprised of materials relating to Simons’ career , including log books, military records, photographs, and films.

Dates: 1925-1972; Majority of material found within 1938-1948

Walter and Flossie Smith Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2010-05-04
Abstract

Walter A. Smith, Jr. served in the United States Air Force for over 30 years and was an active member of the P-47 Pilots Association. The collection contains materials relating to Walter Smith's Air Force career and World War I-era music collected by his wife, Flossie Smith.

Dates: 1917-2007

Norman G. Stromer Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2019-09-19
Overview Major Norman George Stromer (1922-2019) was an Army Air Corps pilot who participated in bombing campaigns in the South West Pacific during World War II, served as part of the Military Air Transport Service (MATS), and worked as a fight inspector for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). This collection contains photographs, military records, certificates, and other textual materials documenting his military service, post-military career, and personal life, primarily dating from...
Dates: 1922-2017; Majority of material found within 1940-1960

Merwin W. Vining World War II Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1996-07-12
Abstract

Merwin W. Vining was a United States Air Force pilot with the 381st Bombardment Group during World War II. The collection includes two (2) photographs, a yearbook and graduation announcement, and a pilot's log primarily related to Vining's time as a cadet, although the log book covers Vining's 1944-1945 service in the European theater.

Dates: circa 1939 to 1945

Ralph Wandrey Fighter Ace Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2017-04-18
Abstract

Ralph H. Wandrey (1921-2020) was a World War II American fighter pilot and ace. The Ralph Wandrey Fighter Ace Collection documents fighter pilot and ace Ralph Wandrey's World War II service as well as activities associated to his veteran status, from 1935-2009. A smaller amount of material is personal in nature. Types of material include military records, a pilot's log, photographs, scrapbooks, correspondence, pamphlets, personal and educational records and clippings.

Dates: 1935-2009, undated

Charles Zevart World War II Glider Pilot Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 2019-05-16
Content Description

The Charles Zevart World War II Glider Pilot Collection consists of items relating to the life and military career of Charles Zevart, a World War II glider pilot. The collection contains his military records, high school diploma, black-and-white photographs, correspondence with the Air Force, and his Army Flying School yearbook.

Dates: 1942-1955

Harold W. Zipp Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1992-11-12
Abstract

Harold W. Zipp was an engineer at the Boeing Company for forty years. The collection documents his career, particularly his tenure in Wichita, Kansas, with diaries, photographs and other documents.

Dates: circa 1930-1971; Majority of material found within 1930-1951

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Subject
photographic prints 22
military records 15
logs (records) 14
Air pilots, Military 13
clippings (information artifacts) 12
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correspondence 12
certificates 9
printed ephemera 8
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area 7
China 6
Japan 6
orders (military records) 6
photograph albums 6
Aces (Fighter pilots) 5
Boeing B-17 Model 299 Flying Fortress ("XB-17") 5
Fighter pilots 5
negatives (photographs) 5
photocopies 5
slides (photographs) 5
Airplanes, Military 4
Boeing B-29 Superfortress Family (Model 345) 4
Soldiers 4
aerial photographs 4
business cards 4
identity cards 4
maps (documents) 4
scrapbooks 4
Air pilots 3
Aircraft accidents 3
Airplanes -- Design and construction 3
Attack planes 3
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Family 3
Boeing B-47 Stratojet Family (Model 450) 3
Boeing B-52 Stratofortress Family (Model 464) 3
Boeing Model 377 Stratocruiser Family 3
Boeing Model 747 Family 3
California 3
Consolidated B-24 Liberator Family 3
Curtiss C-46 Commando Family 3
DVDs 3
Douglas B-18 Family 3
Douglas C-47 Skytrain Family 3
England 3
Flight navigators 3
Hickam Air Force Base (Hawaii) 3
Hong Kong (China) 3
Italy 3
Korea 3
Korean War, 1950-1953 3
Lockheed P-38 Lightning Family 3
Navigation (Aeronautics) 3
North American B-25 Mitchell Family 3
North American F-86 Sabre Family 3
North American P-51 Mustang Family 3
Shanghai (China) 3
Stunt flying 3
Test pilots 3
audiocassettes 3
compact discs 3
manuscripts (documents) 3
navigation charts 3
yearbooks 3
8mm (photographic film size) 2
Aids to air navigation 2
Airlift, Military 2
Airplane engines 2
Airplanes -- Flight testing 2
Airports 2
Alaska 2
Barnstorming 2
Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress 2
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress 2
Boeing B-29 Superfortress 2
Boeing B-50A 2
Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter Family (Model 367) 2
Boeing Company -- Employees 2
Boeing Model 737 Family 2
Bucholz Army Airfield (Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands) 2
Burma 2
Douglas DC-2 Family 2
Douglas DC-3 Family 2
Douglas DC-4 Experimental (DC-4E) 2
Flight navigators, Military 2
France 2
Hawaii 2
Manila (Philippines) 2
Okinawa Island (Japan) 2
Oregon 2
Papua New Guinea 2
Philippines 2
Prisoners of war 2
Reconnaissance cameras 2
Republic P-47 (F-47) Thunderbolt Family 2
Republic P-47D (F-47D) Thunderbolt 2
Tokyo (Japan) 2
V-J Day, 1945 2
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 2
World War, 1914-1918 2
brochures 2
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Language
Chinese 2
German 2
Arabic 1
Japanese 1
Spanish; Castilian 1
 
Names
United States. Army Air Forces 10
United States. Navy 6
United States. Army. Air Corps 5
American Fighter Aces Association 3
Boeing 2
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Bong, Richard Ira, 1920-1945 2
Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1958 2
Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975 2
North American Aviation 2
Pearson Field (Vancouver, Wash.) 2
Trans World Airlines 2
United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 5th 2
United States. Army. Air Service 2
United States. Army. European Theater of Operations 2
United States. Army. Forces in China-Burma-India Theater 2
Wandrey, Ralph H., 1921-2020 2
Yeager, Chuck, 1923-2020 2
Aero Industries Corporation 1
Air Force Museum (U.S.) 1
Airservices Company Ltd. 1
Alison, John R. (John Richardson), 1912-2011 1
Allen, Edmund Turney, 1896-1943 1
Allen, William M., 1900-1985 1
Allied Engineering Corporation 1
Allied International Company 1
American Airlines 1
Anderson, William Y. 1
Antietam (Aircraft carrier) 1
Argentina. Armada 1
Arizona (Battleship) 1
Arlington National Cemetery (Arlington, Va.) 1
Army Air Forces Pilot School (Marfa Army Air Field, Tex.) 1
Ascani, Fred J. (Fred John), 1917-2010 1
Augarten, Rudolph 1
Baird, Robert 1
Balch, Donald L. 1
Barber, Rex T., 1917- 1
Barns, William Frederick, 1920-1995 1
Baseler, Robert L., 1911-1983 1
Beall, Wellwood Edmeston, 1906-1978 1
Bechtel, Paul S. 1
Beebe, Marshall Ulrich 1
Bellevue College (Bellevue, Wash.) 1
Blair, William Knox 1
Boeing Company 1
Boeing Company. Wichita Division 1
Boyle, George P. 1
Brackin, Harl V. 1
Brazil. Fôrça Aérea Brasileira 1
Bristol Aeronautics Corporation 1
Browning, Frank D., 1922-2016 1
Bryan, Donald S. 1
Buck, George T. 1
Callaway, Raymond L. 1
Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force 1
Carl, Marion E., 1915- 1
Carroll, John D. 1
Champion, Henry K. 1
Chandler, George T. 1
Chenoweth, Oscar I. 1
Chiang, May-ling Soong, 1897-2003 1
Chick, Louis William, Jr. 1
China Airmotive Company Fed. Inc. 1
China National Aviation Corporation 1
Christianson, Dean E., 1920-1966 1
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 1
Clarke, Walter E. 1
Coats, Robert Charles 1
Collinsworth, Jerry D. 1
Comstock, Harold E. 1
Conger, Jack E. 1
Conger, Paul A. 1
Consolidated Aircraft Corp 1
Consolidated Trading Company, Limited 1
Coons, Lois Clark 1
Coons, Merle M., 1921-1997 1
Cormier, Richard L. 1
Crim, Harry C. 1
Crosby, John T. 1
Cuba. Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias 1
Cunningham, Daniel G. 1
Cupp, James N., 1921-2004 1
Curdes, Louis E. 1
Daniel, William A. "Bill", 1913-1998 1
Danilin, Sergei 1
Davis, Leonard K. 1
Daymond, Gregory A. 1
DeHaven, Robert M., 1922-2008 1
DeLong, Phillip C. 1
Denman, Anthony J. 1
Donaldson, E. M. (Edward Mortlock), 1912-1992 1
Donalson, I. B. Jack 1
Drake, Charles W. 1
Drury, Paul E. 1
Duncan, George C., 1917-1995 1
Dungan, Fred L. 1
Dyche, William H. 1
Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937 1
Embree, Lee 1
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