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Frank D. Browning World War II Collection

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: 2021-05-04

Contents of the Collection The Frank D. Browning World War II Collection pertains to Browning's service as a navigator and bombardier with the 490th Bomb Squadron in the China India Burma Theater during World War II. Most of the items are dated 1942-1947, with some later dates. Materials include military records, including Browning's military business cards and a conduct guidelines sheet; a partially filled notebook, maps of China and select United States cities, photocopies of clippings and printed ephemera likely...

Dates: 1942-1947, 1952-1953, 1983, 1994-1999

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Lee Embree Collection

Collection

Identifier: 2007-08-08

Abstract

Lee R. Embree (1915-2008) was born in Iowa, enlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1936, and was assigned to the 38th Reconnaisance Squadron as an aerial photographer during World War II. Embree was at Hickam Field, Hawaii during the 1941 Pearl Harbor bombing and took several photographs. The collection contains photographs, textual materials, audiovisual materials, and a scrapbook that relate to Embree's military service and photography as well as his post-war photography activities.

Dates: 1918-2005 (bulk dates 1939-1945)

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Halden H. Emrick Pilot Collection

Collection

Identifier: 1989-02-16

Abstract

The collection contains materials relating to Halden H. Emrick's personal life and varied aviation career as a pilot's instructor during World War I, chief pilot for Curtiss-Wright and other aircraft companies, and a stunt pilot during the heyday of barnstorming in the 1920s and 1930s.

Dates: circa 1914-1975; Majority of material found within 1920-1949

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

David O. Hill Seaboard World Airlines Collection

Collection

Identifier: 2014-12-20

Abstract

David O. Hill (1939-) was a pilot for Seaboard World Airlines (SWA). Hill was also SWA's archivist and historian. The collection relates to the company history, personnel, and operations of Seaboard World Airlines (SWA), from its establishment in 1946 to 1980 when it merged with Flying Tigers Line and is comprised primarily of textual materials, the bulk of which are scrapbooks; but also includes photographic materials, including prints, slides, and negatives; and a single DVD.

Dates: 1946-2003; Majority of material found within 1946-1980

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Elrey B. Jeppesen Papers

Collection

Identifier: 1996-11-26

Abstract

The Elrey B. Jeppesen Papers documents the career and personal life of aviator and aerial navigation pioneer Elrey B. Jeppesen. This collection is comprised of textual, visual, and audiovisual materials created and collected by EBJ and his wife and business partner, Nadine Audrey (Liscomb) Jeppesen. The documents date from 1843-1996, with the bulk of the material dating from 1940-1979.

Dates: 1843-1996 ; Majority of material found within 1940-1979

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

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

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

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

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

George T. Zimmer Ejection Seat Testing Photographs Collection

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 2006-06-15

Contents of the Collection The George T. Zimmer Ejection Seat Testing Photographs Collection consists of 112 photographs from the 1960s or 1970s related to aircraft ejection seat tests.The first folder of photographs includes 30 prints, one 4x5" and the rest 8x10". Twenty-eight are black-and-white prints and two are in color. These photographs depict United States Air Force ejection seat testing experiments, some labeled as taking place at the U.S. Naval Aerospace Recovery Facility in El Centro,...

Dates: circa 1960s-1970s

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

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Frank D. Browning World War II Collection

Lee Embree Collection

Halden H. Emrick Pilot Collection

David O. Hill Seaboard World Airlines Collection

Elrey B. Jeppesen Papers

Alan Lonsdale Patterson Papers

Henry L. Reed Photographs

George T. Zimmer Ejection Seat Testing Photographs Collection

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