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George E. Adams Jr. World War II Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2002-03-15
Abstract

Collection of materials related to the military service of Second Lieutenant George E. Adams Jr., who served as a reconnaissance pilot in World War II.

Dates: circa 1943 to 1945
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

American Fighter Aces Association Oral Interviews

 Collection
Identifier: 2002-02-13-1139
Abstract

Collection of approximately one hundred twenty (120) oral histories of Fighter Aces and several non-aces, including relatives of aces, other military pilots, and military historians.

Dates: circa 1960s-1990s
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Norman "Jim" S. Archibald Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1986-10-10-A
Abstract

Norman "Jim" Silas Archibald (1894-1975) of Seattle, Washington served in the U.S. Army Air Service, 95th Aero Squadron during World War I, and later published a bestselling book on his experience. He served again in the Air Force during World War II at home in Seattle. The collection contains correspondence, military documents, photographs, and other materials relating to Archibald's life and military service.

Dates: 1917-1946
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Abraham J. Artig World War II Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2019-09-11
Overview

The A.J. Artig World War II Collection relates to A.J. Artig's service in the Army Air Corps as a B-26 Marauder pilot.

Dates: 1943-2010
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Robert Bailey "Tuskegee Trigger Time" Signed Lithograph

 Collection — oversize: folder 1
Identifier: 2022-05-13
Contents of the Collection This single-item collection consists of a lithograph titled "Tuskegee Trigger Time" reproducing a painting done by aviation artist Robert Bailey in 2005. The 23 x 34" print is numbered (78/100) and depicts the Tuskegee Airmen of the 301st Fighter Squadron, 332nd Fighter Group in North American P-51 Mustangs fending off a Luftwaffe attack while escorting a Royal Air Force de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito during a photo reconnaissance mission above Germany during early 1945. It features "Creamer's...
Dates: 2005
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Robert L. Baseler Fighter Ace Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2009-08-26
Overview

This collection relates to Rober L. Baseler's career as a Fighter Ace, with a focus on his service during World War II.

Dates: 1939-1996; Majority of material found within 1939-1944
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Ole B. Bennedsen World War II Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2011-07-01
Contents of the Collection The Ole B. Bennedsen World War II Collection documents Bennedsen's service as a pilot of Boeing B-17 aircraft on operational missions over Germany near the end of World War II. This small collection includes a Pilot's Flight Log with entries from 1943-1945, a pay card, and a list of all of Bennedsen's 35 operational missions over Germany, which includes the dates and names of German cities. Also present are two black-and-white photographic prints depicting Bennedsen and his "Bonnie Lassie"...
Dates: 1943-1945
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Francis H. Bennett World War II Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2015-00-00-2
Contents of the Collection The Francis H. Bennett World War II Collection relates to Bennett's training and career in the U.S. Army Air Force during World War II, circa 1943-1945. It consists of primarily textual materials, including a graduation announcement, an Air Medal award citation, correspondence, military newsletters, printed ephemera, three pages from a scrapbook, and an original poem by Bennett. There is also a photographic portrait of Captain Francis H. Bennett in his Army Air Force uniform. Additionally,...
Dates: circa 1943-1945
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Byron Brown World War II Pilot materials

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2013-01-25-A
Contents of the Collection

This is a small collection of textual materials relating to navigation and training for Army Air Forces pilots, dated 1943-1944.

Materials include an Army Air Forces Radio Facility Charts booklet, 1943; a navigation training guide [missing section 1], 1943; an empty envelope labeled "Pilots' Information File No. 10 Revision No. 10, June 1, 1944;" and a six-page instructor examination guide, undated.

Dates: 1943-1944
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Charles B. D. Collyer Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2014-00-00-84
Abstract

Charles B. D. Collyer (1896-1928) enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps during World War I. After the war Collyer broke the record for circumnavigation of the globe. On the return trip, Collyer died attempting to break his own record. The collection contains correspondence about naming an airfield in his honor as well as a photograph and drawing of Collyer.

Dates: 1924-1941
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

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World War, 1939-1945 34
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clippings (information artifacts) 16
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certificates 10
identity cards 10
Airplanes, Military 9
Fighter pilots 8
orders (military records) 7
Air pilots 6
North American P-51 Mustang Family 6
Soldiers 6
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area 6
scrapbooks 6
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Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Family 5
Bombing, Aerial 5
England 5
France 5
Germany 5
Italy 5
Republic P-47 (F-47) Thunderbolt Family 5
Women air pilots 5
Women in aeronautics 5
World War, 1914-1918 5
negatives (photographs) 5
personnel records 5
photocopies 5
16mm (photographic film size) 4
Lockheed P-38 Lightning Family 4
aerial photographs 4
articles 4
lithographs 4
manuals (instructional materials) 4
maps (documents) 4
memorandums 4
slides (photographs) 4
yearbooks 4
Armed Forces -- Officers 3
Consolidated B-24 Liberator Family 3
Curtiss C-46 Commando Family 3
Curtiss P-40 Warhawk Family 3
Douglas C-47 Skytrain Family 3
Flight attendants 3
Flight training 3
Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Family 3
Messerschmitt Bf 109 Family 3
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Philippines 3
Prisoners of war 3
Seattle (Wash.) 3
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drawings (visual works) 3
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notes (documents) 3
open reel audiotapes 3
photograph albums 3
poetry 3
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Africa, North 2
Air pilots--Licenses 2
Air shows 2
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Barnstorming 2
Bell P-39 Airacobra Family 2
Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress 2
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress 2
Boeing B-29 Superfortress 2
Boeing B-29 Superfortress Family (Model 345) 2
Boeing Company -- Employees 2
Boeing Model 247 2
California 2
China 2
Consolidated PBY Catalina Family 2
Curtiss JN-4D Jenny 2
Curtiss P-6 Hawk Family 2
Curtiss SB2C Helldiver Family 2
Douglas A-24 Dauntless Family 2
Douglas B-18 Family 2
Florida 2
Hawaii 2
Japan 2
Korea 2
Korean War, 1950-1953 2
Martin (Glenn L.) B-26 Marauder Family 2
Messerschmitt Bf 110 Family 2
Military aviation 2
Military training camps 2
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Navigation (Aeronautics) 2
North American A-36A Apache (Invader, Mustang) 2
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United States. Air Force 9
United States. Navy 7
United States. Army. Air Corps 5
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.) 4
Great Britain. Royal Air Force 3
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United Airlines 3
United States. Army 3
United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 8th 3
United States. Army. Forces in China-Burma-India Theater 3
American Fighter Aces Association 2
Associated Women Pilots of Boeing Field 2
Boeing 2
Bong, Richard Ira, 1920-1945 2
Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force 2
Dunnam, Nancy (Nordhoff), 1923- 2
Germany. Luftwaffe 2
Kelly Field (Tex.) 2
King County International Airport 2
Lewis, Carol (Nicholson), 1923-1987 2
Moore Field (Tex.) 2
OX-5 Aviation Pioneers (Organization) 2
Quiet Birdmen 2
Rickenbacker, Eddie, 1890-1973 2
Stenzel, Dorothy (Hester), 1910-1991 2
Twining, Nathan F. (Nathan Farragut), 1897-1982 2
United States. Army. Mediterranean Theater of Operations 2
United States. Marine Corps 2
Wandrey, Ralph H., 1921-2020 2
14th Air Force Association (U.S.). Flying Tigers 1
Adams, Bruce A. 1
Adams, George E., Sr., 1899-1963 1
Adams, George Earl, Jr., 1923-1996 1
Alaska Airlines 1
Alison, John R. (John Richardson), 1912-2011 1
Anderson, William Y. 1
Archibald, Norman S., 1894-1975 1
Army Air Forces School of Applied Tactics (Orlando, Fla.) 1
Art (Arthur) Davis School of Aviation (Lansing, Michigan) 1
Artig, Abraham J., 1922-2010 1
Augarten, Rudolph 1
Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.) 1
Bailey, Robert 1
Baird, Robert 1
Baker, Newton Diehl, 1871-1937 1
Balch, Donald L. 1
Barber, Rex T., 1917- 1
Baseler, Robert L., 1911-1983 1
Bechtel, Paul S. 1
Beebe, Marshall Ulrich 1
Bellevue Airfield (Wash.) 1
Bennedsen, Ole Birk, 1916-2012 1
Bennett, Edith F. 1
Bennett, Francis H. 1
Blair, William Knox 1
Boeing Air Transport 1
Boeing Company 1
Boeing, William Edward, 1881-1956 1
Bohrer, Walt 1
Brown, Byron K. 1
Bryan, Donald S. 1
Buck, George T. 1
Butler Aircraft Company 1
Butler National Corporation 1
Callaway, Raymond L. 1
Carl, Marion E., 1915- 1
Chambers, Reed M., 1895-1972 1
Champion, Henry K. 1
Chandler, George T. 1
Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1958 1
Chenoweth, Oscar I. 1
Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975 1
Chiang, May-ling Soong, 1897-2003 1
Chicago Girls Flying Club 1
Chick, Louis William, Jr. 1
Clarke, Walter E. 1
Coats, Robert Charles, 1918-2011 1
Cochran, Jacqueline, 1906-1980 1
Collinsworth, Jerry D. 1
Collyer, Charles B. D., 1896-1928 1
Comstock, Harold E. 1
Conger, Jack E. 1
Conger, Paul A. 1
Cormier, Richard L. 1
Costello, Vincent 1
Crim, Harry C. 1
Crosby, John T. 1
Cunningham, Daniel G. 1
Cupp, James N., 1921-2004 1
Curdes, Louis E. 1
Curtiss 1
Daniel, Floyd R., 1919-2008 1
Daniel, William A. "Bill", 1913-1998 1
Davis, Leonard K. 1
Daymond, Gregory A. 1
DeHaven, Robert M., 1922-2008 1
DeLong, Phillip C. 1
Dean, Dodge H., 1916-1984 1
Denman, Anthony J. 1
Denver International Airport 1
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