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George E. Adams, Jr. Papers and Photographs

 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

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

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

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

Lewis Paul Bowers World War II Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2019-08-09
Contents of the Collection The Lewis Paul Bowers World War II Collection is comprised of photographs and various textual materials, including military records, orrders, certificates, and correspondence, primarily related to the World War II experience of Lewis Paul Bowers, a flight navigator on a Consolidated B-24 Liberator ("Rude Nude") of the 307th Bombardment Group, 13th Air Force. There are also some items related to post-war activities as well as personal and family materials. The bulk of the collection...
Dates: 1932-2012; Majority of material found within 1942-1946

David Brown Collection of World War II-era aviation ephemera

 Collection — Box: Small Collections oversize materials 2019-
Identifier: 2019-00-00-143
Contents of the Collection

This is a very small collection comprised of World War II-era aviation ephemera, dated 1941-1945, collected by David Brown. The collection includes a "God is My Co-Pilot" promotional booklet, four pieces of WWII-era sheet music, an October 1945 United States Army Air Forces Fair leaflet, and a "Parade of Aircraft," souvenir booklet from the Wright Field Air Fair, Dayton, Ohio, October 1945.

Dates: 1941-1945

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

Brian J. Donnelly Bikini Atoll Collection

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2012-01-30
Contents of the Collection The Brian J. Donnelly Bikini Atoll Collection is a small collection comprised of two items: a map and a booklet likely collected by Donnelly during his military service from 1945-1968. The map is a photocopy of a hand-drawn map of Kwajalein Island showing locations of the runway and other United States military structures. A handwritten note shows the location of the atomic bomb storage area. The booklet is titled, A. A. F. Drone Unit, and includes a history...
Dates: circa 1945-1950

Ralph L. Gjefle World War II Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1992-07-29
Contents of the Collection The Ralph L. Gjefle World War II Collection is a small collection that contains primarily textual materials relating to Gjefle's World War II experience, circa 1942-1945. The materials were collected by Gjefle, who served as a pilot in the China-Burma theater during the war. Materials include a 1943 Enlisted Man's pass and a 1942 physical fitness record card for Gjefle, as well as 1944 graduation invites for Class 44-D from Marfa Army Air Force Pilot School at Marfa Army Air Field, Texas....
Dates: circa 1942-1945

Donald Hamlin World War II Collection

 Collection — Box: One
Identifier: 1991-10-02
Contents of the Collection The Donald G. Hamlin World War II Collection is a relatively small collection and is comprised of textual materials that primarily relate to the World War II military service of Donald G. Hamlin, a pilot with the United States Army Air Forces. It also includes a small amount of post-World War II material related to Hamlin's Air Force reserve service. World War II-era materials, dated 1943-1945, include Hamlin's medical records, his 1943-1944 pilot logbook and flight records, an...
Dates: 1943-1956

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photographic prints 19
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logs (records) 10
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maps (documents) 6
orders (military records) 6
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area 5
manuscripts (documents) 5
booklets 4
negatives (photographs) 4
photocopies 4
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Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Family 3
Bombing, Aerial 3
Fighter pilots 3
Germany 3
Korea 3
Lockheed P-38 Lightning Family 3
Women in aeronautics 3
aerial photographs 3
panoramic photographs 3
ration books 3
yearbooks 3
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Burma 2
California 2
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Consolidated B-24 Liberator Family 2
Curtiss C-46 Commando Family 2
Guam 2
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Marfa Army Air Field (Texas) 2
Military education 2
North American P-51 Mustang Family 2
Radar 2
Republic P-47 (F-47) Thunderbolt Family 2
Shanghai (China) 2
Soldiers 2
Texas 2
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V-J Day, 1945 2
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Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (Ohio) 2
diplomas 2
magazines (periodicals) 2
newspapers 2
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photograph albums 2
poetry 2
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songbooks 2
509th Army Air Field (N.M.) 1
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Aichi B7A Ryusei (Shooting Star) Grace (Navy Exp. 16-Shi Carrier Attack Bomber) 1
Air pilots 1
Air pilots -- Licenses -- United States 1
Air traffic controllers 1
Airdrop 1
Airplanes 1
Airspeed Horsa Mk.I (AS.51) 1
Arc de Triomphe (Paris, France) 1
Azores 1
Belgium 1
Bikini Atoll (Marshall Islands) 1
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress 1
Boeing B-29 Superfortress 1
Boeing B-29 Superfortress Family (Model 345) 1
Boeing Company -- Employees 1
Boeing Model 377 Stratocruiser Family 1
Bombsights 1
Bucholz Army Airfield (Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands) 1
Buildings -- War damage 1
Calcutta (India) 1
Caroline Islands 1
Casablanca (Morocco) 1
Cemeteries 1
Cheju Island (Korea) 1
Chicago (Ill.) 1
Consolidated PBY Catalina Family 1
Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina 1
DVDs 1
Douglas C-47 Skytrain Family 1
Douglas C-54 Skymaster 1
Douglas R5D Skymaster Family 1
Drone aircraft 1
England 1
European paper money 1
Fieseler Fi 156 Storch (Stork) 1
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Names
United States. Air Force 5
United States. Army. Forces in China-Burma-India Theater 3
Moore Field (Tex.) 2
United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 8th 2
United States. Army. Air Corps 2
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United States. Navy 2
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.) 2
Adams, Bruce A. 1
Adams, George E., Sr., 1899-1963 1
Adams, George Earl, Jr., 1923-1996 1
American Fighter Aces Association 1
Army Air Forces Navigation School (San Marcos Army Air Field, Tex.) 1
Army Air Forces Pilot School (Marfa Army Air Field, Tex.) 1
Artig, Abraham J., 1922-2010 1
Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.) 1
Bennedsen, Ole Birk, 1916-2012 1
Bennett, Edith F. 1
Bennett, Francis H. 1
Bong, Richard Ira, 1920-1945 1
Bowers, Barry Austin, 1943-2017 1
Bowers, Claradee 1
Bowers, Harold E., 1918-1942 1
Bowers, Lewis Paul, 1922- 1
Bowers, Mary C. (Weidner), 1922-2010 1
Bowers, Ora E. 1
Browning, Frank D., 1922-2016 1
California. National Guard 1
Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1958 1
Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975 1
Chiang, May-ling Soong, 1897-2003 1
Chicago Girls Flying Club 1
Cochran, Jacqueline, 1906-1980 1
Costello, Vincent 1
Donnelly, Brian J., 1927-2006 1
Dubinski, Charles 1
Dunnam, Nancy (Nordhoff), 1923- 1
Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937 1
Felts Field (Spokane, Wash.) 1
Fort Sill (Okla.) 1
Gjefle, Ralph L., 1922-1982 1
Grinnell, Roy, 1933-2019 1
Hamlin, Donald G., 1924- 1
Houston, Frank L., -2002 1
Jackson, Henry M. (Henry Martin), 1912-1983 1
Kelly Field (Tex.) 1
Lewis, Carol (Nicholson) 1
Michaud, Desiree "Jerry" Clifford, 1924-1982 1
Michaud, Thelma Irene (McGraw), 1920-1996 1
Midway Airport 1
Mitchell, John W., 1915-1995 1
Mukden (Prisoner of war camp) 1
Mullin, Solomon, 1917-2015 1
National Aeronautic Association (U.S.) 1
Nevermann, Carroll H. 1
Northwest Airlines Corporation 1
Notre-Dame de Versailles (Church : Versailles, France) 1
Oregon. National Guard 1
Orthman, William G., 1911-1990 1
Priester, George J., -2006 1
Russo, Michael Thomas 1
Shamshuipo (Concentration camp) 1
Shoop, Charles Ashby, 1916-1966 1
Shoop, Margaret Blanche (Etzenhouser), 1914-1987 1
Spaatz, Carl, 1891-1974 1
Stratemeyer, George E., 1890-1969 1
Taylor, James H., Jr. 1
Thorne, Henry G. (Henry Garfield), 1913- 1
U.S. Coast Guard Aviation Association 1
United Airlines 1
United States. Air Force. Air Control Group, 513th 1
United States. Air Force. Air Force, 14th 1
United States. Army 1
United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 13th 1
United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 20th 1
United States. Army Air Forces. Air Service Group, 381st 1
United States. Army Air Forces. Army Airways Communications System 1
United States. Army Air Forces. Band, 681st 1
United States. Army Air Forces. Bomb Group (H), 487th 1
United States. Army Air Forces. Bomb Group, 305th 1
United States. Army Air Forces. Bomb Group, 394th 1
United States. Army Air Forces. Bomb Group, 490th 1
United States. Army Air Forces. Bombardment Group (H), 385th 1
United States. Army Air Forces. Bombardment Group (L), 27th 1
United States. Army Air Forces. Bombardment Group, 307th 1
United States. Army Air Forces. Bombardment Group, 498th 1
United States. Army Air Forces. Fighter Group, 49th 1
United States. Army Air Forces. Fighter Squadron, 9th 1
United States. Army Air Forces. Photographic Squadron, 30th 1
United States. Army Air Forces. Replacement Training Unit, 430th 1
United States. Army. Air Corps. Air Force, 10th 1
United States. Army. Air Service 1
United States. Army. European Theater of Operations 1
United States. Army. Infantry Division, 104th 1
United States. Army. Mediterranean Theater of Operations 1
United States. Army. Women's Army Corps 1
United States. Civil Aeronautics Administration 1
United States. Civil Air Patrol 1
Wandrey, Ralph H., 1921-2020 1
Will Rogers World Airport (Oklahoma) 1
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