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Arnold L. Schuster World War II Collection

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 1989-06-09
Contents of the Collection

This small collection relates to Lieutenant Schuster's time serving as a United States Army Air Force pilot in the Pacific Theater during World War II, circa 1939-1945. The collection includes his official military flying and travel records, as well as a photograph of a B-32 bombing.

Dates: circa 1939-1945

Charles Ashby Shoop World War II Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2008-04-22
Contents of the Collection The Charles Ashby Shoop World War II Collection contains textual and visual materials related to the World War II and post-war military service of Charles Ashby Shoop, a liaison pilot with the United States Army 104th Infantry Division. The bulk of the textual materials is Shoop’s 1942-1945 World War II and 1946-1960 post-war Reserve military service records, which include orders and assignments, promotion recommendations, memorandums and correspondence, and receipts and shipping...
Dates: 1942-1960

Walter and Flossie Smith Military Aviation 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

Dora Jean (Dougherty) Strother WASP Photographs Collection

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 1986-12-09-A
Content Description The Dora Jean (Dougherty) Strother WASP Photographs Collection is a small collection consisting of two photographs of Women Air Service Pilots at Elgin Air Force Base with the B-29 "Ladybird" before a B-29 demonstration tour in 1944.The first photograph depicts Women Airforce Service Pilots Dora J. Dougherty and Dorothea J. Moorman accepting aircraft papers from a representative of the Boeing Company for the B-29 "Ladybird" at Eglin Field, Florida, June 1944. Nose art of...
Dates: June 1944

James H. Taylor, Jr. Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2015-00-00-1
Abstract

Archival materials relating to the missions of the United States Army Air Forces 498th Bombardment Group in 1944-45. The Museum of Flight's Boeing B-29 Superfortress was of this group and material in this collection reflect the activities of the aircraft during that time period. Many of the charts are annotated for specific missions and some contain identified targets.

Dates: 1943-2013; Majority of material found within 1943-1945

Kenneth D. Wallace World War II Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2012-03-29
Overview

The Kenneth D. Wallace World War II Collection is comprised of textual and photographic materials primarily relating to Kenneth D. Wallace's military career as a pilot during World War II circa 1940s.

Dates: circa 1940-1945, 2010

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

Margery Watson World War II Photographs

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2017-01-05
Contents of the Collection The Margery Watson World War II Photographs is a small collection comprised of 31 photographs either taken or gathered by Margery Watson while she was employed at North American Aviation in Inglewood, California as a draftsperson between 1943-1945. The photographs are primarily small black-and-white snapshots that document NAA personnel adding a Merlin engine and performing engine tests on the prototype P-51 nicknamed "Baby" for United States Army Air Force ground crews. Some of the...
Dates: circa 1940s

Bruce Whitman Aviation Art Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2021-04-16-A
Overview

The Bruce Whitman Aviation Art Collection is a collection of artwork including a drawing, posters, lithographs, photographs, and advertisements primarily related to American military aviation from about 1917 to the early 1950s.

Dates: circa 1917-1953

Jeanette R. (Rogowski) Witzkowski World War II Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2013-11-27
Contents of the Collection The Jeanette R. (Rogowski) Witzkowski World War II Collection relates to the World War II-era experience of Jeanette Witzkowski, who served as a pilot and air traffic controller during World War II. It includes primarily textual materials and a small amount of photographic prints, with the bulk of the material falling within 1935-1947. Textual materials include Civial Aeronuatics Administration (CAA) air traffic control instructional documents and aircraft clearance forms and...
Dates: 1935-1948,1983; Majority of material found within 1935-1948

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World War, 1939-1945 50
photographic prints 43
Air pilots, Military 29
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military records 21
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correspondence 20
clippings (information artifacts) 19
logs (records) 18
certificates 14
identity cards 11
orders (military records) 11
Airplanes, Military 10
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area 10
Fighter pilots 8
Germany 8
Soldiers 8
maps (documents) 8
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Family 7
Bombing, Aerial 7
Italy 7
North American P-51 Mustang Family 7
World War, 1914-1918 7
negatives (photographs) 7
photocopies 7
scrapbooks 7
Consolidated B-24 Liberator Family 6
France 6
Lockheed P-38 Lightning Family 6
Republic P-47 (F-47) Thunderbolt Family 6
Women in aeronautics 6
aerial photographs 6
booklets 6
Aces (Fighter pilots) 5
Air pilots 5
England 5
Women air pilots 5
lithographs 5
manuscripts (documents) 5
Boeing B-29 Superfortress 4
Japan 4
North American B-25 Mitchell Family 4
Nose art 4
Philippines 4
Seattle (Wash.) 4
drawings (visual works) 4
personnel records 4
photograph albums 4
slides (photographs) 4
yearbooks 4
16mm (photographic film size) 3
Armed Forces -- Officers 3
Attack planes 3
Bell P-39 Airacobra Family 3
California 3
China 3
Curtiss C-46 Commando Family 3
Curtiss P-40 Warhawk Family 3
Douglas A-24 Dauntless Family 3
Douglas C-47 Skytrain Family 3
Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Family 3
Great Britain 3
Guam 3
Korea 3
Martin (Glenn L.) B-26 Marauder Family 3
Messerschmitt Bf 109 Family 3
North American AT-6 Texan Family 3
Prisoners of war 3
World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan -- Hiroshima-shi 3
audiocassettes 3
diplomas 3
manuals (instructional materials) 3
memorandums 3
military maps 3
navigation charts 3
newspapers 3
notes (documents) 3
panoramic photographs 3
ration books 3
songbooks 3
Aerial reconnaissance 2
Africa, North 2
Aids to air navigation 2
Airplanes -- Design and construction 2
Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress 2
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress 2
Boeing B-29 Superfortress Family (Model 345) 2
Boeing Company -- Employees 2
Boeing Model 377 Stratocruiser Family 2
Bombardiers 2
Bucholz Army Airfield (Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands) 2
Burma 2
Consolidated PBY Catalina Family 2
Curtiss P-6 Hawk Family 2
Curtiss SB2C Helldiver Family 2
Douglas B-18 Family 2
Douglas C-54 Skymaster 2
Douglas DC-3 Family 2
Douglas XB-19 (XBLR-2) 2
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United States. Air Force 11
United States. Navy 8
United States. Army. Air Corps 6
United States. Army. Forces in China-Burma-India Theater 5
United States. Army 4
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United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 8th 4
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.) 4
Great Britain. Royal Air Force 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) 2
Moore Field (Tex.) 2
Rickenbacker, Eddie, 1890-1973 2
Tibbets, Paul W. (Paul Warfield), 1915-2007 2
Twining, Nathan F. (Nathan Farragut), 1897-1982 2
United Airlines 2
United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 15th 2
United States. Army Air Forces. Bombardment Group (H), 385th 2
United States. Army. Mediterranean Theater of Operations 2
United States. Army. Women's Army Corps 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
Allen, Edmund Turney, 1896-1943 1
Allen, William M., 1900-1985 1
American Airlines 1
Anderson, William Y. 1
Antietam (Aircraft carrier) 1
Archibald, Norman S., 1894-1975 1
Argentina. Armada 1
Army Air Forces Navigation School (San Marcos Army Air Field, Tex.) 1
Army Air Forces Pilot School (Marfa Army Air Field, Tex.) 1
Army Air Forces School of Applied Tactics (Orlando, Fla.) 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
Beall, Wellwood Edmeston, 1906-1978 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 Company 1
Boeing Company. Wichita Division 1
Boeing, William Edward, 1881-1956 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
Brackin, Harl V. 1
Brazil. Fôrça Aérea Brasileira 1
Brewster 1
Brown, Byron K. 1
Browning, Frank D., 1922-2016 1
Bryan, Donald S. 1
Buck, George T. 1
California. National Guard 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
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 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
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