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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.
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The Museum of Flight Archives
Alden Drew Simonson Military Aviation Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2021-07-07
Content Description
The Alden Drew Simonson Military Aviation Collection is a small collection consisting of textual and visual materials documenting Simonon's military service with the U.S. Navy during World War II and with the North Dakota Air National Guard after the war. The collection includes a "Flying the Weather" training booklet from the U.S. Navy with Alden's annotations; a logbook documenting his flights primarily at Naval Air Station Pensacola; separation records from his service with the U.S. Navy;...
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Sutherland Family World War II Collection
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2019-09-02
Content Description
The Sutherland Family World War II Collection is a small collection of visual and textual materials related to the U.S. military service of David H., George L. and John R. Sutherland during World War II.David H. Sutherland's service is documented with a spiralbound notebook with handwritten notes likely from flight training; his certificate of service; a separation qualification record (photocopy); a document clearing his accounts from Hendricks Field, Florida; a V-mail letter...
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
John Wegg Commercial Airlines Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2014-09-12
Overview
John Wegg is best known as the founder and editor-in-chief of Airliners and Airways magazines, as well as contributor to other publications and author of 12 books on aviation history, airlines, and aircraft manufacturers. The John Wegg Commercial Airlines Collection consists of about 2.7 cubic feet of material such as printed ephemera, photographs, documents, and other materials pertaining to the Wegg's aviation journalism and...
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
G. C. Westervelt letter to P. N. Jansen
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2014-12-17
Contents of the Collection
The collection contains a single-page typed letter from G. C. Westervelt to P. N. Jansen of the Curtiss Engineering Corporation, dated June 3, 1919. The letter to "My Dear Jansen" expresses gratitude for Jansen's "oversight of the construction of NC Flying boats" and offers congratulations on the "success of the [Curtiss] NC-4." It is signed by G. C. Westervelt, Commander, United States Navy.
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
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.
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Robert Withrow Vietnam War Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2008-10-15
Abstract
Robert Withrow (b. 1946) was born in Seattle, Washington and served as a U.S. Navy Fireman (E-3) aboard the USS Kitty Hawk from 1965-1967. The collection contains photographs, patches, and yearbooks related to his service.
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The Museum of Flight Archives
Fred Woods World War II Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2012-08-22
Contents of the Collection
The Fred Woods World War II Collection is comprised of photographic prints, negatives, a photograph album, and a small number of documents that relate to the World War II experience of United States Navy pilot Fred Woods. The collection has been arranged into two series, visual materials and textual materials. Visual materials, which are the bulk of the collection, include 26 loose black-and-white photographic prints and 27 negatives. Sizes vary from 3x5" to 8x10" and very...
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Kenneth Woods Naval Aircraft Photograph Collection
Collection — Box: Small Collections Very Large Items 1980-2005, oversize: folder
Identifier: 1986-03-06-A
Contents of the Collection
The Kenneth Woods Naval Aircraft Photographs is a collection of twenty-two (22) black-and-white photographs featuring United States Naval Aircraft, primarily floatplanes and flying boats from 1918-circa 1920s. The photographs are 18x22" and most do not have captions or identifying information. A variety of aircraft are featured, including the Vought OS2U Kingfisher, the Consolidated PBY Catalina, and the Curtiss SOC Seagull. The aircraft are pictured in flight and on the water.
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Malcolm T. Wordell Fighter Ace Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2002-02-13-1144
Contents of the Collection
This small collection relates to fighter pilot and ace Malcolm T. Wordell, who served in the United States Navy during World War II. It includes photographs of aircraft in flight and military personnel, including a squadron group portrait.
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The Museum of Flight Archives
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