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Joe Aiken Films

 Collection — Box: Film Box 4, Reel: 1-6
Identifier: 1998-12-28
Contents of the Collection The Joe Aiken Films are comprised of six films shot, produced, or compiled by Joe Aiken of 20th Century Fox Studio, from approximately 1918-1947. The films contain a mix of newsreel footage, documentary footage of aircraft manufacturing, and flight footage. Three of the films contain footage of World War I flying aces, flying squadrons, World War I-era aircraft, and transatlantic flight attempts. One of the films contains newsreel footage of the attack on Pearl Harbor in World War II and the...
Dates: circa 1918-1950s

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

David F. Beyl and Donald D. Beyl Logbooks

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 2009-09-22
Contents of the Collection The David F. Beyl and Donald D. Beyl log books is a small collection of nine (9) United States Naval Aviator and civilian pilot logbooks belonging to brothers David and Donald Beyl, ranging from 1943-1987. Four (4) of the logbooks belonged to David D. Beyl and span approximately from 1954 to 1978, covering David's US Navy service. The other five (5) logbooks belonged to his brother, Donald F. Beyl, and cover his military and civilian flight history, ranging from 1943-1987. ...
Dates: 1943-1987; Majority of material found within 1950s-1960s

Clarence A. Borley U.S. Naval Aviation Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2022-07-20
Abstract

Clarence A. Borley (1924-2019) was a U.S. Navy fighter pilot and ace. The collection documents Borley's 36-year military career as a pilot and fighter ace in the U.S. Navy and consists of textual, visual and audiovisual materials and primarily dates from 1942 to 1968, with some later dates and a small amount of personal materials.

Dates: 1942-1999, 2015; Majority of material found within 1942-1968

Emile Chourré and Chourré Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2015-06-17
Abstract

The Emile Chourré and Chourré Family Papers is comprised of documents and scrapbooks, photographic prints and photograph albums, and assorted ephemera primarily pertaining to the life and military career of Lieutenant Commander Emile Chourré (1894-1938). Major topics include Chourré's military service, especially while stationed in Coco Solo, Panama; his service as a U.S. Naval announcer for the 1929-1931 and 1933-1934 National Air Races; and family (immediate and extended) photographs.

Dates: 1889-1988; Majority of material found within 1920s-1950s

Henry B. Christensen World War II Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2008-09-04-A
Contents of the Collection The Henry B. Christensen World War II Collection is comprised of items primarily related to the World War II military service of United States Navy pilot Henry B. Christensen. The collection contains military records, personnel documents, a pilot's log book and a small amount of black-and-white photographs.There are various identification cards and licenses, including a Naval Aviation Pilot license with a portrait of Christensen, several officer's mess cards, a ribbon...
Dates: 1940-1948

Roy T. Church Vietnam War Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2017-09-29
Abstract

Roy T. Church (b. 1944) was born in Great Falls, Montana and served in Vietnam with the U.S. Marines as a bombadier and navigator from 1968-1969. The collection contains slides, photographs and a map related to his military service.

Dates: 1965-1969

Robert Coats Fighter Ace Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2008-08-02
Contents of the Collection The Robert Coats Fighter Ace Collection consists primarily of military documents relating to the World War II service of Captain Robert Charles Coats. Although Coats served in the United States Navy from 1940 to 1971, the items in this collection are from the years 1940-1951.Included in the collection is Coats' military personnel documents, including two black-and-white photographs of Coats as an aviation cadet. Additional materials consist of his ensign commission, fitness...
Dates: 1940-1951

John Espy Pilot Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2018-00-00-113
Contents of the Collection The John Espy Pilot Collection pertains to pilot John Espy, including World War II and post-war materials. It includes pilot log books, 1941-1955; a "short snorter" dated October 23, 1942, and other foreign currency; membership certificates, and American Airline employment records for Espy. Also included is a CAA airman identify card for Margaret Louise Rowe, whose name appears in one of Espy's pilot logs though the exact connection between the two is unknown. Additional materials include...
Dates: 1941-1969

Gordon Highfill U.S. Naval Aviation Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2004-04-17
Abstract

Gordon Highfill served as a pilot for the United States Navy during World War II and in the Naval Reserves during the 1950s-1960s. The collection contains military records, a Naval Reservist newsletter, a Douglas C-47 Skytrain check list, and three (3) pilot log books from his service.

Dates: 1943-1962

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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 4
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newsletters 4
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16mm (photographic film size) 3
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Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Family 3
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Douglas SBD Dauntless Family 3
Fighter pilots 3
Flight training 3
Naval aviation 3
North American B-25 Mitchell Family 3
North American P-51 Mustang Family 3
Shanghai (China) 3
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World War, 1914-1918 3
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Cuba 2
Curtiss P-40 Warhawk Family 2
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England 2
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General Motors (Eastern) FM-2 Wildcat 2
Grumman F3F Family 2
Grumman F7F Tigercat Family 2
Guadalcanal, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942-1943 2
Lockheed P-38 Lightning Family 2
Los Angeles (Calif.) 2
Martin (Glenn L.) B-26 Marauder Family 2
Martin (Glenn L.) PBM Mariner Family 2
Meteorology 2
Military education 2
Military training camps 2
Naval Air Station Corpus Christi (Tex.) 2
Naval Station Puget Sound (Wash.) 2
Navigation (Aeronautics) 2
North American AT-6 Texan Family 2
Okinawa Island (Japan) 2
Parachuting 2
Parades 2
Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941 2
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United States. Air Force 5
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National Championship Air Races 3
Coats, Robert Charles, 1918-2011 2
Germany. Luftwaffe 2
Great Britain. Royal Air Force 2
United Airlines 2
United States. Army. Forces in China-Burma-India Theater 2
United States. Army. Women's Army Corps 2
Aiken, Joe, 1900-1969 (filmmaker) 1
Akron (Airship) 1
Alison, John R. (John Richardson), 1912-2011 1
American Airlines 1
American Fighter Aces Association 1
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics 1
Anderson, William Y. 1
Arkansas (Battleship) 1
Augarten, Rudolph 1
Baird, Robert 1
Balch, Donald L. 1
Barber, Rex T., 1917- 1
Bechtel, Paul S. 1
Beebe, Marshall Ulrich 1
Beyl, David D., 1935 circa - 1
Beyl, Donald F., 1923-2001 1
Blair, William Knox 1
Boeing Air Transport 1
Boeing Company 1
Bohrer, Walt 1
Bong, Richard Ira, 1920-1945 1
Bryan, Donald S. 1
Buck, George T. 1
Butler Aircraft Company 1
Butler National Corporation 1
Callaway, Raymond L. 1
Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force 1
Caniff, Milton, 1907-1988 1
Carl, Marion E., 1915- 1
Champion, Henry K. 1
Chandler, George T. 1
Chenango (Ship) 1
Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1958 1
Chenoweth, Oscar I. 1
Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975 1
Chiang, May-ling Soong, 1897-2003 1
Chick, Louis William, Jr. 1
Chourre (ARV-1) 1
Chourré, Catherine (Davis), 1894-1985 1
Chourré, Ceci 1
Chourré, Clinton Emile, 1963- 1
Chourré, Emile, 1894-1938 1
Chourré, Jack Mausegne, 1930-2014 1
Chourré, Jeanne Louise, 1921-2013 1
Chourré, Karen Jean (Condon) 1
Christensen, Henry Billington, 1909-1990 1
Church, Roy T., 1944-2021 1
Clarke, Walter E. 1
Collinsworth, Jerry D. 1
Comstock, Harold E. 1
Conger, Jack E. 1
Conger, Paul A. 1
Cormier, Richard L. 1
Crim, Harry C. 1
Crosby, John T. 1
Cunningham, Daniel G. 1
Cupp, James N., 1921-2004 1
Curdes, Louis E. 1
Daniel, William A. "Bill", 1913-1998 1
Davis, Carrie (Cornell), 1866-1958 1
Davis, Jefferson Lee, 1862-1939 1
Davis, Leonard K. 1
Daymond, Gregory A. 1
Dayton (CL-105) 1
DeHaven, Robert M., 1922-2008 1
DeLong, Phillip C. 1
Denman, Anthony J. 1
Denver International Airport 1
Donaldson, E. M. (Edward Mortlock), 1912-1992 1
Donalson, I. B. Jack 1
Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993 1
Drake, Charles W. 1
Drury, Paul E. 1
Duncan, George C., 1917-1995 1
Dungan, Fred L. 1
Embree, Lee 1
Espy, John E. 1
Everton, Loren D. 1
Farrell, William 1
Fontana, Paul J. 1
Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006 1
Foss, Joseph J. 1
Franger, Marvin J. 1
Freeman, William B. 1
French, George Wyer, 1915-2003 1
French, James B. 1
Fuchs, Alice S., 1917-2012 1
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