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August G. Blume World War I Eastern Front Research Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2008-07-25
Overview

August G. Blume (1927-1993) was an author and historian focused on the Eastern Theater of World War I. This collection consists of his writing, correspondence but most notably a large number of photographic images of the Eastern Front during World War I that Blume attained during his research. The materials span the early 1900s to 2000.

Dates: 1894-2008

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

Joseph A. Bossi Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1988-03-03-A
Abstract

The Joseph A. Bossi served as a sergeant in the 162nd Aero Squadron during World War I. The collection contains an event program and postcard relating to Bossi's service in Europe.

Dates: circa 1918

George Leslie Boyd Pilot Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2023-10-24-A
Contents of the Collection The George Leslie Boyd Pilot Collection is comprised of Boyd’s personal pilot logbooks, assorted certifications and licenses, notes, as well as photographs related to Boyd’s time as a pilot with the United States Army Air Corps as well as United Airlines. The collection materials date from 1927 to 1967.The largest segment of materials in the collection are Boyd’s fifteen pilot logbooks. The logbooks begin in 1927 when Boyd first began his training as a pilot at the U.S. Air...
Dates: 1927-1983

Andrew Braaten World War I Photograph Collection

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2019-00-00-24
Contents of the Collection The Andrew B. Braaten World War I Photographs is comprised of nine black-and-white vintage photographs, 1917-1918. Three images depict biplanes in flight in Alsace, France. One image depicts an unidentified military serviceman, likely a pilot. Two images are related to parachuting; one features a parachuter leaving an airship and the other shows a parachute solo in the sky. Three images depict aircraft crashes, one of which has a graphic scene of a dead body in Verdun, France. The...
Dates: 1917-1918

James O. Brewer World War II Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2012-06-04
Contents of the Collection The James O. Brewer World War II Collection documents Brewer’s service as a pilot in the Pacific Theater during World War II. The collection consists of both photographic and textual material, primarily dating from 1942-1949.Photographs are in color and black-and-white and appear to show military personnel, reunions, and personal candids, though most of the photographs are not dated or annotated. A significant number of photographs were taken in Australia and prominently feature...
Dates: 1943-1997

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

Herbert Brucker Film

 Collection — Box: Film Box 2, Reel: 1
Identifier: 2007-11-16-B
Contents of the Collection The Herbert Brucker Film is a small collection containing one privately shot black-and-white film taken at Mitchell Field in Garden City, New York in 1927. The film is five minutes and 44 seconds long. The footage depicts several well-known aviation events and activities by famous aviators, such as Charles Lindbergh taking off in the "Spirit of St. Louis" for his transatlantic flight; the christening of "America," Richard E. Byrd's Fokker C-2; and James Doolittle performing...
Dates: 1927

Herman Butler World War I Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1985-12-27-A
Abstract

Herman Butler, originally of Belleville, Washington, served as a pilot during World War I and after with the U.S.A. School of Aerial Photography at Langley Field. The collection contains materials relating to the Butler's wartime and postwar service.

Dates: circa 1917-1940s; Majority of material found within 1917-1920

G. W. Charters Notebooks

 Collection
Identifier: 2007-06-27-A
Abstract

The G. W. Charters Notebooks are comprised of three notebooks containing training notes of a World War I Army pilot.

Dates: 1918

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photographic prints 88
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World War, 1914-1918 32
military records 32
certificates 28
Airplanes, Military 27
Soldiers 25
identity cards 24
Fighter pilots 21
orders (military records) 19
aerial photographs 18
France 16
photocopies 16
photograph albums 15
scrapbooks 15
Aircraft accidents 13
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area 13
Aces (Fighter pilots) 12
Air pilots 12
maps (documents) 12
negatives (photographs) 12
Armed Forces -- Officers 11
Curtiss JN-4D Jenny 10
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Family 9
Douglas C-47 Skytrain Family 9
England 9
Flight training 9
Germany 9
Military education 9
memorandums 9
Airships 8
SPAD XIII (S.13) 8
booklets 8
manuals (instructional materials) 8
personnel records 8
slides (photographs) 8
Bombing, Aerial 7
California 7
North American P-51 Mustang Family 7
de Havilland (Airco) D.H.4 7
lithographs 7
China 6
Curtiss P-40 Warhawk Family 6
Fokker D.VII (V.18) 6
Hawaii 6
Italy 6
Korean War, 1950-1953 6
Lockheed P-38 Lightning Family 6
Military training camps 6
Prisoners of war 6
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 6
postcards 6
16mm (photographic film size) 5
Consolidated B-24 Liberator Family 5
Nieuport 27 5
North American AT-6 Texan Family 5
North American B-25 Mitchell Family 5
Republic P-47 (F-47) Thunderbolt Family 5
Salmson 2 A2 5
compact discs 5
digital prints 5
drawings (visual works) 5
instructional materials 5
menus 5
newsletters 5
notebooks 5
notes (documents) 5
photographic postcards 5
yearbooks 5
Aircraft carriers 4
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress 4
DVDs 4
Japan 4
Martin (Glenn L.) B-26 Marauder Family 4
Navigation (Aeronautics) 4
Nieuport 28 C1 4
Parachuting 4
Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5 4
Solomon Islands 4
Sopwith Camel Family 4
Stunt flying 4
Vought F4U Corsair Family 4
War casualties 4
Washington (State) 4
Women in aeronautics 4
awards 4
diplomas 4
obituaries 4
panoramic photographs 4
programs (documents) 4
receipts (financial records) 4
short snorter 4
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Air shows 3
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force 7
United States. Marine Corps 6
United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 8th 5
United Airlines 4
United States. Army. Forces in China-Burma-India Theater 4
United States. Naval Reserve 4
Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force 3
National Championship Air Races 3
Rickenbacker, Eddie, 1890-1973 3
United States. Army 3
United States. Army. Air Service. Aero Squadron, 94th 3
United States. Army. Air Service. Aero Squadron, 95th 3
United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces. Services of Supply 3
United States. Army. Signal Corps 3
United States. Civil Aeronautics Administration 3
American Fighter Aces Association 2
Bellevue Airfield (Wash.) 2
Boeing 2
Boeing Air Transport 2
Bong, Richard Ira, 1920-1945 2
Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Expeditionary Force 2
Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1958 2
Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975 2
Chiang, May-ling Soong, 1897-2003 2
Coats, Robert Charles, 1918-2011 2
Dallas Love Field 2
Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993 2
Dunnam family 2
Dunnam, Nancy (Nordhoff), 1923- 2
Germany. Luftwaffe 2
Great Britain. Royal Flying Corps 2
Guynemer, Georges, 1894-1917 2
Kelly Field (Tex.) 2
Langley Field (Va.) 2
Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 2
Moore Field (Tex.) 2
Morehead, James B. (James Bruce) 2
Nordhoff family 2
Nordhoff, Arthur Alphonsus, 1895-1984 2
Northwest Airlines Corporation 2
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 2
Ryan NYP "Spirit of St Louis" 2
Twining, Nathan F. (Nathan Farragut), 1897-1982 2
United States. Air Force. Air Force, 14th 2
United States. Army. Air Corps. Reserves 2
United States. Army. Air Service. Aero Squadron, 12th 2
United States. Army. Air Service. Aero Squadron, 27th 2
United States. Army. Air Service. Pursuit Group, 1st 2
United States. Army. European Theater of Operations 2
United States. Army. Mediterranean Theater of Operations 2
United States. Army. Women's Army Corps 2
Wandrey, Ralph H., 1921-2020 2
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.) 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
Aiken, Joe, 1900-1969 (filmmaker) 1
Air Force Museum (U.S.) 1
Airborne Museum "Hartenstein" (Oosterbeek, Netherlands) 1
Akron (Airship) 1
Alison, John R. (John Richardson), 1912-2011 1
Althaus, J. K. von 1
American Airlines 1
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics 1
American Railway Express Agency 1
Anderson, William Y. 1
Archibald, Norman S., 1894-1975 1
Arkansas (Battleship) 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
Bailey, Robert 1
Baird, Robert 1
Balch, Donald L. 1
Barber, Rex T., 1917- 1
Baseler, Robert L., 1911-1983 1
Bechtel, Paul S. 1
Beebe, Marshall Ulrich 1
Bennedsen, Ole Birk, 1916-2012 1
Bennett, Edith F. 1
Bennett, Francis H. 1
Beyl, David D., 1935 circa - 1
Beyl, Donald F., 1923-2001 1
Blair, William Knox 1
Blume, August G. 1
Boeing Company 1
Bogart, Humphrey, 1899-1957 1
Bohrer, Walt 1
Bossi, Joseph A., Sr. 1
Boyd, George Leslie, 1907-1986 1
Braaten, Andrew B. 1
Brewer, James Olin, 1917-1996 1
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