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George E. Adams Jr. World War II Collection

 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

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

Norman "Jim" S. Archibald Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1986-10-10-A
Abstract

Norman "Jim" Silas Archibald (1894-1975) of Seattle, Washington served in the U.S. Army Air Service, 95th Aero Squadron during World War I, and later published a bestselling book on his experience. He served again in the Air Force during World War II at home in Seattle. The collection contains correspondence, military documents, photographs, and other materials relating to Archibald's life and military service.

Dates: 1917-1946

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

Associated Women Pilots of Boeing Field Photographs and Clipping

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2011-00-00-15
Content Description The Associated Women Pilots of Boeing Field Photographs and Clipping is a small collection of visual and textual materials documenting the the Associated Women Pilots of Boeing Field (AWPBF), circa late 1930s-1940s.The collection includes thirteen black-and-white photographic prints of six discrete images. One image is an informal portrait of a woman pilot in her coveralls, helmet and goggles. The name on her coveralls reads "Penney." One image depicts a department store display...
Dates: 1937-circa 1940s

Lois M. (Dobbin) Auchterlonie WASP Collection

 Collection — Box: Assorted oversize box 14, oversize: folder 1
Identifier: 2025-07-01
Content Description The Lois M. (Dobbin) Auchterlonie WASP Collection is a small collection consisting of textual and visual materials documenting Lois Aucherlonie's service as a Women Air Service Pilot (WASP) during World War II and her being honored with the Congressional Gold Medal for that service. The collection includes three clippings and two digital prints. One clipping from 2006 describes her wartime service. Two clippings accompanied by two digital prints relate to her being honored with...
Dates: 2006-2010

Robert Bailey "Tuskegee Trigger Time" Signed Lithograph

 Collection — oversize: folder 1
Identifier: 2022-05-13
Contents of the Collection This single-item collection consists of a lithograph titled "Tuskegee Trigger Time" reproducing a painting done by aviation artist Robert Bailey in 2005. The 23 x 34" print is numbered (78/100) and depicts the Tuskegee Airmen of the 301st Fighter Squadron, 332nd Fighter Group in North American P-51 Mustangs fending off a Luftwaffe attack while escorting a Royal Air Force de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito during a photo reconnaissance mission above Germany during early 1945. It features "Creamer's...
Dates: 2005

Julius A. Barr Clippings

 Collection
Identifier: 2018-00-00-3
Abstract

Julius A. Barr (1905-1939) was born in Normal, Illinois and spent time as a personal pilot to Chinese military figures in the mid-1930s as well as worked as a Boeing test pilot from 1938-1939. The collection contains four clippings related to Barr's time at Boeing and his death.

Dates: 1938-1939

The Julius A. Barr Photograph Album

 Collection
Identifier: 2018-00-00-6
Abstract

Julius A. Barr (1905-1939) was born in Normal, Illinois and spent time as a personal pilot to Chinese military figures Zhang Xueliang (also known as the "Young Marshal" and "Peter Chang") and General Chiang Kai-shek in the mid-1930s. The collection contains a photograph album with three hundred and thirty-nine (339) black-and-white photographs, most likely taken by Barr, covering his time in China.

Dates: 1934-1937

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slides (photographs) 17
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personnel records 15
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Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Family 14
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Washington (State) 14
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Seattle (Wash.) 13
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area 13
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instructional materials 12
photographic postcards 12
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brochures 11
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Air pilots -- Licenses -- United States 10
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SPAD XIII (S.13) 10
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drawings (visual works) 10
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Air pilots--Licenses 9
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Boeing Company -- Employees 9
Bombing, Aerial 9
California 9
Military education 9
de Havilland (Airco) D.H.4 9
manuals (instructional materials) 9
menus 9
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North American P-51 Mustang Family 8
audiocassettes 8
digital prints 8
Air shows 7
Airplanes -- Design and construction 7
Airports 7
Boeing Model 747 Family 7
Hawaii 7
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North American AT-6 Texan Family 7
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awards 7
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notebooks 7
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Airplane racing 6
Airplanes -- Cockpits 6
Alaska 6
Barnstorming 6
Boeing B-29 Superfortress 6
Boeing Model 247 6
Boeing Model 727 Family 6
Chicago (Ill.) 6
Consolidated B-24 Liberator Family 6
Curtiss P-40 Warhawk Family 6
DVDs 6
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United States. Army Air Forces 38
United States. Navy 37
United States. Air Force 24
United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces 16
United Airlines 13
United States. Army. Air Corps 13
United States. Army. Air Service 11
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.) 11
Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 9
Great Britain. Royal Air Force 8
King County International Airport 8
Air Line Pilots Association 7
Boeing 7
United States. Marine Corps 7
United States. Civil Aeronautics Administration 6
American Airlines 5
Boeing Company 5
Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force 5
Quiet Birdmen 5
Rickenbacker, Eddie, 1890-1973 5
Stenzel, Dorothy (Hester), 1910-1991 5
United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 8th 5
United States. Naval Reserve 5
Boeing Air Transport 4
Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975 4
Dallas Love Field 4
National Championship Air Races 4
Northwest Airlines, Inc. 4
Pan American World Airways, Inc. 4
Rankin, John Gilbert "Tex", 1894-1947 4
United States. Army 4
United States. Army. Air Service. Aero Squadron, 94th 4
United States. Army. Forces in China-Burma-India Theater 4
United States. Army. Signal Corps 4
Alaska Airlines 3
Associated Women Pilots of Boeing Field 3
Barr, Julius A., 1905-1939 3
Boeing, William Edward, 1881-1956 3
Bong, Richard Ira, 1920-1945 3
Curtiss 3
Douglas 3
Dunnam, Nancy (Nordhoff), 1923-2017 3
Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937 3
Flying Tiger Line 3
Germany. Luftwaffe 3
Great Britain. Royal Flying Corps 3
Kelly Field (Tex.) 3
Langley Field (Va.) 3
Lockheed 3
Luke, Frank, 1897-1918 3
Moore Field (Tex.) 3
Ninety-Nines (Organization) 3
North American 3
OX-5 Aviation Pioneers (Organization) 3
Osterud, Joann, 1945-2017 3
Pearson Field (Vancouver, Wash.) 3
Rankin School of Flying 3
Riddle, Mary, 1902-1981 3
Ryan NYP "Spirit of St Louis" 3
Trans World Airlines 3
Turner, Roscoe, 1895-1970 3
United States. Army. Air Service. Aero Squadron, 95th 3
United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces. Services of Supply 3
United States. Federal Aviation Administration 3
Varney Air Lines 3
Western Airlines 3
Wright Company 3
Wright, Orville, 1871-1948 3
Aer Lingus 2
Aerial Experiment Association 2
Alaska-Washington Airways 2
All-Woman Transcontinental Air Race, Inc. 2
American Fighter Aces Association 2
Baidukov, G. (Georgii), 1907-1994 2
Barr, Effie Hortense, 1904-1985 2
Barr, Gene Edward, 1933- 2
Barr, JoAnn, 1930- 2
Beall, Wellwood Edmeston, 1906-1978 2
Bellevue Airfield (Wash.) 2
Bohrer, Walt 2
Braniff Airways 2
Buck, George T. 2
Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Expeditionary Force 2
Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1958 2
Chiang, May-ling Soong, 1897-2003 2
Chkalov, Valerii Pavlovich, 1904-1938 2
Coats, Robert Charles, 1918-2011 2
Cochran, Jacqueline, 1906-1980 2
Curtiss, Glenn Hammond, 1878-1930 2
Delta Air Lines 2
Denver International Airport 2
Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993 2
Douglas World Cruiser (DWC) "Boston" (#3) 2
Douglas World Cruiser (DWC) "Chicago" (#2) 2
Dunnam family 2
Fairchild 2
Felts Field (Spokane, Wash.) 2
Fokker 2
Foltz, Edith, 1902-1956 2
Guynemer, Georges, 1894-1917 2

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