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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
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Aircraft Identification Posters Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2019-00-00-37
Abstract

The Aircraft Identification Posters Collection is an artificial collection comprised of visual materials ranging from 1916-1946 designed to help individuals on the ground identify aircraft during wartime.

Dates: 1916-circa 1946
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

John W. Allen World War II Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2022-04-29-2
Overview

John W. Allen was a B-17 navigator during World War II. The collection consists of visual, audiovisual, and textual materials documenting Allen's missions in Europe with the 91st Bomb Group (H), 401st Bomb Squadron.

Dates: 1942-1945, 1976-1978, 1996-2002
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Elsie Anderson Boeing Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1997-04-17-A
Abstract

Elsie Anderson worked at Boeing Company as a Public Relations representative, circa 1940s-1950s. The collection includes negatives, films, photographic prints, and a small amount of textual materials related to Boeing aircraft and test flights occurring during the 1940s-1950s.

Dates: circa 1940s-1950s
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

William H. Anderson Pilot Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2025-04-14-1
Contents of the Collection The William H. Anderson Pilot Collection holds textual and visual materials related to the military service and post-war test pilot career of William H. Anderson from 1942-2023. The collection has been divided into two series: Military materials and Professional materials with items filed chronologically in each series. Military materials contains primarily textual items from Anderson's...
Dates: 1942-2023; Majority of material found within 1942-1966
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Anonymous Manuscripts on World War I Aircraft

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 2025-00-00-44
Content Description The Anonymous Manuscripts on World War I Aircraft is a small collection consisting of two typed manuscripts titled "Allied World War I Aircraft Photographs and Text" and "German and Austrian World War I Aircraft Photographs and Text." Both bound volumes consist of typewritten descriptions and histories of World War I-era aircraft by an unidentified author with photographs tipped in. Both volumes are undated but likely date to the 1940s.The first volume, "Allied World War I...
Dates: undated, circa 1940s
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

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
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Army Air Corps Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 1993-12-02
Abstract

The Army Air Corps Photographs is comprised of fifty-nine black-and-white photographs primarily depicting the 1923 Pulitzer Air Race and Mitchell Trophy Race with ten snapshots featuring the Sacramento Air Depot in 1940.

Dates: 1923, 1940
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

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
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Aviation Artwork Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2022-00-00-86
Abstract

The Aviation Artwork Collection contains original works on paper and lithographic reprints of artwork related to aviation. The collection contains a wide variety of aviation-related artwork with themes of travel, war, innovation, and history.

Dates: circa 1920s-1990s
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

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photographic prints 125
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World War, 1939-1945 54
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World War, 1914-1918 33
printed ephemera 32
certificates 29
Boeing Company -- Employees 28
Air pilots 27
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aerial photographs 27
negatives (photographs) 26
photocopies 26
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logs (records) 25
Airplanes -- Flight testing 24
military records 24
slides (photographs) 24
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Family 21
photograph albums 21
scrapbooks 21
notes (documents) 18
technical drawings 18
Airplanes 17
Boeing B-29 Superfortress 16
Washington (State) 16
Airships 15
Boeing Model 747 Family 15
France 15
Airplanes -- Cockpits 14
Seattle (Wash.) 14
Test pilots 14
identity cards 14
lithographs 14
maps (documents) 14
Consolidated B-24 Liberator Family 13
Seaplanes 13
memorandums 13
orders (military records) 13
technical reports 13
Airlines 12
Boeing Model 707 Family 12
Douglas C-47 Skytrain Family 12
de Havilland (Airco) D.H.4 12
Boeing B-47 Stratojet Family (Model 450) 11
Boeing Model 727 Family 11
Curtiss JN-4D Jenny 11
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area 11
articles 11
16mm (photographic film size) 10
8mm (photographic film size) 10
Airplanes -- Conservation and restoration 10
Biplanes 10
Boeing B-52 Stratofortress Family (Model 464) 10
Curtiss P-40 Warhawk Family 10
Douglas DC-3 Family 10
North American B-25 Mitchell Family 10
blueprints (reprographic copies) 10
notebooks 10
postcards 10
Aircraft carriers 9
Airplanes -- Maintenance and repair 9
Boeing B-17 Model 299 Flying Fortress ("XB-17") 9
Boeing Model 737 Family 9
China 9
Commuter aircraft 9
brochures 9
business cards 9
newsletters 9
photographic postcards 9
Air shows 8
Armed Forces -- Officers 8
Boeing B-29 Superfortress Family (Model 345) 8
Boeing Model 767 Family 8
Curtiss C-46 Commando Family 8
Fighter pilots 8
Lockheed P-38 Lightning Family 8
Martin (Glenn L.) B-26 Marauder Family 8
North American P-51 Mustang Family 8
Republic P-47 (F-47) Thunderbolt Family 8
SPAD XIII (S.13) 8
Ships 8
TMOF Aircraft 8
Women in aeronautics 8
awards 8
booklets 8
Aircraft cabins 7
Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress 7
Bombing, Aerial 7
California 7
Fighter planes 7
Helicopters 7
Japan 7
Military education 7
North American AT-6 Texan Family 7
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drawings (visual works) 7
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United States. Army. Air Service 9
United States. Army 8
Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Corporation 7
Lockheed 7
Museum of Flight (Seattle, Wash.) 7
United States. Army. Air Corps 7
United States. Marine Corps 7
Consolidated Aircraft Corp 6
Douglas 6
Douglas Aircraft Company 6
King County International Airport 6
Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 6
Northrop 6
Western Airlines 6
Alaska Airlines 5
Allen, Edmund Turney, 1896-1943 5
Boeing, William Edward, 1881-1956 5
Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force 5
Fairchild 5
Germany. Luftwaffe 5
Merrill, A. Elliott (Albert), 1901-1992 5
Northwest Airlines, Inc. 5
Pan American World Airways, Inc. 5
Quiet Birdmen 5
Ryan NYP "Spirit of St Louis" 5
Boeing Company. Wichita Division 4
Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975 4
Fokker 4
Los Angeles International Airport 4
Rickenbacker, Eddie, 1890-1973 4
Scott, Clayton, 1905-2006 4
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport 4
Sikorsky 4
Trans World Airlines 4
United States. Army. Forces in China-Burma-India Theater 4
Allen, William M., 1900-1985 3
American Airlines 3
Beall, Wellwood Edmeston, 1906-1978 3
Boeing Airplane Company 3
Bristol 3
Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1958 3
Curtiss, Glenn Hammond, 1878-1930 3
Dallas Love Field 3
Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993 3
Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937 3
Essex (Aircraft carrier) 3
Flying Tiger Line 3
Fornasero, John B., 1904-1967 3
Great Britain. Royal Air Force 3
Grumman (Bethpage, NY) 3
Hartney, Harold Evans, 1888-1945 3
Hawks, Frank, 1897-1938 3
Heinkel 3
Hughes, Howard, 1905-1976 3
Johnston, A.M. (Alvin M.) 3
Junkers 3
Kitty Hawk (Aircraft carrier) 3
Knutson, Don 3
Lamson, Robert T., 1914-2011 3
National Championship Air Races 3
Pacific Air Transport 3
Pearson Field (Vancouver, Wash.) 3
Reed, A.C. 3
Robbins, Robert M. 3
Showalter, N.D. (Noah David), 1925-2012 3
Society of Experimental Test Pilots 3
Stearman (1927) 3
United States. Army. Air Service. Aero Squadron, 94th 3
United States. Army. Air Service. Aero Squadron, 95th 3
Wallick, S. L., 1924-2009 3
Wells, Edward C., 1910-1986 3
Wilson, T. A. (Thornton Arnold), 1921-1999 3
Amendola, John 2
Associated Women Pilots of Boeing Field 2
Avro 2
Barr, Julius A., 1905-1939 2
Beachey, Lincoln J., 1887-1915 2
Bell 2
Boeing, Bertha Marie (Potter Paschall), 1891-1977 2
Bong, Richard Ira, 1920-1945 2
Bowers, Peter M., 1918-2003 2
Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport 2
Caproni 2
Cascade Airways 2
Cathay Pacific Airways 2
Cessna Aircraft Company 2
Chiang, May-ling Soong, 1897-2003 2
Claude Dornier (Firm) 2
Continental Airlines 2
Delta Air Lines 2
Denver International Airport 2
Douglas World Cruiser (DWC) "New Orleans" (#4) 2

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