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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

Hans Carl Borm Annotated B-29 Gunner's Information File

Collection — Folder: 1

Identifier: 2026-00-00--18

Content Description The Hans Carl Borm Annotated B-29 Gunner's Information File is a single-item collection consisting of a B-29 Gunner's information file (manual) with notes and illustrations by Borm from his military service during World War II.The volume is a standard-issue gunner's training manual published by General Electric circa 1944. Of particular interest are the memo pages at the end of the manual which contain Borm's personal annotations. Two pages contain...

Dates: circa 1945

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Clayton D. Bowyer B-29 bomb door installation notebook

Collection — Folder: 1

Identifier: 2019-03-20

Overview

The Clayton D. Bowyer B-29 bomb door installation notebook is a small spiral notebook with handwritten notes regarding the installation of bomb doors on B-29s during World War II.

Dates: circa 1939-1945

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

John D. Carroll World War II Collection

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 2000-09-14

Contents of the Collection The John D. Carroll World War II Collection relates to the World War II experience of 1st Lieutenant John D. Carroll, who served as a flight navigator and bombardier. It includes aeronautical charts for Hong Kong and Hungtze, China and Osaka and Choshi, Japan as well as a small amount of newspaper clippings related to World War II. Also present are photographs depicting military operations, such as reconnaissance and aerial bombardment, and aircraft, predominantly the B-29. The B-29 is...

Dates: circa 1940s

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

William Hough "Bill" Cook Jr. Papers

Collection

Identifier: 2017-10-26

Abstract

The William Hough “Bill” Cook, Jr. Papers are comprised of documents, photographs, newspaper clippings, and memorabilia pertaining to the life and work of Bill Cook, Jr. A significant portion of this collection is made up of correspondence, both personal and professional. Major topics include the Boeing high speed wind tunnel, the B-29, B-47, and B-17 bombers, the development of the YC-14 short takeoff and landing (STOL) aircraft, and research on supersonic transport.

Dates: 1925-2012; Majority of material found within 1938-1974

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Thomas Cooper World War II Photograph Collection

Collection — Folder: 1

Identifier: 2009-08-13-A

Contents of the Collection The Thomas Cooper World War II Photograph Collection is comprised of 42 photographs mostly taken by Paul A. Payne, with whom Thomas Cooper served in United States Marine Corps in the Pacific theater of World War II. The photographs were taken on Saipan and Tinian in the Mariana Islands between 1944 and 1945. They feature several American aircraft, such as a Northrop P-61, a Douglas C-47, a Consolidated B-24 Liberator, and several Boeing B-29s. Many of the B-29 photographs were taken on...

Dates: Circa 1943-1946

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Ralph W. Edington World War II Photographs Collection

Collection — Folder: 1

Identifier: 2026-03-10

Content Description The Ralph W. Edington World War II Photographs Collection is a small collection of photographs taken and collected by Sgt. Ralph W. Edington during his World War II service.The collection is comprised of 33 photographs related to Edington's service. Seven of the images depict Edignton and his fellow members of "Crew 392." Eighteen images depict aircraft, primarily Boeing B-29s, on bombing missions. These photos were taken in-flight of surrounding aircraft, giving insight to the...

Dates: circa 1940-1945

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Mac R. Johnson Tokyo Bombing Run Teletype

Collection — Folder: 1

Identifier: 2018-00-00-180

Contents of the Collection This small collection is comprised of United Press war correspondent Mac R. Johnson's teletype firsthand account as an observer onboard the B-29 aircraft "Little Gem" for a combat mission on November 24, 1944. The mission described in the teletype is the United States Air Force's first B-29 air raid on Tokyo. Johnson wrote a dramatic and detailed description of events onboard as the squadron performed a high altitude bombing over the target, the Nakajima Aircraft Factory. The...

Dates: 1944 November 24

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Charles J. Langmack Pilot Collection

Collection

Identifier: 2001-04-05

Abstract

The Charles Langmack Pilot Collection contains textual materials, scrapbooks, and photographs concerning the life and military career of Charles Langmack (1907-1999). Langmack was an early Oregon aviator, and this collection equally documents both his civilian and military aviation careers.

Dates: 1920-2002

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Henry S. McMurray Logbooks and Military Records

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 2011-07-28

Contents of the Collection The Henry S. McMurray Logbooks and Military Records contains logbooks, military records, and an autobiographical DVD that document the career of pilot Henry S. McMurray from 1937-2011. The materials cover McMurray's training as an Aviation Cadet, his service in Europe with the Eighth Air Force during World War II, and his careers as a commercial pilot with United Airlines and as a production test pilot with Boeing. The bulk of the collection is comprised of nine logbooks dating...

Dates: 1940s-2011

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

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Elsie Anderson Boeing Collection

Hans Carl Borm Annotated B-29 Gunner's Information File

Clayton D. Bowyer B-29 bomb door installation notebook

John D. Carroll World War II Collection

William Hough "Bill" Cook Jr. Papers

Thomas Cooper World War II Photograph Collection

Ralph W. Edington World War II Photographs Collection

Mac R. Johnson Tokyo Bombing Run Teletype

Charles J. Langmack Pilot Collection

Henry S. McMurray Logbooks and Military Records

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