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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.

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 collection relates to the World War II experience of 1st Lieutenant John D. Carroll, who served as a flight navigator and bombadier. 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 featured in formation flight, dropping...

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Bruce Mennella Vietnam War Collection

Collection

Identifier: 2017-04-07

Abstract Bruce Mennella (b. 1946) served during the Vietnam War from 1969-1972 as an Air Intelligence Officer for U.S. Navy Fighter Squadron 114 (VF-114). The collection contains photographs and a small amount of ephemera documenting his military service.

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

William Orthman World War II Collection

Collection

Identifier: 1991-07-17-A

Abstract William Orthman (1911-1990) was drafted into the United States Army in 1942. He served in the China-Burma-India Theater as Public Relations Officer. The collection is comprised of 340 photographs and a small amount of textual materials from his 1945-1946 service.

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Alan Lonsdale Patterson Papers

Collection

Identifier: 2021-08-03-A

Overview Alan Lonsdale Patterson worked extensively in the field of aviation from the 1920s to the 1980s. Throughout his career he worked as a barnstormer, pilot and established multiple companies that facilitated the sale of aircraft and aeronautical equipment, predominately between companies based in the United States and China. The collection represents both his professional and personal life through correspondence, photographs, business records, clippings and audiovisual materials, as well as...

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Richard Peterson Pan American World Airways Collection

Collection — Folder: 1

Identifier: 1984-10-11-B

Contents of the Collection This small collection contains a Pan American Airways flight packet souvenir given to passengers traveling to the South Pacific, circa 1956. Contents of packet include a drink menu, brochures with information for traveling in Manila, Guam, Wake Island, and Hong Kong, as well as postcards of fishermen in Guam and aerial views of Wake Island.

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

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The Julius A. Barr Photograph Album

John D. Carroll World War II Collection

Bruce Mennella Vietnam War Collection

William Orthman World War II Collection

Alan Lonsdale Patterson Papers

Richard Peterson Pan American World Airways Collection

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