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Daniel Abramson Korean War Photograph Album
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2020-02-26
Content Description
The Daniel Abramson Korean War Photograph Album consists of one album with snapshots documenting Abramson's service in the United States Air Force during the Korean War.The album has a teal cover with a Chinese or Japanese style dragon plate on the front cover, presumably purchased during his time abroad in service. It measures approximately 9x12x1.5 inches and has black paper pages. Inside there are 143 black-and-white photographs, each about 3.5x4.5 inches, affixed with album...
Dates:
1952-1953, 2004
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Dorothy Allen and Carol Gounaris Flying Tiger Flight Attendant Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2010-04-14-A
Contents of the Collection
The collection is comprised of primarily textual materials with a small amount of photographs that are related to Dorothy (Jesseman) Allen and Carol (Prentice) Gounaris who worked for the Flying Tiger Line as flight attendants, 1960-1964. The collection has been sorted into two series.Series I, Dorothy Allen materials, is the bulk of the collection. It includes Flying Tiger employee documentation in the form of a 1962 flight attendant seniority list, cholera vaccination...
Dates:
1960-1964
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
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
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Richard A. Arensberg Photograph Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2014-02-06
Content Description
The Richard A. Arensberg Photograph Collection is a small collection consisting of two unrelated photographs. One photograph depicts a Gilmore gas station, circa 1930s-1940s. The photograph is black-and-white and measures 10x14 inches. It is not a vintage print but was printed circa 1990s-2000s. The image shows one man filling his car with gas while another man looks on. The license plate on the car is for Washington, indicating that the gas station was probably located somewhere in...
Dates:
circa 1932, 1954
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
William Frederick Barns U.S. Air Force Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2012-04-13
Abstract
William Frederick "Bill" Barns (1920-1995) joined the United States Air Force in 1942 and flew in the European Theater during World War II. After the war, Barns served in the USAF in several capacities until his retirement in 1966 when he went to work in the private sector, including for Garrett Corporation. The collection contains a broad array of textual materials as well as photographs and digital images related to his military and professional careers.
Dates:
1941 to 1990s
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Joseph K. Boy World War II Ephemera Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2021-05-21-A
Content Description
The Joseph K. Boy World War II Ephemera Collection is a small collection of printed materials collected by Boy during his service in World War II. Boy served with Co. B, 1st Medical Squadron, 1st Cavalry, as a grade T/4 Medical Technician. He served in the Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea and Luzon, Philippines. He most likely collected the materials during his time in those locations.The collection includes ten examples of Japanese invasion money, paper bills printed by the...
Dates:
circa 1939-1945
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
The John R. Buschmann Boeing B-29 Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2015-11-19
Abstract
Lt. Col. John R. Buschmann compiled this information about the Boeing B-29 Superfortress, known as "T-Square 54," through personal research and interviews with former crew members. In 2015 these materials, including a short history of the plane written by Lt. Col. Buschmann, were donated to the Museum of Flight in an effort to keep the physical plane and its history housed in one location.
Dates:
1944-1991
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
Dean E. Christianson World War II and Korean War Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2022-09-01-A
Contents of the Collection
The Dean E. Christianson World War II and Korean War Collection consists primarily of textal materials and a few visual materials from Dean's service as a navigator in the U.S. Army Transportion Corps. Included in the collection are correspondence files, personnel documents, military orders, charts, maps, navigator’s logs and flight plans, as well as a small amount of travel ephemera. The materials which range from 1941 to 1958, are organized in three series: Series...
Dates:
1941-1958
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