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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 teletype...

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Lester Kickland World War II Photographs

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 2015-06-15

Contents of the Collection This small collection is comprised of 59 photographs taken by and featuring Lester Jay Kickland while he was stationed in the Pacific theater during World War II where he helped to build island airfields. The photographs were primarily taken between April and September of 1945 at locations on Iejima (formerly Ie Shima), but may also include images from Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Photographs feature nose art on various types of American aircraft, a coral runway on Iejima as well as other airfields,...

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Charles J. Langmack Papers

Collection

Identifier: 2001-04-05

Abstract The Charles Langmack Papers 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.

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Elvin L. Lindsay World War II Collection

Collection

Identifier: 2007-09-14

Abstract Elvin L. Lindsay (1920-1999) was born in Potlach, Idaho and served as a pilot in the U.S. Navy during World War II, earning Ace status in 1944. The collection contains four (4) log books, a scrapbook, a small amount of ephemera, and photographs documenting Lindsay's wartime career.

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Fred Losch Black Sheep Squadron Collection

Collection

Identifier: 2004-04-01

Abstract Fred Losch was a member of United States Marine Fighter Squadron 214 (VMF-214) known as "Black Sheep Squadron" during World War II. The collection contains photographic reproductions, ephemera, and DVDs related to the Black Sheep Squadron during World War II.

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Lloyd R. Lyckman Photographs and Papers

Collection

Identifier: 2000-10-16-430

Abstract Lloyd R. Lyckman (1914-1993) was a Staff Sergeant with Army Air Forces 158th and 72nd Liaison Squadrons during World War II and post-war in Japan. The collection contains photographs, assorted manuscripts, maps and printed ephemera related to his training and military service in Japan.

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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.

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Dean Mesnard World War II Navigator Chart

Collection — oversize: folder

Identifier: 2004-05-24

Contents of the Collection The collection contains a single navigational chart printed October 1944 and used by the United States Army Air Forces, 505th Bombardment Group during World War II. The top of the chart is printed as "AAF Special Plotting Chart, Chart No. S-501, Restricted." There are plotting notations done in pencil with various markings, presumably to aid the navigator. On the front of the chart is also a note that reads "Mission #22, Osaka, Japan, June 1, 1945, Crew 83-10, 505th Bomb Group." The front of...

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Desiree "Jerry" Clifford Michaud and Thelma Irene McGraw Papers

Collection

Identifier: 2016-11-01

Abstract Jerry Michaud (1924-1982) Michaud served in the United States Navy during World War II as a Naval pilot in the Pacific Theater. Thelma McGraw (1920-1996) She worked as a stewardess with United Airlines (UAL). The collection contains textual materials, black-and-white photographs, and ephemera associated with their 1942-1952 naval and commercial airline careers, respectively.

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Murray Stuart and Noel Rae Papers

Collection

Identifier: 2017-02-23

Abstract Native Washingtonians Murray Stuart (1909-1960), and Noel Rae (b. 1909), married in 1929 and were both pilots. The collection contains clippings, photographs, correspondence, business records, and certificates relating to both their flight careers and personal lives.

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Mac R. Johnson Tokyo Bombing Run Teletype

Lester Kickland World War II Photographs

Charles J. Langmack Papers

Elvin L. Lindsay World War II Collection

Fred Losch Black Sheep Squadron Collection

Lloyd R. Lyckman Photographs and Papers

Bruce Mennella Vietnam War Collection

Dean Mesnard World War II Navigator Chart

Desiree "Jerry" Clifford Michaud and Thelma Irene McGraw Papers

Murray Stuart and Noel Rae Papers

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