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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

Robert L. Baseler Fighter Ace Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2009-08-26
Overview

This collection relates to Rober L. Baseler's career as a Fighter Ace, with a focus on his service during World War II.

Dates: 1939-1996; Majority of material found within 1939-1944

George Leslie Boyd Pilot Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2023-10-24-A
Contents of the Collection The George Leslie Boyd Pilot Collection is comprised of Boyd’s personal pilot logbooks, assorted certifications and licenses, notes, as well as photographs related to Boyd’s time as a pilot with the United States Army Air Corps as well as United Airlines. The collection materials date from 1927 to 1967.The largest segment of materials in the collection are Boyd’s fifteen pilot logbooks. The logbooks begin in 1927 when Boyd first began his training as a pilot at the U.S. Air...
Dates: 1927-1983

Abraham L. Brearcliffe Jr. Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1984-08-30-B
Abstract

Abraham Lincoln Brearcliffe, Jr. (1899-1984) was born in Washington state and worked for Boeing from 1930-1945. The collection features photographs, clippings and newsletters, foreman's materials, labor union membership books, and assorted ephemera from Brearcliffe's time at Boeing, most of which are almost exclusively from the war years (1941-1945).

Dates: 1921-1945, 1967-1970 ; Majority of material found within 1941-1945

James O. Brewer World War II Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2012-06-04
Contents of the Collection The James O. Brewer World War II Collection documents Brewer’s service as a pilot in the Pacific Theater during World War II. The collection consists of both photographic and textual material, primarily dating from 1942-1949.Photographs are in color and black-and-white and appear to show military personnel, reunions, and personal candids, though most of the photographs are not dated or annotated. A significant number of photographs were taken in Australia and prominently feature...
Dates: 1943-1997

Merle M. Coons Fighter Ace Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2002-02-13-1136
Abstract

Colonel Merle Coons (1921-1997) was a United States Air Force fighter pilot, earning ace status during World War II. The collection is a subset of the American Fighter Aces Collection and includes primarily textual materials, such as military orders and records, flight records and a log book, and a scrapbook, as well as a photograph album and a small amount of loose photographs.

Dates: 1942-1997

The James H. Dilonardo Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2006-01-21
Abstract

James H. Dilonardo was a local aviation enthusiast strongly tied to Boeing Field and The Museum of Flight. His collection consits of photographs, textual materials, sound recordings, and film largely related to aviation in Seattle, Washington and the Pacific Northwest.

Dates: 1930-1981

Joe P. Doetsch B-17B inspection notes

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2019-00-00-6
Content Description This collection consists of notes by Joe P. Doetsch related to his work inspecting B-17B aircraft from about 1939-1940. There are 22 loose pages of notes which appear to have been cut from a notebook, an additional couple sheets of handwritten notes, and three pages of typed aircraft lists. The notebook pages document airplane serial number, its destination, propellor numbers, engine numbers, and other remarks such as pilot name. Additional pages document problems with the aircraft. The...
Dates: 1939-1940

Harold K. and Charlene B. Hartell World War II Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2021-12-08
Overview

The Harold K. and Charlene B. Hartell World War II Collection documents the personal careers of the Hartells during the war, primarily from 1942 to 1945. The collection documents Harold’s training and service as a bombardier in the United States Air Corps and Charlene’s training and work for North American Aviation building B-25 bombers.

Dates: 1942-1946, 1998-2007

Thomas Walter Jackson World War II Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2018-12-06
Abstract

Major Thomas Walter Jackson (1916-1942) was a United States Army Air Corps pilot and squadron commander who served in the Aleutian Island campaign during World War II. The collection contains textual materials, photographs, and a digitized film clip pertaining to the 1938-1942 military service of Jackson.

Dates: 1928-1942

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photographic prints 15
clippings (information artifacts) 9
Air pilots, Military 8
certificates 7
military records 6
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Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Family 5
North American P-51 Mustang Family 5
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area 5
correspondence 5
identity cards 5
Aircraft accidents 4
Consolidated B-24 Liberator Family 4
Curtiss P-40 Warhawk Family 4
North American B-25 Mitchell Family 4
digital prints 4
orders (military records) 4
photocopies 4
printed ephemera 4
Aces (Fighter pilots) 3
Airplanes, Military 3
Fighter pilots 3
Republic P-47 (F-47) Thunderbolt Family 3
World War, 1914-1918 3
logs (records) 3
maps (documents) 3
memorandums 3
photograph albums 3
16mm (photographic film size) 2
Alaska 2
Australia 2
Bell P-39 Airacobra Family 2
Cemeteries 2
China 2
Curtiss C-46 Commando Family 2
Douglas A-20 Havoc Family 2
Douglas A-24 Dauntless Family 2
Douglas C-47 Skytrain Family 2
Fighter planes 2
Italy 2
Japan 2
Lockheed P-38 Lightning Family 2
Martin (Glenn L.) B-26 Marauder Family 2
Military training camps 2
Mitsubishi G4M Betty Family 2
North American AT-6 Texan Family 2
Nose art 2
Papua New Guinea 2
Parades 2
Philippines 2
Recreation 2
Soldiers 2
Solomon Islands 2
United States 2
United States -- Armed Forces -- Insignia 2
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 2
Women in aeronautics 2
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (Ohio) 2
aerial photographs 2
audiocassettes 2
awards 2
booklets 2
compact discs 2
lithographs 2
negatives (photographs) 2
newsletters 2
newspapers 2
notes (documents) 2
open reel audiotapes 2
oral histories (literary works) 2
personnel records 2
ration coupons 2
slides (photographs) 2
8mm (photographic film size) 1
Aerospace industries 1
Africa, North 1
African American soldiers 1
African Americans 1
Air bases 1
Air pilots 1
Air pilots--Licenses 1
Air shows 1
Aircraft carriers 1
Airdrop 1
Airlift, Military 1
Airplane racing 1
Airships 1
Aleutian Islands (Alaska) 1
Armed Forces -- Officers 1
Attack planes 1
Aviation ground crews 1
Aviation mechanics (Persons) 1
Barksdale Air Force Base (La.) 1
Boeing B-17B Flying Fortress 1
Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress 1
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress 1
Boeing B-29 Superfortress 1
Boeing B-29 Superfortress Family (Model 345) 1
Boeing Company -- Employees 1
Boeing Model 737 Family 1
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United States. Army Air Forces 6
United States. Air Force 5
United States. Navy 5
American Fighter Aces Association 2
Germany. Luftwaffe 2
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force 2
Kelly Field (Tex.) 2
United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 5th 2
United States. Army. Forces in China-Burma-India Theater 2
United States. Army. Women's Army Corps 2
United States. Marine Corps 2
Air Line Pilots Association 1
Alaska Airlines 1
Alison, John R. (John Richardson), 1912-2011 1
American Airlines 1
Anderson, William Y. 1
Associated Women Pilots of Boeing Field 1
Augarten, Rudolph 1
Baird, Robert 1
Balch, Donald L. 1
Barber, Rex T., 1917- 1
Baseler, Robert L., 1911-1983 1
Bechtel, Paul S. 1
Beebe, Marshall Ulrich 1
Bellevue College (Bellevue, Wash.) 1
Blair, William Knox 1
Boeing 1
Boeing Air Transport 1
Boeing Company 1
Boeing Flying Fortress School 1
Boeing School of Aeronautics (Oakland, Calif.) 1
Boeing, William Edward, 1881-1956 1
Bong, Richard Ira, 1920-1945 1
Boyd, George Leslie, 1907-1986 1
Brearcliffe, Abraham Lincoln, 1899-1984 1
Brewer, James Olin, 1917-1996 1
Brewer, Randell J., 1946-2018 1
Bryan, Donald S. 1
Buck, George T. 1
Callaway, Raymond L. 1
Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force 1
Caniff, Milton, 1907-1988 1
Carl, Marion E., 1915- 1
Champion, Henry K. 1
Chandler, George T. 1
Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1958 1
Chenoweth, Oscar I. 1
Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975 1
Chiang, May-ling Soong, 1897-2003 1
Chick, Louis William, Jr. 1
Clarke, Walter E. 1
Coats, Robert Charles, 1918-2011 1
Collinsworth, Jerry D. 1
Comstock, Harold E. 1
Conger, Jack E. 1
Conger, Paul A. 1
Coons, Lois Clark 1
Coons, Merle M., 1921-1997 1
Cormier, Richard L. 1
Crim, Harry C. 1
Crosby, John T. 1
Cunningham, Daniel G. 1
Cupp, James N., 1921-2004 1
Curdes, Louis E. 1
Curtiss 1
Daniel, William A. "Bill", 1913-1998 1
Davis, Leonard K. 1
Daymond, Gregory A. 1
DeHaven, Robert M., 1922-2008 1
DeLong, Phillip C. 1
Denman, Anthony J. 1
Dilonardo, James H., 1922-2000 1
Doetsch, Joe P., Jr. 1
Donaldson, E. M. (Edward Mortlock), 1912-1992 1
Donalson, I. B. Jack 1
Drake, Charles W. 1
Drury, Paul E. 1
Duncan, George C., 1917-1995 1
Dungan, Fred L. 1
Embree, Lee 1
Everton, Loren D. 1
Fairchild 1
Farrell, William 1
Fontana, Paul J. 1
Foss, Joseph J. 1
Franger, Marvin J. 1
Freeman, William B. 1
French, James B. 1
Gailer, Frank L. 1
Garrison, Vermont 1
Great Britain. Royal Air Force. Squadron, 333 (N) 1
Great Britain. Royal Navy 1
Grumman (Bethpage, NY) 1
Haberman, Roger A. 1
Hadden, Mayo A., Jr. 1
Hamilton Field (Calif.) 1
Hammel, Eric M. 1
Hanks, Eugene R. 1
Harris, Thomas S. 1
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