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Henry B. Christensen World War II Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2008-09-04-A
Contents of the Collection The Henry B. Christensen World War II Collection is comprised of items primarily related to the World War II military service of United States Navy pilot Henry B. Christensen. The collection contains military records, personnel documents, a pilot's log book and a small amount of black-and-white photographs.There are various identification cards and licenses, including a Naval Aviation Pilot license with a portrait of Christensen, several officer's mess cards, a ribbon...
Dates: 1940-1948

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

Robert Coats Fighter Ace Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2008-08-02
Contents of the Collection The Robert Coats Fighter Ace Collection consists primarily of military documents relating to the World War II service of Captain Robert Charles Coats. Although Coats served in the United States Navy from 1940 to 1971, the items in this collection are from the years 1940-1951.Included in the collection is Coats' military personnel documents, including two black-and-white photographs of Coats as an aviation cadet. Additional materials consist of his ensign commission, fitness...
Dates: 1940-1951

Clarke C. Cole Alaska Airlines Pilot Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2023-10-24
Content Description The Clarke C. Cole Alaska Airlines Pilot Collection is a small collection of materials related to Cole’s personal family life, service in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II, and his career as a pilot with Alaska Airlines from 1947-1971. The materials date from 1903-1966 and are predominantly comprised of photographs, with a small amount of textual materials. The textual component of the collection includes clippings, correspondence from Cole to his wife, Blanche K. Cole,...
Dates: 1903-1966

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

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

Jesse R. Crookshanks Flying Tigers Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 2001-05-25
Contents of the Collection

The collection includes photographs and assorted reunion publications, circa 1940s, related to the American Volunteer Group (AVG) "Flying Tigers" collected by AVG member Jesse R. Crookshanks.

Dates: circa 1940s

Thomas B. Davis Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1997-04-18
Content Description The Thomas B. Davis Collection documents Davis’s career with the U.S. Navy and Pacific Northern Airlines with textual and visual materials primarily from 1940s-1960s. A small amount of materials, including log books and photographs, document Davis’s service during World War II. The bulk of the collection relates to Davis’s career as a commercial airline pilot with Pacific Northern Airlines, including certificates, manuals, and training materials. Another man, Frank L....
Dates: Majority of material found within 1940s to 1980s

Dodge H. Dean World War II Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 2018-00-00-138
Content Description The Dodge H. Dean World War II Collection consists primarily of training materials from Dean's service with both the Royal Canadian Air Force and the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. Training materials from Dean's time with the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) from about 1937-1942 make up the bulk of the collection. Included are printed lecture outlines and printed notes on a variety of topics such as airframes; airmanship; airways regulations; armament; engines;...
Dates: 1937-1950

Stanley J. Dec Naval Aviation Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2010-06-02
Abstract

Stanley Joseph Dec (1920-) was born in Raymond, Washington. After attending flight school in Iowa, Dec joined the military and served as a pilot for the U.S. Navy during World War II. The collection contains documents, logs, and publications documenting the training and military career of World War II U. S. Navy Ensign Stanley J. Dec.

Dates: 1942-1953

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World War, 1939-1945 176
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logs (records) 57
military records 57
correspondence 52
certificates 46
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Family 31
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area 31
identity cards 28
orders (military records) 28
Airplanes, Military 27
scrapbooks 23
photocopies 22
Consolidated B-24 Liberator Family 20
Fighter pilots 20
booklets 20
negatives (photographs) 20
aerial photographs 19
maps (documents) 19
Japan 18
photograph albums 17
Aircraft accidents 16
Bombing, Aerial 15
Women in aeronautics 15
Air pilots 14
Douglas C-47 Skytrain Family 14
England 14
Germany 14
Lockheed P-38 Lightning Family 14
North American B-25 Mitchell Family 14
World War, 1914-1918 14
memorandums 14
Aces (Fighter pilots) 13
North American P-51 Mustang Family 13
Soldiers 13
newsletters 13
notes (documents) 13
postcards 13
slides (photographs) 13
California 12
China 12
digital prints 12
notebooks 12
Boeing B-29 Superfortress Family (Model 345) 11
Flight training 11
Martin (Glenn L.) B-26 Marauder Family 11
Aircraft carriers 10
Curtiss P-40 Warhawk Family 10
Nose art 10
Seattle (Wash.) 10
lithographs 10
manuscripts (documents) 10
personnel records 10
Boeing B-29 Superfortress 9
France 9
Italy 9
North American AT-6 Texan Family 9
Republic P-47 (F-47) Thunderbolt Family 9
Washington (State) 9
compact discs 9
drawings (visual works) 9
photographic postcards 9
yearbooks 9
16mm (photographic film size) 8
Alaska 8
Boeing Company -- Employees 8
Hawaii 8
audiocassettes 8
manuals (instructional materials) 8
newspapers 8
technical reports 8
Boeing B-17 Model 299 Flying Fortress ("XB-17") 7
Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress 7
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress 7
Curtiss C-46 Commando Family 7
DVDs 7
Korean War, 1950-1953 7
Navigation (Aeronautics) 7
Prisoners of war 7
Vought F4U Corsair Family 7
Women air pilots 7
diplomas 7
menus 7
navigation charts 7
panoramic photographs 7
poetry 7
Airplanes -- Design and construction 6
Airships 6
Bell P-39 Airacobra Family 6
Burma 6
Curtiss SB2C Helldiver Family 6
Douglas B-18 Family 6
Fighter planes 6
Guam 6
Korea 6
Messerschmitt Bf 109 Family 6
Okinawa Island (Japan) 6
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United States. Army Air Forces 52
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United States. Army. Air Corps 18
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force 9
United States. Army 9
Boeing 8
United States. Naval Reserve 8
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.) 8
United States. Marine Corps 7
Boeing Company 6
Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force 6
United States. Army. European Theater of Operations 6
United States. Army. Forces in China-Burma-India Theater 6
United States. Civil Aeronautics Administration 6
American Fighter Aces Association 5
Germany. Luftwaffe 5
United Airlines 5
Boeing School of Aeronautics (Oakland, Calif.) 4
Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1958 4
Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975 4
Kelly Field (Tex.) 4
Lockheed 4
North American 4
United States. Army Air Forces. Bomb Group, 490th 4
United States. Army. Air Service 4
American Airlines 3
Bong, Richard Ira, 1920-1945 3
China. Kong jun. American Volunteer Group 3
Moore Field (Tex.) 3
OX-5 Aviation Pioneers (Organization) 3
Quiet Birdmen 3
Trans World Airlines 3
United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 5th 3
United States. Army. Women's Army Corps 3
14th Air Force Association (U.S.). Flying Tigers 2
Alaska Airlines 2
Arlington National Cemetery (Arlington, Va.) 2
Army Air Forces Pilot School (Marfa Army Air Field, Tex.) 2
Boeing Air Transport 2
Boeing Flying Fortress School 2
Chiang, May-ling Soong, 1897-2003 2
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 2
Coats, Robert Charles, 1918-2011 2
Cochran, Jacqueline, 1906-1980 2
Comstock, Harold E. 2
Conger, Paul A. 2
Curtiss 2
Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993 2
Dunnam, Nancy (Nordhoff), 1923- 2
Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937 2
Embree, Lee 2
Essex (Aircraft carrier) 2
Great Britain. Royal Flying Corps 2
Great Britain. Women's Auxiliary Air Force 2
Guynemer, Georges, 1894-1917 2
Hamilton Field (Calif.) 2
Houston, Frank L., -2002 2
Hughes, Howard, 1905-1976 2
King County International Airport 2
Lewis, Carol (Nicholson), 1923-1987 2
Nagoya Airfield (Japan) 2
National Aeronautic Association (U.S.) 2
National Championship Air Races 2
Neale, Robert H., 1914-1994 2
Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966 2
Northwest Airlines Corporation 2
Ox-5 Club of America 2
Pearson Field (Vancouver, Wash.) 2
Roales, Paul Alan, 1945-2023 2
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 2
Rosenthal, Joe, 1911-2006 2
Ryan NYP "Spirit of St Louis" 2
Spaatz, Carl, 1891-1974 2
Stenzel, Dorothy (Hester), 1910-1991 2
Taylor, James H., Jr. 2
Tibbets, Paul W. (Paul Warfield), 1915-2007 2
Turner, Roscoe, 1895-1970 2
Twining, Nathan F. (Nathan Farragut), 1897-1982 2
United States. Air Force. Air Force, 14th 2
United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 15th 2
United States. Army Air Forces. Bomb Group (H), 487th 2
United States. Army Air Forces. Bomb Group, 449th 2
United States. Army Air Forces. Bombardment Group (H), 385th 2
United States. Army Air Forces. Bombardment Group, 498th 2
United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces 2
United States. Army. Mediterranean Theater of Operations 2
United States. Army. Signal Corps 2
United States. Marine Fighter Squadron, 214th 2
Wandrey, Ralph H., 1921-2020 2
Whitman, Bruce 2
Yeager, Chuck, 1923-2020 2
Zemke, Hub, 1914- 2
Acosta, Bertrand "Bert" Blanchard 1
Adair, Claude Bryant, 1909-1992 1
Adams, Bruce A. 1
Adams, George E., Sr., 1899-1963 1
Adams, George Earl, Jr., 1923-1996 1
Aero Industries Corporation 1
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