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Jean (Taylor) Howard WASP Collection

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2007-09-05
Contents of the Collection

The Jean (Taylor) Howard WASP Collection contains a black-and-white digital photographic print and a pilot's logbook related to the World War II military service of Jean (Taylor) Howard. The 5x7" print depicts Howard standing in front of an obscured front-facing Piper J-3. She is dressed as a civilian. There is no contextual information on the photograph.

Dates: 1939-1945

Donald H. Irwin Jimmie Allen Flying Club Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1986-06-05
Abstract

Roy Buckley was a member of the Jimmie Allen Flying Club during the 1930s. The collection contains Jimmie Allen Flying Club materials owned by Buckley, including a membership card, photomechanical prints, correspondence, newsletters, and assorted ephemera.

Dates: circa 1930s to 1940s

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

Lawrence W. Jensen World War II Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 2022-03-18
Content Description The Lawrence W. Jensen World War II Collection documents the bombing missions Jensen completed in 1944-11945 over Germany during his service as a B-17 pilot during World War II. The collection consists of mission summaries for each of his bombing runs with the 95th bomb group, as well as London edition issues of the Stars and Stripes newspaper corresponding to the dates of the missions. The mission summaries, known familiarly as...
Dates: 1944 October 3 - 1945 April 6

Elrey B. Jeppesen Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 1996-11-26
Abstract

The Elrey B. Jeppesen Papers documents the career and personal life of aviator and aerial navigation pioneer Elrey B. Jeppesen. This collection is comprised of textual, visual, and audiovisual materials created and collected by EBJ and his wife and business partner, Nadine Audrey (Liscomb) Jeppesen. The documents date from 1843-1996, with the bulk of the material dating from 1940-1979.

Dates: 1843-1996 ; Majority of material found within 1940-1979

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...
Dates: 1944 November 24

Theodore Jay Johnston Boeing Aircraft Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2008-04-22-A
Abstract

Theodore Jay Johnston (1923-2013) was born in Olympia, Washington and was a pilot with the Eighth Air Force (398th Heavy Bomb Group) during World War II. After the war, Johnston spent 37 years at Boeing, workings on a variety of projects, including the Boeing B-47 Stratojet and Boeing B-52 Stratofortress. The collection contains slides and technical documentation related to Johnston's personal history with the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and the Boeing B-47 Stratojet.

Dates: 1942-2002 ; Majority of material found within 1942 - 1953

John A. Jones World War II Collection

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2011-10-01
Contents of the Collection

The John A. Jones World War II Collection is a very small collection related to Jones' World War II service from 1942-1945. The collection is comprised of a training certificate from the Boeing Flying Fortress School; three digital reprints of 1940s-era photographs, two of which feature Jones; and photocopies of Jones' Honorable Discharge and military service record.

Dates: 1942-1945

Duane Kaiser World War II Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 2020-12-07
Content Description The Duane Kaiser World War II Collection is a small collection documenting Kaiser's service in the 487th Bomb Group and political career in the Washington State House of Representatives. Materials include photographs (primarily digital prints rather than vintage prints); a scrapbook related to his military service with photographs, military orders, and 487th Bomb group association materials; correspondence and clippings related to his military service; 487th bomb group information; and a...
Dates: circa 1942-1945, 1983-2002

Calvin H. and Yun Yau Kam Military Aviation Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2017-03-24
Abstract

Yun Yau Kam served in the U.S. Army for 19 years and was the father of Calvin H. Kam. Calvin H. Kam was born in Hawaii and enlisted in 1969, completing flight school in 1970. The collection contains military documents, photographs, and slides relating to the military service of Calvin H. Kam during Vietnam and photographs and clippings related to his father's, Yun Yau Kam, service during World War II and the Korean War.

Dates: 1939-1970s

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World War, 1939-1945 176
photographic prints 135
Air pilots, Military 67
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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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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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