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Albert Fulton Moorehead World War II Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2004-03-03
Contents of the Collection The Albert Fulton Moorehead World War II Collection primarily relates to the World War II service of pilot Albert Fulton Moorehead, who served with the United States Naval Reserve Patrol Bombing Squadron 136. The collection contains approximately 130 photographs depicting locations in Alaska during the war, military personnel, activities, and aircraft. Additional materials include a pilot's log book, a typed "Personal History of VPB-136" by Robert R. Larson, military records...
Dates: 1941-1945

William Orthman World War II Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1991-07-17-A
Abstract

William Orthman (1911-1990) was drafted into the United States Army in 1942. He served in the China-Burma-India Theater as Public Relations Officer. The collection is comprised of 340 photographs and a small amount of textual materials from his 1945-1946 service.

Dates: 1945-1946

Alan Lonsdale Patterson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2021-08-03-A
Overview Alan Lonsdale Patterson worked extensively in the field of aviation from the 1920s to the 1980s. Throughout his career he worked as a barnstormer, pilot and established multiple companies that facilitated the sale of aircraft and aeronautical equipment, predominately between companies based in the United States and China. The collection represents both his professional and personal life through correspondence, photographs, business records, clippings and audiovisual materials, as well as...
Dates: 1876-2021; Majority of material found within 1920-1981

Harris H. Reed Logbook and Military Records

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2024-04-02-1
Content Description The Harris H. Reed Logbook and Military Records is a small collection consisting of Harris's aviator's logbook from his service as a blimp pilot during World War II and photocopies of his military records and related correspondence. The logbook spans November 1942 through April 1945 and documents Harris's service primarily with Blimp Squadron Two. An entry in the log for April 25, 1945 notes assistance with the rescue of a downed B-29 crew. Photocopies of Harris's service records from the...
Dates: 1942-1945, 2011

Philip A. Schaack World War II Collection

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2021-06-16
Content Description The Philip A. Schaack World War II Collection a is a small collection of documents and photographs related to Schaack's service as a U.S. Navy pilot during World War II. The collection includes eight black-and-white 4x5” photos taken by Schaack documenting the landing sequence of the Vought OS2U Kingfisher alongside the U.S.S. Cincinnati and being hosited on board. One small photo is a portrait of Schaack in uniform and one photo is a group portrait of an unidentified squadron including...
Dates: circa 1942-1945

John L. Schell World War II Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 2011-07-05
Contents of the Collection

The John L. Schell World War II Collection contains primarily textual materials related to the World War II military service of United States Navy pilot and fighter ace John L. Schell. Materials include military certificates and citations, pilot's logs, clippings, and additional printed ephemera. There is also a small amount of photographs, depicting military personnel and activities.

Dates: 1942-1946

Kenneth C.R. Seal U.S. Naval Aviation Collection

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2022-02-17
Content Description The Kenneth C.R. Seal U.S. Naval Aviation Collection is a small collection of textual and visual materials related to Seal's service in the U.S. Navy from about 1946-1959.The collection inlcludes one pilot's logbook dated 1949. However, the log only has one entry. The bulk of the collection conists of 48 photographs related to Seal's military service. While Seal served in Pensacola, Florida; Corpus Christi, Texas; Honolulu, Hawaii; and Okinawa, Japan, the majority of photographs...
Dates: circa 1949-1959

Robert L. Simons Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1998-05-05-B
Overview

Robert Lewis Simons was a military and commercial pilot in the mid-twentieth century. The Collection is comprised of materials relating to Simons’ career , including log books, military records, photographs, and films.

Dates: 1925-1972; Majority of material found within 1938-1948

Alden Drew Simonson Military Aviation Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2021-07-07
Content Description The Alden Drew Simonson Military Aviation Collection is a small collection consisting of textual and visual materials documenting Simonon's military service with the U.S. Navy during World War II and with the North Dakota Air National Guard after the war. The collection includes a "Flying the Weather" training booklet from the U.S. Navy with Alden's annotations; a logbook documenting his flights primarily at Naval Air Station Pensacola; separation records from his service with the U.S. Navy;...
Dates: 1944-1950

Howard E. Smith World War II Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2020-02-25
Contents of the Collection The Howard E. Smith World War II Photograph Collection is comprised largely of photographic and audiovisual material, including 2,115 prints, 83 negatives, and 5 film reels. The images were taken or collected by Howard E. Smith, a United States Army Air Corps Public Relations Officer and base photographer, primarily while he was stationed at Smoky Hill Army Air Field (SHAAF) in Salina, Kansas. There is also a very small amount of textual documents. Most materials date from 1942-1943, with...
Dates: 1941-1949, 1969, undated

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North American AT-6 Texan Family 3
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scrapbooks 3
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Seaplanes 2
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Women in aeronautics 2
aeronautical charts 2
blueprints (reprographic copies) 2
booklets 2
business cards 2
business records 2
decals 2
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drawings (visual works) 2
greeting cards 2
letterheads 2
manuals (instructional materials) 2
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menus 2
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Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1958 2
Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975 2
National Championship Air Races 2
United States. Army 2
United States. Army. Air Corps 2
United States. Army. Women's Army Corps 2
Aero Industries Corporation 1
Airservices Company Ltd. 1
Akron (Airship) 1
Allied Engineering Corporation 1
Allied International Company 1
American Fighter Aces Association 1
Arkansas (Battleship) 1
Boeing Air Transport 1
Boeing Company 1
Bohrer, Walt 1
Bristol Aeronautics Corporation 1
Butler Aircraft Company 1
Butler National Corporation 1
Caniff, Milton, 1907-1988 1
Chenango (Ship) 1
Chiang, May-ling Soong, 1897-2003 1
China Airmotive Company Fed. Inc. 1
China National Aviation Corporation 1
Chourre (ARV-1) 1
Chourré, Catherine (Davis), 1894-1985 1
Chourré, Ceci 1
Chourré, Clinton Emile, 1963- 1
Chourré, Emile, 1894-1938 1
Chourré, Jack Mausegne, 1930-2014 1
Chourré, Jeanne Louise, 1921-2013 1
Chourré, Karen Jean (Condon) 1
Christensen, Henry Billington, 1909-1990 1
Civilian Pilot Training Program (U.S.) 1
Coats, Robert Charles, 1918-2011 1
Consolidated Aircraft Corp 1
Consolidated Trading Company, Limited 1
Davis, Carrie (Cornell), 1866-1958 1
Davis, Jefferson Lee, 1862-1939 1
Dec, Stanley J. , 1920-1954 1
Denver International Airport 1
Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993 1
Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937 1
Eurasia Aviation Corporation 1
Fiji Airways 1
Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006 1
Fuchs, Alice S., 1917-2012 1
Gadbois, Robert William 1
General Airplanes Corporation 1
Germany. Luftwaffe 1
Great Britain. Royal Flying Corps 1
Hancock, H. M. 1
Highfill, Gordon 1
Hughes, Howard, 1905-1976 1
Jeppesen, Elrey B. (Elrey Borge), 1907-1996 1
Jeppesen, Nadine A. (Liscomb), 1914-1996 1
Kam, Calvin H. 1
Kam, Yun Yau 1
LeBoutillier, Oliver C. 1
Lear, William P. (William Powell), 1902-1978 1
Leigh, Frank C., 1920-1986 1
Lewis, Harold Turner "Slim" 1
Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 1
Lockheed 1
Michaud, Desiree "Jerry" Clifford, 1924-1982 1
Michaud, Thelma Irene (McGraw), 1920-1996 1
Moorehead, Albert Fulton 1
Mott, Herb, 1923-2017 1
Mukden (Prisoner of war camp) 1
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.) 1
Nehru, Jawaharlal, 1889-1964 1
Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966 1
North American 1
North Dakota. Air National Guard 1
Northwest Airlines Corporation 1
OX-5 Aviation Pioneers (Organization) 1
Orthman, William G., 1911-1990 1
Ox-5 Club of America 1
Pan American World Airways, Inc 1
Patterson, Alan Lonsdale, 1900-1991 1
Patterson, William A. (William Allan), 1899-1980 1
Pius XII, Pope, 1876-1958 1
Quiet Birdmen 1
Rankin School of Flying 1
Rankin, John Gilbert "Tex", 1894-1947 1
Red Aerea Mexicana, S.A. 1
Reed, Harris Henwood, 1917-1996 1
Republic of China Air Force 1
Ritter, Theodore J. 1
Roales, Paul Alan, 1945-2023 1
Ryan Aeronautical Company 1
Ryan NYP "Spirit of St Louis" 1
Saud, Faisal bin Salman 1
Schaack, Philip A., 1921-2017 1
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