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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

Hamilton Coolidge World War I Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2000-10-16-101
Abstract

Hamilton "Ham" Coolidge (1895-1918) was one of many young men from wealthy New England families who enlisted during World War I. The collection contains materials related to Captain Coolidge's service a pilot with the U.S. Army Air Service 94th Aero Squadron. Coolidge achieved Ace status, was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, and was killed in action.

Dates: circa 1917-1925

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

David L. Davidson Jr. Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2022-07-11
Abstract David L. Davidson was an electrical engineer at The Boeing Company and worked on the Saturn V Rocket and the Lunar Rover projects. He served in the U.S. Marines from 1942-1946 and in the U.S. Army Reserves Engineer Corps from 1957-1962. This collection, which dates from 1941 to his retirement from Boeing in 1988, consists of textual materials, photographs, and one digital audio recording. It includes administrative records, notes, Boeing managerial training materials, photographs that depict...
Dates: circa 1937-1988

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

Lee Embree Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2007-08-08
Abstract

Lee R. Embree (1915-2008) was born in Iowa, enlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1936, and was assigned to the 38th Reconnaisance Squadron as an aerial photographer during World War II. Embree was at Hickam Field, Hawaii during the 1941 Pearl Harbor bombing and took several photographs. The collection contains photographs, textual materials, audiovisual materials, and a scrapbook that relate to Embree's military service and photography as well as his post-war photography activities.

Dates: 1918-2005 (bulk dates 1939-1945)

Ralph L. Gjefle World War II Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1992-07-29
Contents of the Collection The Ralph L. Gjefle World War II Collection is a small collection that contains primarily textual materials relating to Gjefle's World War II experience, circa 1942-1945. The materials were collected by Gjefle, who served as a pilot in the China-Burma theater during the war. Materials include a 1943 Enlisted Man's pass and a 1942 physical fitness record card for Gjefle, as well as 1944 graduation invites for Class 44-D from Marfa Army Air Force Pilot School at Marfa Army Air Field, Texas....
Dates: circa 1942-1945

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newsletters 9
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China 7
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Consolidated B-24 Liberator Family 6
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Lockheed P-38 Lightning Family 5
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Air pilots -- Licenses -- United States 4
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Korea 4
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North American AT-6 Texan Family 4
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Shanghai (China) 4
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audiocassettes 4
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de Havilland (Airco) D.H.4 4
lithographs 4
menus 4
newspapers 4
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poetry 4
technical reports 4
telegrams 4
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force 4
United Airlines 4
United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 8th 4
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.) 4
American Fighter Aces Association 3
Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1958 3
Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975 3
Quiet Birdmen 3
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 3
Trans World Airlines 3
United States. Air Force Reserve 3
United States. Army. Air Service 3
United States. Civil Aeronautics Administration 3
United States. Marine Corps 3
Air Line Pilots Association 2
Arlington National Cemetery (Arlington, Va.) 2
Boeing 2
Boeing Company 2
Chiang, May-ling Soong, 1897-2003 2
Dallas Love Field 2
Hughes, Howard, 1905-1976 2
Kelly Field (Tex.) 2
King County International Airport 2
Moore Field (Tex.) 2
National Championship Air Races 2
North American 2
OX-5 Aviation Pioneers (Organization) 2
Ox-5 Club of America 2
Roales, Paul Alan, 1945-2023 2
Turner, Roscoe, 1895-1970 2
United States. Air Force. Air Force, 14th 2
United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 5th 2
United States. Army Air Forces. Bomb Group, 490th 2
United States. Army Air Forces. Bombardment Group (H), 34th 2
United States. Army. Air Corps. Reserves 2
United States. Army. Air Service. Aero Squadron, 95th 2
United States. Army. European Theater of Operations 2
United States. Army. Women's Army Corps 2
14th Air Force Association (U.S.). Flying Tigers 1
Acosta, Bertrand "Bert" Blanchard 1
Adams, Bruce A. 1
Adams, George E., Sr., 1899-1963 1
Adams, George Earl, Jr., 1923-1996 1
Aero Industries Corporation 1
Airborne Museum "Hartenstein" (Oosterbeek, Netherlands) 1
Airservices Company Ltd. 1
Akron (Airship) 1
Allied Engineering Corporation 1
Allied International Company 1
Althaus, J. K. von 1
American Airlines 1
American Railway Express Agency 1
American Red Cross 1
Archibald, Norman S., 1894-1975 1
Arizona (Battleship) 1
Arkansas (Battleship) 1
Army Air Forces Navigation School (San Marcos Army Air Field, Tex.) 1
Army Air Forces Pilot School (Marfa Army Air Field, Tex.) 1
Army Air Forces School of Applied Tactics (Orlando, Fla.) 1
Artig, Abraham J., 1922-2010 1
Ascani, Fred J. (Fred John), 1917-2010 1
Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.) 1
Aviation Instruction Center, 2nd (France) 1
Balchen, Bernt, 1899-1973 1
Barns, William Frederick, 1920-1995 1
Barto, Bette J. (Harris), 1928- 1
Barto, Raphael H., 1921-1997 1
Bellevue College (Bellevue, Wash.) 1
Bennett, Floyd 1
Boeing Air Transport 1
Boeing Flying Fortress School 1
Boeing School of Aeronautics (Oakland, Calif.) 1
Bogart, Humphrey, 1899-1957 1
Bohrer, Walt 1
Bong, Richard Ira, 1920-1945 1
Bow, James 1
Bowers, Barry Austin, 1943-2017 1
Bowers, Claradee 1
Bowers, Harold E., 1918-1942 1
Bowers, Lewis Paul, 1922- 1
Bowers, Mary C. (Weidner), 1922-2010 1
Bowers, Ora E. 1
Bristol Aeronautics Corporation 1
Brock, William S. 1
Browning, Frank D., 1922-2016 1
Burnelli, Vincent J. 1
Butler Aircraft Company 1
Butler National Corporation 1
California. National Guard 1
Call, Mary M. (Hiller), 1919-2019 1
Campbell, Douglas, 1896-1990 1
Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force 1
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