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Joe Aiken Films

 Collection — Box: Film Box 4, Reel: 1-6
Identifier: 1998-12-28
Contents of the Collection The Joe Aiken Films are comprised of six films shot, produced, or compiled by Joe Aiken of 20th Century Fox Studio, from approximately 1918-1947. The films contain a mix of newsreel footage, documentary footage of aircraft manufacturing, and flight footage. Three of the films contain footage of World War I flying aces, flying squadrons, World War I-era aircraft, and transatlantic flight attempts. One of the films contains newsreel footage of the attack on Pearl Harbor in World War II and the...
Dates: circa 1918-1950s

American Fighter Aces Association Oral Interviews

 Collection
Identifier: 2002-02-13-OralHist
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

Norman "Jim" S. Archibald Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1986-10-10A
Abstract

Norman "Jim" Silas Archibald (1894-1975) of Seattle, Washington served in the U.S. Army Air Service, 95th Aero Squadron during World War I, and later published a bestselling book on his experience. He served again in the Air Force during World War II at home in Seattle. The collection contains correspondence, military documents, photographs, and other materials relating to Archibald's life and military service.

Dates: 1917-1946

Robert Bailey "Tuskegee Trigger Time" Signed Lithograph

 Collection — oversize: folder 1
Identifier: 2022-05-13
Contents of the Collection This single-item collection consists of a lithograph titled "Tuskegee Trigger Time" reproducing a painting done by aviation artist Robert Bailey in 2005. The 23 x 34" print is numbered (78/100) and depicts the Tuskegee Airmen of the 301st Fighter Squadron, 332nd Fighter Group in North American P-51 Mustangs fending off a Luftwaffe attack while escorting a Royal Air Force de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito during a photo reconnaissance mission above Germany during early 1945. It features "Creamer's...
Dates: 2005

Raphael and Bette Barto U.S. Air Force Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2019-04-27
Content Description The Raphael and Bette Barto U.S. Air Force Collection documents the Bartos' service in the U.S. Air Force in the 1940s through 1960s with a variety of textual and visual materials. Raphael Barto's military service as a fighter pilot is documented with flight records and logbooks, certificates and diplomas, documentation related to his Air Medal, and photographs. The logbook primarily covers his time in training at Randolph Field, Texas, but his individual flight records provide...
Dates: 1942-1966, 2019

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

August G. Blume World War I Eastern Front Research Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2008-07-25
Overview

August G. Blume (1927-1993) was an author and historian focused on the Eastern Theater of World War I. This collection consists of his writing, correspondence but most notably a large number of photographic images of the Eastern Front during World War I that Blume attained during his research. The materials span the early 1900s to 2000.

Dates: 1894-2008

Clarence A. Borley U.S. Naval Aviation Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2022-07-20
Abstract

Clarence A. Borley (1924-2019) was a U.S. Navy fighter pilot and ace. The collection documents Borley's 36-year military career as a pilot and fighter ace in the U.S. Navy and consists of textual, visual and audiovisual materials and primarily dates from 1942 to 1968, with some later dates and a small amount of personal materials.

Dates: 1942-1999, 2015; Majority of material found within 1942-1968

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: 2002-02-13-1284
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

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Fokker D.VII (V.18) 4
France 4
Hawaii 4
Nieuport 28 C1 4
North American P-51 Mustang Family 4
SPAD XIII (S.13) 4
de Havilland (Airco) D.H.4 4
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photocopies 4
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Nieuport 17 3
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Randolph Air Force Base (Tex.) 3
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identity cards 3
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photographic postcards 3
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Curtiss SB2C Helldiver Family 2
Douglas C-47 Skytrain Family 2
England 2
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Flight training 2
Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Family 2
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Italy 2
Korea 2
Martin (Glenn L.) B-26 Marauder Family 2
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Military education 2
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Nieuport 27 2
North American BT-9/BT-14 Family 2
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Republic P-47 (F-47) Thunderbolt Family 2
Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5 2
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Solomon Islands 2
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Stearman (1927) PT-13 Kaydet (Model 75) 2
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Washington (State) 2
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booklets 2
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diplomas 2
manuscripts (documents) 2
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personnel records 2
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Aerial observation (Military science) 1
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Names
United States. Air Force 9
United States. Army Air Forces 8
United States. Navy 7
American Fighter Aces Association 6
Rickenbacker, Eddie, 1890-1973 4
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United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces 4
United States. Army. Air Corps 3
Comstock, Harold E. 2
Conger, Paul A. 2
Essex (Aircraft carrier) 2
Great Britain. Royal Air Force 2
Great Britain. Royal Flying Corps 2
Kelly Field (Tex.) 2
Luke, Frank, 1897-1918 2
Morehead, James B. (James Bruce) 2
United States. Army. Air Service 2
United States. Army. Air Service. Aero Squadron, 27th 2
United States. Army. Air Service. Aero Squadron, 94th 2
United States. Army. Air Service. Aero Squadron, 95th 2
United States. Marine Corps 2
United States. Naval Reserve 2
Wandrey, Ralph H., 1921-2020 2
Zemke, Hub, 1914- 2
14th Air Force Association (U.S.). Flying Tigers 1
Aiken, Joe, 1900-1969 (filmmaker) 1
Alison, John R. (John Richardson), 1912-2011 1
Anderson, William Y. 1
Archibald, Norman S., 1894-1975 1
Army Air Forces School of Applied Tactics (Orlando, Fla.) 1
Augarten, Rudolph 1
Auton, Jesse D. 1
Bailey, Robert 1
Baird, Robert 1
Balch, Donald L. 1
Barber, Rex T., 1917- 1
Barkhorn, Gerhard, 1919-1983 1
Barto, Bette J. (Harris), 1928- 1
Barto, Raphael H., 1921-1997 1
Baseler, Robert L., 1911-1983 1
Bechtel, Paul S. 1
Beebe, Marshall Ulrich 1
Bishop, William Avery, 1894-1956 1
Blair, William Knox 1
Blume, August G. 1
Bogart, Humphrey, 1899-1957 1
Bong, Richard Ira, 1920-1945 1
Bryan, Donald S. 1
Buck, George T. 1
Byrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888-1957 1
Callaway, Raymond L. 1
Campbell, Douglas, 1896-1990 1
Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Expeditionary Force 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
China. Kong jun. American Volunteer Group 1
Clarke, Walter E. 1
Coats, Robert Charles 1
Collinsworth, Jerry D. 1
Conger, Jack E. 1
Coolidge, Hamilton, 1895-1918 1
Coons, Lois Clark 1
Coons, Merle M., 1921-1997 1
Cormier, Richard L. 1
Costello, Vincent 1
Crim, Harry C. 1
Crosby, John T. 1
Cunningham, Daniel G. 1
Cupp, James N., 1921-2004 1
Curdes, Louis E. 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
Donaldson, E. M. (Edward Mortlock), 1912-1992 1
Donalson, I. B. Jack 1
Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993 1
Drake, Charles W. 1
Draper, Eben Sumner, Jr. (1893-1959) 1
Draper, Hazel Archibald, 1891-1973 1
Drury, Paul E. 1
Dubinski, Charles 1
Duncan, George C., 1917-1995 1
Dungan, Fred L. 1
Easterbrook, Arthur E., 1893-1952 1
Everton, Loren D. 1
Farnborough International Airshow 1
Farrell, William 1
Fontana, Paul J. 1
Foss, Joseph J. 1
France. Armée. Aéronautique militaire 1
Franger, Marvin J. 1
Freeman, William B. 1
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