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George E. Adams Jr. World War II Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2002-03-15
Abstract

Collection of materials related to the military service of Second Lieutenant George E. Adams Jr., who served as a reconnaissance pilot in World War II.

Dates: circa 1943 to 1945
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

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
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Aircraft Identification Posters Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2019-00-00-37
Abstract

The Aircraft Identification Posters Collection is an artificial collection comprised of visual materials ranging from 1916-1946 designed to help individuals on the ground identify aircraft during wartime.

Dates: 1916-circa 1946
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

John W. Allen World War II Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2022-04-29-2
Overview

John W. Allen was a B-17 navigator during World War II. The collection consists of visual, audiovisual, and textual materials documenting Allen's missions in Europe with the 91st Bomb Group (H), 401st Bomb Squadron.

Dates: 1942-1945, 1976-1978, 1996-2002
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

American Fighter Aces Association Oral Interviews

 Collection
Identifier: 2002-02-13-1139
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
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Norman "Jim" S. Archibald Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1986-10-10-A
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
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Abraham J. Artig World War II Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2019-09-11
Overview

The A.J. Artig World War II Collection relates to A.J. Artig's service in the Army Air Corps as a B-26 Marauder pilot.

Dates: 1943-2010
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

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
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Elmer A. Ball World War II Negatives

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2021-06-30
Content Description The Elmer A. Ball World War II Negatives is a collection of 184 photographic negatives taken by Ball during his service with the U.S. Navy, much of which took place in Guam during the later years of World War II. The negatives are all medium format black-and-white negatives, except for one color transparency. They were not organized in any particular manner.The images depict a variety of people, activities, and buildings in and around Naval Air Station Agana on Guam from roughly...
Dates: circa 1944-1950
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

William Frederick Barns U.S. Air Force Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2012-04-13
Abstract

William Frederick "Bill" Barns (1920-1995) joined the United States Air Force in 1942 and flew in the European Theater during World War II. After the war, Barns served in the USAF in several capacities until his retirement in 1966 when he went to work in the private sector, including for Garrett Corporation. The collection contains a broad array of textual materials as well as photographs and digital images related to his military and professional careers.

Dates: 1941 to 1990s
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

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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
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United States. Army Air Forces. Bomb Group, 490th 4
United States. Army. Air Service 4
American Airlines 3
Bong, Richard Ira, 1920-1945 3
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Moore Field (Tex.) 3
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Arlington National Cemetery (Arlington, Va.) 2
Army Air Forces Pilot School (Marfa Army Air Field, Tex.) 2
Boeing Air Transport 2
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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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