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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
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Thomas Cooper World War II Photograph Collection
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2009-08-13-A
Contents of the Collection
The Thomas Cooper World War II Photograph Collection is comprised of 42 photographs mostly taken by Paul A. Payne, with whom Thomas Cooper served in United States Marine Corps in the Pacific theater of World War II. The photographs were taken on Saipan and Tinian in the Mariana Islands between 1944 and 1945. They feature several American aircraft, such as a Northrop P-61, a Douglas C-47, a Consolidated B-24 Liberator, and several Boeing B-29s. Many of the B-29 photographs were taken on...
Dates:
Circa 1943-1946
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Elliott N. Couden Airmail Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1983-11-18-A
Contents of the Collection
The Elliott N. Couden Airmail Collection is a relatively small collection that pertains to the early days of airmail via Pacific Air Transport (PAT), United Air Lines (UAL), and Varney Air Lines (VAL). It includes textual and photographic materials, dating from 1929-1944. Textual materials include both original and photocopies of clippings related to airmail pilots of the 1930s-1940s, including some of their crashes and deaths; and airmail service, including news about routes....
Dates:
1926-1948
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Raymond P. Craig Collection of Vought A-7 Corsair II technical drawings
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 2015-07-07
Contents of the Collection
The collection is comprised of two very large technical drawings of a Vought A-7 Corsair II, also known as LTV A-7 Corsair II. The drawings were sent to United States Navy Lieutenant Commander Raymond P. Craig while he was in U. S. Navy Post Graduate School from the Vought Corporation on July 21, 1982. The original paper mailing tube was discarded due to condition, however, photocopies of the address label and postmark were created and are retained to preserve context. Both drawings are...
Dates:
1982
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Donald B. Croly Boeing Concept Art Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2011-03-14
Contents of the Collection
The Donald B. Croly Boeing Concept Art Collection holds 39 pieces of concept art created by Croly, circa 1940s-1970s, during his time as an artist at the Boeing Company. Most are original gouache paintings, although there are three pen and ink and graphite drawings and two photographic reproduction posters. Scenes primarily depict aircraft in a variety of settings, including in flight, parked at terminals and engaged in U.S. Air Force military operations. A small number feature...
Dates:
circa 1940s-1970s
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Jesse R. Crookshanks Flying Tigers Collection
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 2001-05-25
Contents of the Collection
The collection includes photographs and assorted reunion publications, circa 1940s, related to the American Volunteer Group (AVG) "Flying Tigers" collected by AVG member Jesse R. Crookshanks.
Dates:
circa 1940s
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Jeffry Culver Boeing Field Negatives
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2024-01-29
Contents of the Collection
The Jeffry Culver Boeing Field Negatives is comprised of 22 black-and-white negatives taken at King County International Airport, otherwise known as Boeing Field, by Culver in 1970. The images are 35mm and were taken for a photography class while Culver was a student at Bellevue High School in Bellevue, Washington. The images depict stationary aircraft at the airport. Many of the aircraft views are obscured or from a distance. Some images include people and or buildings in the background....
Dates:
1970
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Ethyl Y. Dale Airman's World Annotated Book
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 1982-02-11-A
Content Description
The Ethyl Y. Dale Airman's World Annotated Book is a small collection consisting of one book that Dale used as a travel diary from 1932-1969. The book is a copy of Airman's World published by William Morrow in New York in 1933. Dale recorded all the flights she took throughout the pages of the book. She noted in the page margins the origins and destinations of her flights, occasionally recorded the date, and had...
Dates:
1932-1969
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Norman Damborg Lockheed and Northwest Airlines Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1984-12-28-B
Contents of the Collection
The collection is comprised of Northwest Airlines and Northwest Orient Airlines promotional material highlighting Lockheed aircraft. A Lockheed-Northwest Sales Development Material kit includes three lithographs and a photograph of Lockheed military and commercial aircraft. The collection also includes a Northwest Orient Airlines in-flight entertainment booklet containing puzzles and trivia about the Lockheed Super Constellation.
Dates:
Circa 1950s
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Floyd R. Daniel Boeing Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2010-01-20
Contents of the Collection
The Floyd R. Daniel Boeing Collection is comprised of materials relating to Daniel’s 26-year career as photographer and videographer at the Boeing Company. The collection primarily consists of photographic materials and assorted documents relating to Daniel’s career, as well as seven films, all ranging from the late 1920s to early 1960s.The photographs, which are comprised of 95 black-and-white prints, nine color prints, 22 negatives, and three transparencies, consist of official...
Dates:
1920s-1960s
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives