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Henry B. Christensen World War II Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2008-09-04-A
Abstract
Henry B. Christensen (1909-1990) was a United States Navy pilot during World War II. The collection contains military records, personnel documents, a pilot's log book, twelve (12) black-and-white photographs, and two (2) New Testaments.
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Mary Christensen Commercial Airlines Collection
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2000-09-13
Contents of the Collection
The collection includes route maps, schedules, and brochures by Northwest Airlines and Western Air Lines, circa 1940s. Materials from both airlines feature the Douglas DC-4 and DC-3 aircraft in their promotional art. Also included is a Souvenir Air Log by Northwest Airlines, which unfolds to a reversible map that features domestic and international routes along with trivia about the science of air travel.
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Roy T. Church Vietnam War Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2017-09-29
Abstract
Roy T. Church (b. 1944) was born in Great Falls, Montana and served in Vietnam with the U.S. Marines as a bombadier and navigator from 1968-1969. The collection contains slides, photographs and a map related to his military service.
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Charles B. D. Collyer Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2014-00-00-84
Abstract
Charles B. D. Collyer (1896-1928) enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps during World War I. After the war
Collyer broke the record for circumnavigation of the globe. On the return trip, Collyer died attempting to break his own record. The collection contains correspondence about naming an airfield in his honor as well as a photograph and drawing of Collyer.
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Dave Comstock Collection of Airline Decals
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 1979-10-05
Contents of the Collection
The collection is comprised of two (2) color decals of United States west coast-based airlines, circa 1920s - 1930s. Decals include: a red, white, black, yellow and blue oval-shaped 5x3.5" decal by West Coast Air Transport Company that features the names and travel times of four cities at the top, a tri-motored super air pullman at center, and fields for passenger contact information; a red and white wing-shaped 4.75x2.125" decal by Pickwick Latino Americana. with text, "Servicios Aereos."
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
John Cook Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2013-07-31
Abstract
Born in Scotland, John Cook (1899-) was a mechanic who worked on the engines that powered the Douglas World Cruisers that completed the first circumnavigation of the globe by air. Cook also served in the military for thirty-six years and later was a Quality Control Inspector for the Air Force Aircraft program at Boeing. The collection contains photographs, slides, and textual materials primarily related to his time at Boeing as well as some photographs and documents related to his contribution...
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
William Hough "Bill" Cook Jr. Papers
Collection
Identifier: 2017-10-26
Abstract
The William Hough “Bill” Cook, Jr. Papers are comprised of documents, photographs, newspaper clippings, and memorabilia pertaining to the life and work of Bill Cook, Jr. A significant portion of this collection is made up of correspondence, both personal and professional. Major topics include the Boeing high speed wind tunnel, the B-29, B-47, and B-17 bombers, the development of the YC-14 short takeoff and landing (STOL) aircraft, and research on supersonic transport.
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
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.
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
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.
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 Tinian...
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The Museum of Flight Archives
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- United States. Army 15
- Trans World Airlines 14
- United States. Marine Corps 13
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- Great Britain. Royal Air Force 11
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- Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 9
- United States. Civil Aeronautics Administration 9
- Project Apollo (U.S.) 8
- Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.) 8
- Northwest Orient Airlines 7
- Rickenbacker, Eddie, 1890-1973 7
- United States. Naval Reserve 7
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- American Airlines 6
- American Fighter Aces Association 6
- Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force 6
- Curtiss, Glenn Hammond, 1878-1930 6
- Douglas Aircraft Company 6
- Randolph Air Force Base (Tex.) 6
- United States. Army. European Theater of Operations 6
- Wright, Orville, 1871-1948 6
- Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975 5
- Delta Air Lines 5
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- Eastern Air Lines 5
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- Pearson Field (Vancouver, Wash.) 5
- Showalter, N.D. (Noah David), 1925-2012 5
- Slayton, Donald K., 1924-1993 5
- United States. Army. Air Service. Aero Squadron, 95th 5
- United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces. Services of Supply 5
- Allen, Edmund Turney, 1896-1943 4
- Apollo 11 (Spacecraft) 4
- Apollo 13 (Spacecraft) 4
- Barr, Julius A., 1905-1939 4
- Beall, Wellwood Edmeston, 1906-1978 4
- Boeing, Bertha Marie (Potter Paschall), 1891-1977 4
- China. Kong jun. American Volunteer Group 4
- Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993 4
- Douglas, Donald Wills, Sr., 1892-1981 4
- Flying Tiger Line 4
- Fornasero, John B., 1904-1967 4
- France. Armée de l'air 4
- Germany. Luftwaffe 4
- Graf Zeppelin (Airship) 4
- Great Britain. Royal Flying Corps 4
- Haise, Fred, 1933- 4
- Langley Field (Va.) 4
- McDonnell Douglas Corp 4
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 4
- Stenzel, Dorothy (Hester), 1910-1991 4
- United States. Army. Air Service. Aero Squadron, 94th 4
- United States. Army. Forces in China-Burma-India Theater 4
- United States. Army. Signal Corps 4
- Air Line Pilots Association 3
- Alaska Airlines 3
- Apollo Soyuz Test Project 3
- Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012 3
- Associated Women Pilots of Boeing Field 3
- Barr, Effie Hortense, 1904-1985 3
- Barr, Gene Edward, 1933- 3
- Barr, JoAnn, 1930- 3
- Beachey, Lincoln J., 1887-1915 3
- Boeing Air Transport 3
- Brand, Vance 3
- Braniff Airways 3
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- Bucholz Army Airfield (Kwajalien Atoll, Marshall Islands) 3
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- Cochran, Jacqueline, 1906-1980 3
- Columbia (Spacecraft) 3
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- Dominguez Field (Calif.) 3
- Dunnam, Nancy (Nordhoff), 1923- 3
- Grumman (Bethpage, NY) 3
- Guynemer, Georges, 1894-1917 3
- Hickam Air Force Base (Hawaii) 3
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