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William Orthman World War II Collection

Collection

Identifier: 1991-07-17-A

Abstract William Orthman (1911-1990) was drafted into the United States Army in 1942. He served in the China-Burma-India Theater as Public Relations Officer. The collection is comprised of 340 photographs and a small amount of textual materials from his 1945-1946 service.

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Eric G. Peter Collection

Collection

Identifier: 2010-10-18

Abstract The collection consists of photographs, military personnel documents, and wartime ephemera related to the Royal Air Force career of Eric G. Peter during and after World War I.

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Sidney Van Wyck Peters Scrapbook

Collection

Identifier: 2011-02-10

Abstract Sidney Van Wyck Peters of Seattle, Washington served with the U.S. Army Air Service, 24th Aero Squadron during World War I. The collection contains a scrapbook album containing photographs and paper ephemera related to his service overseas.

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

James P. Rush World War II Collection

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 2018-00-00-66

Contents of the Collection This small collection contains World War II-era pilot training materials, possibly used by James P. Rush, who likely served as a pilot. It includes 2 copies of "Weather for Pilot Trainees Elementary Student's Workbook;" several pages of training exercises, such as quizzes; and other textual materials related to weather and air navigation, including a navigation logbook for Stuttgart Army Air Field (Arkansas) and a weather map symbol chart. Additional documents cover aircraft...

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Russian Transpolar Flight Collection

Collection

Identifier: 2012-12-23

Abstract The Russian Transpolar Flight Collection primarily documents the June 1937 transpolar flight by Russian aviators Valery Chkalov, Georgii Baidukov, and V. Belydakov with photographs, clippings, audio-visual materials, and various textual materials. It also features a small amount of material about the July 1937 transpolar flight by Russian aviators M. Gromov, Sergei Danilin, and Andrei Yumashev, as well as general Russia-related research materials.

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

John Schafer Collection

Collection — Box: One

Identifier: 2005-01-15

Contents of the Collection The John Schafer Collection is primarily original newspapers from the World War II era, but also includes a small amount of additional textual materials and one black-and-white photograph. It is unknown if John Schafer served during World War II, if he collected the materials, or they were given to him. The fourteen newspapers date from January 29, 1939 to October 15, 1945 and include issues from the Seattle Daily Times, ...

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Robert Short Collection

Collection

Identifier: 1991-01-07

Abstract Robert McCawley Short (1904-1932) was born in Steilacoom, Washington and worked in China as chief instructor at China's School for Military Air Tactics from 1931-1932. The collection contains licenses, financial documents, correspondence, photographs, ephemera, biographical materials, and clippings related to Short's brief time in China. Additionally, the collection has photographs, ephemera, and correspondence related to the identification and preservation of his memorial.

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Anne and Dottie Simpson Collection

Collection — Folder: One

Identifier: 2016-08-24

Content Description This small collection consists of materials related to Dorothy "Dottie" Lewis Simpson's flying career and some commercial airline ephemera. It is unclear if Dottie or her daughter Anne collected the ephemera. Material documenting Dottie Simpson includes her U.S. Army Air Corps wallet with her private pilot's license, medical certificate, and CAA identity card. Her pilot's flight log is also included and primarily covers 1944-1946 but has notations dating as late as 1997. The commercial ephemera...

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Edward I. Sproull Photograph Album

Collection

Identifier: 2011-03-07

Abstract The collection contains a World War I era scrapbook photograph album assembled by Edward I. Sproull (1897-1956) while in training at Ohio State University and subsequently serving as a pilot with the A.E.F. and the American Squadron of the French Military Air Force in France.

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Dorothy (Hester) Stenzel Collection

Collection

Identifier: 1992-09-26

Abstract Dorothy (Hester) Stenzel (1910-1991) was born in Ardenwald, Oregon and learned to fly in the late 1920s. Stenzel then gained fame for stunt flying and broke several records through the mid-1930s. The collection contains seven (7) scrapbooks and assorted textual materials and photographs that document Stenzel's career as one of the first female stunt pilots.

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William Orthman World War II Collection

Eric G. Peter Collection

Sidney Van Wyck Peters Scrapbook

James P. Rush World War II Collection

Russian Transpolar Flight Collection

John Schafer Collection

Robert Short Collection

Anne and Dottie Simpson Collection

Edward I. Sproull Photograph Album

Dorothy (Hester) Stenzel Collection

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