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Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Family

 Subject
Subject Source: Nasm

Found in 43 Collections and/or Records:

Joe P. Doetsch B-17B inspection notes

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 2019-00-00-6
Content Description This collection consists of notes by Joe P. Doetsch related to his work inspecting B-17B aircraft from about 1939-1940. There are 22 loose pages of notes which appear to have been cut from a notebook, an additional couple sheets of handwritten notes, and three pages of typed aircraft lists. The notebook pages document airplane serial number, its destination, propellor numbers, engine numbers, and other remarks such as pilot name. Additional pages document problems with the aircraft. The...
Dates: 1939-1940
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Brian J. Donnelly Bikini Atoll Collection

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 2012-01-30
Contents of the Collection The Brian J. Donnelly Bikini Atoll Collection is a small collection comprised of two items: a map and a booklet likely collected by Donnelly during his military service from 1945-1968. The map is a photocopy of a hand-drawn map of Kwajalein Island showing locations of the runway and other United States military structures. A handwritten note shows the location of the atomic bomb storage area. The booklet is titled, A. A. F. Drone Unit, and includes a history...
Dates: circa 1945-1950
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

William H. Dyche World War II Photograph Albums

 Collection
Identifier: 2019-00-00-85
Contents of the Collection William H. Dyche World War II Photograph Albums is a collection of six photograph albums with black-and-white photographs taken by aerial photographer William H. Dyche during World War II. Images include scenic shots of the English countryside, castles, cathedrals and people as well as aerial photographs of England and France, including what appears to be D-Day. Aircraft are also featured, including the B-24, B-17, and P-38; in particular “Flak Bait” and “Mild & Bitter.”...
Dates: circa 1939 to 1945
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Melvin A. Erickson World War II Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2012-05-10
Contents of the Collection

The Melvin A. Erickson World War II Collection is a small collection relating to the World War II service of Melvin A. Erickson, a B-17 pilot. It includes a pilot's logbook; military records, such as Erickson's war record, identity card, and discharge; aerial photographs of targets; and a photograph album which holds training and mission photographs.

Dates: circa 1940s
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Pat Ford Photograph Collection

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 2020-07-28
Contents of the Collection

The Pat Ford Photograph Collection is a small collection consisting of four black-and-white snapshots. Three World War II-era photographs measuring 2.5"x3.5" depict aircraft in Warrington, England. One post-war photograph measures 3.5"x5" and depicts Jack Northcott standing outside the cockpit of his plane.

Dates: 1945, 1953
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Adilene (Pogliano) Haderli Boeing Scrapbook

 Collection — Box Scrapbook Box 23, Volume: One
Identifier: 2022-02-07
Content Description Adilene (Pogliano) Haderli Boeing Scrapbook consists of a scrapbook created by Haderli who worked as a painter for Boeing during World War II. The scrapbook includes clippings, photographs, correspondence, printed ephemera, and some small artifacts, both affixed to the pages and loose, predominantly related to the construction of Boeing B-17s. The majority of materials date from 1942-1945.The scrapbook measures about 12.5x16.5x2 inches and has a brown faux-leather cover with an...
Dates: 1942-1954, 2001
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Robert E. Hage Photograph Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2021-06-25
Content Description The Robert E. Hage Photograph Collection consists primarily of visual materials related to Hage's career as an aeronautical engineer and executive at the Boeing Company and McDonnell Aircraft Company in the mid-to-late twentieth century. Hage's time at Boeing is documented with four official black-and-white 8x10-inch photographs of Hage with colleagues. Three show the men in thier offices at King County Airport at Boeing Field and one shows them in the cockpit of a 707. ...
Dates: circa 1950s-1978
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Harold K. and Charlene B. Hartell World War II Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2021-12-08
Overview

The Harold K. and Charlene B. Hartell World War II Collection documents the personal careers of the Hartells during the war, primarily from 1942 to 1945. The collection documents Harold’s training and service as a bombardier in the United States Air Corps and Charlene’s training and work for North American Aviation building B-25 bombers.

Dates: 1942-1946, 1998-2007
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Donald T. Hayes World War II Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2011-09-06
Contents of the Collection The Donald T. Hayes World War II Collection includes items accumulated by Sgt. Donald T. Hayes of the 452nd Bomb Group, ball turret gunner of the B-17 Flying Fortress "Tangerine." The collection includes Air Medal and Oak Leaf Cluster citations, a 452nd Bomb Group "Lucky Bastard Club" certificate, and a "magnetic" style photo album (now disassembled) with 113 black-and-white photos. The photographs are snapshots that feature Hayes, his fellow crewmembers, B-17 bombers in flight, life on...
Dates: Circa 1940s
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Tandy C. Hennings Collection of E. Scott Osler Materials

 Collection
Identifier: 2015-07-08
Abstract:

The Tandy C. Hennings Collection of E. Scott Osler Materials are comprised of photographs, newspaper clippings, and correspondence collected by Hennings concerning commercial pilot, flight engineer, and test pilot E. Scott Osler. Also included is the biography of Osler that Hennings wrote using these materials.

Dates: 1918-2015
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

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