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World War, 1939-1945

 Subject

Staff Only
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Non-preferred terms: European War, 1939-1945 ; Second World War, 1939-1945 ; World War 2, 1939-1945 ; World War II, 1939-1945 ; World War Two, 1939-1945 ; WW II (World War, 1939-1945) ; WWII (World War, 1939-1945)

Found in 188 Collections and/or Records:

Mac R. Johnson Tokyo Bombing Run Teletype

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 2018-00-00-180
Contents of the Collection This small collection is comprised of United Press war correspondent Mac R. Johnson's teletype firsthand account as an observer onboard the B-29 aircraft "Little Gem" for a combat mission on November 24, 1944. The mission described in the teletype is the United States Air Force's first B-29 air raid on Tokyo. Johnson wrote a dramatic and detailed description of events onboard as the squadron performed a high altitude bombing over the target, the Nakajima Aircraft Factory. The...
Dates: 1944 November 24
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Theodore Jay Johnston Boeing Aircraft Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2008-04-22-A
Abstract

Theodore Jay Johnston (1923-2013) was born in Olympia, Washington and was a pilot with the Eighth Air Force (398th Heavy Bomb Group) during World War II. After the war, Johnston spent 37 years at Boeing, workings on a variety of projects, including the Boeing B-47 Stratojet and Boeing B-52 Stratofortress. The collection contains slides and technical documentation related to Johnston's personal history with the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and the Boeing B-47 Stratojet.

Dates: 1942-2002 ; Majority of material found within 1942 - 1953
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

John A. Jones World War II Collection

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 2011-10-01
Contents of the Collection

The John A. Jones World War II Collection is a very small collection related to Jones' World War II service from 1942-1945. The collection is comprised of a training certificate from the Boeing Flying Fortress School; three digital reprints of 1940s-era photographs, two of which feature Jones; and photocopies of Jones' Honorable Discharge and military service record.

Dates: 1942-1945
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Duane Kaiser World War II Collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 2020-12-07
Content Description The Duane Kaiser World War II Collection is a small collection documenting Kaiser's service in the 487th Bomb Group and political career in the Washington State House of Representatives. Materials include photographs (primarily digital prints rather than vintage prints); a scrapbook related to his military service with photographs, military orders, and 487th Bomb group association materials; correspondence and clippings related to his military service; 487th bomb group information; and a...
Dates: circa 1942-1945, 1983-2002
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Calvin H. and Yun Yau Kam Military Aviation Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2017-03-24
Abstract

Yun Yau Kam served in the U.S. Army for 19 years and was the father of Calvin H. Kam. Calvin H. Kam was born in Hawaii and enlisted in 1969, completing flight school in 1970. The collection contains military documents, photographs, and slides relating to the military service of Calvin H. Kam during Vietnam and photographs and clippings related to his father's, Yun Yau Kam, service during World War II and the Korean War.

Dates: 1939-1970s
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Jack Kerr Curtiss-Wright Corporation Slides

 Collection
Identifier: 2005-08-08
Overview

Jack Kerr was an aeronautical engineer for Curtiss-Wright Corporation in the late 1930s and early 1940s .The Jack Kerr Curtiss-Wright Corporation Slides is a collection comprised of 175 color slides depicting aircraft, people, activities, and facilities of the Curtiss-Wright Corporation in Buffalo, New York and Columbus, Ohio taken by Kerr circa 1937-1947.

Dates: 1937-1947
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Lester Kickland World War II Photographs

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 2015-06-15
Contents of the Collection This small collection is comprised of 59 photographs taken by and featuring Lester Jay Kickland while he was stationed in the Pacific theater during World War II where he helped to build island airfields. The photographs were primarily taken between April and September of 1945 at locations on Iejima (formerly Ie Shima), but may also include images from Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Photographs feature nose art on various types of American aircraft, a coral runway on Iejima as well as other...
Dates: circa 1940s
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

James A. Klotz World War II Collection

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 1999-09-29
Contents of the Collection The James A. Klotz World War II Collection is a small collection comprised of documents and photographs from Klotz's time in the Marines during and after World War II. The items gathered are primarily related to aircraft maintenance, including handwritten notes, aviation machinist training materials, aviation circulars, and checklists for aircraft maintenance for the St. Louis Lambert Naval Air Station. Nine black-and-white photographs feature Marines standing at attention and a Vought F7U...
Dates: circa 1940s
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

John W. Lambert Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2011-06-25
Scope of the Collection The John W. Lambert Photograph Collection consists of 9,687 black-and-white and color photographs, 2,048 black-and-white and color negatives and nine photographic slides, as well as a small amount of textual material primarily documenting air operations during World War II. The strength of the collection is that it includes visual documentation of Army Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, and Allied aircraft in combat around the world. There are photographs of aircraft on operations...
Dates: circa 1930s-1955
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Clarence H. Lamping World War II Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2017-10-27
Contents of the Collection The Clarence H. Lamping World War II Collection contains textual materials and a small amount of photographic prints relating to the World War II service of Lieutenant Colonel Clarence H. Lamping. Some of the material is retrospective. Most of the material was collected by Lamping during and after his service, although some items were collected by his son, John. The bulk of the collection is textual materials, most of which are post-war. Materials include Lamping's U.S Army Air...
Dates: 1939-2000; Majority of material found within 1939-1945
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

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