Sikorsky S-43 Amphibion (Baby Clipper) Family
Subject
Subject Source: Nasm
Scope Note: Aircraft
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
E.L. Leak Aviation Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1999-04-25
Contents of the Collection
The E.L. Leak Aviation Collection is a small collection comprised of photographs and certificates collected during E.L. Leak’s service in the United States Navy in World War II and as a career pilot. Ten black-and-white photographs feature a group photo of VF Squadron 1B; a carrier landing accident; the USS Lexington (CV-2) under way; squadrons of Curtiss F6C-2 and Boeing F3B aircraft on deck of unidentified carrier; a Boeing F2B squadron on deck of unidentified ship with other destroyers in...
Dates:
Majority of material found within circa 1940s
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Milton W. Sherman Aviation Cartoon Collection
Collection — Box Assorted Newspaper clippings box 1, oversize: folder 1
Identifier: 2010-03-20
Contents of the Collection
The Milton W. Sherman Aviation Cartoon Collection contains thirty-nine aviation cartoons and comic strips published in 1935-1936 that depict notable aviators and aircraft of the 1920s-1930s. Nearly all of the cartoons and comics are from the "Hall of Fame of the Air" series. Written by aviator Eddie Rickenbacker and drawn by aviator and artist Clayton Knight, each strip focuses on a notable aviator and briefly sketches a highlight of their career. Each strip is in color and...
Dates:
1935-1936, undated
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives