Naval Air Station Pensacola (Fla.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Built in 1913, Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola is a United States Navy base located next to Warrington, Florida, a community southwest of the Pensacola city limits. It is best known as the initial primary training base for all U.S. Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard officers pursuing designation as naval aviators and naval flight officers, the advanced training base for most naval flight officers, and as the home base for the United States Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the precision-flying team known as the Blue Angels.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
William H. Anderson Pilot Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2025-04-14-1
Contents of the Collection
The William H. Anderson Pilot Collection holds textual and visual materials related to the military service and post-war test pilot career of William H. Anderson from 1942-2023. The collection has been divided into two series: Military materials and Professional materials with items filed chronologically in each series. Military materials contains primarily textual items from Anderson's...
Dates:
1942-2023; Majority of material found within 1942-1966
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Charles H. Sorensen World War II U.S. Naval Aviation Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2025-04-16
Contents of the Collection
The Charles H. Sorensen World War II U.S. Naval Aviation Collection contains textual and photographic materials related to the World War II Pacific Theater naval service of pilot Charles H. Sorensen, who served aboard the U.S.S. Essex. Most materials are dated between 1941-1944, although some items pertain to post-war dates and Sorensen's reserve service. Due to its small size, the collection has been organized alphabetically. The bulk of the...
Dates:
1941-1969
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives