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Aircraft accidents

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Non-preferred terms: Aeronautical accidents; Aeronautics--Accidents; Aeronautics, Commercial--Accidents; Airline crashes; Airplane accidents; Airplane collisions; Airplane crashes; Airplanes--Accidents; Aviation accidents; Collisions, Aircraft; Crashes, Airplane; Plane crashes http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001323.html

Found in 52 Collections and/or Records:

Ralph J. Moore Aviation Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1996-07-15
Abstract

Ralph James Moore (1909-1963) graduated from the Boeing School of Aeronautics in 1931, was a member of the Army Air Corps during the 1930s, and worked with the Civil Aeronautics Board through the 1930s and 1940s. The collection consists of manuscripts, maps, photographs, and clippings collected by Moore during his career in the Army Air Forces. The majority of the collection is comprised of Aircraft Accident Reports from the Civil Aeronautics Authority (CAA).

Dates: circa 1930s to 1940s
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Elvie A. Myers World War I Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2013-08-07
Abstract

Elvie A. Myers (born 1889) was an aerial photographer for the United States Army Air Corps at the end of World War I. The collection is comprised of twelve (12) photographs and two (2) documents related to his military service.

Dates: 1918-1919
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Robert H. Neale Flying Tigers Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2008-08-29
Contents of the Collection The Robert H. Neale Flying Tigers Collection primarily relates to Robert H. Neale's 1941-1942 service as an ace fighter pilot with the American Volunteer Group (AVG), also known as the Flying Tigers, in Burma during World War II. The collection is comprised of visual and textual materials, including approximately 470 photographic prints and 61 negatives, military orders and documents, personal documents, and assorted clippings and ephemera. It also includes a significant amount of post-war...
Dates: 1937-2004; Majority of material found within 1941-1943
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Ralph A. Newcomb Early California Aviation Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2023-08-30
Overview

Ralph A. Newcomb worked as an aviator and mechanic in the early 1900s, during the pioneering days of aviation in California. The collection dates from 1910 to 2006 and is predominantly comprised of photographic materials and a small number of textual documents collected by Newcomb during his time in the field of aviation.

Dates: 1910-1919, 2005-2006; Majority of material found within 1911-1919
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Nordhoff and Dunnam Families World War I and Bellevue Airport Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1993-05-11
Abstract

Collection of photographs, scrapbooks, clippings, and assorted ephemera from the Nordhoff and Dunnam families, who served as pilots in World War I and World War II and later founded the Bellevue Airport.

Dates: 1910s to 1980s, 2014
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Clyde Pangborn Pilot Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2005-12-27
Abstract

Clyde Edward Pangborn (circa 1890s-1958) was born in Bridgeport, Washington and was a military pilot and barnstormer. The collection contains photographs and illustrations, correspondence, advertisements, newspaper clippings, a date book, military service records, and ephemera related to the Pangborn's personal life, military service, and barnstorming career from approximately 1912 to 1981.

Dates: 1912-1981
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Alan Lonsdale Patterson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2021-08-03-A
Overview Alan Lonsdale Patterson worked extensively in the field of aviation from the 1920s to the 1980s. Throughout his career he worked as a barnstormer, pilot and established multiple companies that facilitated the sale of aircraft and aeronautical equipment, predominately between companies based in the United States and China. The collection represents both his professional and personal life through correspondence, photographs, business records, clippings and audiovisual materials, as well as...
Dates: 1876-2021; Majority of material found within 1920-1981
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Carol Peterson Continental Airlines Boeing 707 Crash Collection

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 2024-09-20-A
Contents of the Collection

The Carol Peterson Continental Airlines Boeing 707 Crash Collection is a small collection related to the crash of Continental Airlines Boeing 707 (N70775), Flight 11 on May 22, 1962 in Missouri. Included is an official report about the jet's powerplants. The report includes eight black-and-white photographs of the powerplants found after the crash. Also present are approximately 30 assorted newspaper clippings about the crash and investigation.

Dates: 1962
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

James H. Platt Vietnam War Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2017-10-19
Abstract

James H. Platt served in Vietnam from 1967-1968 as a United States Air Force Rescue Commander. The collection contains twenty (20) slides and one (1) photocopied document related to his service.

Dates: 1967-1968
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Robert W. Radoll Early Aviation Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1990-10-26
Contents of the Collection The Robert W. Radoll Early Aviation Collection documents the professional and personal life of early aviator and airmail pilot Robert W. Radoll from circa 1920 to 1933. The collection consists of textual material, such as correspondence, clippings, and logbooks, as well as a total of 138 photographs. It is divided into two main series: Professional and Personal.The Professional series has been further divided into subseries: Barnstorming, Northwest...
Dates: 1920-1933
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

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