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Airplanes, Military

 Subject

Staff Only

Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Scope Note: Non-preferred terms: Aeroplanes, Military; Military airplanes; War planes; Warplanes

Found in 83 Collections and/or Records:

Tim A. Nelson Aviation Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2025-12-03
Content Description The Tim A. Nelson Aviation Photographs is a collection of 350 color photographic transparencies taken by Nelson of various aircraft at air shows, on aircraft carriers, at airports and at aviation museums from 1987-1998. The collection has been divided into four series by subject: Aircraft; Aircraft Carriers and Ships; Airports; and the Museum of Flight. Within each series, the files are organized alphabetically by subject.The first series, Aircraft, makes up the bulk of the...
Dates: 1987-1998
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

William Orthman World War II Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1991-07-17-A
Abstract

William Orthman (1911-1990) was drafted into the United States Army in 1942. He served in the China-Burma-India Theater as Public Relations Officer. The collection is comprised of 340 photographs and a small amount of textual materials from his 1945-1946 service.

Dates: 1945-1946
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Thomas Orton Nose Art Photographs

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 004419]
Identifier: 1987-07-01-A
Contents of the Collection The Thomas Orton Nose Art Photographs is a single-file collection that is comprised of six photographs that depict nose art. Four of the images are black-and-white and are dated circa 1940s. Three depict shots of the Martin B-26 "Sit N'Git" and one image features the nose art for "Flak Bait." Two prints include military personnel next to the aircraft. There are also two color snapshots in the collection, likely circa 1970s-1980s. One image depicts Thomas Orton with General Chuck Yeager at an...
Dates: circa 1940s, 1970s-1980s
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

Sidney Van Wyck Peters Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: 2011-02-10
Abstract

Sidney Van Wyck Peters of Seattle, Washington served with the U.S. Army Air Service, 24th Aero Squadron during World War I. The collection contains a scrapbook album containing photographs and paper ephemera related to his service overseas.

Dates: circa 1917-1918
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

Ed Power Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2012-04-16-A
Abstract

The collection contains a glass plate negative and print from negative featuring an Albatros D.V (L24).

Dates: circa 1917-1918
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Henry L. Reed Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 1993-01-14
Abstract

Henry L. Reed was a Technical Sergeant in the United States Air Force from 1942-1963. The collection contains negatives, slides, and photographs of various military aircraft taken by Reed during his service.

Dates: 1949-1962
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

C. E. Roy U.S. Naval Aviation Photograph Album

 Collection
Identifier: 2009-02-19
Abstract

Carlyle Emerson Roy (b. 1890) served as a photographer at Key West Naval Air Station, Florida, during World War I. The collection contains an album of photographs and ephemera depicting U.S. Naval activities at the station.

Dates: 1890-1950; Majority of material found within 1917-1918
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Jack Schwartz Collection of World War II Aircraft Recognition Cards

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 004814]
Identifier: 2022-05-26
Content Description The Jack Schwartz Collection of World War II Aircraft Recognition Cards is a small collection consisting of a set of World War II-era cards used for aircraft identification, collected by Schwartz during his service with coastal artillery stationed at Fort Casey, Washington. There are 75 cards in total, all measuring 4x5.5 inches, and describing a variety of American, European, and Japanese military aircraft. Each card describes a single aircraft. One side of each card has three silhouette...
Dates: circa 1943-1945
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

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