Airplanes, Military
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Non-preferred terms: Aeroplanes, Military; Military airplanes; War planes; WarplanesFound in 83 Collections and/or Records:
Bruce Whitman Aviation Art Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2021-04-16-A
Overview
The Bruce Whitman Aviation Art Collection is a collection of artwork including a drawing, posters, lithographs, photographs, and advertisements primarily related to American military aviation from about 1917 to the early 1950s.
Dates:
circa 1917-1953
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
J. M. Wilson Notebook
Collection
Identifier: 1984-04-04
Abstract
J. M. Wilson served in England with the U.S. Army Air Service during World War I. His notebook contains training notes primarily on aircraft engines.
Dates:
circa 1917
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Robert Withrow Vietnam War Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2008-10-15
Abstract
Robert Withrow (b. 1946) was born in Seattle, Washington and served as a U.S. Navy Fireman (E-3) aboard the USS Kitty Hawk from 1965-1967. The collection contains photographs, patches, and yearbooks related to his service.
Dates:
1965-1967
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
World War II Pacific Theater Photographs
Collection
Identifier: 2018-00-00-48
Contents of the Collection
The World War II Pacific Theater Photographs contains 227 black-and-white prints and 18 negatives taken by United States Army and Navy photographers documenting U.S. military activities in the Pacific Theater in 1945. The images seem to be military publicity shots and the majority of the photographs appear to have been taken in the Marianas Islands.Due to the relatively small size of the collection, materials were grouped by subject and sorted alphabetically. The bulk of the...
Dates:
1944-1946
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Edward M. Young Military Aircraft Slides
Collection
Identifier: 2024-12-05
Contents of the Collection
The Edward M. Young Military Aircraft Slides holds approximately 1,642 color slides that depict primarily U.S. and Asian military aircraft and some commercial aircraft. The shots were taken by Edward M. Young from 1974 to 1984 while he was living and working in Asia. The collection has been arranged alphabetically by subject. The bulk of the slides depict United States and Asian military aircraft, often on stationary display at military air bases or aviation museums in various...
Dates:
1974-1984
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
George T. Zimmer Ejection Seat Testing Photographs Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2006-06-15
Contents of the Collection
The George T. Zimmer Ejection Seat Testing Photographs Collection consists of 112 photographs from the 1960s or 1970s related to aircraft ejection seat tests.The first folder of photographs includes 30 prints, one 4x5" and the rest 8x10". Twenty-eight are black-and-white prints and two are in color. These photographs depict United States Air Force ejection seat testing experiments, some labeled as taking place at the U.S. Naval Aerospace Recovery Facility in El Centro,...
Dates:
circa 1960s-1970s
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Glenn E. Zimmerman World War II Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2000-10-16-307
Abstract
Glenn E. Zimmerman (1912-1993) served with the United States Navy as a pilot during World War II. The collection contains photographs, holiday greeting cards and menus, military records, and military identification card from his 1942-1946 military service.
Dates:
1942-1946
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Dan Zoernig "Fifteen" lithograph of James Kasler
Collection — Box Assorted oversize box 21, oversize: folder 1
Identifier: 2005-12-27-A
Contents of the Collection
The collection is a single color lithograph of a digital illustration titled "Fifteen" and created by artist Dan Zoernig. It depicts Lieutenant James Kasler as the pilot of in-flight North American F-86 Sabre "Martha Lee" next to another aircraft. The lithograph is undated, but was possibly created circa 1990s, as an homage to Kasler becoming the 15th jet ace of the U.S. Air Force. The print is autographed by "Col. James H. Kasler" and signed by the artist.Beneath the title,...
Dates:
circa 1990s
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Kurt Zwar Photograph Collection
Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 004984]
Identifier: 2014-09-24
Contents of the Collection
The collection is comprised of forty-two (42) black-and-white photographs depicting aircraft and military personnel of World War I and World War II. The photographs were purchased by Zwar; no personal connection to the subjects of the photographs is known. There is also one piece of ephemera, a "Smileage Book" which holds ration coupons for "military entertainments."The photographs vary in size, from 3x5 to 6x8". They feature WWI and WWII aircraft, in the ground, in flight, and a...
Dates:
circa 1910s-1940s
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Series I. Aircraft
Series — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents
The Aircraft series contains posters and lithographs depicting a variety of airplanes. The focus of these materials are the planes, with very little text or other visual elements. Common items in this collection feature a photograph of a specific model in flight with a label identifying the plane below. Notable manufacturers present in this series include Beechcraft, Cessna, Convair, Curtiss, Douglas, Grumman, and Lockheed. This series does not include posters of planes from...
Dates:
circa 1939-2010