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Stan V. Ballard served with the 100th Bomb Group during the Second World War. He was a crew member on Boeing B-17 Fortresses.

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James Britt served with the 376th Bomb Group during World War Two. After the War he served with the Startegic Air Command.

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The Eighth Air Force was formed in 1942 and specialized in daylight precision bombing. The collection consists of a photographic book containing a narrative, ranging from the years 1943 to 1945.

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Staff Sargent Norton Amos Gillespie was born in Compton, California. He attended Compton Union High School. He joined the Army Air Corps in December 1942 and reported for duty on January 5, 1943.

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Max Jesperson served in the Air Force for over 26 years and took part in World War Two, the Korean War and the Vietnam War.

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24 Photographic Prints that have been digitized and placed on the DAMS and Flickr. They have been assigned a 09 Series Number 09_03806-03911. They detail Keeler's time in World War Two, where he served with the 95th Bomb Group, 412 Squadron, flying on Boeing B-17s where he was a Engineer/Top Turret Gunner.

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The collection contains 92 manuscripts, written/compiled between the early twentieth century and early twenty-first century. These manuscripts range from television and movie scripts to flight logs, accident report, personal recollections, and biographies/memoirs. Subjects include (but are not limited to) early flight, World War I, World War II, women avioators, air ships, and flight testing.

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This collection belonged to Wagner Melchun who served in the 483rd Bombardment Group. ​The 483rd was a B-17 group that fought with the Fifteenth Air Force in Italy from April 1944 to April 1945, mainly taking part in the strategic bombing offensive.

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Capt. Aram Y. (Dick) Parunak, USN (1910–2007) was a U.S. Navy pilot during World War II, who became the first pilot to land and takeoff on Greenland’s ice cap during the rescue of the crew of a crashed B-17. In just over a month, Parunak was pilot for four such rescues.

Abstract The collection contains photographs, negatives, documents, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, maps, patches, postcards, and stickers. Binder titles and description notes were created by the owner. While serving as a Helicopter Rescue Swimmer and Designated Naval Air Crewman in April 1981, Gordon came to volunteer at the “old Aerospace Museum,” and except for short stints at other museums, he had been working and/or volunteering in one department or another for 35 years. His Navy career...