Kenneth D. Wallace World War II Collection

Title

Kenneth D. Wallace World War II Collection

Description

The Kenneth D. Wallace World War II Collection is comprised of textual and photographic materials relating to Kenneth D. Wallace's military career and personal life, circa 1940s.

Textual materials included are Wallace's military identification cards, pilot logbook tracking his flight training hours, a V-Mail card, and his Certificates of Service.

Photographic materials include 46 photographs, primarily consisting of small black-and-white snapshots. They feature informal portraits of members of Wallace's family; candid scenes from an ROTC camp based in Spokane, Washington; formal and informal portraits of Wallace in military uniform; a formal group portrait of Squadron R flight training class at Randolph Field, Texas; and snapshots of Wallace with Columbia University schoolmates. Also present are six photographs of mountains taken from an aircraft and one of a C-47 landing, which were likely taken during Wallace's service in the India-Burma-China Defensive.

Also present is a funeral program for his memorial service at The Museum of Flight in 2010.

Digitized Materials: All archival materials except the funeral program have been digitized. Additionally, one artifact, a Burmese blood chit, has been digitized.

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Date

circa 1940-1945, 2010

Language

All materials are in English.

Rights Holder

The Museum of Flight Archives

Rights

Permission to publish material from the Kenneth D. Wallace World War II Collection must be obtained from The Museum of Flight Archives.

Bibliographic Citation

The Kenneth D. Wallace World War II Collection/The Museum of Flight

Identifier

2012-03-29

Collection Organization

Collection Items

Chit, Blood/Burma, WWII
WWII Burmese Blood Chit--The upper portion of the banner shows a blue rectangle, the upper left hand corner showing the British flag. Adjacent to the British flag is a circular image of a peacock. Below the blue rectangle is text, Burmese writing.…

[Unidentified building in Himalaya Mountains]
Oblique aerial photograph of an unidentified building in "The Hump," the eastern end of the Himalaya Mountains, circa 1940s. Caption: "(ICDATC4G311)(6)(9:14)(Copy 'Hump')." Stamped on verso: "Photographic Section, ICWATC."

["The Hump," eastern end of Himalaya Mountains]
Oblique aerial photograph of clouds over the "The Hump," the eastern end of the Himalaya Mountains, circa 1940s. Caption: "(ICDATC4G311)(5)(9:14)(Copy 'Hump')." Stamped on verso: "Photographic Section, ICWATC."

["The Hump," eastern end of Himalaya Mountains]
Oblique aerial photograph of "The Hump," the eastern end of the Himalaya Mountains, circa 1940s. Caption: "(ICDATC4G311)(3)(9:14)(Copy 'Hump')." Stamped on verso: "Photographic Section, ICWATC."

["The Hump," eastern end of Himalaya Mountains]
Oblique aerial photograph of "The Hump," the eastern end of the Himalaya Mountains, circa 1940s. Caption: "(ICDATC4G311)(1)(9:14)(Copy 'Hump')." Stamped on verso: "Photographic Section, ICWATC."

[Douglas C-47 Skytrain landing at airfield]
Photograph of a Douglas C-47 Skytrain aircraft landing at an airfield, circa 1940s. Inscription on verso: "Natural [illegible]."

["The Hump," eastern end of Himalaya Mountains]
Oblique aerial photograph of "The Hump," the eastern end of the Himalaya Mountains, circa 1940s. Caption: "(ICDATC4G311)(4)(9:14)(Copy 'Hump')." Stamped on verso: "Photographic Section, ICWATC." Inscription on verso: "Kenneth D. Wallace. FP 166."

["The Hump," eastern end of Himalaya Mountains]
Oblique aerial photograph of "The Hump," the eastern end of the Himalaya Mountains, circa 1940s. Caption: "(ICDATC4G311)(2)(9:14)(Copy 'Hump')." Stamped on verso: "Photographic Section, ICWATC."

["The Hump," eastern end of Himalaya Mountains]
Oblique aerial photograph of "The Hump," the eastern end of the Himalaya Mountains, circa 1940s. Caption: "(ICDATC4G311)(7)(9:11) (Copy 'Hump')." Stamped on verso: "Photographic Section, ICWATC."

[Squadron R, Flight A, Class 43C at Randolph Field, Texas]
Photographic group portrait of Squadron R, Flight A, Class 43C at Randolph Field, Texas, circa 1940s. Kenneth D. Wallace is seated in the front row, second from the left. Caption: "Squadron R, Flight A, Class 43C, Randolph Field, Texas." Sticker on…
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