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Original drawing of a U.S. Army Air Forces Lockheed P-38 Lightning aircraft firing its guns, 1940s. Text: "Lightning strikes the Axis. The Army Air Forces salute your 3-to-1 victories."

Photograph of a drawing entitled "Leaving France: 2nd A.I.C. [Second Aviation Instruction Center] Returning Home (Apres la Guerre)," circa 1918-1919. The drawing depicts soldiers departing on an airship that bears the banner "24 hrs. France to New…

Photograph of a battlefield with added cartoon drawings, titled "Hot Time In No Man's Land, Real War Photo (Slightly Retouched)," circa 1918. The drawings include an American plane chasing a German plane, falling bombs, explosions throwing soldiers…

Items from Oversize Folder 37 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, circa 1970s-1980s. Contains four art pieces of the Lear Fan aircraft: a pencil illustration by artist George Dooley, a watercolor painting by artist Gary D. Byington, and two…

Items from Box 96, Folder 4 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, circa 1968-1973. Contains assorted notes, correspondence, sketches, and drafts related to the Lear Motors Corporation steam turbine system. 22 total items.

Items from Box 4, Folder 27 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, August 1939. Includes eight pages of handwritten notes and sketches related to "Blind approach by voice," an airplane landing system.

Items from Box 34, Folder 6 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, January 1940 - March 1944. Contains an assortment of handwritten notes and sketches made by William P. Lear detailing various invention ideas. Some of the sketches depict…

Items from Box 34, Folder 1 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, December 1939. Contains handwritten notes and sketches about the Lear low approach system. All or most of the notes appear to have been written by William P. Lear. Five total…

Items from Box 26, Folder 9 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, circa 1939-1944. Contains a hand-drawn sketch, diagrams, and documents related to the Learmatic and Learmatic Gyromatic Radio Compass. Six total documents.

Items from Box 208, Folder 4 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, circa 1980s-1990s. Contains a color pencil rendering of a proposed Lear Museum and a printout of the museum's logo. Two items.