Telegram to William H. Cook, Jr. from his father, William H. Cook, Sr., March 19, 1939. Requests a response from Cook, Jr. following the crash of a Boeing 307 Stratoliner during a test flight on March 18, 1939. Cook, Jr. was supposed to be aboard the…
Postcard (reproduction) of people with the Wright Model EX "Vin Fiz" aircraft after its crash in Middletown, New York on September 18, 1911. This postcard was produced in 2011 for the 100th anniversary of Calbraith Perry Rodgers's transcontinental…
Military report by Jules Verne (J. V.) Hyde titled "Statement of the causes which led to the accident which caused the death of Lieutenant L. B. Evans," circa 1918-1919. Describes the events which led to an airplane crash. One typed page.
Film footage of World War I-era and Golden Age-era aviation, circa 1930s-1950s. This footage is comprised of nine segments, eight of which focus on aircraft and pilots from World War I. The remaining segment is about the transatlantic flight attempts…
Oblique aerial photograph of an unidentified aircraft crashed in a field near Fire Base Tan An, Vietnam, circa 1970-1971. The photo was taken from a Bell UH-1H Iroquois (Huey) helicopter.
Caption from donor: "Downed aircraft off Tan An Firebase."
Photograph of military personnel salvaging the wreckage of a Bell UH-1 Iroquois (Huey) helicopter at a United States Navy base in Nhà Bè, Vietnam, circa 1970-1971. The helicopter bears the "Mad Dog" nose art of the 240th Assault Helicopter Company's…
Photograph of an unidentified soldier standing with a crashed Salmson 2 A2 biplane (wing number 16) in France, circa 1918. Part of the Wilbur D. Kennedy photograph album containing six hundred and five (605) black-and-white photographs, as well as a…
Photograph of unidentified soldiers standing with a crashed Salmson 2 A2 biplane in France, circa 1918-1919. Part of the Wilbur D. Kennedy photograph album containing six hundred and five (605) black-and-white photographs, as well as a few pieces of…
Photograph of a crashed SPAD XIII (S.13) biplane, circa 1918-1919. Part of the Wilbur D. Kennedy photograph album containing six hundred and five (605) black-and-white photographs, as well as a few pieces of ephemera, circa 1917-1919. The photos…
Photograph of three unidentified American soldiers standing next to the destroyed fuselage of a biplane, circa 1918-1919. The plane's wings, engine, and propeller are all missing. Part of the Wilbur D. Kennedy photograph album containing six hundred…