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- Collection: William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers
[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 27, Folder 16 - "Miriam Johnson pilots British American Ambulance Corps Learadio-equipped WACO on 3 month tour of US," 1941 February 24]
![[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 27, Folder 16 - "Miriam Johnson pilots British American Ambulance Corps Learadio-equipped WACO on 3 month tour of US," 1941 February 24]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/b9afea423013a972d0f5768399237806.jpg "[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 27, Folder 16 - "Miriam Johnson pilots British American Ambulance Corps Learadio-equipped WACO on 3 month tour of US," 1941 February 24]")
Items from Box 27, Folder 16 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, February 24, 1941. Contains a Lear Avia Corporation press release and photograph related to a British American Ambulance Corps (BAAC) flying tour, carried out by pilot Miriam…
[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 27, Folder 21 - "Miss Dickey Meyer joins Lear Avia as press liaison," 1941 April 2]
![[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 27, Folder 21 - "Miss Dickey Meyer joins Lear Avia as press liaison," 1941 April 2]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/4c8986cd792d581a8adb0ee8c617bbfe.jpg "[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 27, Folder 21 - "Miss Dickey Meyer joins Lear Avia as press liaison," 1941 April 2]")
Items from Box 27, Folder 21 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, April 2, 1941. Contains a Lear Avia Corporation press release and photograph related to the hiring of Dickey Meyer as a press liaison. The photograph depicts Meyer in a flight…
[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 27, Folder 23 - Captured Me109 radio equipment evaluation by WPL, 1941 July 24]
![[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 27, Folder 23 - Captured Me109 radio equipment evaluation by WPL, 1941 July 24]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/db631e0c4c1f3dde0d78d60d09cbef7a.jpg "[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 27, Folder 23 - Captured Me109 radio equipment evaluation by WPL, 1941 July 24]")
Items from Box 27, Folder 23 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, July 24, 1941. Contains a press release and eight captioned photographs related to William P. Lear's evaluation of German radio equipment taken from a captured Messerschmitt…
[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 5, Folder 3 - New York office set-up, 1942 December]
![[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 5, Folder 3 - New York office set-up, 1942 December]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/a7acd251131907db10a01a38c6981790.jpg "[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 5, Folder 3 - New York office set-up, 1942 December]")
Items from Box 5, Folder 3 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, December 1942. Contains correspondence and memorandums related to the setup of Lear Avia's New York office. Seven total documents and original folder labeled "Re New York…
[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 20, Folder 5; Box 205, Folder 3 - "Remote control apparatus (WPL)" -- correspondence, notes, and sketches [L-D-50], 1942 July - 1943 May]
![[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 20, Folder 5; Box 205, Folder 3 - "Remote control apparatus (WPL)" -- correspondence, notes, and sketches [L-D-50], 1942 July - 1943 May]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/5c2e642c75d5ce89083b5e40d31c0370.jpg "[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 20, Folder 5; Box 205, Folder 3 - "Remote control apparatus (WPL)" -- correspondence, notes, and sketches [L-D-50], 1942 July - 1943 May]")
Items from Box 20, Folder 5 and Box 205, Folder 3 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, July 1942 to May 1943. Contains correspondence, notes, and sketches created by William P. Lear related to a remote control apparatus. Four total items and…
[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 12, Folder 4 - United States War Department patent license contract, 1942 April - 1945 February]
![[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 12, Folder 4 - United States War Department patent license contract, 1942 April - 1945 February]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/18be2f8993b343464993f7709f775cfe.jpg "[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 12, Folder 4 - United States War Department patent license contract, 1942 April - 1945 February]")
Items from Box 12, Folder 4 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, April 1942 to February 1945. Contains correspondence, memorandums, and other documents related to a patent license contract between Lear Avia and the United States government.…
[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 38, Folder 14; Oversize Folder 7 - Engineering Department projects [RM files], 1942-1945]
![[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 38, Folder 14; Oversize Folder 7 - Engineering Department projects [RM files], 1942-1945]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/22ca34c175caa0815c85057c06a41262.jpg "[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 38, Folder 14; Oversize Folder 7 - Engineering Department projects [RM files], 1942-1945]")
Items from Box 38, Folder 14 and Oversize Folder 7 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, circa 1942-1945. Contains notes, list, diagrams, technical data, and a department organizational chart related to the Lear Avia Engineering Department…
[Production line at Lear Avia facility]
![[Production line at Lear Avia facility]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/9be394f6c60e1af919ab25dc8c1673f9.jpg "[Production line at Lear Avia facility]")
Photograph of the production line at the Lear Avia facility in Piqua, Ohio, circa 1943. Employees, predominantly women, work on device components at long work tables.Inscription on verso: "1943 -- Piqua. [illegible] Dept. View of production…
[Moya O. Lear receiving Civilian Air Patrol wings]
![[Moya O. Lear receiving Civilian Air Patrol wings]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/cbcacd405d50be652b8e8300a49cc3a7.jpg "[Moya O. Lear receiving Civilian Air Patrol wings]")
Photograph of Moya O. Lear (center) receiving Civil Air Patrol (CAP) wings from a serviceman, circa 1943.Inscription on verso: "1943 / MOL getting wings in CAP."
[William P. Lear addressing members of Aircraft Remote Controls group]
![[William P. Lear addressing members of Aircraft Remote Controls group]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/98fd3f8482c33ca77e6f9d279dea2048.jpg "[William P. Lear addressing members of Aircraft Remote Controls group]")
Photograph of William P. Lear (at podium) addressing members of the Southern California Section of the Aircraft Remote Controls group, April 16, 1943. Inscription on verso: "Apr. 16, 1943. Aircraft Remote Controls. So. California Section."