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Flight logbook No. 8 used by John B. Fornasero, June 1937 to January 1944.

Civil Aeronautics Authority identification card issued by the U.S. Bureau of Air Commerce to John B. Fornasero, September 20, 1938.

Holiday greeting card from the Ryan Family (Claude, Gladys, David and Jerry), 1938. Features an image of the family in an unidentified aircraft decorated with a wreath. Card was likely sent to John Fornasero.Text: "The Ryans / Claude, Gladys, David,…

Birth announcement for Douglas Orville Corrigan, son of Douglas Corrigan, sent to John Fornasero, circa June 1940. Includes details about the baby's birth. One card and envelope.Inscription: "1st baby of 'Wrong Way' Corrigan of 1938 fame."Part of a…

Photograph of a Spencer-Larsen SL-12C Amphibian Air Car aircraft, circa 1940s.Inscription on verso: "NX 29098 / Spenser [sic] S-12."

Photograph of a man with a Spencer-Larsen SL-12C Amphibian Air Car aircraft, circa 1940s.Inscription on verso: "NX 29098 / Spenser [sic] S-12."

Aerial photograph of unidentified terrain, circa 1940s. Much of the image is obscured by the photographing aircraft's engine. The verso inscription misidentifies the aircraft as an Aeronca TG-5A Glider.Inscription on verso: "Aeronca TG-5A [sic]."

Newspaper clipping, "Former Ryan Chief Test Pilot to Head Boeing Flight Section," from an unknown publication, circa 1940s. Discusses Fornasero's promotion to chief of the flight test section at Boeing.Part of a dissembled scrapbook of items from…

Photograph of John Fornasero (right) and another man with an aircraft model, circa 1940s-1950s.Inscription on verso: John B. Fornasero / Center.

Photograph of Boeing test pilots Marvin Michael (left) and John Fornasero (right) at an airfield, circa 1940s-1950s. Part of a dissembled scrapbook of items from John Fornasero's career at the Boeing Company, 1944-1953.