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Accident report for an incident involving a U.S. Army Air Forces Douglas A-20C Havoc aircraft (serial number 41-19157) that crashed at the municipal airport in Newark, New Jersey, June 20, 1942. The plane was piloted by James C. Stewart. One typed page and six photographs attached to report.
Part of a disassembled scrapbook containing World War II and post-war materials, circa 1943-1956.
Items from Box One, Folder 2 of the Thomas Walter Jackson World War II Collection, circa 1938-1939. Folder contains materials from Thomas Walter Jackson's military service with the United States Army Air Corps and his training at Randolph Field, Texas. Includes two military documents, 33 letters to Jackson’s fiancée Helen Jane Klinger, and two newspaper clippings.
Items from Box One, Folder 3 of the Thomas Walter Jackson World War II Collection, circa 1939-1940. Folder contains 17 letters written by Jackson to his fiancée, Helen Jane Klinger, during his time stationed at Moffett Field, California.
Items from Box One, Folder 9 of the Lewis Paul Bowers World War II Collection, January 1943 to June 1943. Folder contains 14 letters written by Bowers to his mother Ora E. Bowers and his sister Claradee Bowers during his military service, and one letter written by Major William H. Young, U.S. Army Air Corps, to Bowers' parents, congratulating them on their son's enlistment.
Items from Box One, Folder 10 of the Lewis Paul Bowers World War II Collection, July 1943 to December 1943. Folder contains 22 letters and postcards written by Bowers to family members during his military service. Most of the letters are addressed to his mother, Ora E. Bowers. One letter is missing its first page.
Items from Box One, Folder 11 of the Lewis Paul Bowers World War II Collection, January 1944 to December 1944. Folder contains 22 letters written by Bowers to family members during his military service. Most of the letters are addressed to his mother, Ora E. Bowers. Several of the letters are V-mail letters.
Items from Box One, Folder 12 of the Lewis Paul Bowers World War II Collection, January 1945 to May 1945. Folder contains seven letters written by Bowers to family members during his military service. Most of the letters are addressed to his mother, Ora E. Bowers.
Note from Lee Embree to his wife gifting her his service bars, circa 1942-1945.
Inscription: "Remember when you pinned these very same bars on my shirt, honey? Yes darling, these are the ones I graduated with and I would like you to have them to remember that very happy day back in New Jersey. Just for you, my love, Lee."
Certificate of Appointment issued to Captain Lewis Paul Bowers, U.S. Army Air Corps, May 14, 1946.
Pilot logbook for Henry S. McMurray, December 1941 to May 1943. Documents flights related to McMurray's U.S. Army Air Corps training and service, including his flights in Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft.