Collection, 1917-1952.

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Collection, 1917-1952.

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Part I, Naval Aviation, consists of materials on naval air stations and naval aviation subjects, and a series of reports from the Naval Air Material Center, Philadelphia, Pa. These items cover the history of naval aviation from World War I through the immediate post-World War II period. Part II, the Papers of Lieutenant Commander John Mitchell consists of about 3 inches of documents and additional oversize material. These relate to French Equatorial and British Africa, where Commander Mitchell traveled in 1941 and 1942, accumulating intelligence for the report A Survey of Central African Seaports and Air Routes, 27 August 1941-5 January 1942. A draft of the survey report is included.

3.0 cubic ft.

Operational Archive Branch, Naval History Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 7614120

Operational Archive Branch, Naval History Center

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Mitchell, John Hugh

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J. Mitchell owned a general mercantile store on French Prairie in the Willamette Valley. The site later became part of the town of Gervais. Accounts appear for several well-known citizens, such as Henry Failing, William Barlow, Antoine Lucier, and H. D. Boon. From the description of J. Mitchell account books, 1860-1881. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 36995911 John Mitchell was the agent for American Prisoners of War during the War of 1812. ...

United States. Navy

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Built and launched at New York Navy Yard; commissioned Nov. 12, 1944; scraped in 1993. Served in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. From the description of USS Bon Homme Richard (CV/CVA-31) photograph collection 1944-1971. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 41657866 The federal government decided in 1941 to send Supply Corps personnel to Harvard Business School for training in the business of equipping the Navy. This was effected by a transfer...

United States. Naval Air Material Center.

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American Military Institute

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Hunsaker, Jerome Clarke, 1886-1984

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Jerome Clarke Hunsaker was an aeronautical engineer and designer. Born in Creston, Iowa in 1886, he graduated from the United States Naval Academy and later received a Doctorate of Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Hunsaker was posted as Chief, Aircraft Division, Bureau of Construction and Repair, Navy Department from 1916–1921. He became Chief of the Design Division in 1921, where he designed the USS Shenandoah (ZR-1), the first rigid airship constructed in the...