Thomas Sefton (1917-2006) a World War II veteran, assigned to troop carrier work in the Mediterranean. Honorably discharged in July 1946, he then worked at the San Diego Trust and Savings, eventually as President.
The collection contains material related to the career of flight attendant Trudy Smith (1947-2020). It includes material related the crash of Eastern Airlines Flight #401, of which she was a surviving crew member. It also contains papers of Trudy Smith’s later career as a safety consultant.
United Press wire dispatches covering a wide range of wartime topics, primarily from 1942, including military news, war production, women and industry, accidents, and heavily featuring North American Aviation.
The United States Air Force Collection contains information on the history of the USAF, as well as individual squadrons, groups, topics and bases.
A collection of photos span roughly twenty years, from a pilot?s training at NAS Pensacola in 1945 to an assignment to weather squadron VW-3 in the early sixties.
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