Biographical/historical information

Lt. Col. John Harvey Linton graduated from Kinston High School and then went to the United States Military Academy West Point. He served in the Pacific Theater during World War II as a fighter pilot. After the wat he became an engineer for the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (IBM) in their military contracts division. Lt. Col. Linton earned a Masters in Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. He was married to Nan and had two daughters, Laura and Lydia, and a son, John H. Linton, Jr.

Scope and arrangement

The bulk of this collection are records and orders from the United States Air Force and Army Air Corps. The dates of these records range from 1942-1963. There are two folders that contain genealogical data of the McDanial and Harvey Family.

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Custodial History

February 14, 2007, 461 items, 0.50 cubic feet; Papers (1942-1963, 2007) including McDaniel family and Harvey family genealogical research; U. S. Air Force Flying Status Files, 1942-1963; Individual flight Record Files, 1942-1961; and Orders & Special Orders files, 1942-1954, recording Linton military career from the U. S. Military Academy, West Point, NY (Class of 1942), his pilot training, and World War II service in with the 5th Air Force, 5th Command, 86th Wing, 326th Fighter and 58th Fighter Groups, in Australia, New Guinea, and the Philippine Islands, 1943-1945; and his postwar overseas service with the 12th Air Force, 86th Fighter Bomber Squadron, at Neubiberg, Landstuhl and Wiesbaden, Germany, 1953-1954; and the 601st Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron and with the 526th Tactical Control Group, at Kaiserlautern, Germany, 1952-1954. See preliminary inventory attached. Donor: Lt. Col. John H. Linton.

May 23, 2007, (addition 1) 0.012 cubic feet; Pilot Log Book No. 1 (6/3-12/9/1942) of Cadet John H. Linton, United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, recording his training flights in various aircraft, including the Fairchild PT 19-A, the North American BT-14 and the North American AT-6, between Coleman, Texas, Randolph Field, Texas, Foster Field, Texas, and Stuart Field, New York. Donor: Lt. Col. John H. Linton

Source of acquisition

Gift of Lt. Col. John H. Linton

Processing information

Encoded by Lindsay Flood, April 3, 2008

Descriptions updated by Ashlyn Racine, August 2023

Copyright notice

Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law.

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