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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.
Container list
Box 1 Folder a
Descendants of Fuurnifold Green McDaniel (ca. 2007) Photocopy typescript. 1 item. 15 p. Note: Genealogy of McDanial family
Box 1 Folder b
Descendants of Mathias Harvey (ca. 2007) Photocopy typescript. 1 item. 19 p. Note: Genealogy of Harvey family
Box 1 Folder c
U.S. Air Force Flying Status File (1942-1963) 17 items. 24 p. Note: U.S. Military Academy, West Point, 1942; Army Air Forces (AAF) Gulf Coast Training Center, Randolph Field, TX, 1942; 3010th AAF Base Unit, Chandler, AZ, 1947; 601st Aircraft Control Group, 1953; Mitchell AFB, 1955; 4603d Air Base Group, Stewart AFB, New York, 1960;
Box 1 Folder d
U.S. Air Force Pilot Individual Flight Record Sheets #118-124 (1960-1961) 6 items. 14 p. Notes: ADC, 4603 AB Group, Stewart AFB, Newburgh, NY, 1960-1961
Box 1 Folder e
U.S. Air Force Individual Flight Record (Pilot) Sheets #74-117 (1953-1956) 43 items. 43 p. Notes: 12th AF, 7100 HQ Support Wing, 7150th AB Group, 7150 Operations Squadron, Wiesbaden, Germany, 1953; 60th T. C. Wiong, 60th AB Group, HQ Squadron, Rhein/Main, Germany, 1953; 12th AF, 10th AB Group, Spandgahlem AM, Germany, 1954; 7030 the HQ Support Group, Famstein AB, Germany, 1954; ADC, HQ, EADF, Stewart AFB, Newburgh, NY, 1954-1956
Box 1 Folder f
U.S. Air Force Individual Flight Record (Pilot) Sheets #1-73 (1945-1954) 73 items. 75 p. Notes: 110th AAF Base Unit, Mitchel Field, NY, 1945; Mitchel Field, 100th AAF Base Unit, NY, 1945-1947; 3010th Base Unit, Williams Field, AZ, 1946-1947; 308th AAF Base Unit, Tyndall Field, FL, 1947; HQ 52nd ABGp, Mitchel Air Force Base, NY, 1948; 58th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, Otis, AFB, Falmouth, MA, 1950; 3832 Operations Squadron, 3625 AB Group, Tyndall AFT, FL, 1950; 3087 Air Base Group, 6530 AB Group, Griffiss AFB, Rome, NY, 1950-2952; 33 ABG Group, Otis AFB, Falmouth, MA, 1952; 12th AF, 86th Fighter-Bomber Squadron, Neubiberg, AB, Landstuhl AB, Germany, 1952; 7150th AB Group, Wiesbaden AB, Germany, 1952-1953
Box 1 Folder g
U.S. Army Air Corps Individual Flight Record (1942-1945) 35 items. 41 p. Notes: Foster Field, TX, 1942-1943; Craig Army Air Field, AL, 1943; 326th Fighter Group, Westiver Field, MA, 1943; 58th Fighter Group, Green Field, Providence, RI, 1943; Bedford AFB, MA, 1943; Suffolk AFB, Westhampton, NY, 1943; Australia, New Guinea, 1943-1944; Philippines, 1944-1945; 60th AAF Base Unit, Bolling Field, DC, 1945; 1010 AAF Base Unit Squadron H, Atlantic City, NJ, 1945; Mitchell Field, 100th AAF Base Unit, NY, 1945
Box 1 Folder h
Orders Headquarters 526th Tactical Control Group, Kaiserlautern [Germany] (Feb. - Sept. 1954) 38 items. 38 p
Box 1 Folder i
Orders Headquarters 601st Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron (1952-1954) 60 items. 60 p
Box 1 Folder j
Personal 201 - File Special Orders (1952) 33 items. 33 p
Box 1 Folder k
Personal 201 - File Special Orders (1951) 49 items. 102 p
Box 1 Folder m
Personal 201 - File Special Orders (1942-1947) 65 items. 87 p
Box 1 Folder n
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