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Might not be the most germane collection for your topic, but try the
MacArthur Memorial in Norfolk, VA - www.macarthurmemorial.org
RG-74 Papers of Lieutenant Colonel Paul I. "Pappy" Gunn, USAAC, SWPA;
(1 box) (.5 feet) Gunn was the genius of aviation in the Southwest Pacific
Area, creating technology and techniques for the air war in the Pacific. This is
a collection of scrapbooks, correspondence, news clippings, and photographs.
Accession #7951.001
Gunn was one of the pioneers of military aviation, and just prior to WWII he
started Hawaiian Airlines & Philippine Airlines. He used several of his personal
civilian aircraft to aid the Allied war effort in the Philippines during WWII, while
he was an officer in the US Army Air Corps. He was killed in a plane crash in
the Philippines in the late '50s.
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