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John K. Baildon World War I pilot's memorabilia

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 6827

Scope and content

Pilot's Book documenting training exercises; "Military Sketching and Map Reading," by Captain John B. Barnes, New York: D. Van Nostrand Company, 1917; 2 Officer's Record Books; and American Expeditionary Forces Identiy/Pilot's Card.

Dates

  • 1918.

Creator

Language of Material

In English.

Biographical / Historical

John K. Baildon graduated from Cornell in 1917 and after training at the School of Military Aeronautics at the University of Texas in Austin, served as a pilot with the American Expeditionary Forces in France.

Extent

.1 cubic feet. (.1 cubic feet.)

Ownership and Custodial History

Donated by his surviving children: Edith Elizabeth Baildon Grover, David Vern Baildon, Charles John Baildon, Ruth Ann Baildon MacLehose '59.

Related Archival Materials

See also United States Army School of Military Aeronautics at Cornell University records, #33-2-110..

Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

Contact:
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