National Air and Space Museum Archives

Charles Augustus Lindbergh World War II Photographs

Summary

Collection ID:
NASM.XXXX.0911
Creators:
Lipovsky, Vincent Adam, 1919-2013.
Dates:
1944
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
0.05 Cubic feet
1 folder
Repository:
This collection contains photographs of Charles Augustus Lindbergh taken during his time in the Pacific during World War II.

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
This collection consists of nine photographs, most of which are duplicates (there are two different images), of Charles Augustus Lindbergh taken during his time in the Pacific during World War II. The photographs are of various sizes ranging from 2.5 x 3.75 inches up to 8 x 10 inches. Both images were taken in May 1944 on the Green Islands, in the Australian Territory of New Guinea. One shows Lindbergh in the cockpit of a Vought F4U Corsair and the second is an informal group photo of Lindbergh with some members of the Marine Fighting Squadron 223 (VMF-223) who are identified as Edward Firestone, Vincent Lipovsky, and Henry Emery, taken after they all returned from a combat mission over New Britain and New Ireland, Papua New Guinea.

Arrangement

Arrangement
Collection is in original order.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
After the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, Charles Lindbergh asked to be recommissioned in the US Army Air Corps but was declined by order of the White House. Lindbergh then served as an advisor to Ford on the conversion from automobile to bomber production and later worked with United Aircraft and was sent by them to the Pacific as a technical consultant relating to Vought F4U Corsairs. While in the Pacific Theater, Lindbergh flew a number of combat missions as a civilian in both Vought F4U Corsair and Lockheed P-38 Lightning aircraft with various US Marine and US Army Air Corps groups including the Marine Fighting Squadrons 222 and 223 (VMF-222 and VMF-223) and the 433rd Fighter Squadron
Satan's Angels
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Administration

Author
Jessamyn Lloyd
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Vincent A. Lipovsky, Gift, 1971, NASM.XXXX.0911
Processing Information
Arranged and described (2009) and encoded (2020) by Jessamyn Lloyd.

Digital Content


Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Use
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access.
Preferred Citation
Charles Augustus Lindbergh World War II Photographs, NASM.XXXX.0911, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

Keywords

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Keyword Terms Keyword Types
World War, 1939-1945 Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Vought F4U Corsair Family Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
United States. Marine Corps Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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