Finding aid for the Kelly Wills, Jr. Collection


Title:
Kelly Wills, Jr. Collection
Repository:
MidPointe Library System
Phone: 513-424-1251
http://www.midpointelibrary.org/
Creator:
Wills, Kelly, Jr.
Dates:
1914-1971
Quantity:
14 cubic feet (7 boxes, 171 books, 27 audio files [1.94 GB])
Abstract:
This collection contains hundreds of books, magazines, photographs, and assorted papers relating to World War I aviation history. The collection also includes original audio recordings of interviews and talks by several WWI veteran pilots.
Identification:
OMid0002
Location:
MidPointe Library System, 125 South Broad Street, Middletown, OH 45044
Language:
The records are in English, French and German

Biography of Kelly Wills, Jr. (1928-1971)

Kelly Wills, Jr. was a man who led a life of fascinating duality. By trade, he was a hard-working laborer at a steel mill in Middletown, Ohio. But when he was not working in the heat and pressure of the mill, Kelly devoted his attention to the pastime that truly defined him: the collecting and sharing of books, magazines, papers, photographs, and other materials relating to World War I aviation history. In this field, he was regarded by many peers (and by many of his own heroes) as an incredibly studious historian, generous with his knowledge and enthusiastic in his correspondences with researchers and veterans alike.

Kelly was born on October 17, 1928 in Middletown, Ohio, the son of Kelly E. Wills, Sr. and Betty Alice Wills. After graduating from high school in 1947, he served for two years in the United States Army (1950-52). Upon returning home to Middletown, he spent twenty years working in the Hot Strip Department of the Armco Steel Corporation.

As a valued member of the editorial staff of Cross & Cockade Journal, a magazine and historical society dedicated to WWI aviation history, Kelly wrote several articles and also originated and edited his own column, "Wind Soc." He was a frequent collaborator and often contributed materials and other assistance to his fellow researchers in the field.

Kelly's interest in aviation was described as being directed "not to the machines, but to the men." He was deeply interested in the personal narratives and experiences of those who served in the war; in fact, he conducted and recorded one-on-one interviews with numerous veterans, and he maintained personal correspondence with a great many WWI pilots from various corners of the world. In April 1971, Kelly was invited to Germany by his friend and research subject, WWI veteran pilot Hans Waldhausen, to attend a reunion of the pilots who flew in the legendary German "Flying Circus" fighter squadron.

Kelly passed away suddenly of a heart attack on Christmas Day, 1971. He and his wife, Mary, had six children together. This collection of materials has been donated by his family, in hopes that his vast pool of knowledge and his contributions to WWI aviation studies will help those who continue to be interested in the field - just as Kelly so often extended a helping hand to his peers in his own lifetime.

Scope and Content

This collection contains various materials produced between 1914 and 1971 that relate to World War I aviation history, including books, magazines, photographs, assorted papers, and original audio recordings of interviews and talks by several veteran pilots who served in the war.

Statement of Arrangement

The collection is divided into five series and twenty-two subseries, as follows:
Series I. Books
Series II. Magazines
Subseries 1. Cross & Cockade Journal
Subseries 2. La Guerre Aerienne Illustree
Subseries 3. Popular Flying
Subseries 4. The Great War . . . I Was There!: Undying Memories of 1914-1918
Subseries 5. Assorted Magazines
Series III. Papers
Subseries 1. Aircraft Illustrations
Subseries 2. Book Lists
Subseries 3. Book Photocopies
Subseries 4. Cross & Cockade Documents
Subseries 5. Letters
Subseries 6. Loose Leaf Bound Materials
Subseries 7. Manuscripts
Subseries 8. Maps
Subseries 9. Newsletters
Subseries 10. Newspaper and Magazine Clippings
Subseries 11. Pamphlets
Subseries 12. Rosters
Subseries 13. Assorted Papers
Series IV. Photographs
Subseries 1. Flying Circus Pilots Reunion Photo Album
Subseries 2. Red Photo Album
Subseries 3. Blue Photo Album
Subseries 4. Loose Photographs
Series V. Recordings
Books are arranged alphabetically by title.
Magazines are arranged by subject at the series level and chronologically according to date of issue at the folder level.
Papers are arranged alphabetically by material type.
Photographs are arranged, according to their original order, into three different albums and a collection of assorted loose photographs.
Recordings are arranged alphabetically by subject's last name from Side A of each audio reel.
Related Material: Related Material

This collection originally contained physical photocopies of selected volumes of the French aviation journal La Guerre Aerienne Illustree. The volumes that Kelly Wills, Jr. held photocopies of were No. 53 (15 November 1917) to No. 104 (7 November 1918). Digital reproductions of La Guerre Aerienne Illustree Nos. 53-60 and Nos. 86-104 can be found online through the National Library of France at the following link:


http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb327844357/date.item


Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects:

Aviation
Military operations, Aerial
World War, 1914-1918
World War, 1914-1918 -- Aerial operations
World War, 1914-1918 -- Aerial operations, American
World War, 1914-1918 -- Aerial operations, British
World War, 1914-1918 -- Aerial operations, French
World War, 1914-1918 -- Aerial operations, German
World War, 1914-1918 -- Battles, sieges, etc.

Preferred Citation

[Box Number, Folder Number], Kelly Wills, Jr. Collection, MidPointe Library System.

Detailed Description of The Collection



Books, 1914-1971


43 Squadron Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force: the History of the Fighting Cocks, 1916-66 by J. Beedle with a foreword by Marshal of the Royal Air Force the Lord Douglas of Kirtleside, 358.4135 Bee, 1963





50 Jahre Deutsche Luftwaffe, 1910-1960 : A Pictorial History of Luftwaffe, 1910-1960, Storia Fotografica Della Luftwaffe, 1910-1960 by Heinz J. Nowarra, 940.44943 Now, 1961

Language: The records are in German and English




Above the Bright Blue Sky; More About the War Birds by Elliott White Springs, 940.44973 Spr, 1928





Ace of the Black Cross Ernst Udet; Translated from the German by Kenneth Kirkness, Biography Udet u, 1937





Aces and Kings by L. W. Sutherland. Written in collaboration with Norman Ellison, 940.44 Sut, 1935





Adventure's a Wench : The Autobiography of Charles Veil by Charles Veil and Harold Marsh, Biography Veil v, 1934





Aerial Observation; The Airplane Observer, the Balloon Observer, and the Army Corps Pilot by Harold E. Porter ("Holworthy Hall") ... , 355.02 Hal, 1921





An Airman Remembers by Hans Schroder; translated from the German by Claud W. Sykes, 940.44943 Sch, 1936





An Airman's Wife, Biography Bond b, 1918





The Annals of 100 Squadron: Being a Record of the War Activities of the Pioneer Night Bombing Squadron in France During the Period March 1917 to November 11th 1918, Including Its Operations Against German Towns Whilst Serving in the Independent Force of the R.A.F. by C. Gordon Burge; with a foreword by Sir Hugh Trenchard, 940.44942 Bur, 1919





The Australian Flying Corps on the Western and Eastern Theatres of War, 1914-1918 by F.M. Cutlack, 970.449 Cut, 1953





The Balloon Buster: Frank Luke of Arizona by Norman S. Hall, Biography Luke h, 1928





The Balloonatics by Allan Morris; Foreword by W. F. MacNeece Foster, 940.44 Mor, 1970





Bloody April by Alan Morris; foreword by Marshal of the Royal Air Force Viscount Portal of Hungerford, 940.44942 Mor, 1967





The Blue Max by Jack D. Hunter, Fiction Hun, 1964





Brackles: Memoirs of a Pioneer of Civil Aviation compiled by Frida H. Brackley with a foreword by Lord Mountevans; Research, revision, continuity by N. S. B. Miller, 940.44942 Bra, 1952





Briefe Eines Deutschen Kampffliegers an Ein Junges Madchen by hrsg. von prof. dr. Johannes Werner, 940.44943 Bri, 1930

Language: The records are in German






Captain Albert Ball, V.C., D.S.O. (two bars), M.C., Croix de chevalier, Legion d'honneur, Russian Order of St. George: A Historical Record by R. H. Kiernan; with a foreword by J. F. A. Higgins, and an introduction by H. A. Jones, Biography Ball k, 1939





Days on the Wing: Being the War Memoirs of Major the Chevalier Willy Coppens de Houthulst by Willy Coppens de Houthulst; translated from the French by A. J. Insall; with a foreword by Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir John M. Salmond; illustrated by Leonard Bridgman, 940.449 Cop, 1934





Death in the Air: The War Diary and Photographs of a Flying Corps Pilot, 940.44942 Dea, 1936





The Defence of London, 1915-1918 by A. Rawlinson; with Introduction by Percy Scott, 940.44942 Raw, 1923





Double-Decker C.666 by Haupt Heydemarck; translated by Claud W. Sykes, 940.44943 Hau, 1931





Dress Rehearsal: The Story of Dieppe by Quentin Reynolds, 940.542 Rey, 1943





Duel of Eagles by Peter Townsend, 940.54211 Tow, 1970





Eagles of the Black Cross by Walter A. Musciano, 940.44943 Mus, 1965





Eisernes Kreuz und Balkenkreuz : die Markierungen der deutschen Flugzeuge 1914-1918. Markings of German aircraft in WW I, 1914-1918 by Von Heinz J. Nowarra; Englische Ubersetzung: Ferdinand C.W. Kasmann; mit Farbzeichnungen von Horst Lobner, 940.44943 Now, 1968

Language: The records are in German and English




"En l'air!" (In the Air): Three Years On and Above Three Fronts by Lieut. Bert Hall, 940.44944 Hal, 1918





An Explorer in the Air Service by Hiram Bingham ... , 940.44 Bin, 1920





Falcons of France by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall, Fiction Nor, Undated





Falcons of France: A Tale of Youth and the Air by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall, with illustrations by A. Vimnera, Fiction Nor, 1929





Fighter Pilot by McScotch, 940.44942 McS, Undated





The Fighters; The Men and Machines of the First Air War by Thomas R. Funderburk, 940.44 Fun, 1965





Fighting Airman: The Way of the Eagle by Charles J. Biddle; edited by Stanley M. Ulanoff, Biography Biddle, 1968





Fighting Planes and Aces by Flying Officer W. E. Johns; illustrated by Howard Leigh, 940.44 Joh, 1932





Fighting the Flying Circus by Capt. Edward V. Rickenbacker, Commanding Officer, 94th Pursuit Squadron, U.S. Air service; with Maps and a Foreword by Laurence La Tourette Driggs, 940.44973 Ric, 1919





Fire-eater: the Memoirs of a V.C. by A.O. Pollard; with a Preface by Major-General the Rt. Hon. J. E. B. Seely; with Twenty-seven Illustrations, 940.48 Pol, 1932





First Call: Guide Posts to Berlin by Arthur Guy Empey, with 64 Illustrations, 940.48 Emp, 1918





First of the Many: The Story of Independent Force, R.A.F. by Alan Morris, 940.44942 Mor, 1968





The Fledgling: An Autobiography by Arch Whitehouse, Biography Whitehouse w, 1964





Flying and Soldiering by R.R. Money, 940.44942 Mon, 1936





Flying and Sport in East Africa by Leo Walmsley; with an Introduction by Major-General Sir Edward Northey, 967.604 Wal, 1920





Flying Dutchman: The Life of Anthony Fokker by Anthony H. G. Fokker and Bruce Gould, Biography Fokker f, 1932





Flying for France: With the American Escadrille at Verdun by James R. McConnell, Sergeant-Pilot in the French Flying Corps; Illustrated from Photographs Through Kindness of Mr. Paul Rockwell, 940.44944 McC, 1918





Flying Memories by Stanley Orton Bradshaw, 970.44942 Bra, 1934





Flying Minnows by Roger Vee, 940.44942 Vee, 1935





The Flying Poilu by Marcel Nadaud, Fiction Nad, 1918





Flying Section 17 by Haupt Heydemarck; Translated by Claud W. Sykes, 940.44943 Hau, 1930





French War Birds by Vigilant, 940.44944 Vig, 1937





German Aircraft of the First World War by Peter Gray and Owen Thetford, 623.746 Gra, 1962





A German Grammar for Beginners by Paul Valentine Bacon, 438.2421 Bac, 1912





German War Birds by Vigilant, 940.44943 Vig, 1931





Granville: Tales and Tail Spins from a Flyer's Diary, 940.44973 Gut, 1919





Great Events of the Great War: A Comprehensive and Readable Source Record of the World's Great War, Emphasizing the More Important Events, and Presenting these as Complete Narratives in the Actual Words of the Chief Officials and Most Eminent Leaders, Presenting Documents from Government Archives and Other Authoritative Sources, With Outline Narratives, Indices, Chronologies, and Courses of Reading on Sociological Movements and Individual National Activities Editor-in-Chief, Charles F. Horne; Directing Editor, Walter F. Austin, 940.3 Gre, 1923





Guynemer, the Ace of Aces by Jacques Mortane; Translated by Clifton Harby Levy, Together with Transcripts from Guynemer's Own Note-book of Flight, and Photographic Facsimiles of Its Pages, 940.44944 Mor, 1918





Hauptmann Bolckes Feldberichte by Mit einer einleitung von der hand des vaters und zwanzig Bildern, 940.44943 Bol, 1916

Language: The records are in German




Hell in the Heavens: The Adventures of an Aerial Gunner in the Royal Flying Corps by A. G. J. Whitehouse, 940.44942 Whi, 1938





Hermann Goring and the Third Reich: A Biography Based on Family and Official Records by Charles Bewley, Biography Goring b, 1962





Heroes of Aviation by Laurence La Tourette Driggs, 940.449 Dri, 1927





High Adventure: A Narrative of Air Fighting in France by James Norman Hall, 940.44973 Hal, 1918





History of the World War: An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War by Francis A. March in Collaboration with Richard J. Beamish; with an Introduction by General Peyton C. March, 940.3 Mar, 1918





I flew with the Lafayette Escadrille by Edwin C. Parsons, 940.44944 Par, 1963





Immelmann: 'The Eagle of Lille' by Franz Immelmann; Translated from the German by Claud W. Sykes, Biography Immelmann i, 1935





In the Company of Eagles by Ernest K. Gann, Fiction Gan, 1966





Inside the Third Reich: Memoirs by Albert Speer; Translated from the German by Richard and Clara Winston; Introduction by Eugene Davidson, 943.086 Spe, 1970





Kampfflieger Rudolf Berthold; Sieger in 44 Luftschlachten, erschlagen im Bruderkampfe fur Deutschlands Freiheit, Mit einem Geleitwort von Hermann Goring, 940.44943 Gen, 1934

Language: The records are in German




King of Air Fighters: Biography of Major Mick Mannock, V. C., D. S. O., M. C. by Flight-Lieut. Ira Jones, Biography Mannock j, 1934





The Lafayette Escadrille by Herbert Molloy Mason, Jr., 940.44944 Mas, 1964





The Lafayette Flying Corps. Edited by James Norman Hall & Charles Bernard Nordhoff. Associate Editor: Edgar G. Hamilton, 940.44973 Laf, 1964, 1920





The Lives of a Bengal Lancer by Francis Yeats-Brown, Biography Yeats-Brown y, 1930





The Personal Diary of Major Edward 'Mick' Mannock by Edward Mannock; Introduced and Annotated by Fredrick Oughton, Biography Mannock m, 1966





The Red Battle Flyer by Captain Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen; Translated by J. Ellis Barker, with a Preface and Notes by C. G. Grey, 940.44943 Ric, 1918





The Red Knight of Germany: The Story of Baron von Richthofen, Germany's Great War Bird by Floyd Gibbons; with Drawings by Clayton Knight, Biography Richthofen g, 1927





The Road to En-Dor: Being an Account of How Two Prisoners of War at Yozgad in Turkey Won Their Way to Freedom by E.H. Jones; with Illustrations by C.W. Hill, 940.44942 Jon, 1920





Der Schwarze Ritter: Kriegserlebnisse des Kampffliegers Eduard Ritter von Schleich by Erzahlt von Karl Aloys Schenzinger, 940.44943 Sch, 1936

Language: The records are in German




A Soldier of the Sky by Captain George F. Campbell, of the Royal Flying Corps, 940.44942 Cam, 1918





They Fought for the Sky: The Dramatic Story of the First War in the Air by Quentin Reynolds, 940.44 Rey, 1957





Thrilling Deeds of British Airmen by Eric Wood, 940.44942 Woo, 1918





Tiger Squadron, the Story of 74 Squadron, R. A. F., in Two World Wars by Wing Commander Ira (Taffy") Jones, 940.544941 Jon, 1954





True Stories of the Great War: Tales of Adventure--Heroic Deeds--Exploits Told by the Soldiers, Officers, Nurses, Diplomats, Eye Witnesses, Collected .... from Official and Authoritative Sources ... Editor-in-Chief, Francis Trevelyan Miller, 940.48 Tru, 1918





Unarmed and Unafraid by Glenn B. Infield, 358.45 Inf, 1970





The Vanguard of American Volunteers in the Fighting Lines and in Humanitarian Service August, 1914-April, 1917 by Edwin W. Morse, 940.44942 Mor, 1918





War Birds: Diary of an Unknown Aviator by John McGavock Grider; Illustrated by Clayton Knight, 940.44973 Gri, 1938





War Flying in Macedonia by Haupt Heydemarck, Translated by Claud W. Sykes, 940.44943 Hau, 1935





War Flying: The Letters of Theta [pseud.] to His Home People, Written in Training and in War by a Pilot, 940.44942 War, 1917





The War in the Air: Being the Story of the Part Played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force by Walter Raleigh, 940.44942 War, Undated





Wind in the Wires by Duncan Grinnell-Milne, 941.44942 Gri, 1933





Winged Victory by V. M. Yeates, Fiction Yea, 1934





Winged Warfare by Major William A. Bishop, V.C., D.S.O., M.C. ... , 940.44942 Bis, 1918





Wings by John Monk Saunders, Fiction Sau, 1927





Wings of War: An Airman's Diary of the Last Year of the War by Rudolf Stark; Translated into English by Claud W. Sykes, 940.44943 Sta, 1933





With the Earth Beneath by A. R. Kingsford, 940.44942 Kin, 1936





With the French Flying Corps by Carroll Dana Winslow, 940.44 Win, 1917





World's War Events, Recorded by Statesmen, Commanders, Historians and by Men Who Fought or Saw the Great Campaigns, Comp. and Ed. by Francis J. Reynolds ... and Allen L. Churchill ... , 940.3 Rey, 1919





Years of Combat: The First Volume of the Autobiography of Sholto Douglas by Sholto Douglas, Marshal of the Royal Air Force Lord Douglas of Kirtleside G.C.B., M.C., D.F.C., Biography Douglas d, 1963





Yonder by Margaret Bell Houston, Fiction Hou, 1955





Ypres, 1917: A Personal Account by E. Norman Gladden, 940.431 Gla, 1967





Magazines, 1917-1971




Cross & Cockade, 1960-1971

Box 1 / Folder 1
Cross & Cockade, Vol. 1, No. 1 Spring 1960




Box 1 / Folder 2
Cross & Cockade, Vol. 1, No. 2 Summer 1960




Box 1 / Folder 3
Cross & Cockade, Vol. 1, No. 4 Winter 1960




Box 1 / Folder 4
Cross & Cockade, Vol. 2, No. 1 Spring 1961




Box 1 / Folder 5
Cross & Cockade, Vol. 2, No. 2 Summer 1961




Box 1 / Folder 6
Cross & Cockade, Vol. 3, No. 1 Spring 1962




Box 1 / Folder 7
Cross & Cockade, Vol. 3, No. 2 Summer 1962




Box 1 / Folder 8
Cross & Cockade, Vol. 3, No. 4 Winter 1962




Box 1 / Folder 9
Cross & Cockade, Vol. 4, No. 1 Spring 1963




Box 1 / Folder 10
Cross & Cockade, Vol. 4, No. 2 Summer 1963




Box 1 / Folder 11
Cross & Cockade, Vol. 4, No. 3 Autumn 1963




Box 1 / Folder 12
Cross & Cockade, Vol. 4, No. 4 Winter 1963




Box 1 / Folder 13
Cross & Cockade, Vol. 5, No. 2 Summer 1964




Box 1 / Folder 14
Cross & Cockade, Vol. 5, No. 3 Autumn 1964




Box 1 / Folder 15
Cross & Cockade, Vol. 5, No. 4 Winter 1964




Box 1 / Folder 16
Cross & Cockade, Vol. 6, No. 1 Spring 1965




Box 1 / Folder 17
Cross & Cockade, Vol. 6, No. 2 Summer 1965




Box 1 / Folder 18
Cross & Cockade [copy 2], Vol. 6, No. 2 Summer 1965




Box 1 / Folder 19
Cross & Cockade, Vol. 6, No. 3 Autumn 1965




Box 1 / Folder 20
Cross & Cockade, Vol. 6, No. 4 Winter 1965




Box 1 / Folder 21
Cross & Cockade, Vol. 7, No. 1 Spring 1966




Box 1 / Folder 22
Cross & Cockade, Vol. 7, No. 2 Summer 1966




Box 1 / Folder 23
Cross & Cockade, Vol. 7, No. 3 Autumn 1966




Box 1 / Folder 24
Cross & Cockade, Vol. 7, No. 4 Winter 1966




Box 1 / Folder 25
Cross & Cockade [Feat. Wills Article The Eagle of Lens - Hans Waldhausen], Vol. 8, No. 2 Summer 1967




Box 1 / Folder 26
Cross & Cockade, Vol. 9, No. 1 Spring 1968




Box 1 / Folder 27
Cross & Cockade, Vol. 9, No. 2 Summer 1968




Box 1 / Folder 28
Cross & Cockade, Vol. 9, No. 3 Autumn 1968




Box 1 / Folder 29
Cross & Cockade, Vol. 9, No. 4 Winter 1968




Box 1 / Folder 30
Cross & Cockade, Vol. 10, No. 1 Spring 1969




Box 1 / Folder 31
Cross & Cockade, Vol. 10, No. 2 Summer 1969




Box 1 / Folder 32
Cross & Cockade, Vol. 10, No. 3 Fall 1969




Box 1 / Folder 33
Cross & Cockade, Vol. 10, No. 4 Winter 1969




Box 1 / Folder 34
Cross & Cockade, Vol. 11, No. 1 Spring 1970




Box 1 / Folder 35
Cross & Cockade, Vol. 11, No. 2 Summer 1970




Box 1 / Folder 36
Cross & Cockade, Vol. 11, No. 3 Autumn 1970




Box 1 / Folder 37
Cross & Cockade, Vol. 11, No. 4 Winter 1970




Box 1 / Folder 38
Cross & Cockade (Great Britain), Vol. 1, No. 1 Spring 1970




Box 1 / Folder 39
Cross & Cockade (Great Britain), Vol. 1, No. 2 Summer 1970




Box 1 / Folder 40
Cross & Cockade (Great Britain), Vol. 1, No. 3 Autumn 1970




Box 1 / Folder 41
Cross & Cockade (Great Britain), Vol. 1, No. 4 Winter 1970




Box 1 / Folder 42
Cross & Cockade (Great Britain), Vol. 2, No. 1 Spring 1971




Box 1 / Folder 43
Cross & Cockade (Great Britain), Vol. 2, No. 2 Summer 1971




Box 1 / Folder 44
Cross & Cockade (Great Britain), Vol. 2, No. 3 Autumn 1971




Box 1 / Folder 45
Cross & Cockade (Great Britain), Vol. 2, No. 4 Winter 1971







La Guerre Aerienne Illustree, 1917-1918


Please refer to the external link to the National Library of France in the 'Related Material' field to view digital reproductions of the volumes of La Guerre Aerienne Illustree that were originally contained in this collection, 1917-1918

Language: The records are in French






Popular Flying, 1934-1939

Box 2 / Folder 1
Popular Flying, 1934 (August, October)




Box 2 / Folder 2
Popular Flying, 1935 (January - June)




Box 2 / Folder 3
Popular Flying, 1935 (July - December)




Box 2 / Folder 4
Popular Flying, 1936 (January - March, May - June)




Box 2 / Folder 5
Popular Flying, 1936 (July - December)




Box 2 / Folder 6
Popular Flying, 1937 (January - June)




Box 2 / Folder 7
Popular Flying, 1937 (July - December)




Box 2 / Folder 8
Popular Flying, 1938 (January - June)




Box 2 / Folder 9
Popular Flying, 1938 (July - October, December)




Box 2 / Folder 10
Popular Flying, 1939 (January)







The Great War . . . I Was There!: Undying Memories of 1914-1918, 1938-1939

Box 8 / Folder 1
The Great War . . . I Was There!: Undying Memories of 1914-1918, Part 1 - Part 5




Box 8 / Folder 2
The Great War . . . I Was There!: Undying Memories of 1914-1918, Part 6 - Part 10




Box 8 / Folder 3
The Great War . . . I Was There!: Undying Memories of 1914-1918, Part 11 - Part 15




Box 8 / Folder 4
The Great War . . . I Was There!: Undying Memories of 1914-1918, Part 16 - Part 20




Box 8 / Folder 5
The Great War . . . I Was There!: Undying Memories of 1914-1918, Parts 21 - 22, Parts 24 - 25




Box 8 / Folder 6
The Great War . . . I Was There!: Undying Memories of 1914-1918, Part 26 - Part 30




Box 8 / Folder 7
The Great War . . . I Was There!: Undying Memories of 1914-1918, Part 31, Parts 33 - 35




Box 8 / Folder 8
The Great War . . . I Was There!: Undying Memories of 1914-1918, Part 36 - Part 38




Box 8 / Folder 9
The Great War . . . I Was There!: Undying Memories of 1914-1918, Part 41, Parts 44 - 45




Box 8 / Folder 10
The Great War . . . I Was There!: Undying Memories of 1914-1918, Part 47, Part 49, Parts 50 - 51







Assorted Magazines, 1918-1963

Box 8 / Folder 11
Antique Airplanes Quarterly, Vol. 1, No. 2 Spring 1962




Box 8 / Folder 12
National Geographic Magazine, January 1918




Box 8 / Folder 13
National Geographic Magazine, June 1918




Box 8 / Folder 14
SAGA - The Magazine for Men, April 1963





Papers, 1914-1971




Aircraft Illustrations, Undated

Box 3 / Folder 1
WWI Aircraft Illustrations, Undated







Book Lists, Undated

Box 3 / Folder 2
Reference Lists of Books on World War I Aviation, Undated







Book Photocopies, 1920-1942

Box 3 / Folder 3
Briefe eines jungen Ulanen by Caspar Kulenkampff, 1937

Language: The records are in German



Box 3 / Folder 4
Der Frontflieger by Baron Elard von Loewenstern, 1937

Language: The records are in German



Box 3 / Folder 5
The Great War, August 4th - A Few Personal Notes - Unidentified book/diary - Poor Quality Copy, Undated




Box 3 / Folder 6
High Adventure by A.H. Cobby, 1942




Box 3 / Folder 7
A History of 24 Squadron by A.E. Illingworth, 1920




Box 3 / Folder 8
Malaula! Der Kampfruf meiner Staffel by Julius Buckler, 1939

Language: The records are in German



Box 3 / Folder 9
Mit der Deutschen Luftfahrt Durch Dick und Dunn by Leo Leonhardy, 1926

Language: The records are in German






Cross & Cockade Documents, 1965-1971

Box 3 / Folder 10
Cross & Cockade Editorial Newsletters, 1971




Box 3 / Folder 11
Cross & Cockade Membership Application Pamphlets, Undated




Box 3 / Folder 12
Clipping of "Richardson's Remembrances" article by Kelly Wills, Jr. from Cross & Cockade Vol. 6, No. 2, 1965




Box 3 / Folder 13
Original Typed Manuscripts for Wind-Soc Column by Kelly Wills, Jr. for Cross & Cockade, Undated







Letters, Undated

Box 3 / Folder 14
Hans Waldhausen Letters, Undated




Box 3 / Folder 15
Letter from Hans Waldhausen to Mary Wills Upon the Death of Kelly Wills, Jr., 1972




Box 3 / Folder 16
Personal Letters and Correspondence, Undated




Box 3 / Folder 17
Acquired Letters and Correspondence, Undated







Loose Leaf Bound Rosters and Papers, Undated

Box 4 / Folder 1
JH Tudhope, Combats in the Air, 1917




Box 4 / Folder 2
60 Squadron - Records and Unidentified Narrative, 1918




Box 4 / Folder 3
Public Records Office Charges, 1965




Box 4 / Folder 4
Canadian Casualties in the RFC, 1918




Box 4 / Folder 5
List of Founder Members Who Hope to Attend Founder Members Day on 5th July 1968, 1968




Box 4 / Folder 6
The Inevitable Richthofen, Undated




Box 4 / Folder 7
Roster of Jasta 4, Undated




Box 4 / Folder 8
Victory List of 24 Squadron of RFC/RAF, 1918




Box 4 / Folder 9
Roster of Officers in No. 20 Squadron, Undated




Box 4 / Folder 10
Roster of Officers in No. 22 Squadron, Undated




Box 4 / Folder 11
No. 28 Squadron, RFC and RAF France and Italy, 1917-1918




Box 4 / Folder 12
List of RFC Casualties, September 1917




Box 4 / Folder 13
Serial Numbers of Sopwith Camels Flown by No. 3 RNAS Squadron, Undated




Box 4 / Folder 14
Rosters of Casualties for No. 9 Naval 209 Squadron, Undated




Box 4 / Folder 15
Rosters of 210 Squadron, Undated




Box 4 / Folder 16
List of United States Air Service Officers Who Served in RFC, RNAS and RAF Squadrons, 1918




Box 4 / Folder 17
Names of German Fighter Pilots Who Shot Down No. 10 Naval Squadron Aircraft, June-September 1917




Box 4 / Folder 18
Roster of Officers Serving in No. 19 Squadron RF, Undated




Box 4 / Folder 19
Roster of No. 10 Squadron, Undated




Box 4 / Folder 20
Roster of Officers in No. 150 Squadron, Undated




Box 4 / Folder 21
Roster of No. 1 Squadron Officers, Undated




Box 4 / Folder 22
Roster of Officers in No. 1 Squadron RFC, Undated




Box 4 / Folder 23
Roster of No. 4 Squadron, Undated




Box 4 / Folder 24
Roster of Officers in No. 11 Squadron, Undated




Box 4 / Folder 25
Composition of No. 8 Naval Squadron, 26 October 1916




Box 4 / Folder 26
Roster of No. 27 Squadron, Undated




Box 4 / Folder 27
Roster of Officers Serving in No. 74 Squadron, Undated




Box 4 / Folder 28
Roster of Officers in No. 32 Squadron RFC, Undated




Box 4 / Folder 29
Original Members of No. 3 Squadron RFC, 1914




Box 4 / Folder 30
Roster of Officers in No. 29 Squadron, Undated




Box 4 / Folder 31
List of Americans in the RFC, RNAS and RAF, as Distinguished from Those Attached There from the US Armed Forces, Undated




Box 4 / Folder 32
Portions of the Log of Fl. Lt. R.R. Sear, Naval 8, 1917




Box 4 / Folder 33
Roster of No. 7 Squadron, Undated




Box 4 / Folder 34
Roster of Officers in No. 66 Squadron, Undated




Box 4 / Folder 35
Roster of Officers in No. 70 Squadron, Undated




Box 4 / Folder 36
Roster of Officers in No. 64 Squadron RFC, Undated




Box 4 / Folder 37
Roster of Officers in No. 84 Squadron, RFC and RAF, Undated




Box 4 / Folder 38
Roster of Officers Serving in RNAS Dunkirk Area, 1914-1917




Box 4 / Folder 39
Rosters of Assorted German Jastas, Undated




Box 4 / Folder 40
Rosters of Assorted German Jastas, Part 2, Undated




Box 4 / Folder 41
Roster of Officers in No. 100 Squadron, Undated




Box 4 / Folder 42
Copies of Letters to and from Captain G.H. Bowman, 1942, 1966




Box 4 / Folder 43
Roster of No. 9 Squadron, Undated




Box 4 / Folder 44
Roster of No. 103 Squadron, Undated




Box 4 / Folder 45
Roster of Officers in No. 99 Squadron, Undated




Box 4 / Folder 46
Roster of No. 9 Squadron RFC, Undated




Box 4 / Folder 47
Roster of Officers in No. 11 Squadron RFC, Undated




Box 4 / Folder 48
Early Pilots in the Royal Flying Corps, Undated




Box 4 / Folder 49
Roster of Officers in No. 8 Squadron RFC, Undated




Box 4 / Folder 50
Flight Personnel in No. 43 Squadron, Undated




Box 4 / Folder 51
History of No. 1 Squadron RAF by Major W.E. Young, August 1918 - March 1919




Box 4 / Folder 52
Short History of No.1 Squadron RAF, Undated







Manuscripts, Undated

Box 4 / Folder 53
Excerpt of My Long Way by Hans Waldhausen - Typed Manuscript with Edits, Undated




Box 4 / Folder 54
Excerpt of Sieg und Sturz by Hans Waldhausen - English Translation - 9-Page Typed Manuscript with Edits, Undated




Box 4 / Folder 55
Who Killed the Red Baron? and World War I Flyers - Manuscript Addressed to Kelly Wills, Jr., 1969




Box 4 / Folder 56
Unknown WWI Narrative - 12-Page Handwritten Manuscript, Undated







Maps, Undated

Box 4 / Folder 57
Various Maps, Undated




Box 4 / Folder 58
Maps of the Western Front, 1917, 1917







Newsletters, 1970-1971

Box 4 / Folder 59
Newsletter of the Australian Society of WWI Aero Historians, 1970-1971







Newspaper and Magazine Clippings, 1936-1965

Box 4 / Folder 60
Cincinnati Pictorial Enquirer - William Huebener Article, February 14, 1965




Box 4 / Folder 61
Cincinnati Pictorial Enquirer - Eddie Rickenbacker - WWI Aces Recall Their Final Missions, November 6, 1966




Box 4 / Folder 62
Eastern Review - Article on Richthofen Flying Circus Pilot Kurt P. Eckmann, Vol. III No. I, September 8, 1960




Box 4 / Folder 63
Newspaper and Magazine Clippings, 1936-1965







Pamphlets, Undated

Box 4 / Folder 64
Various Pamphlets, Undated







Rosters, 1916-1918

Box 4 / Folder 65
40 Squadron, 1916-1918




Box 4 / Folder 66
No. 40 Squadron, R.F.C. and R.A.F., 1916-1918




Box 4 / Folder 67
No. 40 Squadron, R.F.C. and R.A.F. - Casualties, 1916-1918




Box 4 / Folder 68
56 Squadron - Some Squadron Records, 1917




Box 4 / Folder 69
74 Squadron, 1918




Box 4 / Folder 70
American War Flyers and Their Scores, Undated




Box 4 / Folder 71
British Ace Listing, Undated




Box 4 / Folder 72
Canadian Casualties in the R.F.C. and R.N.A.S. - List of Missing Canadians, 1916-1917




Box 4 / Folder 73
Final Figures on American Aces and Air Casualties, Undated




Box 4 / Folder 74
List of German Casualties, 1917




Box 4 / Folder 75
Unidentified Roster of WWI Veterans, Undated







Various Papers, Undated

Box 4 / Folder 76
The Archie Club of Boston - Member Lists, Undated




Box 4 / Folder 77
Evaluation of Oberleutnant Hans Waldhausen - Notarized Copy of Official German Record, 1920

Language: The records are in German



Box 4 / Folder 78
Indexes and Price Lists of WWI Aviation Photographs, 1965




Box 4 / Folder 79
Intelligence Summary or War Diary - London Public Records, 1917




Box 4 / Folder 80
Materials from Flying Circus Pilots Reunion in Germany Attended by Kelly Wills, Jr., April 1971




Box 4 / Folder 81
Various Handwritten Notes, Undated




Box 4 / Folder 82
Various Documents, Undated





Photographs, 1914-1971




Flying Circus Pilots Reunion Photo Album, 1971

Box 5 / Folder 1
Pages 1-5, 1971




Box 5 / Folder 2
Pages 6-10, 1971




Box 5 / Folder 3
Pages 11-16, 1971







Red Photo Album, Undated

Box 5 / Folder 4
Pages 1-5, Undated




Box 5 / Folder 5
Pages 6-10, Undated




Box 5 / Folder 6
Pages 11-15, Undated




Box 5 / Folder 7
Pages 16-20, Undated




Box 5 / Folder 8
Pages 21-25, Undated




Box 5 / Folder 9
Pages 26-30, Undated




Box 5 / Folder 10
Pages 31-35, Undated




Box 5 / Folder 11
Pages 36-40, Undated




Box 5 / Folder 12
Pages 41-45, Undated




Box 5 / Folder 13
Pages 46-48, Undated







Blue Photo Album, Undated

Box 5 / Folder 14
Pages 1-11, Undated




Box 5 / Folder 15
Pages 12-21, Undated




Box 5 / Folder 16
Pages 22-31, Undated




Box 5 / Folder 17
Pages 32-41, Undated




Box 5 / Folder 18
Pages 42-51, Undated




Box 5 / Folder 19
Pages 52-61, Undated




Box 5 / Folder 20
Pages 62-71, Undated




Box 5 / Folder 21
Pages 72-81, Undated




Box 5 / Folder 22
Pages 82-92, Undated







Loose Photographs, 1914-1971

Box 6 / Folder 1
Assorted Negatives, Undated




Box 6 / Folder 2
Assorted WWI Photos - Originally Framed, Undated




Box 6 / Folder 3
Personal Photos, Undated




Box 6 / Folder 4
Portrait Photograph of WWI Pilot A.E. Godfrey, Inscribed To Kelly -, 1968




Box 6 / Folder 5
WWI Air Service, United States Army, 135th Aero Squadron, 1918




Box 6 / Folder 6
WWI Air Service, United States Army, 213th Aero Squadron, Undated




Box 6 / Folder 7
WWI Beamsville Aerodrome, Ontario, Canada, 1918




Box 6 / Folder 8
WWI Imperial German Air Service - Aircraft, 1914-1918




Box 6 / Folder 9
WWI Imperial German Air Service - Pilots, 1914-1918




Box 6 / Folder 10
WWI Imperial German Air Service - Pilots, Continued, 1914-1918




Box 6 / Folder 11
WWI Imperial German Air Service - Pilots, Continued, 1914-1918




Box 6 / Folder 12
WWI United Kingdom Royal Air Force / Royal Flying Corps - Aircraft, 1914-1918




Box 6 / Folder 13
WWI United Kingdom Royal Air Force / Royal Flying Corps - Pilots, 1914-1918




Box 6 / Folder 14
WWI United Kingdom Royal Air Force / Royal Flying Corps - Pilots, Continued, 1914-1918




Box 6 / Folder 15
WWI Various Pilots and Aircraft, 1914-1918





Recordings, 1961-1965

Box 7 / Reel 1
Reel 1, 1961


Reel A
Interview with Thomas Buffum, American Pilot of French LaFayette Flying Corps, 6/21/1961


Reel B
Continuation of Interview with Thomas Buffum, American Pilot of French LaFayette Flying Corps, 6/21/1961




Reel A
Interview with Thomas Buffum, American Pilot of French LaFayette Flying Corps, 6/21/1961




Reel B
Continuation of Interview with Thomas Buffum, American Pilot of French LaFayette Flying Corps, 6/21/1961




Box 7 / Reel 2
Reel 2, 1964


Reel A
Interview with Douglas Campbell, First American WWI Flying Ace, 1/4/1964


Reel B
Continuation of Interview with Douglas Campbell, First American WWI Flying Ace, 1/4/1964




Reel A
Interview with Douglas Campbell, First American WWI Flying Ace, 1/4/1964




Reel B
Continuation of Interview with Douglas Campbell, First American WWI Flying Ace, 1/4/1964




Box 7 / Reel 3
Reel 3, 1964


Reel A
Talk by Lieutenant William Turner Coles of Royal Air Force Squadron 56, 5/23/1964




Reel A
Talk by Lieutenant William Turner Coles of Royal Air Force Squadron 56, 5/23/1964




Box 7 / Reel 4
Reel 4, 1963


Reel A
Interview with Sid Eckley, United States Army 27th Aero Squadron, 8/1/1963




Reel A
Interview with Sid Eckley, United States Army 27th Aero Squadron, 8/1/1963




Box 7 / Reel 5
Reel 5, Undated


Reel A
Interview with Harold Buckley Willis Audio Distortion in First 30 Seconds of Recording. Labeled as interview with Benjamin D. Foulois., Undated




Reel A
Interview with Harold Buckley Willis Audio Distortion in First 30 Seconds of Recording. Labeled as interview with Benjamin D. Foulois., Undated




Box 7 / Reel 6
Reel 6, 1961


Reel A
Radio Interview with Benjamin D. Foulois, American Army General and Aviator, 1961




Reel A
Radio Interview with Benjamin D. Foulois, American Army General and Aviator, 1961




Box 7 / Reel 7
Reel 7, 1962


Reel A
Talk by Reginald Hoidge of Royal Air Force Squadron 56, 10/6/1962




Reel A
Talk by Reginald Hoidge of Royal Air Force Squadron 56, 10/6/1962




Box 7 / Reel 8
Reel 8, 1965


Reel A
Extended Interview with Wilhelm C. Huebner, German Pilot of Feldflieger Abteilung 25, 3/25/1965

Language: The records are in German

Reel B
Continuation of Extended Interview with Wilhelm C. Huebner, German Pilot of Feldflieger Abteilung 25, 3/25/1965

Language: The records are in German



Reel A
Extended Interview with Wilhelm C. Huebner, German Pilot of Feldflieger Abteilung 25, 3/25/1965

Language: The records are in German



Reel B
Continuation of Extended Interview with Wilhelm C. Huebner, German Pilot of Feldflieger Abteilung 25, 3/25/1965

Language: The records are in German



Box 7 / Reel 9
Reel 9, 1965


Reel A
Optimal-Quality Excerpt of Reel 8 Interview with Wilhelm C. Huebner, German Pilot of Feldflieger Abteilung 25, 3/25/1965

Language: The records are in German



Reel A
Optimal-Quality Excerpt of Reel 8 Interview with Wilhelm C. Huebner, German Pilot of Feldflieger Abteilung 25, 3/25/1965

Language: The records are in German



Box 7 / Reel 10
Reel 10, 1962


Reel A
Interview with Captain Frederick Libby, American Observer for Royal Flying Corps, 8/19/1962


Reel B
Continuation of Interview with Captain Frederick Libby, American Observer for Royal Flying Corps, 8/19/1962




Reel A
Interview with Captain Frederick Libby, American Observer for Royal Flying Corps, 8/19/1962




Reel B
Continuation of Interview with Captain Frederick Libby, American Observer for Royal Flying Corps, 8/19/1962




Box 7 / Reel 11
Reel 11, Undated


Reel A
Interview with Edwin C. Parsons, United States Navy Admiral and Flying Ace, Undated


Reel B
Interview with Colonel Paul Rockwell, American Pilot of French Foreign Legion, Undated




Reel A
Interview with Edwin C. Parsons, United States Navy Admiral and Flying Ace, Undated




Reel B
Interview with Colonel Paul Rockwell, American Pilot of French Foreign Legion, Undated




Box 7 / Reel 12
Reel 12, Undated


Reel A
Interview with Roland W. Richardson, United States Army 213th Aero Squadron, Undated




Reel A
Interview with Roland W. Richardson, United States Army 213th Aero Squadron, Undated




Box 7 / Reel 13
Reel 13, 1961


Reel A
Interview with Max Scheidig, German Air Force Jasta 4, Undated

Language: The records are in German

Reel B
1961 Reunion of WWI Pilots at Wright Patterson Air Force Museum, Featuring Talk by American Flying Ace Eddie Rickenbacker, 6/1/1961


Reel C
Continuation of Recording of 1961 Pilots Reunion. Suboptimal Audio Quality, 6/1/1961




Reel A
Interview with Max Scheidig, German Air Force Jasta 4, Undated

Language: The records are in German



Reel B
1961 Reunion of WWI Pilots at Wright Patterson Air Force Museum, Featuring Talk by American Flying Ace Eddie Rickenbacker, 6/1/1961




Reel C
Continuation of Recording of 1961 Pilots Reunion. Suboptimal Audio Quality, 6/1/1961




Box 7 / Reel 14
Reel 14, Undated


Reel A
Interview with Sir Herbert Thompson, English Naval Pilot, Undated


Reel B
Interview with George Goodman Simpson, English Naval Flying Ace, Undated




Reel A
Interview with Sir Herbert Thompson, English Naval Pilot, Undated




Reel B
Interview with George Goodman Simpson, English Naval Flying Ace, Undated




Box 7 / Reel 15
Reel 15, 1963


Reel A
Talk by George Augustus Vaughn, Jr., American Flying Ace, 4/17/1963




Reel A
Talk by George Augustus Vaughn, Jr., American Flying Ace, 4/17/1963




Box 7 / Reel 16
Reel 16, Undated


Reel A
Woman Reading Part One of Fate and Thoughts of a Downed Fighter Pilot by German Flying Ace Hans Waldhausen, Undated

Language: The records are in German



Reel A
Woman Reading Part One of Fate and Thoughts of a Downed Fighter Pilot by German Flying Ace Hans Waldhausen, Undated

Language: The records are in German



Box 7 / Reel 17
Reel 17, 1960


Reel A
Interview with Professor Kurt H. Weil, German WWI Pilot, at Cross & Cockade Society Meeting, 12/1/1960

Language: The records are in German

Reel B
Continuation of Interview with Professor Kurt H. Weil, German WWI Pilot, at Cross & Cockade Society Meeting, 12/1/1960

Language: The records are in German



Reel A
Interview with Professor Kurt H. Weil, German WWI Pilot, at Cross & Cockade Society Meeting, 12/1/1960

Language: The records are in German



Reel B
Continuation of Interview with Professor Kurt H. Weil, German WWI Pilot, at Cross & Cockade Society Meeting, 12/1/1960

Language: The records are in German



Box 7 / Reel 18
Reel 18, 1961


Reel A
Interview with Archie Whitehouse, American Observer for Royal Flying Corps Squadron 22, 9/23/1961




Reel A
Interview with Archie Whitehouse, American Observer for Royal Flying Corps Squadron 22, 9/23/1961