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SDASM.020
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Title: The Personal Collection of Lee Francis Duncan
Identifier/Call Number: SDASM.020
Contributing Institution:
San Diego Air and Space Museum Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
0.4 Linear feet
1 manuscript box
Date (inclusive): 1928-1953
Abstract: Lee Francis Duncan was a member of the early U.S. air mail crews. He also flew for United Airlines and was a member of the
Army during World War II.
creator:
Duncan, Lee Francis, 1906-
Lee Francis Duncan was born in 1906 in Rome, Kansas. After graduating high school in Braman, Oklahoma, he began flying cadet
training in 1925 in San Antonio. He was a pilot for United Airlines and in the Air Corp. Reserve. In 1941 he transferred to
the War Department Reserve Pool. He flew as a noncombatant as a United Air Lines Pilot for Army Transport in the Pacific between
1943 and 1945. In 1928, Duncan flew Executive Mail during a presidential trip to Wisconsin. He was later part of the crew
that made the first airmail stop in Grand Island, Nebraska.
Conditions Governing Access note
The collection is open to researchers by appointment.
Some copyright may be reserved. Consult with the library director for more information.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Unknown; acquired by the San Diego Air & Space Museum after 1978.
[Item], [Collection], Archive, San Diego Air & Space Museum
This collection contains material related to Lee Francis Duncan’s career as a pilot with United Airlines and the Air Corp.
Reserve.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Air Mail Service--United States--1930-1940
United Airlines