Descriptive Finding Guide for the Joseph W. Norrbohm Personal Papers SDASM.SC.10107

Alan Renga

San Diego Air and Space Museum Library and Archives

3/15/2016

2001 Pan American Plaza, Balboa Park

San Diego 92101

URL: http://www.sandiegoairandspace.org/

Language of Material: English

Contributing Institution: San Diego Air and Space Museum Library and Archives

Title: Joseph W. Norrbohm Personal Papers

creator: Norrbohm, Joseph

Identifier/Call Number: SDASM.SC.10107

Physical Description: .65 Cubic Feet This is a two box collection, one with measurements 12 ¼ x 10 ½ x 5 inches and the other with 12 ¼ x 10 ½ x 2 ½ inches. The collection contains primarily military documents, instruction and guide books, quiz/exam papers, newsletters, and personal records and orders. It also contains a flight computer that will be placed in curatorial.

Date (bulk): bulk

Abstract: Jospeh Norrbohm was a B-29, B-47 and B-52 pilot.

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open to the public by appointment.

Conditions Governing Use

Some materials may be subject to copyright restrictions.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection of materials was donated to the San Diego Air and Space Museum.

Biographical / Historical

Joseph Willard Norrbohm was born the youngest of ten siblings on January 23, 1927 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He completed his undergraduate education at the University of Minnesota, and upon graduation, enlisted in the United States Air Force. He served with the Air Force for nearly thirty years and worked his way up to the rank of Lt. Col. Because of his great love for flying, he served as a pilot during World War II, the Korean, and Vietnam Wars where he flew B-29s, B-47s, as well as B-52s up to his retirement. After his military retirement, he moved his family to Poway, California, and received an MBA in Finance before embarking on his PhD in Business. Before completing his PhD, he was hired by Downey Savings and Loan and worked there for 12 years.

Joseph W. Norrbohm passed away on January 14, 2012 in Poway, California, and is buried at Riverside National Cemetery.

Scope and Contents

This is a two box collection, one with measurements 12 ¼ x 10 ½ x 5 inches and the other with 12 ¼ x 10 ½ x 2 ½ inches. The collection contains primarily military documents, instruction and guide books, quiz/exam papers, newsletters, and personal records and orders. It also contains a flight computer that will be placed in curatorial.

It also contains a training management manual for the B-47 combat crews. These papers have been digitized for the purpose of preservation.

Related Materials

B-47 Aircraft Files B-52 Aircraft Files

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Boeing B-47 Stratojet

Boeing B-29 Superfortress

Boeing B-52 Stratofortress

Norrbohm, Joseph

Box 1 of 2

Series I: Personal Records & Military Documents

Physical Description: This folder contains a wide variety of documents including a Red Cross Membership card, officer career objective statement, pilot individual flight records, request and authorization forms, special orders, and more.

Folder 2 – 768th Bomb SQ Rosters & Other Military Documents

Physical Description: This folder contains a few rosters of the 768th Bomb SQ Combat Crew, 768th Alert Rosters, 34th Bombardment Squadron Roster, an Aircrew Flying Schedule from Strategic Air Command, Airborne Duty/Position Symbols, and more.

Folder 3 – Training Management Manual

Physical Description: This folder contains the training management manual for the B-47 Combat Crews of the 22nd Bombardment Wing (M). The folder contains digitized scans of several documents including an organization chart, description of jobs, personnel records, several checklists, instrument status forms, and training requirements.

Folder 4 – Miscellaneous

Physical Description: 1. Basic Poker guide 2. Ground Safety Accident Prevention in Flight Line Operations, December 13, 1955 3. Supervisor’s Check List 4. Paper with writing on it 5. Wing Flaps Up Landing and Crash Landing emergency instructions

Series II: Periodicals

Folder 5 – Newsletter 2nd Air Force & Periodicals

Physical Description: 1. Material Facts Newsletter, Headquarters 2nd Air Force, Barksdale AFB Louisiana, April, 1971. 2. Combat Crew Strategic Air Command, October, 1960. 3. Aerospace Safety, United States Air Force, December, 1969. 4. Aerospace Historian, The Heritage of Flight, Vol. XIV, No. 2, Summer 1967. 5. Aerospace Historian, The Heritage of Flight, Vol. XIV, No. 3, Autumn 1967

Series III: Textbooks, Program Books, and Guides

Folder 6 – Air University Course Textbook

Physical Description: 1. American Foreign Policy in Growth and Action; Course 2A. Squadron Officer School Correspondence Course, Volume 12. Extension Course Institute Air University, May, 1961.

Box 2 of 2

Series III: Textbooks, Program Books, and Guides (cont)

Folder 1 – Training & Instruction Programs

Physical Description: 1. Principles and Techniques of Instruction, Department of the Air Force, AF Manual 50-9, April 1967. 2. Introduction to the B-52 Flight Director System, A Programmed Learning Course, Study Guide 51118, Carswell AFB, Texas, February 15, 1966. 3. B-47 Training Program Volume III Pilot Instruction Guide, SACM 50-1 Vol III, September, 1959. 4. J. Richardson Johnson, “Reading Improvement Program,” The Ohio State Universitym United States Air Force School of Systems and Logistics, Third Edition, 1966.

Folder 2 – Additional Guides

Physical Description: 1. AFTO Form 781 Guide, 449th Bomb Wing, Kincheloe AFB Michigan, May 20, 1974. 2. Mission Reports Guide, OPR: DOTF. 3. 716th Bomb Sq. Extreme Cold Weather Information/Procedures/Precautions.

Folder 3 – Air War College Associate Programs

Physical Description: 1. Communist China, Chapter 17, Volume I, Fifth Edition. 2. Chicom Military Capabilities and Strategy, Chapter 18, Volume I, Fifth Edition. 3. Lesser Communist Countries, Chapter 19, Volume I, Fifth Edition. 4. Communist Missile and Space Program, Chapter 20, Volume I, Fifth Edition. 5. The Changing Role of the United Nations, Chapter 11, Volume II, Fifth Edition. 6. Arms Control, Chapter 12, Volume II, Fifth Edition. 7. Economics in Military Perspective, Chapter 13, Volume II, Fifth Edition. 8. The United States Economic System, Chapter 14, Volume II, Fifth Edition.

Series IV: Exams

Folder 4 – Emergency Procedures & FAA Exams

Physical Description: This folder contains hundreds of pages of questionnaires, exercises, and examinations for a variety of aircraft. There are two books – Emergency Procedures AF Manual 51-37 with hundreds of exam questions, and an Airline Transport FAA Exams guidebook.

Series V: Traveling Souvenirs

Folder 5 – Traveling Souvenirs

Physical Description: This folder contains souvenirs for Americans visiting Japan including guidebooks, pocket guides, a guide to shooting, a guide to Hawaii and a map of Oahu, Fujiya Hotel menus, a shopping catalog of Noritake China from Japan, and four Japanese woodcut prints.

Series VI: Maps

Folder 6 – Maps

Physical Description: 1. Cutout map of southern Oregon and the California and Nevada Borders. 2. Cutout map of Nevada with a small portion of the Idaho Border 3. Square cutout map of Nevada. 4. Orientation map of the U.S.S.R. containing geographic information, land utilization, economic regions/major industrial areas, administrative divisions, metallurgy, and more. 5. Large map of the world, with facts/numbers about geography, industry, government, and living conditions. 6. Large map from the U.S. Foreign Service Posts, January 1, 1969.