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Schwarzer (Donald Everett) Personal Papers
SDASM.SC.10127  
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Box 01

 

Folder 01 –Personal Correspondence

Physical Description: Twenty (20) documents, correspondence, primarily letters from 1945 to family members.
 

Folder 02- Missing in Action

Physical Description: Ten (10) documents, telegrams and correspondence regarding mistaken missing in action notice, sent February 6, 1945.
 

Folder 03- Personal Training Notes

Physical Description: 1. Notebook pages (9), handwritten notes on Cockpit procedure, includes sketch diagrams. 2. Notebook pages containing handwritten training notes from Nov 9-Dec 22, 1943. Dorr Field, flights #1-56.
 

Folder 04 – Related Military Correspondence

Physical Description: Fourteen (15) documents, including… 1. Air Reserve orders December 26, 1963. 2. Pass for the Paris area.1945. 3. Air Medal press release. 4. Air Reserve annual questionnaire. 5. Military status of individual September 13, 1954. 6. Personnel orders No. 20 dated May 15, 1944. Three pages. 7. Personnel orders No. 250 dated October 18, 1944. 8. Temporary appointment papers, commission and Air Reserve. 9. Cadet shipment and travel orders dated February 13, 1943. 10. Honorable discharge dated April 26, 1951. 11. Handwritten list of bombing missions by E. Schwarzer, Jan 14 – April 25, 1945
 

Folder 05- Military Documents and Forms

Physical Description: Thirty-one (31) documents, including… 1. Physical record card, I.D. card, field pass, ration book, cadet military conduct card, Link Trainer card, immunization record, social club membership, Selective Service registration and classification cards. 2. Fire Auxiliary membership card, change of address form. 3. Report of medical examination dated October 5, 1955. 4. Training record (Link Trainer) dated September 18, 1944. 5. Official copies of orders dated September 9, 1946. 6. Summary Flight Record dated August 28, 1945. 7. Physical exam for flying, undated. 8. Letter from Dr. Beckly Strong, handwritten, dated November 30, 1942. 9. Four (4) individual flight records from Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Topeka, Kansas; Gowen Field, Idaho; Moody Field, Georgia; Clovis, New Mexico 10. Reserve allowable points and service. 11. Air Reserve Qualification Data, August 15. 1952. 12. Pilot time breakdown dated May 1944. 13. Certificate by Everett Schwarzer regarding shifting records from old form #5 to new form #5 dated July 1, 1947.
 

Folder 06- Miscellaneous

Physical Description: Seven (7) documents, including 1. Air Medal News article, acceptance card. 2. News clippings featuring bomb group, Schwarzer and crew. 3. Membership card and later honorable discharge from City of New York Fire Auxiliary. 4. High school teacher application reply. 5. Graduation Dance menu, Carlstrom and Dorr Fields.
 

Folder 07- Photographs

Physical Description: Approximately 64 photos, many circa 1943-44, include photos of Europe, a cemetery in England, Air Medal presentations, crews, B-24s, and training bases.