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Reynolds, James Willard, 1917-2001

 Person

Biography

Sergeant James Reynolds of Fort Jones, California, was the radio operator onboard a B-17 that ditched in the South Pacific on October 21, 1942. Reynolds, Eddie Rickenbacker, and five other men survived at sea for three weeks before being rescued.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

W. David Lewis Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 0529
Scope and Contents This collection is made up of materials created and collected by Dr. W. David Lewis. Much of the contents relate to Captain Eddie V. Rickenbacker, the subject of Lewis' book Eddie Rickenbacker: An American Hero in the Twentieth Century (2005). Other materials include personal and professional correspondence, materials from teaching classes, and research materials on topics inlcuding the history of aviation, the history of technology, and World War...
Dates: 1910 - 2009

Eddie Rickenbacker Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 0101
Scope and Contents This collection documents the lives of the Rickenbacker family, particularly Eddie Vernon Rickenbacker. It contains scrapbooks and newspaper clippings, photographs, sound recordings, 16 mm motion pictures, correspondence, diaries, legal documents (original and copies), condolence letters upon Eddie's death, maps, declassified reports to Army Air Force in World War II, other various reports of travels, affidavits taken by movie studio regarding loss of Eddie at sea, publications by and...
Dates: 1909 - 2001

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Aeronautics -- History 1
Aeronautics, Commercial -- United States -- History 1
Airlines -- United States 1
College teachers 1
Commemorative postage stamps 1