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Ray T. Matheny papers, approximately 1942-2016

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8970 Series 1
Scope and Contents Records and correspondence regarding Ray Matheny's World War II service in the Army Air Corps as a B-17 flight crew engineer, dating from 1942 to 2016. Also Matheny's research records regarding World War II relating to his service (1942-1944) and time as a POW at Stalag XVII-B, including two pieces of barbed wire from the camp (1944-1945). Later email correspondence generated in the 1990’s and early 2000’s regarding POW reunions and research for Matheny's book Rite of Passage is also present...
Dates: approximately 1942-2016
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 8970, Ray T. Matheny family papers

George M. Ryan flight logs, 1929-1962

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8970 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Includes flight logs of George M. Ryan (Ray T. Matheny's maternal uncle) dated from January 1929 to July 1962 documenting his time as a commercial pilot working for Western Airlines and Pilot Meat Service, as well as his time serving in World War II as a pilot in the Western United States.

Dates: 1929-1962
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 8970, Ray T. Matheny family papers

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