Ransom Tony Schultz (Tony) came to Alaska in 1938. That same year he bought his first plane and obtained his pilot's license. He began flying for Star Airlines (later Alaska Airlines) in 1940, and in 1950, was chosen as their first chief bush...
Title from verso. "As major general Slavin boards the C-47, Lt. George W. Laschinski, (back to camera), Division interpreter and United Nations representative, wishes him and other members of the Russian delegation to the Dumbarton Oaks...
(7:14 min.) (25 of 28) 26. C-47 transport
George flew transport C-47 between Alaska and Seattle. Sometimes on the way down he had to land on Annette Island to refuel. On the way up they always had to refuel to fight the headwinds. He had...
Title from verso. "A cargo frame containing barracks bags and personal effects of military personnel and crates of supplies is pictures inside a C-47 (Douglas Skytrain) at the Army Air Base, Alaskan Division, Air Transport Command. The barracks...
Title from verso. This Russian fighting ship helped to protect the first Russian military mission, arriving in Alaska by transport plane in [late summer] of 1942. Photo taken by US Army Air Forces."
Charles Mac Kay has identified the model and...
Title from verso. "Loading a C-47 Skytrain. (Official photo of U.S. Army Air Corps Ladd Field.)." A group of army personnel are loading cargo to and from a transport plane during the night.
Title from verso. "Maj. Gen Nicholas I. Petrev, of the Russian Army, bound from Moscow to Washington, steps from a C-47 Skytrain bearing the Red Star of Russia at Edmonton, Canada, base of the Alaskan Division, Air Transport Command. Photo by...
View of Pacific Northern Airline airplane with refueling truck at right, control tower, and buildings at new Anchorage International Airport in Anchorage, Alaska. Another airplane is partially visible in right foreground. Caption: "Operations began...
Most of the collection consists of photographs of person, mountains, equipment, and aircraft used in the expedition to recover bodies from the C-A1 of the ATC which crashed in the Mount McKinley region, circa 1944.
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Title from verso. "Standing alongside a C-47 (Douglas Skytrain) emblazoned with the Red Star, members of the Russian delegation returning from the Dumbarton Oaks conference pose for a final picture at the Army Air Base in the Air Transport...
Title from verso. "Russian interpreters and civilian technicians arrive at Nome base of the Alaskan Division, ATC. American officer at extreme right is Capt. (now Major) Neil W. Phillips, Jr. of Palos Verdes Estates, California. Photo by US...
Title from verso. "439 AB-28 Feb 44 - 1384 (7). Winter scene at Ladd Field, Fairbanks, Alaska. A dog team of the Air Transport Command's Alaska Division mushes down the line past a C-47 Skytrain, at the left, and a C-46 Commando, world's...