Digging for information

[mizzouzk]

I know this is a long shot, but I was wondering if there was anywhere to look for information on the career of a retired Vietnam era air force pilots. The reason I ask is because my late grandfather was a pilot and has passed away. Through most of my life, he had alzhiemers and barely remembered my father let alone information about his career. I do have a bunch of his old pictures and his flight suit and we have his helmet somewhere but are currently digging through storage to find it.

Any help is appreciated guys. Thanks

 

[Napper]

There's an air force museum in Ohio... you might try their library. My gramps was a naval aviator in WWII and the naval aviation museum in Pensacola has a library with a bunch of flight school yearbooks and other cool records. I lucked out and after some digging they even gave me his entire training jacket, with original documents over 68 years old. When I gave it to him, he laughed to tears reading the critiques and pink sheets that preceded his 28 year career. Best of luck!

 

[CAVU]

One good place to start http://www.archives.gov/ It is not difficult to access information regarding a deceased relative. Service record etc. There was a fire there sometime ago and a number of service records where destroyed.

+1 on the air force and naval aviation museum in Pensacola. Both have been very helpful.