- Aircraft History Cards
- Aircraft History Card Listing A-52 through A-999
- Aircraft History Card Listing A-1000-A-1999
- Bureau Numbers A-1000 to A-1099
- Bureau Numbers A-1100 to A-1199
- Bureau Numbers A-1201 to A-1299
- Bureau Numbers A-1300 to A-1399
- Bureau Numbers A-1400 to A-1479
- Bureau Numbers A-1549 to A-1599
- Bureau Numbers A-1600 to A-1699
- Bureau Numbers A-1700 to A-1799
- Bureau Numbers A-1800 to A-1899
- Bureau Numbers A-1900 to A-1999
- Aircraft History Card Listing A-2000 through A-2999
- Bureau Numbers A-2000 to A-2099
- Bureau Numbers A-2100 to A-2199
- Bureau Numbers A-2200 to A-2299
- Bureau Numbers A-2300 to A-2399
- Bureau Numbers A-2400 to A-2499
- Bureau Numbers A-2500 to A-2599
- Bureau Numbers A-2600 to A-2699
- Bureau Numbers A-2700 to A-2799
- Bureau Numbers A-2800 to A-2844
- Bureau Numbers A-2930 to A-2999
- Aircraft History Card Listing A-3000 through A-3999
- Background on Naval Aircraft Bureau (Serial) Numbers
- Aircraft Markings
- Allowances and Location
- Location of Naval Aircraft, WWII
- Allowances and Location of Navy Aircraft, 1956
- Allowances and Location of Navy Aircraft, 1957
- Allowances and Location of Navy Aircraft, 1958
- Allowances and Location of Navy Aircraft, 1959
- Allowances and Location of Navy Aircraft, 1960
- Allowances and Location of Navy Aircraft, 1961
- Allowances and Location of Navy Aircraft, 1962
- Allowances and Location of Navy Aircraft, 1963
- Allowances and Location of Navy Aircraft, 1964
- Allowances and Location of Navy Aircraft, 1965
- Allowances and Location of Navy Aircraft, 1966
- Allowances and Location of Navy Aircraft, 1967
- Allowances and Location of Navy Aircraft, 1968
- Allowances and Location of Navy Aircraft, 1969
- Allowances and Location of Navy Aircraft, 1970
- Allowances and Location of Navy Aircraft, 1971
- Allowances and Location of Navy Aircraft, 1972
- Allowances and Location of Navy Aircraft, 1973
- Allowances and Location of Navy Aircraft, 1974
- Allowances and Location of Navy Aircraft, 1975
- Allowances and Location of Navy Aircraft, 1976
- Allowances and Location of Navy Aircraft, 1977-1979
- Allowances and Location of Navy Aircraft, 1980-1988
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- Aviation Insignia
- Bureau of Aeronautics Newsletters
- Carrier and Air Wing Deployments and Compostion, 1991-2005
- Command Operations Reports
- Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons: Volume 1
- Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons: Volume 2
- Escort Carriers
- Evolution of Aircraft Carriers
- The First Flight Across the Atlantic
- Historical Data on Naval Aviation
- History of Marine Corps Aviation
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- Naval Aeronautical Organization
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- FY-1948 Dated October 1946
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- FY-1949 Dated May 1947
- FY-1949 Dated June 1948
- FY-1950 Dated May 1949
- FY-1951 Dated July 1950
- FY-1951 Dated December 1950
- FY-1952 Dated August 1951
- FY-1952 Dated January 1952
- Naval Aeronautical Organization, 1953-1968
- FY-1953 Dated June 1952
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- FY-1953 Dated January 1953
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- FY-1954 Dated July 1953
- FY-1954 Dated October 1953
- FY-1955 Dated August 1954
- FY-1955 Dated February 1955
- FY-1956 Dated August 1955
- FY-1957 Dated November 1956
- FY-1958 Dated December 1957
- FY-1959 Dated October 1958
- FY-1960 Dated July 1959
- FY-1960 Dated February 1960
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- FY-1962 Dated January 1962
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- FY-1964 Dated January 1964
- FY-1965 Dated July 1964
- FY-1965 Dated January 1965
- FY-1966 Dated July 1965
- FY-1966 Dated January 1966
- FY-1967 Dated July 1966
- FY-1967 Dated January 1967
- FY-1968 Dated July 1967
- FY-1968 Dated January 1968
- Naval Aeronautical Organization, 1968-1977
- Naval Aeronautical Organization, 1978-1985
- Naval Aeronautical Organization, 1986-1998
- Naval Aeronautical Organization, 1923-1952
- Naval Aircraft
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- Cover
- Contents, Introduction, and U.S. Naval Aviation Training 1911-1922
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- Memories of WW II Training and Women in the Training Command
- Aviation Officer Candidate School
- The Art of Surviving and Jet Pipeline
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- Training Command Aircraft (continued)
- Training Command Aircraft (continued)
- Training Command Aircraft (continued)
- Training Command Aircraft (continued)
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- Navy's Lighter-Than-Air Experience Monograph
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- Inside cover (Contents, Introduction, The Early Period, and The Navy's First Airship) (Pages 1-5)
- The B-class and Early LTA Training (Pages 5-10)
- World War I and The C-class (Pages 11-18)
- New Airship Classes in the Post-WWI Period, The Demise of the Kite Baloon and The Switch to Helium (Pages 18-23)
- The Development of LTA's Home Base and the Rigid Airship Program (Pages 23-34)
- Pre-WW II Blilmps and the Evolution of the K-class and WW II Airships and Their Operations (Pages 34-46)
- ZP-32 Operations and ZP-41 in South America (Pages 46-51)
- ZP-21 in the Caribbean and ZP-14 in the Atlantic and Europe (Pages 51-60)
- ZP-12 Operations, Final LTA Operations in WW II and the Amazing Statistics They Compiled and Post WW II Developments and Operations (Pages 60-66)
- Airship Types in the Postwar Period and LTA Records Set in the 1950s (Pages 67-75)
- The Demise of LTA and a Possible Revival (Page 75 to back cover)
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Records, Special Collections, and other Repositories
A guide to archival holdings related to naval aviation history
Aviation Command History Reports
The NHHC Archives' major collections are the annual historical reports submitted by the various naval aviation commands, including squadrons and shore-based commands. These collections, some of which are classified, cover the period 1941 to the present. (During the period 1953 to 1957, the Navy dropped its history reporting requirements; consequently, there are no reports for that timeframe.) Some of these reports have been digitized.
Information on aircraft types
The NHHC Archives has some information on almost every aircraft the Navy has had in its inventory since 1911. There is, however, a very limited amount of technical information in these records. Detailed technical information may be obtained from either the Public Affairs Office, Naval Air Systems Command, or from the Bureau of Aeronautics Collection (Record Group 72) held by the National Archives and Records Administration. Naval aircraft drawings are held by two different organizations: the National Archives and Naval Air Systems Command.
Naval Aviation Insignia
The Naval History and Heritage Command is the final approving authority for the insignia of all Navy and Marine Corps aviation commands, excluding ships. The Archives maintains a file containing most of the officially approved Navy and Marine Corps aviation insignia from World War II to the present.
Aircraft History Cards
Aircraft history cards are a record of the assignments of individual naval aircraft (e.g. squadron or shore activity). [Please note that the cards do not indicate who flew the aircraft, or what happened to the aircraft after being stricken from the Navy's inventory.] The cards are indexed by the unique Bureau Number the Navy gives to each of its aircraft. The collection covers the period 1911 to 1987. It is on microfilm only. You may request copies of Aircraft History Cards by individual Bureau Number (BuNo) by contacting the Emil Buehler Library at the National Naval Aviation Museum. For more information on Bureau Numbers, see "Background on Naval Aircraft Bureau (Serial) Numbers."
Aircraft Accident Summaries/Aircraft Mishap Investigation Reports
The Aircraft Accident Reports are a record of operational losses. The incident reports normally do not include reports on combat losses. Presently, the collection covers the period 1920 to December 1969. The records are filed by type of aircraft and date of the accident. The collection is only on microfilm. Records for the post-December 1969 period are held by the Naval Safety Command.
Access to Aircraft Accident Reports by the general public is limited due to restricted information contained within the reports. Reports prior to July 1955 are fully releasable. Requests for reports after July 1955 need to be submitted through FOIA. NOTE: Without the type of aircraft and date of the accident, it is almost impossible to locate the report. Requestors must have the type of aircraft and date of the accident in order to obtain a copy of the report.
Photographs
The NHHC Archives has a limited number of aviation photographs in its collections, the majority of which are in the Aircraft Collection. Naval aviation photographs may also be obtained from the NHHC Photographic Section and the Still Pictures Branch of the National Archives and Records Administration. There may be a fee for the reproduction of these photographs.
Reproduction of Documents
Please refer to the Archives section of this website for information on obtaining copies of documents.
Reference Documents
The Archives has an excellent collection of reference documents on Naval Aviation. The following is a list of some of the more important reference sources (some of the recent documents are still classified).
1. Naval Aviation News magazine and its predecessors, the Bureau of Aeronautics Newsletters and CNO Aviation News Bulletins/Letters. This collection covers the period 1917 to the present.
2. Naval Aeronautical Organization (OPNAVNOTICE 5400), Fiscal Year 1923 to 2001.
3. Monthly Report, Status of Naval Aircraft, 1926 to 1954.
4. Allowances and Location of Navy Aircraft (OPNAVNOTICE C3110), 1949 to 1988.
5. Naval Aviation Summary (OPNAVNOTICE C3100), 1949 to 2001.
6. Directory of Other Repositories
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