Military Papers in the Byrd Personal Papers Series
| Location | Box | Folder | Folder Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 054-722.14-2 | 106 | 4126 | 1916-24: Trans-Atlantic flight, permission to use Navy airplane sought; Orders regarding work as Inspector-Instructor in Rhode Island Navy Militia: Inactive list, plan to go on; Aerial navigation; Bureau of Navigation; Promotion efforts; R38 crash |
| 054-722.14-2 | 106 | 4127 | 1916-25: Inspector-Instructor Navy Militia orders detailed to Rhode Island and Florida; Navy work, Europe; Norwalk Tire Company, correspondence, regarding plans to be Washington agent; ZR-2 Trans-Atlantic flight plans; Correspondence; Trans-Atlantic flight |
| 054-722.14-3 | 107 | 4128 | 1918: U.S. Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida; Synopsis, lecture notes, transcript; Prepared lectures, transcripts |
| 054-722.14-3 | 107 | 4129 | 1918: Aeronautical school orders, Pensacola, Florida |
| 054-722.14-3 | 107 | 4130 | 1919-30: Roosevelt, Franklin D., correspondence regarding promotion, Congressional lobbying; Stocks, correspondence; Commendations |
| 054-722.14-3 | 107 | 4131 | 1921-22: R38 crash; Miscellaneous records |
| 054-722.14-3 | 107 | 4132 | 1922-27: North Pole flight; Navy-Congressional relations, memorandum; Motor boats; Promotion |
| 054-722.14-3 | 107 | 4132 | 1925; PN-9 #1 Seaplane, voyage |
| 054-722.14-3 | 107 | 4133 | 1937-41: U.S. Antarctic Service expedition orders |
| 054-722.14-3 | 107 | 4134 | 1942: Bureau of Aeronautics, Navy Defense program |
| 054-722.14-3 | 107 | 4135 | 1942: Bureau of Aeronautics; Naval personnel orders; Bureau of Navigation orders |
| 054-722.14-3 | 107 | 4136 | 1943-44: Air Force, arguments for and against: Civilian decorations, regulations; Allied Powers, postwar relations, transcript; Navy, Office of Public Relations; Mapping |
| 054-722.14-3 | 107 | 4137 | 1943-45: Tactical Air Command memorandum; Postwar political situation, notes and records; Airplane log |
| 054-722.14-3 | 107 | 4138 | 1945-57 and undated: Strategic Air Bombing survey; Okinawa, postwar organization; Keitel, Wilhelm, Field Marshal, interview; World War II activities, Byrd, Richard E. |
| 054-722.14-3 | 107 | 4138.01 | 1945-57 and undated: United States Strategic Bombing Survey; Coil, Emory, death of; McKinley, Ashley, report; Greenland, military usefulness |
| 054-722.14-3 | 107 | 4138.02 | 1945-57 and undated: United States Strategic Bombing Survey |
| 054-722.14-3 | 107 | 4138.03 | 1945-57 and undated: Mobilization discussion; House Appropriations Sub-Committee; Homing pigeons; Air intelligence; World War II activities, Byrd, Richard E.; McKinley, Ashley, effectiveness report; Arctic ship requirements, survey; Operation Nanook II |
| 054-722.14-3 | 107 | 4138.04 | 1945-57 and undated: Greenland, defense of; Joint Strategic Plans Committee, report; Discharge paper |
| 054-722.14-3 | 107 | 4139 | 1951-53: Active duty, relief from; Correspondence register; Fitness reports |
| 054-722.14-3 | 107 | 4140 | Undated: Navy Department statement regarding Byrd's military status; Transcript, "My Experiences as a Navy Wife" (author not identified); Naval publicity, memorandum; Chaplain's Bureau; Washburn, Bradford, Army Air Corps paper |