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Home > Libraries > Special Collections > Digital Collections > Digitized Manuscript Collections > 0455: Brigadier General Chuck Yeager Collection, 1923-1987

0455: Brigadier General Chuck Yeager Collection, 1923-1987

 
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  • December 3rd, 1944 Letter from Chuck Yeager to Glennis Yeager

    December 3rd, 1944 Letter from Chuck Yeager to Glennis Yeager

    Chuck describes recent military encounters and plans for his and Glennis' future after leaving service.

  • December 8th & 9th, 1944 Letter from Chuck Yeager to Glennis Yeager

    December 8th & 9th, 1944 Letter from Chuck Yeager to Glennis Yeager

    Letter to Glennis in which Chuck describes recent combats and daily life in the Air Force.

  • Jack Clealand Photo

    Jack Clealand Photo

    Photo of Jack Clealand who was a Royal Air Force officer temporarily assigned to the 357th Fighter Group during 1944. Here, Clealand is in the cockpit of a P51-B.

  • Tony Boy

    Tony Boy

    Tony Boy, P-51B of Colonel Henry Russel Spicer of the 357th Fighter Group. Plane was shot down March 5th, 1944 and was a POW until May 15th, 1945.

  • August 11th, 1944 Letter from Chuck to Glennis by Chuck Yeager

    August 11th, 1944 Letter from Chuck to Glennis

    Chuck Yeager

    Letter from Chuck to Glennis in which he talks about his daily life, and his anticipation for coming home.

  • August 21st, 1944 Letter from Chuck Yeager to Glennis Yeager by Chuck Yeager

    August 21st, 1944 Letter from Chuck Yeager to Glennis Yeager

    Chuck Yeager

    Letter from Chuck Yeager to Glennis Yeager in which he describes recent combat missions, trainings, and extended but unexpected traveling that prevented him from writing previously for at least a week.

  • August 9th, 1944 Letter from Chuck to Glennis, "A Tea Drinking Country" by Chuck Yeager

    August 9th, 1944 Letter from Chuck to Glennis, "A Tea Drinking Country"

    Chuck Yeager

    Letter from Chuck to Glennis in which he describes his daily affairs in "a tea drinking country, along with the missions that his squad is on.

  • July 18th (1944) Letter from Chuck Yeager to Glennis Yeager by Chuck Yeager

    July 18th (1944) Letter from Chuck Yeager to Glennis Yeager

    Chuck Yeager

    Letter (year not specified) from Chuck to Glennis in which he describes his time missing in action, previous military exercises and his inability to receive letters from anyone the past few months. Letter does not specify a year, but it is likely 1944 as this was the year that Yeager's plane was shot down.

  • July, 1944 Letter from Chuck Yeager to Glennis by Chuck Yeager

    July, 1944 Letter from Chuck Yeager to Glennis

    Chuck Yeager

    Letter from Chuck to Glennis in which he describes his days in London: he experiences constant bombings and is anxious to return home. He also describes other soldiers that are returning home early.

  • May 30th, 1944 Letter from Chuck Yeager to Glennis Yeager by Chuck Yeager

    May 30th, 1944 Letter from Chuck Yeager to Glennis Yeager

    Chuck Yeager

    Letter from Chuck to Glennis in which he explains that he hasn't been able to write because he was missing in action. He also describes some of the other soldiers who also went missing in action around the same time.

  • November 14th, 1944 Letter from Chuck Yeager to Glennis Yeager by Chuck Yeager

    November 14th, 1944 Letter from Chuck Yeager to Glennis Yeager

    Chuck Yeager

    Letter in which Chuck describes his daily life to Glennis in November, 1944 while overseas serving in the Air Force. He describes harsh weather and inactivity, along with some of his other squadron members, such as Major Donald H. Bochkay.

  • November 6th, 1944 Letter from Chuck Yeager to Glennis Yeager by Chuck Yeager

    November 6th, 1944 Letter from Chuck Yeager to Glennis Yeager

    Chuck Yeager

    Letter from Chuck Yeager to Glennis Yeager in which he describes recent accolades, such as being the first in his squadron to shoot down ten enemy fighters, and how he misses home.

  • October 25th, 1944 Letter from Chuck to Glennis by Chuck Yeager

    October 25th, 1944 Letter from Chuck to Glennis

    Chuck Yeager

    October 25th letter from Chuck to Glennis in which he describes how he is now a Captain, how "Glamorous Glenn II" was shot down, and his plans for "Glamorous Glenn III."

  • October 9th, 1944 Letter from Chuck to Glennis by Chuck Yeager

    October 9th, 1944 Letter from Chuck to Glennis

    Chuck Yeager

    October, 1944 letter from Chuck to Glennis in which he describes his squadron's operations, his former squad leader missing (MIA), and Chuck becoming the new squad leader, along with the new pressures that the role puts on him.

  • Undated 1944 Letter from Chuck to Glennis by Chuck Yeager

    Undated 1944 Letter from Chuck to Glennis

    Chuck Yeager

    Undated letter, but likely in either July or August, 1944 from Chuck to Glennis in which he describes daily affairs in London, along with how he is fairing emotionally.

  • Undated 1944 Letter from Chuck to Glennis by Chuck Yeager

    Undated 1944 Letter from Chuck to Glennis

    Chuck Yeager

    Undated letter (likely 1944) from Chuck to Glennis in which he describes his mental state and plans after he returns to the States.

  • Undated Letter from Chuck to Glennis (Ace in a Day) by Chuck Yeager

    Undated Letter from Chuck to Glennis (Ace in a Day)

    Chuck Yeager

    Undated letter from Chuck to Glennis in which he describes the mission that made him an Ace Pilot. Although the letter is undated, it must have been written just after (or on) October 12, 1944 as this is when he became an "ace in a day."

  • August 9th, 1944 Letter from Glennis to Chuck by Glennis Yeager

    August 9th, 1944 Letter from Glennis to Chuck

    Glennis Yeager

    August 9th, 1944 letter from Glennis to Chuck in which she describes her daily affairs, along with a conversion she had with someone that Chuck knew.

  • October 21st, 1943 Telegram from Chuck Yeager to Glennis Yeager by Chuck Yeager

    October 21st, 1943 Telegram from Chuck Yeager to Glennis Yeager

    Chuck Yeager

    Chuck describes his stay at the Kit Carson Hotel in Reno, Nevada.

  • November 8th, 1943 Letter from Glennis Yeager to Chuck Yeager by Glennis Yeager

    November 8th, 1943 Letter from Glennis Yeager to Chuck Yeager

    Glennis Yeager

    November, 1943 letter in which Glennis Yeager discusses their relationship and her daily affairs.

  • November 9th & 10th, 1943 Letter from Glennis Yeager to Chuck Yeager by Glennis Yeager

    November 9th & 10th, 1943 Letter from Glennis Yeager to Chuck Yeager

    Glennis Yeager

    Two letters from Glennis to Chuck in which she describes their recent holiday together and her daily affairs.

  • First Solo Flight Certificate

    First Solo Flight Certificate

    Certifies Charles Yeager's completion of his first solo flight on November 12th, 1942 at Gardner Field, California.

  • Chuck Yeager Hamlin High School 1941 Photo

    Chuck Yeager Hamlin High School 1941 Photo

    A photo of Chuck Yeager and his classmates at Hamlin High School in 1941. Other classmates are unknown. Yeager is on the far right.

  • Military Training Camp Photo

    Military Training Camp Photo

    Photo of Chuck Yeager at Citizen Military Training Camp (CMTC), Fort Benjamin Harrison Indiana, 1940 during his second year.

  • Chuck Yeager Age Four

    Chuck Yeager Age Four

    Chuck Yeager at four years old taken in 1927.

 

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