Forrest E. Masters Papers
Historic Owner
Forrest E. Masters
Association
USS Intrepid (CV/CVA/CVS-11)
Date1941–1955
PeriodWorld War II
Mediumpaper, ink
ClassificationsCommunication Artifacts
Credit LineCollection of the Intrepid Museum. Gift of the family of Forrest Masters. A2021.29
Object numberA2021.29
DescriptionExtent: 4 foldersThe Forrest E. Masters Papers contain papers from Master's training, career and time as a pilot on board the aircraft carrier USS Intrepid (CV-11) with Bombing Squadron 18 (VB-18). The majority of the collection comes from Master's U.S. Navy Officer's Service Record folder, along with instruction booklets and manuals from training. Also included is a program with the menu for Intrepid's First Anniversary celebration.
Logbooks
- Logbook; Aviators Flight Log Book, F.E. Masters, June 3, 1941–January 30, 1943
- Logbook; Aviators Flight Log Book, F.E. Masters, February 5, 1943–March 12, 1948. Back cover has Flight Clothing Record (2 pages) attached.
Service Papers
- Wallet; Service Record leather holder with certificate inside
-- Certificate; Certificate of Satisfactory Service, Forrest Edmund Masters, February 16, 1946
- Folder; U.S. Navy Officer Service Records, Forrest Edmund Masters
-- History; History of Bombing Squadron Eighteen, July 20, 1943–August 7, 1944
-- Clipping, Newspaper; "Forrest Masters Awarded Air Medal," November 27, 1946
-- Citation; Air Medal, Forrest Edmund Masters, November 25, 1944
-- Press Release; Twelfth Naval District, Office of Public Relations, December 30, 1944
-- Certificate; Certificate of Eligibility, Forrest Edmund Masters, Veterans Administration, July 19, 1946
-- Report; Officer's Qualification Report (Jacket Copy), Forrest Edmund Masters, March 14, 1948
-- Questionnaire; Annual Qualifications Questionnaire, Forrest Edmund Masters, August 19, 1947
-- Questionnaire; Officers Qualifications Questionnaire, Forrest Edmund Masters, August 20, 1945 (2 pages)
-- Correspondence; to Lt. Forrest Edmund Masters from Acting Secretary of the Navy, Re: Honorable Discharge from the U.S. Naval Reserve, June 18, 1956
-- to Lt. Forrest Edmund Masters from Chief of Naval Personnel, Subj: Your Status in the Naval Reserve, August 1, 1955
-- Correspondence; to Postmaster from Commandant, Thirteenth Naval District, about Forrest Masters forwarding address, December 16, 1954 (2)
-- Memorandum; U.S. Naval Reserve Officer Inactive - Status; transfer to, to Forrest Edmund Masters, November 5, 1956
-- Memorandum; to Lt. Forrest Edmund Masters from Navy Department Bureau of Naval Personnel Subj: Orders to training duty with pay and allowances - chargeable against appropriation, "Naval Reserve," February 16, 1948
-- Form; Authorization to perform fourteen (14) days Annual Training Duty with pay and allowances - Request for, Lt. Forrest E. Masters, January 22, 1948
-- Endorsement, Lt. Forrest Edmund Masters, September 4, 1945
-- Roster; Air Group Eighteen Officers, no date
-- Memorandum; to Lt. Forrest E. Masters from Commander Fleet Air, West Coast, Subject: Release from Active Duty, August 28, 1945
-- Report; Physical examination for promotion (Temporary), for Lt. (jg) Forrest Edmund Masters, October 1, 1943
-- Acknowledgement of Temporary Appointment Lieut. Forrest Edmund Masters, A-V (N), USNR, October 12, 1943
Citation; Distinguished Flying Cross, Lieutenant Forrest Edmund Masters, October 12, 1944
Citation; Distinguished Flying Cross, Lieutenant Forrest Edmund Masters, October 24–26, 1944
Program; USS Intrepid First Anniversary, August 16, 1944
Training Materials
- Technical Order No. 22-41, Technique of Recovery from Inverted Spins, June 20, 1941 (2 pages)
- Technical Order No. 3-42, Progressive Stall Feature of Aircraft, January 8, 1942 (3 pages)
- Naval Reserve Multiple Address Letter No. 36-42, Primary flight training syllabus for Naval Reserve Aviation base; standardization of, May 4, 1942 (3 pages)
- Test; General Flight Examination, no date
- Small Arms Training, Gunnery Year 1942–43, June 5, 1942
- Memorandum; Base Memorandum No. 56-42, Duty Section Organization - Condition I or Condition II, June 11, 1942
- Memorandum; Information Regarding Enrollment in Correspondence Courses, June 29, 1942
- Memorandum; Executive Officer's Memorandum, Chemical Warfare Class, July 5, 1942
- Diagram; Sketch No. 1, Instructions for Applying Earphone Receptacles to Helmet, no date (removed from flight suit)
- Manual; Sample Entries for Writing the Log, no date
- Manual; Instruction Booklet, Change Three Communication Instruction, Restricted, Serial 054, May 7, 1942
- Manual; Flight Rules, July 10, 1942
- Manual; Flight Rules, December 1, 1941
- Manual; Theory of Flight Syllabus, ca. 1942
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