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Frank Louis Lash collection, Date accessioned: 2020-08-28, bulk 1943-1945

 

Summary

Creator:
Ritchie, Paulette Lash
Extent:
1 folders 1 folder
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Frank Louis Lash collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/02-06-1975

Background

Scope and content:

This collection relates to Frank Louis Lash who served as a Captain pilot in the U.S. Army Air Corps in the 587th squadron, 394th Bomb Group in the 8th Air Force which was based in England. The collection consists of a mechanical navigational watch and a brief manuscript detailing how the watch was acquired.

Biographical / historical:

Frank Louis Lash was born January 22nd, 1920. Joining the army in June 1941, Lash served as a Captain in the U.S. Army Air Corps from September 1943 - November 1945. He served in the 587th squadron, 394th Bomb Group in the 8th Air Force, flying in 48 missions. He passed away on August 20, 2006 and is buried at the Florida National Cemetery, Bushnell, Sumter County, FL. The manuscript tells the story of how the watch was acquired; there is a mistake because the air group to which Lash was assigned belonged to the 8th Air Force, not 9th as his daughter wrote.

Acquisition information:
The collection was gifted by Paulette Lash Ritchie.
Custodial history:

Transferred from the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience to FSU Libraries Special Collections & Archives in July 2022.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is open to all researchers.

Terms of access:

All requests for permission to quote, publish, broadcast or otherwise reproduce from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Associate Dean for Special Collections & Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Florida State University Libraries as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Frank Louis Lash collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/02-06-1975

Location of this collection:
116 Honors Way
Tallahassee
FL
32306-2047
USA