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James A. Huffaker collection, Date accessioned: 2020-01-21, bulk 1944-1945

 

Summary

Creator:
Huffaker, James A., 1924-2018
Huffaker, Gary
Extent:
2 items
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], James A. Huffaker collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_20_0001

Background

Scope and content:

This collection relates to James A. Huffaker who served as a 2nd Lieutenant as a Bombardier/Navigator on a B-26 Martin Marauder with the 552nd Bomb Squadron, 386th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force, based in England during World War II. This collection includes two silk maps of Western Europe.

Biographical / historical:

James A. Huffaker passed away at home in Tulsa, OK on November 27, 2018 at the age of 94. He was born February 17, 1924, in Ada, OK. He was married to Wanda (Adams) Huffaker. During World War II, Huffaker served as a Second Lieutenant in the Army Air Forces, where he served as a Bombardier/Navigator with the 552nd Bomb Squadron, 386th Bomb Group in England with the 9th Air Force. He flew 27 missions in the European theater in 1944 through the war's end on a B-26 Martin Marauder medium bomber. After the war, Huffaker graduated Oklahoma City University. He worked in the insurance industry and lived in Tulsa for over 62 years. Jim was a longtime member of the 29th and Yale Church of Christ, Tulsa, OK.

Custodial history:

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

Physical facet:
Oversize folder
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], James A. Huffaker collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_20_0001

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