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- mm89078663 abstract "Correspondence, memoranda, diaries, logbooks, military records, biographical materials, scrapbooks, clippings, photographs, and other papers relating primarily to Ballentine's naval career after 1920. Documents Ballentine's training as an air pilot; his duties at the Naval Proving Ground, Dahlgren, Va., including the testing of the Norden bombsight and the first remote-controlled airplane; his correspondence with Theodore H. Barth, president of Carl L. Norden, Inc., relating to the testing and production of Norden bombsights; his activities during World War II off the coast of North Africa during Operation Torch (1942) and as first commanding officer of the Bunker Hill (aircraft carrier) in campaigns in the Pacific Ocean (1943-1944); his postwar tours of duty in the Mediterranean as commander of Carrier Division One (1947-1949) and as commander of the Sixth Fleet (1949-1951); his tour of duty (1951-1954) as Commander Air Force Atlantic Fleet (COMAIRLANT); his activities as a member of a U.S. armed forces interservice board in Washington, D.C. (1956-1957); and his lifelong interest in hunting. Correspondence received as COMAIRLANT includes reports from commanders in the Mediterranean and information on the Korean War. Includes histories of U.S. naval aviation.".
- mm89078663 accessRights "Open to research.".
- mm89078663 accrualMethod "Converted to gift,".
- mm89078663 accrualMethod "Deposit,".
- mm89078663 contributor B12953034.
- mm89078663 coverage "United States Armed forces.".
- mm89078663 date "||||".
- mm89078663 description "Converted to gift, 1998.".
- mm89078663 description "Correspondence, memoranda, diaries, logbooks, military records, biographical materials, scrapbooks, clippings, photographs, and other papers relating primarily to Ballentine's naval career after 1920.".
- mm89078663 description "Deposit, Naval Historical Foundation, 1989.".
- mm89078663 description "Documents Ballentine's training as an air pilot; his duties at the Naval Proving Ground, Dahlgren, Va., including the testing of the Norden bombsight and the first remote-controlled airplane; his correspondence with Theodore H. Barth, president of Carl L. Norden, Inc., relating to the testing and production of Norden bombsights; his activities during World War II off the coast of North Africa during Operation Torch (1942) and as first commanding officer of the Bunker Hill (aircraft carrier) in campaigns in the Pacific Ocean (1943-1944); his postwar tours of duty in the Mediterranean as commander of Carrier Division One (1947-1949) and as commander of the Sixth Fleet (1949-1951); his tour of duty (1951-1954) as Commander Air Force Atlantic Fleet (COMAIRLANT); his activities as a member of a U.S. armed forces interservice board in Washington, D.C. (1956-1957); and his lifelong interest in hunting. Correspondence received as COMAIRLANT includes reports from commanders in the Mediterranean and information on the Korean War. Includes histories of U.S. naval aviation.".
- mm89078663 description "Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms997013".
- mm89078663 description "Forms part of: Naval Historical Foundation collection.".
- mm89078663 description "Photographs transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.".
- mm89078663 description "U.S. naval officer and air pilot.".
- mm89078663 extent "10".
- mm89078663 extent "21 11".
- mm89078663 extent "5,000".
- mm89078663 identifier eadmss.ms997013.
- mm89078663 identifier eadmss.ms997013.3.
- mm89078663 issued "||||".
- mm89078663 language "Collection material in English.".
- mm89078663 language "eng".
- mm89078663 rights "Open to research.".
- mm89078663 spatial "Africa, North.".
- mm89078663 spatial "Pacific Ocean.".
- mm89078663 spatial "United States Armed forces.".
- mm89078663 subject "Aeronautics, Military.".
- mm89078663 subject "Airplanes, Military Flight testing.".
- mm89078663 subject "Barth, Theodore H. (Theodore Harold), 1891-1967 Correspondence.".
- mm89078663 subject "Bunker Hill (Aircraft carrier : CV-17)".
- mm89078663 subject "Carl L. Norden, Inc.".
- mm89078663 subject "Flight training.".
- mm89078663 subject "Flight.".
- mm89078663 subject "Hunting.".
- mm89078663 subject "Korean War, 1950-1953.".
- mm89078663 subject "Naval Proving Ground (Dahlgren, Va.)".
- mm89078663 subject "Norden bombsight.".
- mm89078663 subject "Operation Torch, 1942.".
- mm89078663 subject "Remote control.".
- mm89078663 subject "United States. Navy Aviation.".
- mm89078663 subject "United States. Navy Foreign service Atlantic Ocean.".
- mm89078663 subject "United States. Navy Foreign service Mediterranean Region.".
- mm89078663 subject "United States. Navy Officers.".
- mm89078663 subject "United States. Navy. Atlantic Fleet. Air Force.".
- mm89078663 subject "United States. Navy. Carrier Division One.".
- mm89078663 subject "United States. Navy. Fleet, 6th.".
- mm89078663 subject "World War, 1939-1945 Aerial operations, American.".
- mm89078663 subject "World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Africa, North.".
- mm89078663 subject "World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Pacific Ocean.".
- mm89078663 subject "World War, 1939-1945 Naval operations, American.".
- mm89078663 title "John J. Ballentine papers, 1913-1973 (bulk 1942-1954).".
- mm89078663 type "collection".