AIR VIETNAM | COLLECTION OF FORMER PILOT'S WRITING AND PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE
c1968. Group of letters, photographs, and rare firsthand accounts of experiences of Air Vietnam pilot. Michael W. Craig flew with Pan American Airways for 29 years being based in New York; Berlin, Germany; Miami; Hong Kong and Saigon, Vietnam. Under the direction of the State Department, he became a Pan Am pilot volunteer flying for Air Vietnam in 1968. This collection includes the following: 1. Two 3 in. x 6 in. photographs 2. Two Air Vietnam invitations (January 1968) 3. One page handwritten note on thin “Embassy Hotel” stationary. Penned in blue ink by Craig, the note is an account of a flight on 1/19/1968 (See “Notes” for transcription) 4. Six-page typed memoir titled “The Other War” written by Craig after his period of employment for Air Vietnam (See “Notes” field for transcription of first page). 5. Copy of one page TLS from Pan American World Airways welcoming Craig to Vietnam (dated 1/4/1968) 6. One page TLS from Pan American World Airways acknowledging receipt of Craig’s request for termination of Air Vietnam assignment (dated 3/13/1968) 7. Four-page typed letter from ESSO Standard Eastern, Inc. thanking Craig for a recent tour of a 727 cockpit and responding to Craig’s recent inquiry regarding “general aviation in Vietnam” and his plans to write an article. Letter signed in black ink and dated 3/18/1968 (See “Notes” field for transcription of first page). 8. Two-page "Clipper Pioneer Newsletter" describing events of 1/2/1968 (a recollection written decades after the events). Shelved at Rockville Room E. More


