United States Navy Officer Service Record (File), [CNATRA files] (Chief of Naval Air Training) - Aviation Training Summaries and Evaluations, [Navy] - [VF-51] Files, 1946 - 1961

Sub-Series — Box: 119

Identifier: MSA 5, Series 4, Sub-Series 1

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This sub-series contains contains Neil Armstrong's United States Navy Officer Service Record, and includes everything from his "Orders; chargeable against appropriation ‘Officer Candidate Training,’ April 18, 1949" through "Certificate, Honorable Discharge from the Armed Forces of the United States of America, United States Navy, October 21, 1960."

Located in folder five are photocopies of Armstrong'’s [CNATRA] (Chief of Naval Air Training) - Aviation Training Summaries and Evaluations, 1949-1950. The summaries and evaluations give a detailed account of his training and progression as an aviator at this time and include comments from his instructors.

Dates

1946 - 1961

Language of Materials

From the Collection: Collection material is primarily in English. Russian is also present.

Access Information

Collection is open for scholarly research. A 48 hours notice and consultation with the Flight Archivist is required to access the collection. Portions of the collection are restricted per donor restrictions and third party privacy.

Extent

From the Series: 1.103 Cubic Feet (Two legal-size full-width manuscript boxes)

Additional Description

Arrangement

The military file has been retained as set forth in Navy regulations (see folder 3, item 7). This file was placed at the beginning of the series, to provide researchers’s with an overall view of his military record.

Processing Information

The material has been removed from the original file for preservation purposes, but the order has been retained as set forth in Navy regulations (see folder 3, item 7). Many of the original documents had been stapled together, and due to preservation purposes, the staples were removed. Those documents that had been stapled were retained in the order in which they were grouped (stapled).