[Letters to Pamela Kennedy]

Object detail

Accession number

06/054/005

Maker

James Martin

Description

Six letters to Pamela Kennedy from James Martin. Letters make mention of Kennedy nursing at U.C.H. [?] while Martin was a patient after a head and leg injury; successful testing of the Martin-Baker ejection seats per Air Ministry requirements; ejection seat being standardised for R.A.F. fighters and bombers; patenting of the ejection seat; manufacturing of the ejection seat in America and Canada; enclosed folder of testimonies about the ejection seat (06/054/002); Kennedy's marriage; Nurse/Sister Margaret Dibley; a written work on the life and ejection seat of Martin by a Mrs. Lodge; ejection seat supply to 28 countries; and the use of ejection seats by the U.S. Navy.

Media/Materials

Processed Material/Paper

Physical description

9 leaves ; 20 x 16 cm-25.5 x 20 cm

Record level

Series

Credit line

James Martin. [Letters to Pamela Kennedy], 06/054/005. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

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Classification

Correspondence Communication Artefacts Documentary Artefacts Other Documents

Subject: all levels

Pilot ejection seats Martin-Baker Aircraft Company Limited Military nursing

Collection type

Ephemera and manuscripts Walsh Memorial Library

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