E. C. Kirkpatrick Collection

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Enos Claire Kirkpatrick was born on May 12, 1920. He received his CAA Pilot’s Certificate in 1941. Kirkpatrick flew in 1942 for Pan Am Airways (PAA) and from Nov 1942 until 1948 for China National Aviation Corp. (CNAC). With 605 Hump Flights, he held the record in this organization. In the early 1950s, he started working for Civil Air Transport (CAT), from which he retired in 1966. One of his missions with CAT was the New Zealand Support Mission in spring of 1951. He flew among other fixed-wing aircraft, Douglas DC-3, Curtiss C-46, and Douglas C-47. Kirkpatrick was substantially involved in running the CAT cause at Dien Bien Phu helping the French before the end of the French Indochina War. He played a part in the events shortly before the Vietnam War. Enos Claire Kirkpatrick died on April 15, 1998.

Permission to publish material from this collection in any form, current or future, must be obtained from the Special Collections and Archives Division, Eugene McDermott Library, The University of Texas at Dallas.

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Région W Dien Bien Phu, 29 December, 1953

Kirkpatrick, E. C. 1920-1997 (2020-04-02)
Région Dien Bien Phu, 29 December, 1953

Kirkpatrick, E. C. 1920-1997 (2020-04-02)
Couverture Région Dien Bien Phu, 10 January, 1953

Kirkpatrick, E. C. 1920-1997 (2020-04-02)
Portrait of a [CAT?] employee

Kirkpatrick, E. C. 1920-1997 (2020-04-02)
Portrait of a [CAT?] employee

Kirkpatrick, E. C. 1920-1997 (2020-04-02)
Group of men sitting leisurely on the curb in front of a building

Kirkpatrick, E. C. 1920-1997 (2020-04-02)
Couverture Dien Bien Phu, 10 January, 1953

Kirkpatrick, E. C. 1920-1997 (2020-04-02)
Portrait of a [CAT?] clerk sitting in his office

Kirkpatrick, E. C. 1920-1997 (2020-04-02)
C-119 in flight just after dropping Hue, North Vietnam, 28 July, 1954 with French markings on fuselage

Kirkpatrick, E. C. 1920-1997 (2020-04-02)
Christine, Junon, and Eliane aerial view of city of Dien Bien Phu

Kirkpatrick, E. C. 1920-1997 (2020-04-02)
Dominique and Epervier aerial view of city of Dien Bien Phu

Kirkpatrick, E. C. 1920-1997 (2020-04-02)
Huguette, Aerial view of Dien Bien Phu region

Kirkpatrick, E. C. 1920-1997 (2020-04-02)
Aerial view of Dien Bien Phu region

Kirkpatrick, E. C. 1920-1997 (2020-04-02)
Couverture Région W Dien Bien Phu, 10 January, 1953

Kirkpatrick, E. C. 1920-1997 (2020-04-02)
Région Dien Bien Phu Tuan-Giao Tuan-Chau, 17 March, 1954

Kirkpatrick, E. C. 1920-1997 (2020-04-02)
Douglas C-54G B-1004 Kai Tak Airport Hong Kong 14 February, 1957

Kirkpatrick, E. C. 1920-1997 (2020-04-02)
Norman Schwartz, Kuo, Bob Rousselot, McGovern, Robert Snoddy in front of Princess Hotel Start of Sea Supply, Feb 1951

Kirkpatrick, E. C. 1920-1997 (2020-04-02)
Paratroopers exiting out of two C-119s

Kirkpatrick E. C., 1920-1997 (2020-04-02)
Paratroopers exiting C-119

Unknown author (2020-04-02)
Woody Forte and Lehea, Rangoon Burma

Kirkpatrick, E.C. (2008-10-31)