United States Navy



Archives Branch

Naval History and Heritage Command

805 Kidder Breese Street, SE

Washington Navy Yard, DC 20374-5060

Processor: Roy Grossnick (Updated December 2012) and originally processed by Tania Bain (April 2005).

Jacob Pawer Papers

COLL/526

Creator: Lieutenant (jg) Jacob Pawer, USN

Extent: 5 boxes

1.7 cubic feet

Date Range: 1944-2000

Classification: Unclassified

Access: Open

Scope and Content Notes

The Papers of Lieutenant Jacob Pawer contain correspondence, photographs, and memorabilia related to Jacob Pawer's Navy service following World War II. The collection also includes documents from Jacob's wife, Gretchen Pawer. It is organized in four series: correspondence, photographs, log books and miscellaneous items.

Series I consists of correspondence, primarily letters written to Gretchen following her husband's death. There is a smaller amount of correspondence between Pawer and Gretchen, and letters to Pawer from others. The correspondence is arranged chronologically.

Series II consists of photographs. Included are photographs of Jacob Pawer, Gretchen Pawer, Morgan Slayton, and other unidentified people. Oversize photographs are contained in Box 5 at the end of the collection. Photographs of Rear Admiral R.E. Blick and the War Birds of the Royal Air Force can be found here.

Series III holds Pawer's Aviator's Log Books from 1944-1953. There are two logbooks, one covering Pawer's civilian flying and one for his military flights.

The final series holds miscellaneous items, including newsletters, clippings, programs, and other memorabilia. This series is arranged alphabetically by title.

Subject Headings (LCSH)

Air pilots, Military-United States.

United States. Navy-Aviation.

United States. Navy-Officers.

Air pilots-Licenses -United States.

Maring, Gretchen Pawer.

Biographical Note

Jacob Pawer was born in Appleton, Wisconsin in 1923. He attended the University of Wisconsin from 1940-1943 and studied at Lawrence College between 1947-1948 where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1948.

Pawer entered the Navy in 1943 and graduated from the Naval Air School in Pensacola, Florida. He was appointed a Naval Aviator on 4 April1945. During World War II, he had assignments with the Atlantic Fleet and at Anacostia Naval Air Station near Washington, D.C. He was appointed to a permanent assignment in the Navy in and was promoted from Ensign to Lieutenant (Junior Grade) in 1952 prior to his assignment to the Pacific Fleet in June 1953.

Jacob Pawer died in a plane crash in the Sea of Japan in July 1953 during the Korean War. His remains were not recovered following the crash. He was survived by his wife, Gretchen, and his son, Jacob Louis.

Box and Folder Listing

Box 1

Series I: Correspondence, 1953-2000

Subseries: Letters to Gretchen

1. Letters to Gretchen June 1953

2. Letters to Gretchen 4-15 July 1953

3. Letters to Gretchen 16-20 July 1953

4. Letters to Gretchen 21-24 July 1953

5. Letters to Gretchen 26-31 July 1953

6. Letters to Gretchen 1-5 August 1953

7. Letters to Gretchen 6-10 August 1953

8. Letters to Gretchen 11-19 August 1953

9. Letters to Gretchen 21-27 August 1953

10. Letters to Gretchen 1-9 September 1953

11. Letters to Gretchen 20 September-17 October 1953

12. Letters to Gretchen 20 Nov 1953-6 Jan 1954

13. Letters to Gretchen 11 January-14 March 1954

14. Letters to Gretchen June-July 1954

15. Letters to Gretchen April 1999-September 2000

Box 2

Series I: Correspondence, 1953-2000

Subseries: Letters to Gretchen

16. Letters to Gretchen

17. Letters to Gretchen

Series I: Correspondence, 1953-2000

18. Letters to Jacob March-June 1953

19. Jacob and Gretchen June 1953

20. Jacob and Gretchen July 1953

21. Letters to Other People July 1953-June 1958

Series II: Photographs

22. Jacob Pawer

23. Morgan Slayton

24. Other People

Box3

Series III: Log Books, 1944-1953

25. Civilian Aircraft June 1951- November 1953

26. Military Aircraft April 1944-June 1953

Series IV: Miscellaneous, 1945-2000

27. Aviation Certificates and Licenses 1945-1947

28. Bronze Star Citation March 1954

29. Calling Cards

30. Certificates 1953

31. Flight Jacket, Co-Pilot

32. Gretchen Pawer's Membership Cards

33. Guide for Action in Case of Atomic Bomb

34. Identity Cards

35. Immunization Record 1951

36. Instrument Ratings/Check Reports 1952-1953

37. Jacob Pawer's Membership Cards

38. Jacob Pawer Memorial 2000

39. Military Pay 1952

40. Newspaper Articles

41. News Release July 1953

42. Passes 1952

43. Permits/Licenses

44. POW /MIA Accounting 1999

45. Price List, Uniforms and Uniform Equipment 1953

Box 4

Series IV: Miscellaneous, 1945-2000

46. Reading List 1952

47. Reunion Program: Royal Air Force 1951

48. Route Cards

49. Sermons 1953

50. U.S. Naval Vessels: Principal Combatant Types

51. U.S. Navy & Marine Corps Instrument Rating Cards 1944-1953

Box 5 (Oversize)

Series II: Photographs

52. War Birds of the Royal Air Force, 17th Reunion 1951

53. Rear Admiral R.E. Blick 1952

54. Lieutenant (jg) Jacob Pawer

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