This is the table of contents for the:

Lyle Emerson Halstead documentation project

  • Lyle (known to many as Slim) wrote an account of his life, the text of which is reproduced here with only minor editing for readability, which he entitled
    TRIALS and TRIBULATIONS.
  • Just the pilot log books
  • some selected images of various documents and other items
  • The full index of all images of aircraft from various sources, photos and other documents accompanying the log books.
  • The full index of all images but sized down.

    All of the aircraft pictured are models at least substantially similar to those Lyle flew. These are not the actual instances of aircraft in most cases. This is not a complete list.

    External links:
    Military organizations Slim was associated with:

  • New York Army National Guard
  • U.S. Army Air Service's 1st Army Observation Group
  • 101st Observation Squadron of the Mass. National Guard
  • 7th Antisubmarine Squadron
  • 490th Bombardment Group
  • 866 Bomb Squadron
  • 131st Fighter Squadron
  • The 102nd Fighter Wing
    Some places Slim visited:
  • History of the Fitchburg Airport
  • Langley Field
  • Edinburg Field, Trinidad, British West Indies
  • Army Air Forces School of Applied Tactics
  • 2nd Air Force base at Mountain Home, Idaho
  • Saipan
  • Biak
  • Angaur
  • Clark Field
  • Okinawa
  • Guam
  • San Marcos, Texas
  • Barnes Municipal Airport

    Notable folks Slim rubbed elbows with, carried as passengers, instructed or flew with as crew members:

  • Crocker Snow of Skyways, Inc.
  • Frederic C. Walcott
  • Senator and Mrs. Marcus Coolidge
  • Howard Deering Johnson
  • Harry Hines Woodring
  • Thomas L Gates
  • Edgar C. Erickson
  • Gloria Swanson
  • George R. Wallace
  • ZaSu Pitts
  • Bertram Cowgill Harrison
  • Gene Tunney
  • John L. Sullivan
  • Charles Sweeney
  • Tex Thornton
  • Roy Lawrence Ash
  • John Howard "Jack" Connelly
  • Joseph M. McDade


    Other sources of information:


  • MA Aviation Historical Society Inc.
  • Excerpt from "Kelly's Cobras" mentioning Lyle's involvement in the liberation of Clark Field.
  • Litton Industries

    The project is ongoing and the descriptions of the images will be improved in the future.

    Enjoy!

    You can contact the editor at rh[at]bluerv.com