Ronald Lewis Collection

Note:  This collection is physically located at the CAT/Air America Archive at UTD.

Ronald E. Lewis began working for CAT in 1946 and retired from Air America in 1975.  He became manager of the Northern Pacific Division and was active in Taiwan and Japan where he ran the maintenance facility at Tachikawa. 

Box 1

Folder

 Description

  Date

1

  Personal information

 

2

 Personnel papers

 

3

 Pay standards 

1956-72

4

 Employee benefits

 

5

 Air America employee discount travel 

1970

6

 Employee lists; Air America and Southern Air Transport

 

7

 CAT correspondence 

1947-49

8-11

 Tachikawa monthly reports 

1951-69

12

 Letters: Japanese personnel 

1951-53

13

 Letters: Chinese personnel 

1950-54;57

14

 Accident reports CNRRA 

1947

15

 Accident report XT-862 

1950

16

 Accident report XT-44 

1950

17

 Accident report XT-852 

1950

18

 Accident report XT-846 

1950

Box 2

Folder

 Description

  Date

1-2

  Accident report 

1955-56

3

 Chronological history of CAT

 

4

 Photographs

 

5

 Contracts: Air America and U.S. Operations Mission

 

6

 Memoranda and reports 

1961

7

 Cost reduction plan 

1968

8

 OKO Finance monthly report 

1973

9

 Flight operations monthly report 

1973

10

 FAA correspondence 

1973-74

11

 DC-4 Fleet performance analysis 

1974

12

 Miscellaneous papers and articles

 

Box 3

Folder

 Description

  Date

1

 Air America Operations Manual revision record 

 

2

  Introduction and Operations Specifications Authorizations

 

3

 Administration and personnel

 

4

 Flight dispatch and operating policies - procedures

 

5

 Regulations; limitations; data

 

6

 Irregularities and emergencies

 

7

 Communications and ATC

 

8

 Reports and forms

 

9

 Airman Training Program and Index

 

Box 4

Folder

 Description

 Date

 

 Personnel records for Air America and Southern Air Transport. Records are divided by the nationality of the employee and between current and separated employees.  Most employee information sheets contain an identification photograph.

  1947-1970

1

 Air America Separated

 

2

 Current Air America

 

3

 Air America and SAT transferred

 

4-5

 Southern Air Transport separated

 

6-7

 Southern Air Transport current

 

8

 Contact sheets; 8x10 photographs

 

9

 Unidentified photographs

 

10

 Oversized photographs

 

11

 Air America stationery

 

Box 5

Folder

 Description

  Date

1-3

 Air America Separated Japanese

 

4

 Air America current