vilxv00074GUIDE TO THE LINFORD B. BACHTELL COLLECTION, 1942-1968 MS.0457Virginia Military Institute Archives

2005

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-04-09 17:49:39 -0400.Description is written in: Undetermined, Code for undetermined script script. Virginia Military Institute Archives Linford B. Bachtell collection Bachtell, Linford B. (Linford Boone), 1921-1982 MS.0457 /repositories/3/resources/537 0.50 cubic feet 1942-1968 Manuscripts stacks English . Scope and Contents

This collection consists primarily of items dating from the United States Air Force career of Lieutenant Colonel Linford B. Bachtell. Included are flight records, log books, certificates, and military orders. The collection also includes snapshots and negatives that date from Bachtell's VMI cadetship.

Biographical / Historical

Linford Boone Bachtell was born in 1921 in Lexington, Virginia. He graduated from VMI in 1943 and went on to become a Lieutenant Colonel with the United States Air Force. Bachtell died in 1982 in Lexington.

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Preferred Citation

Linford B. Bachtell collection, 1942-1968. MS 0457. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Virginia Military Institute—Class of 1943 Virginia Military Institute—Alumni—Biography United States -- Air Force -- Officers -- Biography Orders (military records) Certificates Photographs