Jarman, Lloyd

[Lloyd R. Jarman was born in Juneau, Alaska in 1916. He took his first plane ride in a Alaska Washington Airways plane and soon went to work for the airway doing odd jobs around the hangars; he was paid in used crankcase oil, which he then took downtown and sold. While still a teenager, he worked as a full-time flight mechanic for Alaska Washington Airways and then worked for Alaska Southern Airways, Pacific Alaska Airways, Alaska Air Transport, and Marine Airways, among others. In the early days of aviation, mechanics ofter accompanied pilots on flights, and so Jarman flew with many bush pilots and also went along on rescue and mercy missions. He had planned to become a pilot, but he was unable to pass the physical for a commercial pilot's license after a crash in October 1934 crushed his pelvic bone. However, he continued to work as a flight mechanic, and during WWII, he assembled fighter planes in North Africa. Jarman was a avid photographer who always had a camera with him. In 1992 he donated his collection of approximately 2,000 photographs of aviation history in Southeast Alaska from 1929-1940 to the Alaska State Library in Juneau, Alaska. He died in Seattle in 1996 at the age of 79.]

found: Guide to collection, Lloyd Jarman Photograph Collection, 1920s to 1988 on Alaska State Library WWW site, viewed Sept. 8, 2014:p. 2, Biographical Note (Lloyd R. Jarman, born and raised in Juneau, Alaska in 1916; worked for Alaska Washington Airways as a full-time flight mechanic, then worked for Alaska Southern Airways, Pacific Alaska Airways, Alaska Air Transport, Marine Airways and occasionally others; took a camera wherever he went and photographed aviation history in Southeast Alaska from 1929-1940; died in Seattle in 1996 at age 79) - http://library.alaska.gov/hist/hist_docs/finding_aids/PCA337.doc

found: Airlines and bush pilots of Alaska WWW site, viewed Sept. 8, 2014:page on The People, entry for Lloyd R. Jarman (prolific photographer, took many photographs of aircraft; in 1992 donated his collection of approximately 2,000 photographs from 1929-1940 period to Alaska State Library in Juneau, Alaska) - http://www.aero49.com/people/jarman.htm

[Lloyd R. Jarman was born in Juneau, Alaska in 1916. He took his first plane ride in a Alaska Washington Airways plane and soon went to work for the airway doing odd jobs around the hangars; he was paid in used crankcase oil, which he then took downtown and sold. While still a teenager, he worked as a full-time flight mechanic for Alaska Washington Airways and then worked for Alaska Southern Airways, Pacific Alaska Airways, Alaska Air Transport, and Marine Airways, among others. In the early days of aviation, mechanics ofter accompanied pilots on flights, and so Jarman flew with many bush pilots and also went along on rescue and mercy missions. He had planned to become a pilot, but he was unable to pass the physical for a commercial pilot's license after a crash in October 1934 crushed his pelvic bone. However, he continued to work as a flight mechanic, and during WWII, he assembled fighter planes in North Africa. Jarman was a avid photographer who always had a camera with him. In 1992 he donated his collection of approximately 2,000 photographs of aviation history in Southeast Alaska from 1929-1940 to the Alaska State Library in Juneau, Alaska. He died in Seattle in 1996 at the age of 79.]