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World War II Aircraft

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 53-57

Scope and Contents

  1. Photograph number 696: Mary Churchill christening the new flying fortress, "Stage Door Canteen."
  2. Photograph number 697: Jackie Shea writing his name on the prow of the U.S.S. Shea (Super-destroyer named for his father)
  3. Photograph number 698: Sergeant Morley Ward Dangerfield of Salt Lake City, displaying a captured Japanese flag.
  4. Photograph number 699: Ogden Air Service Command at Hill Air Force Base.
  5. Photograph number 700-705: Various photos of planes in formations
  6. Photograph number 706: "Hells Angels"
  7. Photograph number 707-710: "Suzy-Q"
  8. Photograph number 711-713: Flying Fortress "Dottie Jane"
  9. Photograph number 714: Flying Fortress, "Knockout Dropper"
  10. Photograph number 715: Boeing Fortress, 'A Merry Can"
  11. Photograph number 716-718: Boeing Fortress, "The Swoose"
  12. Photograph number 719: B-19
  13. Photograph number 720: "Skymaster"
  14. Photograph number 721: Air Group Commanders with a scoreboard of toll in the Japanese South Pacific.
  15. Photograph number 722: "Desert Warrior"
  16. Photograph number 723: "Here's Howe"
  17. Photograph number 724-725: American Airborne troops kneel in prayer beside their glider, "Leakin Deacon"
  18. Photograph number 726: "The Flying White House"
  19. Photograph number 727: Lt. Colonel Clarence A. Shoop climbing out of his Lockhead Lightning P-38.
  20. Photograph number 728: Lockhead Lightning
  21. Photograph number 729: "Dear John"
  22. Photograph number 730: Major Richard I. Bong, first flying ace of World War II.
  23. Photograph number 731: "Loretta Young"
  24. Photograph number 732-737: SB2C Curtis Navy Helldriver.
  25. Photograph number 738: USAF Lightning P-38 after midair collision.
  26. Photograph number 739: Lockhead P-38, first plane to land in Dutch New Guinea.
  27. Photograph number 740-748: Unidentified World War II plane photos.

Dates

  • 1835-1969

Conditions Governing Access

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Extent

From the Collection: 11 Boxes

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository

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