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 1 Collection Number: MS-353 Title: Robert L. Cavanagh Aviation Collection Dates: 1917-1999 Creator: Cavanagh, Robert L., 1916-2000 Summary/Abstract: The Robert L. Cavanagh Aviation Collection contains extensive research on a variety of aircraft, including detailed inf ormation on the Boeing P-12. The collection als o contains a wide varie ty of aircraft photographs, along with negatives, slides, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and  photograph albums. Quantity/Physical Description: 71.58 linear feet (includes 84 photograph album boxes)  Language(s): English Repository: Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, Wright State University, Dayton, OH 45435-001, (937) 775-2092 Restrictions on Access: There are no restrictions on accessing material in this collection. Restrictions on Use: Copyright restrict ions may apply. Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote or reproduce must b e secured from the repository and the cop yright holder. Preferred Citation: (Box Number, Folder Number), MS-353, Robert L. Cavanagh Aviation Collection, Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio Acquisition: The Robert L. Cavanagh Aviation Collection was donated to Special Collections and Archives  by Anne Cavanagh after her f ather’s death on August 20, 2000. The collection was accessioned on July 12, 2001. Separated Material: Photographs in the collection are located in the Special Collections and Archives Wright Brothers Room. Related Material: MS-223, William F. Yeager Aviation Collection MS-344, Walter Matthew Jefferies Aviation Collection
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Collection Number: MS-353

Title: Robert L. Cavanagh Aviation Collection

Dates: 1917-1999 

Creator: Cavanagh, Robert L., 1916-2000

Summary/Abstract:

The Robert L. Cavanagh Aviation Collection contains extensive research on a variety of aircraft,including detailed information on the Boeing P-12. The collection also contains a wide varietyof aircraft photographs, along with negatives, slides, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and  photograph albums.

Quantity/Physical Description: 71.58 linear feet (includes 84 photograph album boxes) 

Language(s): English

Repository: Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, Wright State University, Dayton, OH45435-001, (937) 775-2092

Restrictions on Access: There are no restrictions on accessing material in this collection.

Restrictions on Use:

Copyright restrictions may apply. Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright.Permission to publish, quote or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyrightholder.

Preferred Citation:

(Box Number, Folder Number), MS-353, Robert L. Cavanagh Aviation Collection, SpecialCollections and Archives, University Libraries, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio

Acquisition:

The Robert L. Cavanagh Aviation Collection was donated to Special Collections and Archives by Anne Cavanagh after her father’s death on August 20, 2000. The collection was accessioned on July 12, 2001.

Separated Material:

Photographs in the collection are located in the Special Collections and Archives WrightBrothers Room.

Related Material:

MS-223, William F. Yeager Aviation CollectionMS-344, Walter Matthew Jefferies Aviation Collection

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Processed by:

The Boeing P-12 portion of the collection (Series X) was organized by Peggy Leadingham inMay 2001 and was assigned a collection number of MS-299. The rest of the collection wasorganized by Sherri Derringer during spring 2007 with the processed P-12 portion incorporated into the overall collection. Final processing of the collection was completed by John Armstrong

in September 2009. 

Arrangement: The Robert L. Cavanagh Aviation Collection is organized into thirteen series:

Series I: AircraftSeries II: Military UnitsSeries III: Military AirfieldsSeries IV: War ShipsSeries V: Modeling: Aircraft, Aircraft Decals, and Military FigurinesSeries VI: CorrespondenceSeries VII: Journals, Books, and Published Materials

Series VIII: AlbumsSeries IX: Media and Recorded MaterialsSeries X: P-12 CollectionSeries XI: PhotographsSeries XII: MemorabiliaSeries XIII: Negatives

Biographical/Historical Note:

From an early age, Robert L. Cavanagh was interested in flying and aircraft. His professionalcareer began with his assignment to Wright Field in the early days of World War II. As anaeronautical engineer, he was placed in the aircraft structural test facility. After the war, hestayed at Wright Field changed to Wright-Patterson AFB in January 1948) as a civilianemployee, first in the Aircraft Laboratory, and then in the Flight Dynamics Laboratory. Heretired in 1976 as the Chief of Experimental Structures Branch.

When Mr. Cavanagh retired, he continued to spend time at Wright-Patterson AFB as a volunteer researcher and restoration consultant. He was a volunteer in the Special Collections and Archives of Wright State University, and a member of several aviation historical organizationsincluding Cross and Cockade, the League of WWI Aviation Historians, the Air Force HistoricalFoundation, Friends of the Air Force Museum, and the Naval Institute. Mr. Cavanagh was wellknown as an aviation historian and an authority on aircraft of the First World War and the 1920s.He held a special interest in the Boeing P-12. He wrote articles for historical publications, suchas the American Aviation Historical Society Journal, as well as assisting other authors withresearch and review. He was working on a book about the P-12 at the time of his death. Hisfriend, and colleague, Bergan Hardesty, provided illustrations for the planned book until Mr.Hardesty’s death in 1994. Mr. Cavanagh died in Kettering, Ohio at the age of 78. 

Scope and Content

The Robert L. Cavanagh Aviation Collection contains extensive research on a wide-variety of aviation topics. The strength of the collection is research conducted by Mr. Cavanagh on the

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Boeing P-12 including articles, photographs and plans for the airplane. The collection is divided into thirteen series.

Series I, Aircraft, contains extensive research on aircraft developed from approximately 1917 tothe 1980s. Most of the research is newspaper and magazine articles about a variety of aircraft.

The first part of the series is organized according to manufacturer. The second part is organized according to model number, i.e. B-series, F-series, OA-series, etc. Of particular note are theextensive files on the P-12 including plans, drawings and declassified accident reports from 1929to 1931. The third part of the series is organized according to country with major sections onBritish, French, German, Italian, and Japanese aircraft. Most of this material is from WWI and WWII.

Series II, Military Units, contains mostly information on units of the United States armed forcesincluding the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force (after 1947). The files are organized according to unit designation or ship number. There is also information on support organizationssuch as Air Base Squadrons, Technical Schools, and Air Depots. Of particular interest is

information on a number of units that were active during the 1920s and 1930s, many of whichwere P-12 units. There are also files on units, including British that were active during WWI.

Series III, Military Airfields, contains information on a few American airfields includingBolling Field, Kelly Field, Langley Field, and March Field. The largest section containsinformation on Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio, including Wright Laboratory and the Air ForceMuseum.

Series IV, Warships, is a small series consisting of two boxes. Information found in this seriesconsists primarily of magazine articles, and some drawings, of Navy warships. Most of theinformation is about U.S. Navy warships, primarily aircraft carriers, but there is information onthe naval warships of other countries including British, German, and Japanese warships.

Series V, Modeling – Aircraft, Aircraft Decals, and Military Figurines, contains informationon modeling. The series consists of information on aircraft models – American and foreign,aircraft decals for a variety of airplanes, and figurines modeling military uniforms from Romantimes to World War II. Of particular note is model airplane planes located in Location 71,Folder 6 for 36 model airplanes.

Series VI, Correspondence, contains Mr. Cavanagh’s extensive correspondence with a wide-variety of people, mostly about aviation research or aviation questions, many about the P-12.Some of the correspondence is related to articles Mr. Cavanagh wrote for the American AviationHistorical Society. This series also contains research materials related to articles he wrote onaviation topics. Much of the research is undated.

Series VII, Journals, Books, and Published Material, contains primarily aviation journalssuch as Air Combat, Airfoil, Air Force Magazine, Flight Plan, Proceedings (Navy), and  Replica

in Scale. There are also books on Uniforms, a number of handbooks, and aviation catalogs.Most of Mr. Cavanagh’s extensive collection of aviation books were cataloged into the Librarycatalog and are located in the Special Collections and Archives Reading Room.

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Series VIII, Albums, consists of photograph and negative albums. Most of the albums relate tothe P-series of aircraft including the P-26, P-36, and several versions of the P-12. There are alsoalbums for the Army Air Corps from 1925 to 1941, as well as albums on Air Force research, Air groups and schools, and several individual units such as the 8th, 17th, 18th, and 20th Pursuit

Groups. Finally, the series contains five boxes of slides and four boxes of negatives. The slidesand negatives are photographs taken by Mr. Cavanagh at air shows and aviation museums heattended or visited.

Series IX, Media and Recorded Material, is a small series containing primarily microfilm used in Mr. Cavanagh’s aviation research. There are also audio tapes of Aero Historian meetingsfrom the mid-1960s.

Series X, P-12 Photographs, consists of four boxes of photographs of the Boeing P-12. The photographs document the different variations of the P-12 from the “A” model to the “F” model.The series includes photographs of the interior and exterior of the airplane and crash

 photographs. There are also photographs of pilots standing next to or seated in the P-12including Captain Eaker, Captain Elmendorf, and Major Tinker. Additionally, there are photographs of the aircraft flown by Colonel Spatz, Colonel Andrews, and Colonel “Hap”Arnold.

Series XI, Photographs, is the largest series in the collection. The photographs are stored in photo pages in forty-six photograph album boxes. The series documents literally hundreds of aircraft produced or flown by virtually every country in the world. Most of the photographs areminimally indentified with the manufacturer and model number. The first major section isorganized according to manufacturer. The second major section is organized according to modelseries, i.e. B-series, F-series, P-series, etc. The third major section is organized according tocountry beginning with British aircraft through Far East aircraft. Major parts of this sectioninclude photographs of British, French, Italian, and German aircraft. The fourth major sectioncontains photographs of group and squadron aircraft, including “Command” aircraft, Air Basesquadrons, and schools. The fifth major section includes photographs of naval aircraft divided according to their ship number and/or squadron number. The sixth section contains photographsof World War I aircraft divided according to squadron. The sixth, and final major section,contains photographs of airfields, including Bolling, Hickam, Langley, March, McCook,Rockwell, Selfridge, and Wright Field. Most of these photographs are from the 1920s and 1930s.

Series XII, Memorabilia, contains a wide variety of material. Included in this series areaviation prints, several of which are framed and hung in Special Collections and Archives.There are also several boxes containing prints of military in uniform from the colonial and American Revolution time period to World War II.

Series XIII, Negatives, contains 8” x 10”, 5” x 5”, and 4” x 5” negatives of aircraft photographs.Most of the photographs from the negatives can be found in Series XI. The negatives areminimally identified with the manufacturer and model number.

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Subject Terms

Persons/Families

Cavanagh, Robert L., 1916-2000Places

Dayton (Ohio)

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (Ohio)Subjects

AeronauticsAircraftAirplanesBoeing P-12 (Fighter plane)Boeing airplanes

Material Types

Photographs Negatives Newspaper clippings

Magazine clippingsJournals

Collection Inventory

Series I: Aircraft

Box File Description Date

1 1 Index Serial Numbers of Aircraft Pre-1959 1919, 1922, 19272 Aircraft of WWII 1966-19683 Identification of Army Aircraft (See also Box 34A,

File 4 for Characteristics & Performance of United States Airplanes)

1992

4 Airplanes: Applied Design Oct. 19185 Book of Airplanes c.a. 19576 Airmail / Airlines 1952-19887 Airmail / Airlines 1990-19928 Albree (Pigeon-Fraser) Scout 1974, Undated 9 American / Alexander 1953-198010 Aeronca 1962-197811 Beechcraft 1962-199212 Bellanca 1931-198113 Boeing 192414 Boeing 1941-1981

2 1 Boeing (See also Box 34A, File 7 for Boeing AircraftPlans)

1947-1984

2 Buhl 1968-1969,Undated 

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3 Cessna 1960-19684 Consolidated 1954-19795 Culver 19396 Curtiss (See also Box 34A, Files 6, 7 & 8 for Curtiss

Aircraft Plans)1917,1969-1976

7 Curtiss Hawk 19558 Curtiss US Navy SBC-4 19329 Curtiss Triplane 196810 Davis 1965-198011 Douglas 1934-197712 SE5E (Ebhart) 1922-1926, 1976,

1983, 198813 Engel Aircraft Co. 191914 Fairchild 1963-1972

3 1 US Civil Fokkers 1951-1985

2 Fokker D VII 19233 Gallaudet 19224 Great Lakes 1966-19785 Gee Bee Aircraft 1953-19926 General Aviation NAA 1953-19637 Grumman 1958-19688 Hamilton / Heath 1964-19749 Howard 1968-198810 Keystone / Loening 196611 Laird c.a. 196612 Garland Lincoln Undated 13 Martin c.a. 196614 Movies 1927-1981, c.a.

192315 New Standard 198916 North American 197917 Northrop 1931-199318 Northrop A-17 c.a. 199819 Northrop F-15 199120 Orenco 1920, 1963-198021 Parks 197922 Piper / Taylorcraft 1958-196223 Pitcarn c.a. 1970, 1990,

Undated 24 Rearwin, Porterfield 196825 Lockheed 1957, 196926 Lockheed 1956-198927 Lockheed Blackbirds 198828 LePere: LUSAC-11 1949-199229 Luscombe, Monocup 1973, Undated 

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4 1 Pratt & Whitney Aircraft 19652 Ryan Aircraft 1965-19743 Sikorsky Aircraft 1934-19894 Spartan Aircraft 1992

5 Standard Aircraft Corporation Undated 6 Stearman Biplanes 1978-19797 Stinson Aircraft Corporation 1958-19618 Thomas Morse “Scouts” 1950-19579 Other “Scouts” 196710 Travel Air 1964-197411 Vought VE-7 (See also Box 34, File 6 for Vought

Aircraft Plans)1929

12 Vultee 1937, 197213 WACO 1961-198614 Wright (See also Location 71, File 7 for Replica of 

Grinder head used by Wright Brothers)

1960-1989

5 1 MB-3, MB-3A 1921-1923, 1951,1989

2 XB-19, MS-405, MS-406 1973, 19913 B-25 Aircraft 1971-19794 Martin B-26 Marauder 19935 B-26 Martin 1944-1945, 1973-

19746 B-28 1977, Undated 7 B-29 / F-13 1974-19928 B-32 1980, 19899 B-34 Undated 10 Convair B-36 Peacemaker 199911 B-40 Undated 12 XB-43 1975, Undated 13 B-36 1954-198514 B-45 1964, 1971, 198715 B-47 1956, 1987,

Undated 16 B-50 Undated 17 XB-52 1972, 198718 B-57 1951, 198819 B-66 Undated 20 B-70 1965

6 1 F-4 1964-19842 F-4 1977-19843 F-5 / Northrop Freedom Fighter Undated 4 F-106 1974-1988

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5 F-111 1966-19846 F-117 19917 F-80 1945, 1989,

Undated 8 F-82 1962, 1987

9 F-84 1948-198710 F-86 1952-1987

7 1 XF-88 19822 Northrop F-89 1953-1956,

Undated 3 XF-90 Undated 4 XF-91 Undated 5 XF-93 Undated 6 F-94 1954-19867 F-100 1956-1987

8 F-101 1955-19849 F-102 1970-198710 F-104 1956-198811 F-105 1964-197412 F-15 1975-198713 F-16 1981, Undated 

8 1 FB-1 / FB-5 1966, Undated 2 F-28 1949, 1964-19653 F3B 19654 F4B 1954-19795 F5B / F6B / F7B 19676 Boeing PB-1 Undated 7 Brewster 1942-19908 Chance Vought VE-7, VE-8 1962-19639 Chance Vought O2U, O3U, SU, Etc. 1934-196310 Vought Sikorsky OS2U 1972, Undated 11 Chance Vought SBU 1962-1963,

Undated 12 Chance Vought SB2U 1978-197913 XF5U-1 Chance Vought 197314 Chance Vought F4U 1952-198115 Corsair Aces: The Bent Wing Bird Over the Pacific

(Vought F4U)1979

16 Chance Vought FU-1 196017 Chance Vought F7U 195618 Vought F8 1956-198219 Vought A-7 1972-198220 Curtiss N-9 196621 Curtiss MF-Boat 1967

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13 F-5L, HS-1L, HS-2L 1960, 197614 PBY, PB2Y, etc.. 1974-197815 Cunningham-Hall PT-6F Undated 

11 1 Loening OA Series Undated 

2 OAS 1982, 19953 Curtiss O-1 1956-19764 DouglasO-2, O-2H, O-2K 19625 Douglas O-7 19246 Thomas Morse O-19 Undated 7 Douglas O-25 Series Undated 8 Fokker XO-27 (General Aviation) Undated 9 Douglas O-31 197310 Douglas O-35 1981, Undated 11 Douglas O-38 1933-1936, 1973-

1980

12 Douglas Y10-43 1951, 197413 Douglas O-46 1958, 197414 North American O-47 194015 Stinson O-49 Undated 16 L-3, L-4, Etc. 1956-198217 XF-12 1969-197118 T-2 196419 C-1 / DWC / Lockheed / “Sacred Cow” 1928-1929, 1956-

196320 C-2 / C-5 / C-7 1927, 1989-199121 C-3 / C-4 / C-9 / C-6 1930, 198322 C-14 / C-15 c.a. 1940, 198923 P-80 / P-80A 1947, 198024 P-49 1980

12 1 UPC-1 19672 Eng. Div. TP-1 Undated 3 Dayton Wright PS-1 1921, c.a. 19504 PA-1 1921, 19625 Curtiss PN-1 1961 (1921-1922)6 Engineering Division PW-1 1963, Undated 7 Loening PW-2 19218 Orenco PW-3 19209 Gallaudet PW-4 1962, Undated 10 Fokker V-40, PW-5, PW-6, PW-7 1920-192411 Loening M-8 1970-Undated 12 Speery Messenger 1927, 196213 Curtiss PW-8 1947, 1971,

Undated 

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14 P-1 1925, 1947,Undated 

15 P-3 1947, Undated 16 P-4 194817 Description and History of Curtiss “Hawk” Type

Pursuit Aircraft

1934

18 Curtiss Hawk P-1 through P-6 1952-197619 Boeing PW-9 Series 1962-1967,

Undated 20 Curtiss P-6 Series 1932-199221 P-16 / PB-1 1978, Undated 22 P-23 1976, Undated 23 Boeing P-26 (See also Box 34, File 1) Undated 24 Boeing P-26 c.a. 1930s

13 1 P-30 / PB-2 1934, Undated 

2 P-35 Series 1937-19843 P-36 1960-19774 P-38 / F-5 1970-1988,

Undated 5 P-39 1969-19806 P-40 1965-19997 P-43 19728 P-42 19439 P-26 1932-199410 P-29 Undated 11 Aeromarine PG-1 192112 P-47 1943-1982

14 1 P-47 1963-19742 P-47 1945-19923 P-51 Mustang 1963-19934 P-51 Mustang 1963-19935 P-54 19756 XP-55 1945, 1977, 19797 XP-56 19798 P-59 1956, 1966, 1968,

19809 P-60 Undated 10 P-61 1965, 198011 XP-62 Undated 12 P-63 Undated 13 XP-77 194514 Color Scheme and Drawings P-Series 1930-195215 Boeing MB and P-Series Contract Numbers and Dates 1922-1939

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16 P-12 Indices (See also Box 34A for Assignment of Aircraft to Specific Field & Locations)

1932-1989

15 1 Boeing P-12: Engineering Order of First P-12Airplane No. 29-353

1929

2 Boeing P-12E Undated 3 Boeing P-12: Evolution of P-12-F-4B Fighters 19564 Boeing P-12: Engine and Accident Report 1932, 19925 Boeing P-12: Flying Cadets of Kelley Field Texas 19316 Boeing P-12: Insignia 1932, 1983-19847 Boeing P-12: Diagrams Undated 8 Boeing P-12: Drawings 1954, Undated 9 Boeing P-12: Drawings Undated 10 Boeing P-12: Drawings Undated 11 Boeing P-12: Drawings Undated 12 Boeing P-12: Drawings Undated 

16 1 P-12 Research 19772 P-12E Research Journal Undated 3 P-12E to YP-12K Flying Hours Per Month Undated 4 First Boeing P-12 Series Airplanes Undated 5 Handbook for P-12 Parts, Maintenance, Assembly 19316 P-12 1955, 19937 P-12 1925, 1955, 1961,

19808 P-12 Undated 9 P-12 Undated 10 P-12 1929, 1932, 196611 P-12 1932-198212 “The History of the Boeing P-12 Series Airplane” Undated 13 Armament Equipment 1936-1995

16A P-12 Research – Microfilm Rolls1)  Boeing P-12: Stabilizer & Floatation Wing;

Instrument Board; Landing Gear Fairing;General Arrangement – Parts List

2)  Boeing P-12 Small Parts; Boeing F4B1 SmallParts

3)  Boeing P-12: Wings & Ribs; Empennages;Fuselage; XP-12-A Cowl

4)  Boeing Parts List

c.a.1930s

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Oversize P-12 Research

Location Folder Description Date

71 1 P-12 Cowlings and Struts 1931

2 P-12 Plans 19313 P-12 Plans 1931

SERIES I: AIRCRAFT (Continued) 

Box File Description Date

17 1 Army Racing A/C 1963-19682 Racing A/C 1960-19703 Air Racing 1924-19764 Air Racing 19405 Biplane Information July 1, 1937

6 Biplanes 19437 Civil Aircraft 1955-19918 Cockpits (Equipment) 1961-19849 Engines (Equipment) 1944-199210 Ford / Stout 196811 Full Flight Performance 1918

18 1 Historical Aircraft Plans 19772 Insignia Undated 3 Metal Aircraft Construction 1927, 19724 Miscellaneous Aircraft 1931-1985

5 Personal Equipment 1952, 1954, 1990,Undated 

6 Equipment, Specs, Misc. 1922-19917 Guns and Sights 1930-19918 Pursuit Aircraft 1922-19939 Choppers and Liaison 1968-1970,

Undated 10 Pursuit Aircraft 1968, 1980-199411 Operations Report of Airplanes 1928-194012 Report: Pressure Distribution of the Wings of an MB3 192513 Report: Spinning of the F4B-2 Biplane 1935

14 “Another Historical Note on the 1.5 factor of Safety” by Albert Epstein

1977

15 Turbo Superchargers 1927, Undated 16 WWI and WWII Colors and Camouflage (See also

Box 34A, File 5 for U.S. Navy Standard Colors)Undated 

17 “WACO 10 and Taperwing” 197518 Wing of Nieuport 28 1999

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19 1 Declassified Accident Report P-12 May 21, 19292 Declassified Accident Report P-12 Mar. 27, 19303 Declassified Accident Report P-12 Nov. 28, 19304 Declassified Accident Report P-12C May 4, 19315 Declassified Accident Report P-12 Jun. 12, 1931

6 Declassified Accident Report P-12C Jul. 3, 19317 Declassified Accident Report P-12C Aug. 7, 19318 Declassified Accident Report P-12B Jan 7, 19329 Declassified Accident Report P-12E Jan 9, 193210 Declassified Accident Report P-12B Feb 3, 193211 Declassified Accident Report P-12E Feb 15, 193212 Declassified Accident Report P-12E Mar. 25, 193213 Declassified Accident Report P-12B Apr. 1, 193214 Declassified Accident Report P-12F Apr. 12, 193215 Declassified Accident Report P-12F Jun. 8, 193216 Declassified Accident Report P-12F Jul. 8, 1932

17 Declassified Accident Report P-12F Jul. 16, 193218 Declassified Accident Report P-12B Mar. 24, 193219 Declassified Accident Report P-12F Aug. 24, 193220 Declassified Accident Report P-12E Sept. 12, 193221 Declassified Accident Report P-12F Nov 8, 193222 Declassified Accident Report P-12C Nov 22, 193223 Declassified Accident Report P-12D Nov 28, 193224 Declassified Accident Report P-12B Dec 19 193225 Declassified Accident Report P-12E Jan 23, 193326 Declassified Accident Report P-12F Jan 25, 193327 Declassified Accident Report P-12F Jan 26, 193328 Declassified Accident Report P-12F Mar. 21, 193329 Declassified Accident Report P-12F Apr. 11, 193330 Declassified Accident Report P-12F Apr. 15, 193331 Declassified Accident Report P-12B Apr. 20, 193332 Declassified Accident Report P-12F Apr. 24, 193333 Declassified Accident Report P-12B May 4, 193334 Declassified Accident Report P-12E Jun. 6, 193335 Declassified Accident Report P-12D Jun. 26, 193336 Declassified Accident Report P-12D Jul. 5, 193337 Declassified Accident Report P-12E Jul. 31, 193338 Declassified Accident Report P-12 Jul. 193339 Declassified Accident Report P-12B Sept. 8, 193340 Declassified Accident Report P-12F Sept. 25, 193341 Declassified Accident Report P-12F Oct. 9, 193342 Declassified Accident Report P-12E Dec 13, 193343 Declassified Accident Report P-12F Jun. 6, 193444 Declassified Accident Report P-12B Jul. 10, 193445 Declassified Accident Report P-12F Jul. 25, 193446 Declassified Accident Report P-12F Aug. 7, 1934

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47 Declassified Accident Report P-12F Aug. 10, 193448 Declassified Accident Report P-12F May 20, 193549 Declassified Accident Report P-12F Jun. 22, 193550 Declassified Accident Report P-12F Jun. 24, 193551 Declassified Accident Report Jul. 23, 1935

52 Declassified Accident Report P-12F Aug. 20, 193553 Declassified Accident Report P-12E Nov. 29, 193554 Declassified Accident Report P-12E Mar. 16, 193655 Declassified Accident Report P-12F Jun. 2, 193656 Declassified Accident Report P-12E Aug. 10, 193657 Declassified Accident Report P-12E Nov. 19, 193658 Declassified Accident Report P-12F Feb. 12, 193759 Declassified Accident Report P-12F Apr. 19, 193760 Declassified Accident Report P-26A Oct. 7, 193561 Declassified Accident Report BT-2B Jan. 18, 193362 Declassified Accident Report Consolidate O-17 Jan. 16, 1933

63 Declassified Accident Report YIO-27 Jan. 3, 193364 Statement of Accident, P-12C collide with PT-3A New Baltimore, MI

Dec. 17, 1931

65 Testimony of Lloyd V Smith, Accident of Lt. RalstonL Crew at Boeing Airfield Reno, NV

Jul. 1931

20 1 British Aircraft 1943, 1991,Undated 

2 British WWI 1951-19833 British: Armstrong-Whitworth 1962-19974 British: Armstrong-Whitworth 1952-19785 British: Avro 1947-19916 British: Avro 1964-19727 British: Avro 1952-19798 British: BAC / British Electric 1953-19929 British: BE 2 – BE 12 1959-199210 British: Blackburn 1961-199111 British: Boulton-Paul 1941-196912 British: Bristol 1944-197613 British: Bristol 1955-1988

21 1 British: De Havilland Series 1948-19902 British: De Havilland 1951-19863 British: De Havilland 19684 British: Post WWI DH-4 1980-19845 British: DH 4 / DH 9 19996 British “Fairchild 51” Undated 7 British: “Eaglet” BF5-B Undated 8 British: The Standard Model E-4 Mail Aeroplane 19199 British: Fairey 1953-1987

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10 British: FE 2 1952-198911 British: Folland 1989

22 1 British: Gloster 1951-19812 British: Handley-Page 1946-1970,

Undated 3 British: Handley-Page 1954-19964 British: Hawker 1952-19835 British: Hawker- Hurricane Typhoon Tempest 1941-19866 British: Miles 1950-19927 British: Martinsyde 19778 British: RE 8 1954-1990

23 1 British: SE 5 1925-19942 British: Sharkmouth 1945-1970 19703 British: Short Seaplane 1957, Undated 

4 British: Sopwith Series 1916-19925 British: Sopwith Series 1947-19956 British: Vickers 1968, 1969,

Undated 7 British: Vickers-Supermarine 1952-19918 British: Pilots Manual for Supermarine Spitfire 19779 British: No 84 Sq. RAF WWI 1960, Undated 

24 1 British: Percival 1951-19762 British: Short 1952-19793 British: Supermarine Spitfire Series 1944-19854 British: Westland 1956-1982

25 1 French Aircraft Undated 2 French WWI Undated 3 French: Post WWI 1936-19764 French: WWII 1968-1978,

Undated 5 French: Post WWII 1952-19816 French: AFV 1965-19817 French: Aces and Aeroplanes 2- Georges Guynemer 19878 French: Antoinette 19549 French: Bessanneau Hangar 197010 French: Bleriot 1947-196311 French: Breguet 1970-2000,

Undated 12 French: Breguet 14A2 and B2 1957, 196513 French: Breguet XIX Super Bidon Undated 14 French: Caudron 1918, Undated 15 French: Dassault Mystere IVA Undated 

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16 French: “Escadrilles” Undated 

26 1 French: Escadrille Insignia 1966, 1972,Undated 

2 French: Lafayette Escadrilles and Lafayette Flying

Corps

1967-1979

3 French: Henri et Maurice Farman 1961, 19724 French: Hanriot 1968, 1988,

Undated 5 French: Nieuports 1956-19876 French: Salmson 19627 French: SPAD Series 1969, 1980,

Undated 8 French: SPAD 19569 French: SPAD 7 1950, Undated 10 French: SPAD 11 and 16 1946

11 French: SPAD 12 194612 French: SPAD 13 1918, 1991,Undated 

27 1 German Aircraft 19942 German: WWI 1946-19973 German Aircraft Post WWI 1965-19884 German Aircraft WWII 1959-19905 German: AEG 19546 German: Albatros C and D Series 1979-19897 German: Arado 1973-19898 German: Aviatik 19979 German: Blohm Voss 1979-198110 German: Brandenburg W12 199711 German: Bücker 1958-199212 German: D. F. W. 1971, 199513 German: Dornier 194614 German: Dornier 1966-198215 German: Fiesler Undated 

28 1 German: Fok E. D. DR Series 1918, 1935-19892 German: Focke-Wulf 1962-19863 German: Friedrichshaffen 19544 German: Gotha 1960-19945 German: Halberstadt 1941-19966 German: Hannover 1947-19907 German: Hansa-Brandenburg 1972, 19978 German: Henschel 1969-19809 German: Heinkel 1955-1988

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29 1 German: Jagdheschwader NR. 26 1960-19612 German: Junkers 1961, Undated 3 German: Junkers 1955-19894 German: L. V. G. 1977, Undated 5 German: Luftwaffe Post WWII 1961-1986

6 German: Messerschmitt 1941-19907 German: Messerschmitt 1963-19878 German: Pfalz D III, D XII 1945-19769 German: Roland 1950-196410 German: Rumpler 1951, 1975,

Undated 11 German: Siemens-Schuckert 1947, 1981, 199112 German: SPAD S. XVI 1920, 199713 German: Report on German Naval Aircraft

(Declassified)Dec. 1918

30 1 Austria 1957-19832 Australia 1963-19843 Belgium 1952-19704 Belgian, French, American Undated 5 Canada 1933-19846 Canada 19787 Central and South America 1963, 19778 China 1973, Undated 9 Dutch Aircraft 1956-198510 Italian Aircraft 1966-197911 Italian / Spanish Aircraft 1968, Undated 12 Italian Aircraft WWI 1947-197313 Italian: Caproni / Reggiane 1972-1977,

Undated 

31 1 Italian: Fiat 1940-19792 Italian: Macchi / Macchi-Castoldi 1972-19803 Italian: Savia-Marchetti 1975-1984,

Undated 4 Italian: Schneider Trophy Racers 1955-19625 Israel Aircraft 1988, Undated 6 Japanese Aircraft 1960-19887 Japanese AFV 1965, 19738 Japanese AICHI 1972, Undated 9 Japanese: Kawanishi 1969-198510 Japanese: Kawasaki 1956-1978`11 Japanese: Mitsubishi 1949-198412 Japanese: Nakajima 1942-1980

32 1 Polish Aircraft 1953-1995

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2 Portuguese Aircraft 1966, 1968, 19813 Imperialist Russian Aircraft 1964, 1967, 19784 Russian Aircraft (and SAT) 1953-19965 Russian Aircraft (and SAT) 1963-19916 Russian AFV 1970, Undated 

7 Spanish Civil War / Spanish Aircraft Undated 8 Slovak, Hungary, Rum. Aircraft Undated 

33 1 Sweden, Norway, Denmark Aircraft Undated 2 Mid-East Aircraft Undated 3 Far East Aircraft Undated 4 Switzerland Aircraft Undated 5 Aircraft Markings Undated 6 All Nations Post WWI 1958-19677 International Aircraft 1983, 1991-19938 “Fighter A to Z” from Air International 1979-1984

9 Kreider-Reisner XC-31 196510 C-33 / C-34 196911 C-46 197812 C-47 Undated 13 C-97 / KC-97 1974, 198214 XC-99 Undated 15 C-119 198716 C-122 / XCG-18 198217 C-124 Undated 18 C-130 and 141 196919 C-133 195920 SA-16 1953, 1975, 198921 Curtiss JN Series 1918, 1950, 198522 Standard Model “J” 195323 PT-1 and PT-3 1950, Undated 24 PT-15 Undated 25 PT-13 and PT-17 1961-196226 PT-16, PT-20, PT-22 Undated 27 PT-19, PT-23, PT-26 196328 BT-7 Undated 29 BT-9 Undated 30 BT-12 Undated 31 BT-13, BT-15 Undated 32 AT-6 Undated 33 AT-7, AT-9 Undated 34 AT-10, AT-11 Undated 35 AT-14 Undated 36 AT-17 Undated 37 T-28, T-33, T-37 1967, 197538 A-3 Undated 

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39 A-7 198240 Curtiss A-8, A-12 1976, Undated 41 A-11 c.a. 196542 A-13 196243 Northrop A-17 Series Undated 

44 A-20 1944, 1963, 1978,1983

34 1 A-26 1943, 1953, 1971,1980

2 A-28, A-29 Undated 3 A-35 19714 XA-38 Undated 5 XA-41 Undated 6 Caproni Undated 7 American H.H. 0/400 1977-1992,

Undated 8 Barling NBL 1929, Undated 9 Martin NBS, MB Undated 10 B-2, etc. 1978-198611 Keystone B-3 etc. 1981-198612 B-7 Undated 13 Boeing Y1B-9 Undated 14 Martin B-10, B-12 1937-1938,

Undated 15 B-17 Series 1967-1970,

Undated 16 B-18 1982-Undated 17 B-19 Undated 18 B-23 197519 B-24 1966-198420 B-24 1968-198721 Fighters c.a. 1970

Large Material

34A 1 Boeing P-26 Histories by R. L. Cavanagh Undated 2 Boeing P-12: Assignment of Aircraft to Specific

Fields & Locations1930-1941

3 Pilot/Aircraft “Tie-Ups” & Images Undated 4 Characteristics & Performance of United States

Airplanes1932

5 U. S. Navy Standard Colors 19326 Curtiss & Vought Aircraft Plans 1930, 19317 Boeing & Curtiss Aircraft Plans c.a. 1970s8 Curtiss Aeroplane & Motor Company – Unidentified 

Aircraft Plan1932

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9 Transparencies – WWI Aircraft c.a. 1917

SERIES II: MILITARY UNITS

Box File Description Date

35 1 5t Air Force (AF) 1965, 1970, 1989,Undated 

2 476th Fighter Group (FG) / 5th AF 1967-19693 7t AF 1981, Undated 4 1st Air Division, 8th AF 1944, 1960-1966,

1981-19845 482n Bomb Group (BG) (P) / 8t AF c.a. 19566 384th BG 19847 91st BG / 1st Combat Wing 19888 381st BG / 1st Combat Wing 1968-1987

9 92

nd 

BG / 40

th

Combat Wing Undated 10 306th BG / 40th Combat Wings 1969, Undated 11 2nd Air Division / 8th AF 1979, Undated 12 491st BG / 95th Wing 196413 392nd BG / 14th Combat Wing 1960-196714 3rd Air Division / 8th AF Undated 15 447th Bomb Group / 4th Bomb Wing 1965, Undated 16 446th Bomb Group / 20th Wing 1964, 197217 388th BG / 45th Combat Wing 1945, Undated 18 95th BG / 13th Combat Wing Undated 19 100th BG / 13th Combat Wing 197420 390th BG / 13th Combat Wing 196521 34th BG / 93rd Combat Wing Undated 22 4th FG / 65th Fighter Wing 1953-198523 20th FG 1950-199024 56th FG / 65th Fighter Wing 1969, 1991-1993,

Undated 

36 1 78th FG / 66th Fighter Wing Undated 2 352nd FG / 67th FW 1965, 19853 55th FG / 66th FW Undated 4 353rd FG / 66th FW 1968, Undated 5 355t FG / 65t FW 1987, 1992,

Undated 6 355th FG / Mustang Newsletter No. 14-39 1981-19957 355t FG / Angels Bulldogs & Dragons The 355t FG

in WWII1984

8 357th FG / 66th FW 19719 359t FG / 67t FW Undated 10 361st FG / 67th FW Undated 

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11 364t FG / 67t FW Undated 12 9th AF 1963-1969,

Undated 13 98t BG Desert Rats August 1943 Ploesti Raid 199014 397th BG / 98th Combat Wing / IX Bomber Command,

9

th

AF

1945

15 365t FG / 84t FW / IX TAC / 9t AF 198516 354th FG / 100 FW / XIX TAC/ 9th AF c.a. 1960, 198417 406th FG / 303 FW / XIX TAC / 9th AF Undated 18 10t AF 1983, Undated 19 XII AF 1970, 1984,

Undated 20 57t FG / 12t AF 1950-196021 AVG / 14th AF 1956-197022 20th AF 1964-1977

37 1 15

th

AF 1988, 1994,Undated 2 1st Day BG Undated 3 1st Corps Observation Squadron Undated 4 12th Aero Sqdn. 1964-19655 13th Pursuit Sqdn. 1963, Undated 6 17th Aero Sqdn. Undated 7 20th Day Bomb. Sqdn. c.a. 19188 20th Day Bomb. Sqdn. 1977-19789 25th Pursuit Sqdn. 1962-197110 27th Pursuit Sqdn. Undated 11 28th Pursuit Sqdn. 1918, Undated 12 50th Corps Obs. Sqdn. 198913 93rd Pursuit Sqdn. 196314 95th Pursuit Sqdn. 1918, 1970-198315 96th Day Bomb. Sqdn. Undated 16 103rd Pursuit Sqdn. 196317 135th Aero Sqdn. 196818 139th Pursuit Sqdn. 1961, 198019 147th Pursuit Sqdn. Undated 20 148th Aero Sqdn. 1961-198621 185th Pursuit Sqdn. Undated 22 278t Army Obs. Sqdn. Undated 

38 1 Air Corps Detachment 1933, Undated 2 Supplement to 2n Annual Report Air Corps 19283 Reconnaissance Squadrons 1982, Undated 4 Air Base Squadrons 1982, Undated 5 Service Squadrons 1931, Undated 6 “Command” Aircraft 1923, 1990

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7 A. C. Technical School 1967, 19848 A. C. Tactical School 1969, 1971,

Undated 9 Air Depots 1931, Undated 10 Air Force “Pilots Information File” 1944

11 Army Air Forces 1943-198012 Army Air Forces 1940-197013 Air Service / Air Corps 1947-1981

39 1 Air Service Groups 1919-19242 Army Air Service Seaplanes Undated 3 Air Service Units Requested 19194 Air Service WWI 1960-19685 WWI Overseas Flyer Reunion 19616 AEF Air Service 1917, 1942, 19667 War Department Air Services Report on Altitude

Airplane

1924

8 Army Air Service Stations and Organizations 19229 Army Airplane Inventory as of June 30, 1940 194010 Issodun 1918

40 1  Marine Corps Aviation: The Early Years 1912-1940 19772 Marine Corps Air 1982, Undated 3 Marine Fighter Attack Squadrons (VMF) 1978, Undated 4 VMO Squadrons 1988, Undated 5 VMB Squadrons 19886 Navy Squadron Data 1929-19777 Carrier Assigned A / C 1953, Undated 8 Naval Air Stations 1960-1965,

Undated 9 Lighter than Air A / C 1946-198410 Racing Aircraft 1927, Undated 11 Aquatic Aircraft / Navy Aircraft 1939, 1980,

Undated 12 VF-1 (see also VB-2, VB-3) Undated 13 VF-3 (see also VF-5) Undated 14 VB-1 (see also VF-5, VF-4) Undated 15 VB-3 1937, 1939,

Undated 16 VF-4 (see also VB-1, VF-5) Undated 17 VF-5 (see also VB-1, VF-3) c.a. 195918 VF-6 (see also VF-2) 1986, Undated 19 VB-5 Undated 20 VS-2 (see also VS-3) Undated 21 VS-3 (see also VS-2) Undated 22 VS-42 Undated 

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3 8t Pursuit Group 1982-19874 9th Observation Group 1930-1931, 1987,

Undated 5 10t School Group 1931-1933, 1984-

1988

6 11

th

Bomb. Group 1983-19867 11t School Group 1924-1939, 1970,1983

8 12th Obs. Group c. 19359 15t Observation Squadron 1933, 1941, 198410 15th Pursuit Group 1982, Undated 11 16th Observation Squadron 1931, 1932, 199012 16t Pursuit Group 1992, Undated 13 17th Pursuit Group 196814 17th Attack Group 197215 17t Bombardment Group Undated 

16 18

th

Headquarters Squadron 1925-1932, 198917 18th Pursuit Group 1934, 1983, 1988,1992

18 19th Bombardment Group 1935, 1968, 1989,Undated 

19 20th Pursuit Group 1934, 1968-197820 25th Bomb. Group 1997, Undated 21 31st Pursuit Group Undated 

SERIES III: MILITARY AIRFIELDS

Box File Description Date

48 1 Bolling Field Research Project 19962 Bolling Field, Air Corps detach. 1932, 19643 Hickam Field 1968, Undated 4 Kelly Field, Texas 1918-19835 Langley Field, VA. 1966, 19776 Langley Field, VA 1965, 1975-19777 March Field 19688 March Field 19689 McCook Field (See also Location 71, Folder 7 for 

map of sanitary sewage)1922, 1947, 1983-1989

10 “McCook Field” by Bruce Robertson 198911 Selfridge Field 1938, Undated 

49 1 Wright Field 1935, 1957, 1967,1975, 1979

2 Wright Field 1967, 1995,Undated 

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3 Wright Field 1924-1937, 1984,1994

4 Handbook of Research and Development Facilities Undated 5 Wright Laboratory Success Stories: A Review of 1995 19956 Remarkable Journey: The Wright Field Heritage in

Photographs

1989

7 Wright Field People 1959, 19898 Wright-Patterson Reunion Laboratory 1997

50 1 Wright Laboratory 19942 Wright Patterson Air Force Museum 19553  Arming the Skies Wright Patterson Air Force Base in

WWII1995

4 Flight Test at Wright Field 1930-19365 “Wilbur Wright’s Last Flight” Article from U. S. Air 

Force

1934

6  Arming the Skies 19957 Factor of Safety – USAF Design Practice WPAFB 19778 Aircraft Museums 1971-19939 British Military Museums Undated 10 Exhibition of British and American Aviation Artists 199511 National Aerospace Conference 1998

SERIES IV: WARSHIPS

Box File Description Date

51 1 US Navy 1963-19782 US Navy 1968-19923 US Navy 1977-19824 US Navy 1972-19865 CV-2, CV-3 Lexington and Saratoga 1976-19776 Period Sailing Ships 1955-1972

52 1 US Navy Amphibious Assault Landing Craft 19782 Ship Planes (Various) 1940-19603 Wylam Ship Plans 1940, 1947,

Undated 4 Ship Models and Plans 1965-19855 Royal Navy Ships 1958-19836 Russian Warships 1965, Undated 7 Japanese Warships 1965-19858 Italian Ships Undated 9 German Ships 1971-198210 US Armor 1965-197911 British AFV 1963-1972

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12 German AFV 1965-1978

SERIES V: MODELING – AIRCRAFT, AIRCRAFT DECALS, AND MILITARY

FIGURINES

Box File Description Date

53 1 Modeling – Ships Undated 2 Aircraft: Modeling 1960-19713 Aircraft: Modeling 1970s4 Aircraft: Modeling 1970s5 Aircraft: Modeling 1970s6 Aircraft: Modeling 1980s7 Aircraft: Modeling 1980s8 Modeling – Boats (includes German Navy and 

Warship Histories)1963-1977

54 1 German / Austro – Hungarian Modeling Newsletters Undated 2 Modeling: German / Austro – Hungarian Craft 1959-19693 Modeling Undated 4 Miniature / Modeling Forms 19565 Modeling Journal Newsletters 19776 Color and Markings 1970-1988

55 1 Modeling 1934, 1964, 19782 Modeling 1969-19823 Flying Model Plans 1969-19804 Flying Model Plans 1938-19805 Flying Models 19496 Flying Scale Models of WWII  19747 Decals: Micro Scale Decals Undated 

56 1 Decals: AEF Air Service Undated 2 Decals: US Navy Pre WWII Undated 3 Decals: US Army Air Corps Undated 4 Decals: US Navy WWII Undated 5 Decals: US National Insignia Undated 6 Decals: US Serial Nos. Sqdn. Codes and Victory

MarksUndated 

7 Decals: USAAF B-17, B-24, B-29 Undated 8 Decals: USAAF P-40 Undated 9 Decals: USAAF P-51, P-47, P-38 Undated 10 Decals: F-80, F-86, F-100, F-101, F-102, F-104, F-

105, F-4Undated 

11 Decals: A-4, A-7 Undated 12 Decals: F-111, FB-111 Undated 

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13 Decals: British WWI and Post War Undated 14 Decals: British WWII Undated 15 Decals: British Post WWII Undated 16 Decals: French WWI Undated 17 Decals: French Pre WWI and WWII Undated 

57 1 Decals: French Post WWII Undated 2 Decals: German WWI Undated 3 Decals: German WWII, National Insignia, Sqdn,

Codes, etc.Undated 

4 Decals: German: WWII, Post WWII Undated 5 Decals: Poland and Communist Black Countries Undated 6 Decals: Japanese Undated 7 Decals: Russian Undated 8 Decals: Scandinavian Undated 9 Decals: Various Decals Undated 

58 1 Figurines: Military Modeling – Uniform Figurines 1970-19802 Figurines: Military Modeling – Uniform Figurines 1974-19823 Figurines: Military Modeling – Figurine Journals 1970-19794 Figurines: Military Modeling – Figurines / Catalogues 1967-19925 Figurines: Militaria – Black Eagle Plates Undated 6 Figurines: Figure Painting, Diagrams, Conversions,

etc.1972-1973

59 1 Figurines: Militaria – Miscellaneous 1975-19792 Figurines: Historical Figures 19703 Figurines: Roman and Greek 1968, 19704 Figurines: Picts, Gauls, Celts, Ancients c.a. 19705 Figurines: Armor – Heraldry 1955, 1974-19796 Figurines: English Civil War 1973-19787 Figurines: French and Indian War 1955-19778 Figurines: Early Colonial c.a. 19709 Figurines: British and Hessians – American

Revolution1960-1974

10 Figurines: British Napoleonic 1973-197811 Soldiers of the Napoleonic Wars series 1-5, 7-8 c.a. 1974

60 1 Figurines: British and Dominions 1971-19802 Figurines: British and Dominions 1969-19793 Figurines: British Indian Army 1969- 19794 Figurines: Canada 1970-1979

61 1 Figurines: French Napoleonic 1965-19792 Figurines: French 1972-19793 Figurines: Germany, Bavaria, etc. Pre WWI 1973-1976

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4 Figurines: German – WWI and Colonial 1970-19795 Figurines: German WWII 1970-19796 Figurines: Russian 1974-19787 Figurines: Japanese 1965, c.a. 1970

62 1 Figurines: Continental Line 1968-19702 Figurines: American War of 1812 1962-19763 Figurines: Seminole, Black Hawk, Mexican War to

Civil War 1969-1976

4 Figurines: Civil War 1963-19795 Figurines: Indian and Spanish American War 1971-19776 Figurines: 1900 – WWI – 1919 1969-19807 Figurines: WWI – Present 1967-1978

Oversize Material

Location Folder Description Date

71 6 Model Airplane Plansa.  Wayne Racer  b.  Curtiss F9C-2 by Bergen Hardesty (3

Drawings)c.  Corben Super Aced.  Aeronca Master Model C-3e.  Hawker Hind f.  Hawker High Speed Furyg.  Tomasco Designed British Wartime

SE-5h.  Stinson SR-6i.  Pfalz D-3 j.  1927 Curtiss “Hawk” Model P-1, A, B,

C (2 Drawings)(2 Copies)k.  Tomasco Navy Boeing F4B-4 & Army

Boeing P-12El.  Curtiss Hawk P-6Em.  1929 Curtiss “Falcon” Model O1-E &

A-3 (2 Copies)n.  Porterfield o.  Boeing P-12 “Pan American” p.  1928 TravelAir Model 3000 biplane (2

Copies)q.  1927-1930 Vought “Corsair Model O-

2U1, 2, 3, & 4 (2 Pages)r.  Curtiss Hawk P-6Es.  Douglas O-46At.  Gloster Gladiator 

19481982

Apr. 198519361936Apr. 193519341975May 1935Sep. 1966

1935

1936Jul 1968

Undated Undated Aug. 1967

Feb. 1972

1953Jul. 1953Dec. 19581933

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u.  1932 Berliner Joyce P-16v.  Curtiss Army Hawk w.  Monocoupex.  Taylorcrafty.  Curtiss U.S. Army Hawk, P-1 Series

z. 

Berliner Joyce OJ-2aa. Fairchild Model “51” bb. American Eaglecc. Float Trainer dd. Douglas O-38ee. Unidentified biplaneff.  WACO 10 & WACO A.T.O.

Taperwinggg. Douglas O-38Shh. Boeing P-12Bii.  Keystone B-4A

 jj. 

Hawker Hurricane

Undated 193319721947Jan. 1935

Apr. 1972Undated 1936Undated Undated Undated 1974Undated Undated Undated Undated 

Undated 

SERIES VI: CORRESPONDENCE

Box File Description Date

63 1 Richard Sanders Allen 1987, 19962 Hal Andrews 1979-19863 Hal Andrews 1987-19934 Hal Andrews 1994-19955 Charles Aresta 1983-19966 William Ballard Jr. Undated 7 William J Ballard 19928 Dana Bell 1978-19929 Roger Besecker 1963-196410 Warren M Bodie 1992-199311 Peter Bowers 1978-199312 Peter M Bowers 1992-1998,

Undated 13 Chaz Bowyer 1989-199214 Walt Boyne 1978-198515 Sid Bradd 1980-198116 Jack Bruce 1980-1988

64 1 Burl Burlingame 1982-19902 Johnny Burnett 1979-19833 Doug Carrick 1980-19894 Doug Carrick 19945 Bob Casari 1961-1993

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6 Frank Cheesman 1988, 1992-19937 Marti Copp 1975-19938 Roy Cross 1960-19639 Larry Davis 1990-199110 Fred C Dickey Jr. 1978-1993

11 Fred Dickey 199512 Mark Dryer 198713 Keith Ferris 199214 Brian Flanagan 1968-197315 Brian Flanagan 1977-198816 Lesley Forden 1964-1972

65 1 Roger Freeman 1972-19932 Roger Freeman 1959-19713 Roger Freeman 1994-1996, 19984 Royal D. Frey 1961-1962

5 Rowland P Gill 1979, 19876 Bill Greenhalagh Jr. 1978-19927 Jon Guttman 1980-19838 Bernie Haber 1993-19959 Dan Hagedorn 1989, 1990, 199210 Dan Hagedorn 1990-199311 Ted Hamady 1995-199812 Albert Hansen 1991-199213 Bergen Hardesty 1961-1993,

Undated 14 Correspondence about death of Bergen Hardesty 199415 George Hardie 1963-199316 Harold R Harris 198617 Jack Herris 199818 Roy Houchin II 1980-198419 Stephen J Hudeck 197920 Charley Hyer 1982-1998

66 1 International Plastic Modelers Society 19772 Walt Jeffries 1987-19923 Robert Johnson 1961-19654 Col. Julius A Kolb 1981-19845 William Larkins 1958-19656 George C Lee 19897 Dave Lucabaugh 19968 Paul Matt 1959-19879 Birch Matthews 199510 Peter May 1981, 198711 Ron Mayo 198112 Sears McCorrison 1980-1985

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13 Don McGee 1980-198314 Roy Meyers 199615 Jim Morrow 1982-198316 National Archives Correspondence 1977-199217 National Archives Correspondence 1997

18 Charles T Niblett 1992-199319 T/Sgt. Merle G Olmstead 1959-197720 T/Sgt. Merle G Olmstead 1978-1993

67 1 Merle Olmstead 1986-19952 Doug Olson 19973 Doug Olson 1992-19974 Leonard E Opdycke 1985, 19885 Leo Opdycke 1985-19976 Colin Owers 1974-1993, 1998,

Undated 

7 Colin Owers 1996-19978 P-12 Correspondence 1981-19889 P-12 Correspondence 1978-198010 P-12 Correspondence 1993-199411 Sam Parker 1984-199412 Sam Parker 1988-199613 Bob Pauley 1966-196714 Peter Pountney 1977-199315 William “Bill” Riley Undated 

68 1 Ken Rust 1962-19892 Ken Rust 1990-19923 W. E. Simons 1988-19914 Rick Slater 19875 James John Sloan and American Aviation Historical

Society1961-1973

6 Col. Chester L Sluder Undated 7 Smithsonian Institution 1991-19928 Gordon Stevens 1970-19889 John Stone 1981-198310 Jackson Streckenbach 1988-199311 Jerry K Sweeney 199312 Norm Taylor 1983-198413 John Underwood 1977-199214 Bob Walker 1990-199115 Richard Ward 1980-198516 Harry Woodman 1979-1988

69 1 Joachim Streit 1959-19822 Joachim Streit 1983-1997

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3 Alan Toelle 1979-1992, 19964 John Underwood 19955 Bob Volker 1982-19886 Robert E Williams Editor of Journal of AAHS 1979, 19847 Correspondence and Research 1999-2000

8 Miscellaneous Correspondence 1958-1959,Undated 9 Miscellaneous Correspondence 1960-196910 Miscellaneous Correspondence 1970-197911 Miscellaneous Correspondence 1980-198912 Miscellaneous Correspondence 1990-1999

70 1 Research Materials (handwritten by Cavanagh) Undated 2 Research Materials: Handwritten and Photocopied Undated 3 Research Materials: Aviation Articles from Various

Journals, Magazines, and Newspapers1934-1997

4 Research Materials: “Robert L Cavanagh Correctionsto Photo Captions and Text of ‘Curtiss Army Hawksin Action’”

1994

5 Research Materials: Research on “Tail Daggers and Props: Recollections While Re-Reading My LogBooks” by Harold R Harris

Undated 

6 Research Materials: Pilots and Officers 1982, Undated 7 Research Materials: Aviation Articles from Various

Journals and Magazines1924-Undated 

8 Research Materials (handwritten by Cavanagh) Undated 9 Research Materials Undated 

71 1 Research Materials: British Air Force 1958, 19812 Research Materials: Royal Air Force Undated 3 Research Materials: Insignia of 50th, 94th, 95th, 96th,

103rd , 138th SquadronUndated 

4 Research Materials: US Air Service and Air Corps Undated 5 Research Materials: Royal Air Force 1956-19936 Research Materials: Battle of Britain 1980, 1990,

Undated 7 Research Materials: In Their Honor, Navy Lt. John

Charles Waldron1964

8 Research Materials: Air Corps, Air Force 1929, 1984-1985,1993

9 Research Materials: US Air Service 192610 Research Materials: USAF Pamphlets 1956-197011 Research Materials: USAF Historical Aircraft

Background 1970

12 Research Materials Pg 1-46 Undated 13 Research Materials Pg. 47-173 Undated 

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72 1 Research Materials: Handwritten and Photocopied Undated 2 Research Materials Undated 3 Research Materials Undated 4 Research Materials Undated 

5 Research Materials Undated 6 Research Materials Undated 7 Research Materials Undated 8 Research Materials Undated 9 Research Materials Undated 10 Research Materials: Court Marshall of Major JWFM 191811 Research Material: Report of Director of Air Service 1920

73 1 Research Material Undated 2 Research Material Undated 3 Research Material: “Photo Information” 1961, Undated 

SERIES VII: JOURNALS, BOOKS, AND PUBLISHED MATERIALS

Box File Description Date

74 1  Aces High Fighter Pilots 19772  Aero WWI May 19893 Aero n Photos Vol. 2 Undated 4 Aerophile Vol. 1, No. 1-3 19775 Aerophile Vol. 1, No. 4-6 1978-796 Aerophile Vol. 2, No. 1-4 1979-19807 Air Combat Vol. 1 19688 Air Combat Vol. 2 19699 Air Combat Vol. 3 197110 Air Combat Vol. 4 197211 Airfoil No. 1 198312 Airfoil No. 2 198413 Airfoil No. 3 198514 Airfoil No. 4 198615 Airfoil No. 5 198716 Air Classics 196517 Air Corps 1970

75 1 Air Force Colors Vol. 1: 1926-1942 19792 Air Force Colors Vol. 2: 1942-1945 (autographed by

author)1980

3 Air Force Colors Vol. 3: 1942-1947 19974 Air Force History Publications c.a. 19935 Air Force Magazine 19816 Air Force Magazine September 2000

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7 Air Force Material Command 19938 Air Force Roles and Missions: A History 19989  Air-Log, The University of Texas at Dallas c.a.199810 Aircraft Photo Album Vol. 1 196911 All the Brave Promises: Memories of Aircraft

Women, 2

nd 

Class 2146391

1988

12 American Aviation Historical Society Journal Summer 196513 American Aviation Historical Society Newsletter 200014 American Military Uniforms Coloring Book, 1639-

1968 (for more uniform books see Box 80, File 12-16)1976

15 ANA Standard Aircraft Colors: 1943-1970 198116 Arms and Armor 196417 AVCO Corporation: The First Fifty Years 197918 Aviation Badges and Insignia of US Army: 1913-1946 197719 Cause and Prevention of Aircraft Fatigue Undated 

76 1 Clarity in technical reporting 19642 Curtiss Navy Hawks in Action 19953 The Curtiss Navy Hawks Undated 4 Echelon Vol. 1 19795 Echelon Vol. 2 19806 Echelon “Extra!” Vol. 4 19827 English Longbowman: 1330-1515 19958 Factor of Safety: Technical report, Final Report 19789 Fields of Little America Illustrated History of 8th Air 

Force, 2nd Air Division1988

10 Fighter Pilots in Aerial Combat 198311 Fighter Pilots in Aerial Combat 198412 Flight Plan Vol. 1, No. 2-6 1970-197213 Flight Plan Vol. 3, No. 2 197314 Flight Plan Vol. 2, No. 1-5 1972-197315 Flight Plan Vol. 3, No. 1 and 3 197416 Flugzeug 199017 Flying the P-12 198218 F-84 High Speed Flight Characteristics c.a.194819 Flight Test Guide: Private Pilot, Airplane…Single-

Engine (AC No. 61-3)Apr. 1963

77 1 “Friend’s Bulletin” Vol. 1, No. 1 19782 “Friend’s Bulletin” Vol. 2, No. 1-3 19793 “Friend’s Bulletin” Vol. 3, No. 1-3 19804 “Friend’s Bulletin” Vol. 4, No. 1 19815 “Friend’s Bulletin” Vol. 5, No. 1-2 19826 “Friend’s Bulletin” Vol. 6, No. 1-4 19837 “Friend’s Bulletin” Vol. 7, No. 1-4 19848 “Friend’s Bulletin” Vol. 9, No. 1-3 1986

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9 “Friend’s Bulletin” Vol. 10, No. 1-4 198710 “Friend’s Bulletin” Vol. 11, No. 1-4 198811 “Friend’s Bulletin” Vol. 12, No. 1-4 198912 “Friend’s Bulletin” Vol. 13, No. 1-4 199013 Friend’s Journal Vol. 19, No. 1 1996

14 Friend’s Journal Summer 200015 Friend’s Journal Winter 1999/2000

78 1 IPMS Conversion Tips 19662  High Speed Flight Characteristics of Jet Aircraft  c.a.19483  Lafayette Escadrille Pilot Biographies, Autographed 19914  Meccando Magazine 19685  Military Advisor Vol. 1, No. 2-3; Vol. 2, No. 1 1990-19916  Military Heritage April 2000 20007  Moderator’s Journal Vol. 1, No. 1; Vol. 2, No. 3, 10 1967-1968, 19718  Mustang, 355

t Fighter Group 1994-1996

9  National Geographic June 194310  Naval Aviation in World War I  196911  Naval Aviation News March 198012  Naval Aviation News Vol. 78, No. 3-4 199613  Naval Aviation News 199914 Planes, Names and Dames Vol. 1, autographed  199015 Pri-Fly No. 44 1982

79 1 Proceedings (Navy), Jan, Feb, March 19942 Proceedings (Navy), July-Sept. 19943 Proceedings (Navy), April 19954 Proceedings (Navy), May-June 19985 Proceedings (Navy), Oct.-Dec. 19986 Proceedings (Navy), Jan.-March 19997 Proceedings (Navy), April-June 19998 Proceedings (Navy), July-Sept. 19999 Proceedings (Navy), Nov.-Dec. 199910 Proceedings (Navy), April 200011 Proceedings (Navy), May 2000

80 1  Reconnaissance, No. 4 19812  Replica in Scale, Vol. 1, No. 1-4 1972-19733  Replica in Scale, Vol. 2, No. 1-4 1973-19744  Replica in Scale, Vol. 3, No. 1-4 1975-19765 The Royal Scot  Undated 6 Skyways April 19887 Solid Scale Model Aircraft  c.a. 19448 Strangers in a Strange Land  19889 Synopsis of Flying Wing Development, 1908-1953 198610 The 39 Line, Traverse City Senior High School 1994, 1996

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11 The Three Hats Private Collection of Favorite Lyrics 193912 The Thunderbirds 198313 Uniforms: The Bugle and Drum Journal of Texas

 Military Miniature

1971

14 Uniforms: Paper Soldiers of the American Revolution 1974

15 Uniforms: Uniforms of the American RevolutionColoring Book  1974

16 Uniforms: Everyday Dress of American Revolution

Coloring Book 

1975

17 Uniforms: Coloring Book of Soldiers from American

 Revolution

1973

18 United States Naval Institute Membership 199219 Update, International Plastic Modelers’ Society  Feb. 1987

81 1 Visions of the Past  c.a. 19942 Warship Quarterly Journal No. 5-7  1978

3 Wings Vol. 2, no. 5 Oct. 19724 Wings of Honor Autographed by author  19945 World Air Power Journal 19956 Wright From the Start  19897 50th Anniversary of Naval Aviation 1911-1961 1962

82 1  Aviation Vol. XVII, No. 25 Dec. 22, 19242 B-17 Series Journals 1965-19873 Catalogue of Old, Used, Rare, and Out of Print Books

on WWII1998

4 Civilization “Why We Dropped the Bomb” 19955 HIS AIR DEC News 19666 “The Kilties” Souvenir Album Undated 7 The Last of the Eagles 19768 Pamphlets and Announcements 1997-19989 Westinghouse Aviation Handbook c.a. 194010 Aircraft Profile Sheet, Published by Aircraft of the

World 

Undated 

11 75th

Anniversary of Naval Aviation, Pensacola NavalAir Station

c.a.1988

SERIES VIII: ALBUMS

Box File Description Date

83 1 P Series, XP, PW Undated 

84 1 P Series Undated 

85 1 P-26 Undated 

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86 1 P-26, P-36, XP-936 Undated 

87 1 Background to P-12 Undated 

88 1 P-12 (Arnold & Spatz) Undated 

89 1 P-12 Undated 

90 1 P-12 Undated 

91 1 P-12B Undated 

92 1 P-12C, P-12D Undated 

93 1 P-12, P-12F Undated 

94 1 XP-12A, G, H, J, K, L Undated 

95 1 Curtiss Falcons Undated 

96 1 German Aircraft Undated 

97 1 7th Bomb Group; 17th Pursuit Group Undated 

98 1 Air Force Research Undated 

99 1 Air Groups and Schools Undated 

100 1 18th Pursuit Group; 20th Pursuit Group Undated 

101 1 Groups Undated 

102 1 8th Pursuit Group; 16th Pursuit Group Undated 

103 1 Army Air Corps 1925-1941

104 1 Army Air Corps 1917-1920

105 1 Army Air Corps 1921-1925

106 1 Army Air Corps 1926-1930

107 1 Army Air Corps 1931-1935

108 1 Army Air Corps 1936-1939

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109 1 Colors and Markings Undated 

110 1 Insignia Undated 

111 1 Negatives Book 1 Undated 

112 1 Negatives Book 2 Undated 

113 1 Negatives Book 3 Undated 

114 1 Negatives Undated 

115 1 Slides Undated 

116 1 Slides Undated 

117 1 Slides Undated 

118 1 Slides Undated 

119 1 Slides Undated 

SERIES IX: MEDIA AND RECORDED MATERIALS

Box File Description Date

120 1 7” Reel Audio Tape Aero Historian Meeting 16 Jun. 19622 7” Reel Audio Tape Aero Historian Meeting 23 Oct. 19633 7” Reel Audio Tape Aero Historian Meeting 12 Dec. 19634 7” Reel Audio Tape Aero Historian Meeting 29 Jan. 19655 7” Reel Audio Tape Aero Historian Meeting Undated 6 7” Reel Audio tape Miami Valley Aviation Historical

Society Meeting – Rosenberger, Springfield SteelProducts

Undated 

7 7” Reel Audio tape Miami Valley Aviation HistoricalSociety Meeting – Sidney Eckley, 27th Aero SquadronCrew Chief, WWI

Mar. 1964

8 7” Reel Audio tape Miami Valley Aviation HistoricalSociety Meeting – S. Dunham, The Wright BrothersStory

Apr. 1996

8 1 Floppy Computer Disk DeHavilland WPD Undated 9 1 Microfilm: Mater Aircraft Records 24-217 to 26-423 Undated 10 1 Microfilm: Master Aircraft records 26-424 to 28-213 Undated 11 1 Microfilm: NASM M-230; 29-182 to 30-209 Undated 12 1 Microfilm: NASM M-232; 31-87 to 31-405 Undated 

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13 1 Microfilm: NASM M-233; 31-406 to 32-169 Undated 14 1 Microfilm: NASM M-234; 32-170 to 33-277 Undated 15 1 Microfilm: Documents 3 Jun. 1932-

29 Nov. 193216 1 Microfilm: Documents 24 Jun. 1934-

30 Nov. 193417 1 Microfilm: Documents 4 Dec. 1934-27 May 1935

18 1 Microfilm: Documents 27 May 1935-16 Oct. 1935

19 1 Microfilm: Documents 16 Oct. 1935-14 Mar. 1936

121 1-20

Audio Cassette Tapes: Aero Historians Meetings Undated 

SERIES X: P-12 PHOTOGRAPHS

Box File Description Date

122 1 P-12 Photographs Capt. Eaker 1928-19292 P-12 Photographs: Eaker, Nelson 1930s3 P-12 Photographs 19294 P-12 Photographs: Lt. Woodring 19305 P-12 Photographs: Lt. Robinson, Capt. Elmendorf, Lt.

H. Bundy1929

6 P-12 Photographs: Selfridge 1930s7 P-12 Photographs: Aviation Magazine 1930, 19738 P-12 Photographs: Model 100 close up 19299 P-12 Photographs: Chart of P-12s delivered to

Rockwell Squadron insignia, letter from J. McMurranto Bergen Hardesty Pratt & Whitney enginehandbook, Performance Test, Operation histories

1929-1932, 1992

10 P-12B Photographs 193011 P-12B Photographs 1930/193612 P-12B Photographs: Langley Field Air Corps

detachment Wheeler Field, Nicholas Field Mid-Air Crash photos, Lt. Hastings Sgt. Beach

1930s

13 P-12B Photographs: Albrook Field; Julius Kolb as achild 

1930s

14 P-12B Photographs: Lt. Moore crash US Army Air Corps Pearson Field Last P-12B produced 

1931

15 P-12B Photographs: Maj. Spatz, 77th Pursuit Squadrongroup photo Curtiss/Reynolds airport crash; crashes

1930

16 P-12B Photographs: P-12Bs in flight, on field, Maj.Arnold and Maj. Milling

1930

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17 P-12B Photographs: 43r  Pursuit Squadron patchcrash, Lt. Works

1930s

18 P-12B Photographs: Don Barrow, Homer Bonshay,Col. Weller Crash, Hensley Field 

1930s; 1935

19 P-12B Photographs: Fuel injection systems details;

operational histories

1930s

123 1 P-12C 1930s2 P-12C and P-12D Photographs 19353 P-12C and P-12D Photographs 1930s4 P-12C and P-12D Photographs 19315 P-12C and P-12D Photographs 19336 P-12C and P-12D Photographs 1930s7 P-12C and P-12D Photographs: Cosmic Ray 1930s; 19368 P-12C and P-12D Photographs Undated 9 P-12C and P-12D Photographs: Eaker’s P-12,

Maxwell Field 

1930s

10 P-12C and P-12D Photographs: Joe Nieto; Iron CrossInsignia

1932

11 P-12C and P-12D Photographs: Air Corps newsletter transcript

1930s

12 P-12C and P-12D Photographs: Operational Histories 1930/194013 P-12D Photographs 1930s14 P-12D Photographs: Wing inspection, March Field 193215 P-12D Photographs Undated 16 P-12D Photographs: Capt. RCW Blessley; Capt. RG

Hoyt1931

17 P-12D Photographs 193318 P-12D Photographs 1930s

124 1 P-12D Photographs: 95th Squadron group photographs 19322 P-12D Photographs: Williams Field 19313 P-12D 1930s4 P-12D Photographs 19315 P-12D Photographs: Operational Histories 1931/19406 P-12E Photographs: Major Tinker’s P-12 1930s7 P-12E Photographs: Spatz’s P-12E Wing Review,

March Field 1932

8 P-12E Photographs Undated 9 P-12E Photographs Undated 10 P-12E Photographs 1939/194011 P-12E Photographs Undated 12 P-12E Photographs 1935/194013 P-12E Photographs Undated 14 P-12E Photographs: USAF booklet with Bradley

autograph; Operational Histories 1931-19401931

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15 P-12E Photographs: Group photo Doc Ryan, DDArnold and others

1930s; 1940, 1933

16 P-12E Photographs: 16th PG. at Cali, Columbia; crashMaj. Duke

1935

17 P-12E Photographs 1935

18 P-12E Photographs 1930s

125 1 P-12E Photographs 19322 P-12E Photographs: Winter Test Flight 1930s, 19353 P-12E Photographs: Col Andrews 1930s4 P-12E Photographs: 35th Squadron 1933 1930s5 P-12E Photographs 19366 P-12E Photographs: Col. Danforth 19327 P-12E Photographs: 20th Pursuit Group 19338 P-12E Photographs Undated 9 P-12E Photographs: Last P-12E Undated 

10 P-12F Photographs: H. Arnold P-12F 1930s11 P-12F Photographs 193412 P-12F Photographs Undated 13 P-12F Photographs 193214 P-12F Photographs 1930s15 P-12F Photographs 1930s16 P-12F Photographs Undated 17 P-12E Photographs 1930s18 P-12F Photographs 1930s19 P-12 through P-12L Photographs 1930s20 Miscellaneous P-12 Photographs - Unidentified Model 1930s

SERIES XI: PHOTOGRAPHS

Box File Description Date

126 1 Airmail/Airlines Undated 2 Aeronca Undated 3 American/Alexander 19564 Beechcraft c.a.19335 Bellanca Undated 6 Boeing 1917, Undated 7 Cessna Undated 8 Consolidated 19319 Convair (Includes missiles) c.a. 1960s9 Culver Undated 10 Curtiss 1911, 1923-2511 Douglas 177, Undated 12 Fairchild 195613 Ford / Stout 1935, Undated 

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14 US Civil Fokkers 1928, Undated 15 Great Lakes 1937, Undated 16 General Aviation NAA Undated 

127 1 Grumman 1940, Undated 

2 Howard 1940, Undated 3 Keystone, Loening c.a. 1930s4 Laird 19465 Lockheed 1930-19346 Luscombe, Monocoupe 19497 Martin Undated 8 Movies 1926, Undated 9 North American Undated 10 Northrop 1946, Undated 11 Piper / Taylorcraft Undated 12 Rearwin, Porterfield Undated 

13 Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Undated 14 Republic Undated 15 Ryan Aircraft Undated 16 Sikorsky Undated 17 Spartan Undated 18 Stearman Undated 19 Stinson Undated 20 Travel Air Undated 21 WACO Undated 22 Wright Undated 

128 1 B-25 1932, 1956, 19782 B-26 Martin 1944, Undated 3 B-28 c.a. 1944, Undated 4 B-29, F-13 c. 1940, 1951,

19635 B-32 c.a. 19406 B-34 c.a. 19407 B-35 c.a. 19408 B-40 c.a. 19409 XB-43 c.a. 194010 B-36 c.a. 1940, 1951,

1956, 195811 B-45 c.a. 194012 XB-46 1956, Undated 13 B-47 Undated 14 B-48 Undated 15 XB-49 Undated 16 B-50 Undated 17 XB-51 Undated 

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18 XB-52 Undated 19 B-57 1968, Undated 20 B-66 Undated 

129 1 F-4 Undated 

2 F-106 Undated 3 F-111 19784 F-80 Undated 5 XF-81 Undated 6 F-82 c.a. 19687 F-84 1951-19538 F-85 Undated 9 F-86 195410 XF-87 Undated 11 XF-88 Undated 12 F-89 Undated 

13 XF-90 Undated 14 XF-91 Undated 15 XF-92 Undated 16 XF-93 Undated 17 F-94 c.a. 195018 F-100 c.a. 1950s, 196719 F-101 c.a. 1950s, 197920 F-102 Undated 21 F-104 Undated 22 F-105 1979, Undated 23 F-15 1979, Undated 24 F-16 c.a. 1990s

130 1 FB-1 / FB-5 Undated 2 F-2B Undated 3 F3B Undated 4 F4B 1931-1935, 19655 F5B, F6B, F7B 19336 Brewster Undated 7 Chance-Vought VE-7, VE-8 Undated 8 Chance-Vought O2U, O3U, SU, ect. Undated 9 Vought-Sikorsky OS2U 194510 Chance-Vought SB2U Undated 11 Chance-Vought F4U 1965, Undated 12 Chance-Vought F7U 1950, Undated 13 Vought F8 1956, Undated 14 Curtiss N-9 1956, Undated 15 Curtiss MF-Boat Undated 16 NC-Boat Undated 17 Curtiss TC-1 Undated 

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18 Curtiss F6C, F7C, F9C 192519 Curtiss F11C, BFC, BF2C c.a. 193020 Curtiss SOC, SO3C, SBC, SC 1932, Undated 21 Curtiss F8C / O2C 1928, Undated 

131 1 Curtiss-Miscellaneous Military Aircraft Undated 2 Grumman FF-1, F2F, F3F 1939, Undated 3 F4F Undated 4 F6F Undated 5 F7F Undated 6 F8F Undated 7 F9F Undated 8 F11F 1959, Undated 9 TBF 193810 JF, JRF 1938, 194111 Douglas PD-1, PD-2 Undated 

12 Douglas AD, A2D, A3D 1954, 195613 Douglas A-4D Undated 14 Douglas TBD, SBD Undated 15 Douglas F4D, F5D 1955, 195616 WF / E-1 Undated 17 Lockheed 1956-195718 FH, F2H, F3H 1955-195819 Loening Undated 20 Martin BM-1, BM-2 1928, 1931

132 1 Martin MBT; SC-1, SC-2, T3M, T4M, XT6M 1919-19262 Martin PM thru P6M 1929-19543 NY, N2C, N3N 1938, Undated 4 F4H Undated 5 NAA, SNJ, FJ Series Undated 6 RYAN Undated 7 F-5L, HS-1L, HS-2L Undated 8 P2Y Undated 9 PBY, PB2Y, ect. 1956, Undated 10 Civil Aircraft Undated 

133 1 Loening OA Series Undated 2 OA-S 1932, 19363 Curtiss O-1 1926-1927, 1930-

19394 Douglas O-2, O-2H, O-2K, O-2J 1925, 1930-19375 Douglas O-7 Undated 6 Douglas O-8 Undated 7 Douglas O-9 Undated 8 Curtiss O-11 1927-1928

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9 Douglas XO-14 Undated 10 O-17 192811 Thomas Morse O-19 193012 Douglas Y10-22, O-22 192913 Douglas O-25 Series Undated 

14 Fokker XO-27 (General Aviation) c.a. 1930s15 Vought O-28 Undated 16 Douglas O-29 Undated 17 Douglas O-31 Undated 18 Douglas O-32 Undated 19 Douglas O-34 193020 Douglas O-35 Undated 21 Douglas O-38 c.a. 193422 Curtiss O-39 Undated 23 Douglas Y10-34 193424 Douglas O-43 Undated 

134 1 Douglas O-46 19382 YG-1B Auto & YTO 19383 North American O-47 19384 Stinson O-49 Undated 5 Ryan O-51 Undated 6 Curtiss O-52 19647 L-3, L-4, Etc. 19698 XF-11 1948, Undated 9 XF-12 194710 T-2 Undated 11 C-1/ DWC / Lockheed / “Sacred Cow” Undated 12 C-2/C-5/C-7 1927-28, 197613 C-3/C-4/C-9/C-6/C-9 Undated 14 C-14/C-15 193715 P-83 Undated 16 P-49 194517 XP-50 Undated 18 P-51 Mustang 1946-197719 P-54 Undated 20 P-59 Undated 21 P-60 194222 P-61 Undated 

135 1 Armament 1921, Undated 2 Cockpits c.a. WWI & WWII3 Engines c.a. WWI & WWII4 Equipment, Specs, Misc. Undated 5 Guns and Sights 1936-19446 Choppers and Liaisons Undated 

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7 Other “scouts” Undated 8 Orenco Undated 9 Thomas Morse “scouts” Undated 10 Army Racing A/C Undated 11 Racing A/C Undated 

12 US Navy Amphibious Assault landing craft 1978

136 1 MB-3, MB3A Undated 2 SE5E (Eberhart) Undated 3 Dayton Wright Undated 4 Engineering Division Undated 5 Loening PW-2 Undated 6 Curtiss PN-1 Undated 7 Curtiss PW-8 Undated 8 P-1 Undated 9 P-2 Undated 

10 P-3 Undated 11 P-4 Undated 12 P-5 Undated 13 Curtiss Hawk P-1 thru P-6 Undated 14 Curtiss P-6 Series Undated 15 Boeing PW-9 Series Undated 16 P-8 Undated 17 P-10 Undated 18 P-63 195219 P-64 Undated 20 P-66 Undated 21 P-69 Undated 22 P-70 Undated 23 P-72 Undated 24 P-75 196625 P-13 Undated 26 P-15 Undated 27 P-16 / PB-1 Undated 28 P-17 Undated 29 P-23 Undated 30 Y1P-24 Undated 31 Y1P-25 Undated 

137 1 P-26 c.a.1930s2 P-30 / PB-2 Undated 3 P-31 Undated 4 Bell XFM, YFM Series Undated 5 P-35 Undated 6 P-36 Undated 7 P-37 Undated 

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8 P-38 / F-5 Undated 9 P-39 Undated 10 P-40 Undated 11 P-41 Undated 12 P-43 Undated 

13 P-42 Undated 14 P-46 Undated 15 P-47 Undated 

138 1 P-12 Indicies c.a. 1980, Undated 2 P-12 Insignia Undated 3 P-12 Diagrams Undated 

139 1 British WWI Undated 2 British: Armstrong Whitworth Undated 3 British: Armstrong Whitworth Undated 

4 British: Avro 1944, Undated 5 British: Avro Undated 6 British: Bac / British Electric Undated 7 British: Blackburn Undated 8 British: Boulton-Paul Undated 9 British: Bristol Undated 10 British: De Haviland Series Undated 11 British: De Haviland 1961, 1976, 1978,

Undated 12 British: FE 2 Undated 13 British: Fairey Undated 14 British: Gloster 1932, 1978,

Undated 15 British: Handley-Page Undated 16 British: Handley_Page Undated 17 British: Hawker Undated 18 British: Hawker-Hurricane, Typhoon Tempest 1944, Undated 19 British: Percival 1977-197820 British: RE 8 Undated 21 British: SE 5 Undated 22 British: Short Seaplane Undated 23 British: Short c.a. 1944, 197724 British: Sopwith Series Undated 25 British: Supermarine Spitfire Series 1938-197826 British: Vickers Undated 27 British: No. 84 Sq. RAF WWI Undated 

140 1 French: Post WWII Undated 2 French: Post WWI Undated 3 French: WWII Undated 

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4 French: Avions Renault Undated 5 French: Bleriot Undated 6 French: Breguet Undated 7 French: Caudron Undated 8 French: Escadrille Insignia Undated 

9 French: henri et Maurice Farman Undated 10 French: Henriot Undated 11 French: Lafayette Escadrilles and Fly corps Undated 12 French: Nieuport Undated 13 French: Salmson Undated 14 French: Sopwith Undated 15 French: SPAD Series Undated 16 French: SPAD 7 Undated 17 French: SPAD 11 and 16 Undated 18 French: SPAD 13 Undated 19 French AFV Undated 

141 1 German WWI 1910-1918, 19762 German: Albatros Undated 3 German: Albree (Pigeon-Fraser) Scout Undated 4 German: AEG 1913, 19165 German: Aviatik 1911-19186 German: DFW 1916, Undated 7 German: Dormier 1911, Undated 8 German: Fok ED DR Series 1919, 1920,

Undated 9 German: Fokker D VII Undated 10 German: Freidrichshaffen c.a. 1918, Undated 11 German: Gotha 1910-191812 German: Halberstadt 1913, Undated 13 German: Hannover c.a. 191814 German: hansa-Brandenburg 1918, Undated 15 German: Junkers 191716 German: LePere LUSAC – 11 Undated 17 German: Lusagh 11 Undated 18 German: LVG 1916, Undated 19 German: Pfalz DIII, DXII 1919, Undated 20 German: Roland c.a. 191821 German: Rumpler 1916, Undated 22 German: Siemens-Schuckert c.a. 191823 German Aircraft WWII Undated 24 German: Bucker 196125 German: Dornier Undated 26 German: Focke-Wulf 1960, Undated 27 German: Heinkel Undated 28 German: Junkers Undated 

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142 1 German: Luftwaffe Post WWII Undated 2 German: Messerschmitt Undated 3 Australia c.a. 19404 Canada c.a. 1940

5 Italian Aircraft Undated 6 Italian Aircraft WWI Undated 7 Italian: Caproni / Reggiane Undated 8 Italian: Fiat Undated 9 Italian: Macchi / Macchi-Castoldi Undated 10 Italian: savoia – Marchetti Undated 11 Italian: Schnieder Trophy racers Undated 12 Japanese Aircraft Undated 13 Japanese: Kawanishi Undated 14 Japanese: Kawasaki Undated 15 Japanese: Mitsubishi Undated 

16 Japanese: Nakajima Undated 17 Russian Aircraft (SAT) Undated 18 Slovak, Hungary, Rum. Aircraft Undated 19 Sweden, Norway, Denmark Undated 20 Mid-East Aircraft Undated 21 Far East Aircraft Undated 

143 1 Y1C-24 c.a. 19322 C-27 Undated 3 Curtiss C-30 Condor Undated 4 Kreider-Reisner XC-31 Undated 5 C-33 / C-34 Undated 6 C-35 Undated 7 C-45 Undated 8 C-46 Undated 9 C-47/C-49 Undated 10 C-54 Undated 11 Lockheed C-69 Undated 12 Boeing C-73 (B247) Undated 13 C-74 Undated 14 Boeing C-75 Undated 15 C-82 Undated 16 C-97 / KC-97 Undated 17 XC-99 Undated 18 C-118 Undated 19 C-119 197720 XC-120 Undated 21 C-122 / XCG-18 Undated 22 C-123 Undated 23 C-124 Undated 

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24 C-133 Undated 25 Curtiss JN Series Undated 26 PT-1 and PT-3 Undated 27 YPT – 9B Undated 28 PT-15 Undated 

144 1 PT-13, PT-17 Undated 2 PT-16, PT-20, PT-22 Undated 3 PT-19, PT-23, PT-26 Undated 4 BT-1, BT-2 Undated 5 YBT-3, YBT-5 Undated 6 BT-7 Undated 7 BT-8 Undated 8 BT-9 Undated 9 BT-12 Undated 10 BT-13, BT-15 Undated 

11 BT-17 Undated 12 AT-1, AT-2 Undated 13 AT-3, AT-4 Undated 14 AT-5 Undated 15 AT-6 Undated 16 AT-7 Undated 17 AT-10, AT-11 Undated 18 AT-12 Undated 19 AT-15 Undated 20 AT-17 Undated 21 North American T-6 Undated 22 T-28, T-33, T-37 Undated 23 GAX (GA-1) Undated 24 GA-2 Undated 25 A-3 Undated 26 Curtiss A-8, A-12 Undated 27 A-11 Undated 28 A-16 Undated 29 Northrop A-17 Series Undated 30 A-18, A-14 Undated 31 A-19 Undated 32 A-20 Undated 33 XA-21 Undated 34 XA-22 Undated 35 A-24 Undated 36 A-25 Undated 

145 1 A-26 Undated 2 A-28, A-29 Undated 3 A-30, A-31 Undated 

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4 XA-32 Undated 5 A-35 Undated 6 A-36 Undated 7 XA-38 Undated 8 XA-41 Undated 

9 Caproni Undated 10 American HP 0/400 Undated 11 Barling NBL Undated 12 XB-1A Undated 13 Martin NBS, MB Undated 14 B-2, Loening Undated 15 Keystone B-3, Loening Undated 16 B-4, B-6 Undated 

146 1 B-7 Undated 2 B-8 Undated 

3 Boeing Y1B-9 Undated 4 Martin B-10, B-12 Undated 5 XB-15 Undated 6 B-17 Series Undated 7 B-18 Undated 8 B-19 Undated 9 B-23 Undated 10 B-24 Undated 11 Fighters Undated 12 Miscellaneous Aircraft Undated 

Groups and Squadrons

147 1 6th Composite Group Undated 2 7th Bomb Group Undated 

148 1 8th Pursuit Group Undated 2 9th Observation Group Undated 

149 1 9th Bomb Group Undated 2 Carlstrom Field Pilots School Undated 3 10th School Group Undated 4 11th Bomb Group Undated 5 11t School Group Undated 6 12th Observation Group Undated 

150 1 12t Pursuit Wing Undated 2 13th Bomb Group Undated 3 14th Bomb Squadron Undated 4 14t Fighter Group Undated 5 15th Observation Squadron Undated 

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6 16t Observation Squadron Undated 7 16th Pursuit Group Undated 8 17th Pursuit Group Undated 9 17t Attack Group Undated 

151 1 17

th

Bomb Group Undated 2 18t Headquarters Squadron Undated 3 18th Pursuit Group Undated 4 19th Wing, C.Z. Undated 5 19t Bomb Group Undated 6 20th Pursuit Group Undated 

152 1 25t Bomb Group Undated 2 29th Bomb Group Undated 3 31st Pursuit Group Undated 4 35t Pursuit Group Undated 

5 36

th

Pursuit Group Undated 6 50th Observation Squadron Undated 7 50th Pursuit Group Undated 8 55th Pursuit Group Undated 9 79th Observation Squadron Undated 10 82nd Observation Squadron Undated 11 88th Recon. Squadron (L.R.) attached to 7th Bomb

Group)Undated 

12 91st Observation Squadron, Crissy Field, SanFrancisco, CA

Undated 

13 97th Observation Squadron, Mitchell Field Undated 14 Air Depots Undated 15 Aircraft Technical School Undated 

153 1 “Command” Aircraft Undated 2 Service Squadrons Undated 3 Air Base Squadrons Undated 4 Reconnaissance Squadrons Undated 5 Air Corps Detachment Undated 6 Aircraft Tactical School Undated 

154 1 Photo Sections/Squadrons Undated 2 Transport Squadrons Undated 3 National Guard Observation Squadrons Undated 4 101st Observation Squadron Undated 5 102n Observation Squadron Undated 6 103rd Observation Squadron, Pennsylvania National

Guard Undated 

7 104t Observation Squadron, Maryland NationalGuard 

Undated 

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8 105t Observation Squadron, Tennessee NationalGuard 

Undated 

9 106th Observation Squadron, Alabama NationalGuard 

Undated 

10 107th Observation Squadron, Michigan National

Guard 

Undated 

11 108t Observation Squadron, Illinois NationalGuard 

Undated 

155 1 109t Observation Squadron, Minnesota NationalGuard 

Undated 

2 110th Observation Squadron, Missouri NationalGuard 

Undated 

3 111th Observation Squadron, Texas National Guard Undated 4 112th Observation Squadron, Ohio National Guard Undated 5 113t Observation Squadron, Indiana National

Guard 

Undated 

6 115th Observation Squadron, California NationalGuard 

Undated 

7 116th Observation Squadron, Washington NationalGuard 

Undated 

8 119th Observation Squadron, New Jersey NationalGuard 

Undated 

9 126th Observation Squadron, Wisconsin NationalGuard 

Undated 

10 118th Observation Squadron, Conn. National Guard Undated 11 120th Observation Squadron, Colorado National

Guard Undated 

12 123rd Observation Squadron, Oregon NationalGuard 

Undated 

13 152nd Observation Squadron, Rhode Island  National Guard 

Undated 

14 154th Observation Squadron, Arkansas NationalGuard 

Undated 

15 Organized Reserves Undated 

156 1 Fleet Air Arm/RAF (British) c.a.19812 Bombing Groups (British) Undated 3 U.S. Army Air Forces 1943, 19474 25th Bomb Group c.a.19445 3rd Aviation Command Group, 5th Air Force Undated 6 5t Air Force Undated 7 7th Air Force Undated 8 1st Air Division, 8th Air Force Undated 9 482n Bomb Group (P), 8t Air Force Undated 10 91st Bomb Group, 1st Combat Wing Undated 

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11 381st Bomb Group, 1st Combat Wing Undated 12 92nd Bomb Group, 40th Combat Wing Undated 13 306th Bomb Group, 40th Combat Wing Undated 14 351st Bomb Group, 94t Combat Wing Undated 15 2nd Air Division, 8th Air Force Undated 

16 466

th

Bomb Group, 96

th

Combat Wing Undated 17 44t Bomb Group, 14t Combat Wing Undated 18 458th Bomb Group, 96th Combat Wing Undated 19 94th Bomb Group, 4th Bomb Wing Undated 20 392n Bomb Group, 14t Combat Wing Undated 21 388th Bomb Group, 45th Combat Wing c.a.194422 95th Bomb Group, 13th Combat Wing c.a.194323 100t Bomb Group, 13t Combat Wing c.a.194424 96th Bomb Group, 45th Combat Wing Undated 25 4th Fighter Group, 65th Fighter Wing Undated 

157 1 20

th

Fighter Group 1940-1944, 19652 56th Fighter Group, 65th Fighter Wing 1944-1945, 19613 78th Fighter Group, 66th Fighter Wing 1945, 19774 352nd Fighter Group, 67th Fighter Wing 1944, 19655 55th Fighter Group, 66th Fighter Wing c.a.19426 353rd Fighter Group, 66th Fighter Wing c.a.19437 355th Fighter Group, 65th Fighter Wing c.a.19448 356th Fighter Group c.a.1944

158 1 357th Fighter Group, 66th Fighter Wing 19452 361st Fighter Group, 67th Fighter Wing c.a.19443 364th Fighter Group, 67th Fighter Wing 1944-19454 479th Fighter Group, 65th Fighter Wing c.a.19445 9th Air Force 1943-19456 386th Bomb Group, 99th Combat Wing, IX Bomber 

Command, 9th Air Forcec.a.1944

7 397th Bomb Group, 98th Combat Wing, IX Bomber Command, 9th Air Force

c.a.1944

8 368th Fighter Group, 71st Fighter Wing, IX TacticalAir Command, 9th Air Force

c.a.1944

9 365th Fighter Group, 84th Fighter Wing, IX TacticalAir Command, 9th Air Force

c.a.1945

10 354t Fighter Group, 100t Fighter Wing, XIXTactical Air Command, 9th Air Force

c.a.1944

11 36th Fighter Group, 303rd Fighter Wing, XIXTactical Air Command, 9th Air Force

c.a.1944

12 10th Air Force 194313 12th Air Force c.a.194414 57t Fighter Group, 12t Air Force 194315 AVG, 14th Air Force 1943-1944

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16 20t Air Force c.a.194417 81st Fighter Wing c.a.194918 11th Air Force c.a.194219 15t Air Force 194420 86th Fighter Wing 1948-1949

21 United States Air Force 1955-1959

159 1 Liberty Loan Flights c.a.19192 1st Bomb Wing/1st Pursuit Wing 19313 X( ) – 9( ) 1932-19354 Anti-Aircraft Air Corps Exercise 19335 Army Air Corps and Air Mail Operations Undated 6 GHQ Air Force Undated 7 1st Day Surveillance Group Undated 8 1st Pursuit Group c.a.1920s -1940s

160 1 17

th

Pursuit Squadron, 147

th

Pursuit Squadron Undated 2 27th Pursuit Squadron Undated 3 36th Pursuit Squadron Undated 4 71st Fighter Squadron Undated 

161 1 95th Pursuit Squadron Undated 2 94th Pursuit Squadron Undated 3 2nd Bomb Group Undated 

162 1 3rd Attack Group Undated 2 Sherman Field Air Corps, Det. C & S School, 3rd  

Staff Squadron, Ft. Leavenworth, KSUndated 

3 4th Composite Group Undated 4 5th Composite Group Undated 

Undated 163 1 U.S. Coast Guard Undated 

2 Navy Markings, Pre-WWII Undated 3 Navy Markings, WWII 1940-19454 Navy Markings, Post-WWII 1958, 1978-19795 Marine Corps Air 1935-19386 VMF Squadrons (Marine Fighter Attack) 1932-19447 VMD Squadrons 1933-1934,

Undated 8 VMS Squadrons Undated 

164 1 VMB Squadrons c.a.1930s2 Carrier-Assigned Aircraft 1937, Undated 3 Naval Air Stations c.a.1930s, Undated 4 Naval Reserve 1935, 1950,

Undated 

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5 Lighter than Air Aircraft Undated 6 Gun Turret Launched Aircraft Undated 7 Racing Aircraft 1920-1929,

Undated 8 Utility Squadron 1938, 1941,

Undated 9 Command Aircraft Undated 10 Command Air Group Aircraft Undated 

165 1 Various Naval Aircraft 1930-19422 VF-1 (See also VB-2 & VB-3) 1931-19683 VF-2 (See also VF-6 1932, 1985,

Undated 4 VF-3 (See also VF-5) 1928-19355 VB-1 (See also VF-5 & VF-4) 1929, Undated 6 VB-2 (See also VF-1, VF-6 & VB-3) Undated 

7 VB-3 1938, Undated 

166 1 VB-4 Undated 2 VF-4 (See also VB-1 & VF-5) 1939, Undated 3 VF-5 (See also VB-1 & VF-3) 1928, Undated 4 VF-6 (See also VF-2) 1927, 1934,

Undated 5 VF-7 Undated 6 VB-5 Undated 7 VB-6 Undated 8 VB-8 19419 VS-1 193510 VS-2 (See VS-3) Undated 11 VS-3 Undated 12 VS-4B Undated 

167 1 VS-5 1938, Undated 2 VS-6 Undated 3 VS-41 Undated 4 VS-42 19405 VS-72 Undated 6 VT-1 Undated 7 VT-2 Undated 8 VT-5 Undated 9 VT-6 1938-194110 VT-8 Undated 11 VT-9 Undated 12 VD-1 1939-194013 VD-2 193914 VD-3 Undated 

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15 VD-4 1933, 193916 VD-5 Undated 17 VD-6 Undated 18 VCS-2 (VS-5B) Undated 19 VCS-3 (VS-6B) Undated 

20 VCS-4 (VS-9) Undated 21 VCS-5 (VS-10S) Undated 22 VCS-6 (VS-11S) Undated 23 VCS-7 (VS-12S) 1929, Undated 24 VCS-8 (VS-14S) 193825 VCS-9 Undated 26 VP-1 (VP-21 & VP-101) 194127 VP-2 (VP-31) Undated 28 VP-3 (VP-32 & VP-52) 193529 VP-4 (VP-22) Undated 30 VP-5 (VP-33) 1935

168 1 Air Service WWI 1918-19402 AEF Air Service 1918-19193 Issoudun c.a.19184 1st Day Bomb Group c.a.1918, Undated 5 1st Corps Observation Squadron 1917-1918,

Undated 6 9th Army Observation Squadron 1918-19197 11th Aero Squadron c.a.19188 12th Aero Squadron c.a.19189 13th Pursuit Squadron c.a.1918, Undated 10 17th Aero Squadron c.a.191811 22nd Pursuit Squadron c.a.191812 24th Army Observation Squadron 191813 25th Pursuit Squadron c.a.191814 27th Pursuit Squadron c.a.191815 28th Pursuit Squadron c.a.1918

169 1 41st Pursuit Squadron c.a.19182 49th Aero Squadron c.a.19183 50th Corps Observation Squadron c.a.19184 88th Corps Observation Squadron c.a.1918, Undated 5 90t Corps Observation Squadron c.a.19186 91st Army Observation Squadron 19187 93rd Pursuit Squadron 19188 94t Aero Squadron c.a.19189 95th Pursuit Squadron c.a.191810 96th Day Bomb Squadron c.a.191811 99t Corps Observation Squadron c.a.191812 103rd Pursuit Squadron 1918, 1980

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13 104t Aero Squadron c.a.1918, Undated 14 135th Aero Squadron c.a.191815 138th Pursuit Squadron c.a.191816 139t Pursuit Squadron c.a.1918, Undated 

170 1 141

st

Pursuit Squadron c.a.19182 147t Pursuit Squadron c.a.19183 148th Aero Squadron 19184 163rd Aero Squadron c.a.1918, Undated 5 166t Aero Squadron c.a.19186 168th Aero Squadron c.a.19187 185th Pursuit Squadron 19188 213t Pursuit Squadron c.a.19189 258th Aero Squadron 191810 278th Army Observation Squadron 191811 638t Pursuit Squadron c.a.1918, Undated 

12 British Group Aircraft 1976, Undated 13 VP-6 (VP-23 & VP-11) 193614 VP-7 (VP-11 & VP-21) 1940-194115 VP-9 (VP-12 & VP-24) c.a.194016 VP-10 (VP-25 & VP-23) c.a.194017 VP-12 (VP-51 & VP-71) Undated 18 VP-14 (VP-52 & VP-72) Undated 19 VP-15 (VP-53 & VP-73) Undated 20 VP-17 (VP-42) Undated 21 VP-19 (VP-43) Undated 22 Berliner-Joyce OJ-1 & OJ-2 Undated 23 Miscellaneous Navy Aircraft 1922-1985

Airfields

171 1 Bolling Field, Washington, D.C. Undated 2 Hickam Field, HI Undated 3 Langley Field, VA Undated 4 March Field, CA Undated 5 McCook Field, Dayton, OH Undated 6 Rockwell Field Undated 7 Selfridge Field, MI Undated 

172 1 Wright Field, Dayton, OH c.a.1940s, Undated 2 Wright Field People c.a.1940s3 Wright Field Air Force Fair 19454 Wright-Patterson AFB Aerial Views 1949, 19675 U.S. Air Force Museum Undated 

172A 1 Miscellaneous Air Shows & Flying Demonstrations Undated 2 Other Museums Undated 

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3 Miscellaneous Aircraft Markings Undated 4 Miscellaneous Aircraft Cards Undated 

Large Photographs

173 Panoramic Photos of Flight line at Kelly Field, TX

 – 95

th

& 147

th

Pursuit Squadrons (2 photographs)

1920

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174 1 Large Aircraft Photographs:a.  Lieutenant Lawrence Grant Bowen,

RFC/RAF, “A” Flight, No. 56 Squadron,RAF

 b.  Consolidated P2Yc.  Boeing P-12d.  Boeing P-51 “Mustang,” 375th Fighter 

Squadron, 361st Fighter Group, Francee.  Republic P-35, in flightf.  Unidentified, in flightg.  Boeing P-12 Assembly Floor h.  Headstone for Pilot Officer J. G. Magee,

Pilot, Royal Canadian Air Force, Dec. 11,1941, Age 19

i.  Boeing Pursuit Aircraft in Flight j.  Restored Boeing P-12k.  Boeing P-12s In Flightl.  Boeing Aircraft at AF Museumm.  WACO YKS-7 (Color)n.  WACO UPP-7o.  Boeing B-17

c.a. 1918

c.a. 1940c.a. 19321944

c.a. 1935Undated Jan. 28, 1928Undated 

Undated c.a.1932c.a.1970sc.a.1932Undated Aug. 1991Aug. 1991c.a. 1944

Note: Box 174 is continued in Memorabilia

Oversize Photographs

Location Folder Description Date

71 5 Photographs – Gliders and Transportsa.  XCG-7 Bowlus 8-place glider &

XCG-8 Bowlus 15-place glider  b.  XCG-3 WACO 8-place glider & XCG-4

WACO 15-place glider c.  Experimental Programs, Tactical Glidersd.  XCG-20 Close heavy Transport glider &

C-123 Transport airplane

Undated 

Undated 

Undated Undated 

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SERIES XII: MEMORABILIA

Box File Description Date

174 2 Aviation Prints:

a. 

“Watch Over the Rhine” b.  “Trail-Blazers In The Sky”c.  “Pan-American” by B. Hardestyd.  “Boeing P-12D” by H. Hawkinse.  1st Lt C. R. D’Olive destruction of Fokker 

in combat, Sep. 12, 1918, by Charles R.D’Olive

Apr. 1974Apr. 1974198619741970

3 War Planes in Battle Dress: 1914-1918” by H.D.Hastings & Paul Parker, Jr. 

1963

4  Early Aeroplanes:1907-1918 , Illustrated &Described by Roy Cross

1962

5  RFC/RAF: 1917-1937 by Tony White 1970

175 1 Black & White Drawings – WWI Dogfights Undated 2 Print - Airplane Crash with Caption “Aviation in

itself is not inherently dangerous. But to an evengreater degree than the sea, it is terriblyunforgiving of any carelessness, incapacity or neglect”

c.a1918

3 Friends of the U. S. Air Force MuseumCertificates

1978, 1982

4 U.S. Air Force Museum Recognition Certificates Undated 5 Print Certificates Undated 

176 1 Aviation Print – USAF C-141A LogisticsTransport

Undated 

2 Aviation Prints – Keith Ferris, R. G. Smith, AlSchumacher 

1963, 1976, Undated 

3 Aviation Prints – “Heritage of the Air Collection,” Leach Corporation

1959-1967

177 1 Autographed Photograph & Print – Charles R.D’Olive

May 1965

2  Leslie’s – The People’s Weekly May 19123  Life Magazine  Nov. 20, 19394 Saturday Evening Post – “In Memoriam – John

F. Kennedy”Dec. 14, 1963

5 Print – “Virginia State Artillery Regiment,Williamsburg, 1778” by Donna J. Neary(Autographed)

1978

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6 Prints – “Early American Uniforms, 1778-1815” by John G. Bosworth

1970

7 Prints – “Uniforms of the War of 1812” byLuther Sowers (Published by Ohio HistoricalSociety)

1976

178 1 “Soldiers of the American Revolution – ASketchbook” Published by Center of MilitaryHistory, Dept. of the Army

1976

2 Prints – Military in Uniform by LaGravureFrancaise

Undated 

3 Prints – “His Majesty’s Company of Rangers” byC.E. Hawley

1966

4 Prints – Mackinac Island State Park Commission 19705 Prints – U.S. Infantry Uniforms by H. Charles

McBarron Jr.Undated 

6 Prints – American Soldier Art, Military Heritage Magazine Undated 

7 Prints – “Military Uniforms in America” byCompany of Military Historians (Most includeexplanation/history)

1957-1979

179 LTV Aerospace Corporation “History of theMilitary Uniform” calendars

1965-1971

Other Oversize Memorabilia

Location File Description Date

63 1 Print – “Fokker DVII Shot Down by Sopwith“Dolphin 5F.1” by Hargan

Undated 

1 3- View Drawing of Unidentified Biplane byBergen Hardesty

Undated 

1 4-View of PW-9

-  Top two views: PW-9 Air Service 23-301, Lt Col. C.L. Chennault, Pilot, 19th Pursuit Squadron, Luke Field, 11 May1926

-  PW-9C Air Corps 27-197, 95th PursuitSquadron, Rockwell Air Depot, NorthIsland, Coronado, CA, 30 Oct 1929

Undated 

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Oversize Memorabilia – Not Filed

Print – Hanging in Wright Brothers Room“Camel Flight,” Sopwith F.1 Camels of No. 3Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, Escorting D.H.4sduring the battle of Cambrai, Nov. 1917.

Drawing by Kenneth McDonough (Signed, 291of 850)

1981

Print – Hanging in Wright Brothers Room“Baron von Richthoffen Jagdstaffel” Fokker Dr1triplanes from the renowned German Wingcommanded by Rittmeister Manfred Freiherr vonRichtohofen, 1918. Drawing by KennethMcDonough (Signed, 347 or 850

1982

Print – Hanging in Wright Brothers Room“The Bristol Bulldog” by Gerald Coulson

Undated 

Miscellaneous Material

Location Folder Description Date

71 7 Miscellaneous Drawings & Mapsa.  Wind Tunnel Propeller  b.  Details for making replica of grinder 

head used by Wright Brothers in 1901c.  6th Pursuit Squadron Insignia in Use

During 1932-1933d.  Map – Sanitary Sewage at McCook 

Field, Dayton, Ohioe.  Map – Byrd Antarctic Expeditionf.  Map – Arctic Ocean Floor g.  Map – Holy Land Todayh.  Map – Colonization and Trade in the

 New World i.  Map – Joint Operations Graphic (AIR) j.  Map – Joint Operations Graphic (Air)k.  Poster – Aeronautical Systems Center 

50th Anniversary

Undated Undated 

Apr. 20, 1983

Feb. 4, 1919

1934Oct. 19711963Dec. 1977

198119751990

SERIES XIII: NEGATIVES

Box File Description Date

8” x 10” Black & White Negatives

180 1 P-47 Thunderbolts, Sitting on Flightline, 56th Fighter Group, 65th Fighter Wing

c.a.1943

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2 P-47 Thunderbolts in Flying Formation, 56t  Fighter Group, 65th Fighter Wing

c.a.1943

3 P-47 Thunderbolt, In Flight, Diving, 56th Fighter Group, 65th Fighter Wing

c.a.1943

4 Views of Personnel, 56th Fighter Group, 65th 

Fighter Wing

c.a.1943

5 Boeing GA-2 (Neg. # 12478) Mar. 16, 19226 Boeing XP-4 (Neg. # 31600) Sept. 22, 19267 Boeing XP-4 (Neg. # 31601) Sept. 22, 19268 Convair B-36 c.a.19509 Convair B-36 c.a.195010 Curtiss JN-4H (Neg. # 10384) Sept. 8, 192111 Curtiss P-5 (Neg. # 35642) Jan. 192912 Curtiss XP-6 (Neg. # 34407) May 22, 192813 Curtiss P-1A (Neg. # 31663) Oct. 5, 192614 Curtiss PN-1 “Nighthawk” (Neg. # 10039) Aug. 17, 1921

15 Curtiss A-3A 193016 Douglas C-1 Transport (Neg. # 28341) Sept. 30, 192517 Douglas C-47 c.a.194118 Douglas B-18 c.a.1930s19 Douglas B-18A c.a.1930s20 Douglas Y1C-21 193221 Douglas Y1C-21 193222 Douglas Y1C-21 193223 Douglas Y1C-26A 193224 Right Engine of Martin MB-2 (Neg. # 23804) Oct. 23, 192425 Glen Martin Bomber (Neg. ## 4390) Oct. 8, 191926 Orenco “D” (Neg. # 8704) Mar. 28, 192127 Standard E-1 (Neg. # 4119) Sept. 11, 191928 Thomas Morse (Neg. # 2030) Jan. 6, 191929 Thomas Morse Viper XP-13 (Neg. # 37151) Oct. 7, 192830 Thomas Morse MB-3 (Neg. # 8851) Feb. 9, 192131 Vought VE-8 (Neg. # 7028) Aug. 30, 192032 Curtiss R-8 ( McCook Field Neg. # 01446) c.a.193033 Spad XIII (Neg. # 0925) c.a.192034 North American P-51 “Mustangs,” in flight c.a.194435 North American P-51B-15-NA “Mustang” c.a.194436 Sikorsky RS-3 193337 Serial Number Conversion Charts (3 Sheets) Dec. 1955

5.5” x 5.5” Black & White Negatives

180 38 Northrop YB-49, on runway c.a.195039 Northrop YB-49, on runway c.a.195040 Northrop YB-49, in flight c.a.195041 Northrop YB-49, in flight c.a.195042 Republic P-47C c.a.1943

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43 Republic P-47C c.a.194344 Republic P-47C c.a.194345 Republic P-47C c.a.1943

4” x 5” Black & White Negatives

181 1-356 Aerial Experiment Association thru Curtiss YP-37 Undated 

182 1-404

Curtiss P-2 thru Northrop C-19 Undated 

183 1-166

Packard-LePere thru Yakovlev Undated 

167-182

Mixed Type – Several Airplanes Undated 

183-

195

Air Fair, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio 1945

196-227

Air Races Undated 

228-252

People – Mostly Pilots Undated 

253-311

 NBO, NB6, CB6 Undated 

312-354

Model Aircraft – Unidentified Undated 

355-368

Miscellaneous Aircraft Undated 

184 1-41 National Archives Photos – Some Aircraft and People Identified 

Undated 

42-129

Unknown or Unidentified Aircraft Undated 


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