Martin (Glenn L.) B-26B Marauder (Model 179B) "Flak Bait" Photographs [Best]
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Best, Sherman V., Jr.
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bulk 1943-1945
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47 digital images
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2015.0012
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of 47 images relating to Sherman V. Best, Jr.'s military service and the Martin (Glenn L.) B-26B Marauder (Model 179B) "Flak Bait." All were taken in the European theater during World War II, with the exception of one image taken of "Flak Bait" on display at the National Air and Space Museum. The images are scans made from ...
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Boyd, Theodore E.
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1916-1983
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0.84 Cubic Feet (1 legal document box; 1 flat box)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2013.0016
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
The Theodore E. Boyd World War I collection consists of material documenting Theodore E. Boyd's World War I career. The bulk of the collection covers the World War I era, 1917 to 1919, but materials before and after those dates are also present. Materials include: correspondence, written both during the war to family and friends; photographs; military orders, mostly in English, a few in French; flight logs; identity card; Honorable Discharge and Distinguished Service Cross certificates; memoirs of his war experiences, both written for publication and to his family; and post war veterans rosters.
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Nichols Studio
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bulk 1928
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0.05 Cubic Feet ((1 folder))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2007.0022
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of two black and white eight by ten inch (mounted on 12 by 14 inch board) photographs of the Keystone K-78 Patrician taken by Nichols Studio, 1928. In one photograph, the following Keystone personnel are shown standing in front of the aircraft: Edgar Gott, C. L. Roloson, C. Talbot Porter, and Charles Koch; in the second pho...
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bulk 1918-1919
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0.05 Cubic Feet ((1 box))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2006.0006
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of part of a 9.25 by 5.5 inch photo album containing black and white photography (including several stereo photographs) of the rocket bomb shell experiments by Reactive Shell Company in 1918. The title on the photo album is as follows: "Photographs taken of the Rocket Bomb Shell Experiments, said work was in progress from M...
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Slate, Thomas B.
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bulk 1928-1929
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0.05 Cubic Feet ((1 folder))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2006.0039
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of eight 4 by 5 inch black and white negatives, with corresponding contact sheets, relating to Thomas Slate's all metal dirigible, The City of Glendale. The images include the dirigible outside a hangar during buoyancy testing, several close-ups of the gondola inside the hangar, one of Thomas Slate holding a model of the Ci...
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Heermance, Laura W., 1916-1960
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bulk 1937
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11 digital scans
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2005.0022
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of scans copied by the NASM Archives of eleven photographs taken by Laura W. Heermance (1916-1960) in France during the Spring of 1937. The photographs were shot at the Le Bourget Airport and at the Aero Club de la Riviera, France The following aircraft are shown: Imperial Airways Short L. 17 Scylla and Handley Page H.P. 42...
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Davis, Frederick Errol
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bulk 1938-1964
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digital Cubic Feet
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2001.0026
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of digital scans of a pilot's log book belonging to Captain Frederick Errol Davis, used from 1938-1964. This 300 page log book documents Davis' activities as a pilot for Eastern Airlines. Data recorded includes: date of flight, from and to, make and model of the airplane flown, aircraft certificate number, solo, dual, night...
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bulk 1934-1945
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0.15 Cubic Feet ((3 folders))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1999.0025
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of thirty-five photographs of helicopter and autogiros, many undergoing testing by the United States Navy. Craft featured include the Pitcairn PA-22 Cabin Autogiro, Hiller XHOE-1 (Hiller HJ-1) Hornet (serial number 46446) and Sikorsky (VS-316A, S-48) HNS-1 (39046 and 39050). Locations include the U.S. Naval Air Station, Pat...
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bulk 1925-1935
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0.05 Cubic Feet ((1 folder))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1987.0095
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This full-length studio portrait photograph features early African American pilot Willa B. Brown, posed in her flying suit photograph. The photograph was taken somewhere between 1925 and 1935 in Chicago, Illinois.
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Hamilton, Margaret Heafield, 1936-
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1965-1986
bulk 1965-1972
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1.22 Cubic Feet (2 legal document boxes; 1 slim legal document box)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1986.0158
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
The Apollo Flight Guidance Computer Software Collection [Hamilton] consists of reports, memoranda, and related material documenting the Apollo flight guidance software developed by Margaret Hamilton's team at the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory (CSDL) in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The collection also includes Hamilton's 1986 handwritten notes on selected documents.