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Southwest Pacific Theater Intelligence Reports
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Creators:
Allied Air Forces. Directorate of Intelligence
Dates:
1942-1945
Size:
10.9 Cubic feet ((10 records center boxes))
Collection ID:
NASM.XXXX.0183
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

This collection consists of intelligence summaries from the Allied Air Forces in the Southwest Pacific Theater during World War II. These reports, issued weekly, contained pertinent information for pilots about the progress of the war including information on Allied attacks and their effects, enemy strengths and movements, new armaments and tactics...

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"Satan's Angels" 475th Fighter Group in World War II (Diaries and Photographs of George W. Wood, Jr.)
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Creators:
Wood, George W., Jr.
Dates:
1942-1945
Size:
0.1 Cubic feet ((1 folder))
Collection ID:
NASM.1987.0118
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

The material contained in this accession is on the 475th Fighter Group 'Satan's Angels,' a World War II fighter unit of the Fifth Air Force, Pacific Theater of Operations. George W. Wood Jr. was a radio technician assigned to the group's 433rd Fighter Squadron. Wood documents his war experiences in two personal diaries and a photograph album.

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Edward V. "Eddie" Rickenbacker South Pacific Negatives
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Dates:
bulk 1942
Size:
0.05 Cubic feet ((1 folder)
Collection ID:
NASM.XXXX.0755
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

This collection consists of eight 120 mm negatives that feature Edward V. "Eddie" Rickenbacker on the final leg of his South Pacific inspection tour of 1942, resumed only days after his rescue at sea after a previous transport plane, a Boeing B-17D Flying Fortress, s/n 40-3089, went down in the Pacific. Also pictured are Major Charles E. Shelton an...

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Tinian Photograph Album
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Creators:
Neely, Marvin Y.
Dates:
1944-1945
Size:
1 Cubic foot ((1 flatbox))
Collection ID:
NASM.1995.0049
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

This collection consists of a oversized scrapbook with a wooden cover which contains photographs of the construction of the bases on Tinian. The following Tinian construction sites/projects are covered: general aerial and ground images of Tinian; the waterfront; tank farms; water supply; army camps; bomb dumps; airfields; road construction; and hos...

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USS Enterprise Collection [Toll]
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Creators:
Toll, Chesley A.
Dates:
1940-1945
Size:
0.3 Cubic feet ((1 folder))
Collection ID:
NASM.1990.0030
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

This collection consists of a scrapbook and history on the USS Enterprise, and a few miscellaneous items on Chesley Toll.

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Digitized Content Tinian Island, Marianas, Photograph Collection
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Creators:
Ryan, John
Dates:
1945
Size:
0.05 Cubic feet ((3 fplders))
Collection ID:
NASM.1993.0037
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

This collection consists of the following material: 54 b&w photographs of Tinian, Marianas, including images of the Boeing B-29 Enola Gay, aerial views of the Island, aircraft, hangers and many shots of the Engine Service Group mounting or tearing down engines; 93 b&w snapshots of nose art; and articles and booklets on Tinian, the Marianas, and Boe...

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Admiral Maxwell F. Leslie Collection
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Creators:
Leslie, Maxwell Franklin, 1902-1984
Dates:
1922-1977
Size:
3.27 Cubic feet ((3 records center boxes) (1 20x24x3 flatbox))
Collection ID:
NASM.1987.0131
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

This collection contains information about Admiral Leslie from the years 1922-1977, covering his Navy career and including the World War II years and his part in the Battle of Midway. The collection contains the following types of material: official Navy documents, letters from researchers who sought information on the Battle of Midway, personal pa...

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Sea Air Operations Gallery Collection
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Creators:
National Air and Space Museum (U.S.). Division of Aeronautics
Dates:
[ca. 1940s, 1980s]
Size:
2.93 Cubic feet ((6 legal document boxes) (1 slim document box))
Collection ID:
NASM.1995.0040
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

Series I of this collection consists of the following: seven folders containing almost 200 photographs and negatives on display in the exhibit, four series of slides (two detailing the U.S.S. Midway used for background research, one detailing documents and photos of the Philippine Sea battle, and of the finished museum exhibit) and the exhibit scri...

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Admiral Alfred M. Pride Papers
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Creators:
Pride, Alfred Melville, 1897-1988
Dates:
[ca. 1910s-1970s]
Size:
6.54 Cubic feet ((6 records center boxes))
Collection ID:
NASM.1997.0010
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

This collection consists of the following types of material relating to Pride's illustrious naval aviation career: correspondence, photographs: official documents, such as Naval orders newsclippings; and certificates.

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Digitized Content Guy Longshore World War II Photography Collection
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Creators:
Longshore, Guy.
Dates:
1945, 2010
Size:
0.05 Cubic feet (1 folder)
Collection ID:
NASM.2010.0025
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

Guy Longshore served in the U. S. Army Air Corps as a command gunner on a Boeing B-29 Superfortress in the Pacific theater during World War II. This collection consists of photographic material made from images taken by Guy Longshore during World War II, as well as a news clipping about the collection and a small pamphlet written by Longshore that includes a story about his service in World War II.

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