Donald T. Hayes World War II Collection

Title

Donald T. Hayes World War II Collection

Description

The Donald T. Hayes World War II Collection includes items accumulated by Sgt. Donald T. Hayes of the 452nd Bomb Group, ball turret gunner of the B-17 Flying Fortress "Tangerine." The collection includes Air Medal and Oak Leaf Cluster citations, a 452nd Bomb Group "Lucky Bastard Club" certificate, and a "magnetic" style photo album (now disassembled) with 113 black-and-white photos. The photographs are snapshots that feature Hayes, his fellow crewmembers, B-17 bombers in flight, life on base, several images of the "Tangerine" following its crash landing in April 1944, vacations, and friends and family. Photographs and citations are estimated to be dated between January 1944 and April 1945 for activities in England, as well as during combat air missions over France and Germany. The "Lucky Bastard Club" certificate is not dated but presumably issued to the crew of the "Tangerine" following their survival of its crash landing.

Digitized Materials: This collection has been digitized in its entirety.

Date

circa 1940s

Language

All materials are in English.

Rights Holder

The Museum of Flight Archives

Rights

Permission to publish material from the Donald T. Hayes World War II Collection must be obtained from The Museum of Flight Archives.

Bibliographic Citation

The Donald T. Hayes World War II Collection/The Museum of Flight

Identifier

2011-09-06

Collection Organization

Collection Items

[General Orders No. 157, Headquarters 3rd Bombardment Division, May 31, 1944]
General Orders No. 157 (extract), Headquarters 3rd Bombardment Division, United States Army Air Forces, May 31, 1944. Corrects Donald T. Hayes' bombardment group in General Orders No. 119.

[General Orders No. 199 (extract), Headquarters 3rd Bombardment Division, May 14, 1944]
General Orders No. 199 (extract), Headquarters 3rd Bombardment Division, United States Army Air Forces, May 14, 1944. Awards the Air Medal to Donald T. Hayes.

[General Orders No. 250, Headquarters 3rd Bombardment Division, June 29, 1944]
General Orders No. 250 (extract), Headquarters 3rd Bombardment Division, United States Army Air Forces, June 29, 1944. Awards an Oak Leaf Cluster to Donald T. Hayes.

[General Orders No. 188, Headquarters 3rd Bombardment Division, June 9, 1944]
General Orders No. 188 (extract), Headquarters 3rd Bombardment Division, United States Army Air Forces, June 9, 1944. Awards an Oak Leaf Cluster to Donald T. Hayes.

["Lucky Bastard Club" certificate issued to Donald T. Hayes
"Lucky Bastard Club" certificate issued to Donald T. Hayes, 1944.

[Flight crew with crashed Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress "Tangerine" aircraft]
Photographic group portrait of a flight crew with the crashed "Tangerine," a Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress aircraft, England, April 26, 1944.Part of a disassembled photograph album documenting Donald T. Hayes' service with the U.S. Army Air Forces…

[Donald T. Hayes and other servicemen]
Photograph of Donald T. Hayes (back row, far right) and other U.S. Army Air Forces servicemen, circa 1944-1945.Part of a disassembled photograph album documenting Donald T. Hayes' service with the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II.

[Honorable Discharge certificate issued to Donald T. Hayes]
Honorable Discharge certificate (photographic reproduction) issued to Donald T. Hayes by the U.S. Army Air Forces, April 20, 1945. Inscription on verso: "This is a true + complete copy of the original."Stamped on verso: "Jordan's Studio / Lebanon,…

[Crashed Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress "Tangerine" aircraft]
Photograph of the crashed "Tangerine," a Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress aircraft, England, April 1944.Part of a disassembled photograph album documenting Donald T. Hayes' service with the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II.

[Donald T. Hayes with two other servicemen]
Photograph of Donald T. Hayes (center) with two other U.S. Army Air Forces servicemen, circa 1944-1945. Part of a disassembled photograph album documenting Donald T. Hayes' service with the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II.
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