In this nine-part oral history, Hubert “Hub” Zemke is interviewed about his military service with the U.S. Army Air Forces and U.S. Air Force. In part six, he continues the story from part five about his time as a prisoner of war in Germany. The…
Photograph of people gathered around the wreckage of an unidentified biplane, Texas, circa 1926-1927. The inscription notes that aircraft crashed during a training flight out of Brooks Field.Inscription on album page: "Lieut. Davies crack-up occurred…
Photograph of U.S. Army Air Corps servicemen looking at the wreckage of a crashed Consolidated PT-1 aircraft, April 27, 1927.Inscription on album page: "Our first casualty. Cadet Farley's fatal crash. April 27, 1927."Part of a photograph album…
Photograph of two Consolidated PT-1 aircraft after a minor collision, circa 1926-1927. Inscription on album page: "'B' stage collision."Part of a photograph album related to Julius A. Barr's flight training with the U.S. Army Air Corps at Brooks…
Photograph of servicemen looking at the wreckage of an unidentified aircraft, June 3, 1927. The inscription notes that Cadet Morris B. Robison Jr. was killed in the crash.Inscription on album page: "Our first casualty. #402. Fatal crash of Cadet…
Photograph of the wrecked cockpit of an unidentified aircraft, June 3, 1927. The inscription notes that Cadet Morris B. Robison Jr. was killed in the crash.Inscription on album page: "Our first casualty. #402. Two views of cockpit of #[402] by…
Photograph of the wrecked cockpit of an unidentified aircraft, June 3, 1927. The inscription notes that Cadet Morris B. Robison Jr. was killed in the crash.Inscription on album page: "Our first casualty. #402. Two views of cockpit of #[402] by…
Photograph of a wrecked Consolidated PT-1 aircraft (fuselage number 433), Texas, May 1927. The inscriptions on the album page note that Julius A. Barr was piloting the aircraft when it crashed.Inscription on album page: "Right wing of #433.…
Photograph of servicemen Dever and Compton with a wrecked Consolidated PT-1 aircraft (fuselage number 433), May 1927. The inscriptions on the album page note that Julius A. Barr was piloting the aircraft when it crashed.Inscription: "Dever.…
Photograph of people looking at a wrecked Consolidated PT-1 aircraft (fuselage number 441) that has crashed nose-first into several automobiles, May 31, 1927. A man is climbing the aircraft's fuselage.Inscription on album page: "Hipprecht's crash of…