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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. 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.

Holiday greeting card from staff at Biggs Army Airfield, Texas, circa 1940s. Includes a photograph of military aircraft in flight and a group photo of Biggs operations staff. Caption: "Seasons Greetings. BIGGS Operations Staff: S. Sgt. F. Vermillion,…

Photograph of a large group of airmen of the Eighth Army Air Force, United States Army Air Forces, circa 1943-1945.Typed caption glued to verso: "They bomb the Axis. Under command of Col. Ted Timberlake of the 8th U.S. Army Air Force, these American…

Oblique aerial photograph of an Eighth Air Force base in Yokohama, Japan, July 1947. A sketch on verso notes points of interest, including a runway and an earthquake memorial.Inscription on verso: "Eigth [Eighth] Army L-5 strip. Yokohama. Hangar.…

Photograph of Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft of 487th Bomb Group, U.S. Army Air Forces, under antiaircraft fire, circa 1943-1945.

Photograph of pilot Ole B. Bennedsen with "Bonnie Lassie," a Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress aircraft of the 487th Bomb Group, U.S. Army Air Forces, circa 1943-1945. The aircraft was named for Bennedsen's daughter.

Photograph of U.S. Army Air Forces servicemen with 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…

Photographic group portrait of a flight crew with a U.S. Army Air Forces Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft, circa 1944. Donald T. Hayes is in the back row, far right. The other crew members are identified in the verso inscription. Inscription on…