Photographic slide of serviceman John W. Allen in a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft, Hondo, Texas, circa 1943. The inscription notes that this was taken during Allen's training.Inscription on slide: "34 / John / Hondo / TX 43."
Photographic slide of serviceman John W. Allen with an unidentified man and child by a display of pottery, circa 1943.Inscription on slide: "John 43 / Peddler."
Items from Box 1, Folder 8 of the John W. Allen World War II Collection, circa 1944-1945. Contains ten photographs and a typed list of image descriptions used in the book "Serenade to the Big Bird" by Bert Stiles.
Photograph of a Stinson L-5 Sentinel aircraft (tail number 517977) in flight above a forest, circa 1940s. The plane bears United States Army Air Forces markings and has been equipped with floats. The pilot is visible in the cockpit.
Photograph of a several United States military aircraft, including a Curtiss A-25A Shrike (tail number 118866), two Curtiss P-40 Warhawks (visible tail number 2106081), two North American B-25C Mitchells (visible tail number 287413, designation "Ice…