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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 verso: "Left to right / Pilot -- Lt. H. Wilson / Co-pilot -- Lt. A Bill / Navigator -- Lt. R Blaylock / Bombidier [Bombardier] -- Lt. W. Huston / Left…
Aviation Cadet training
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Poster of three servicemen in flight gear, circa 1943.
Text: "This announcement is made with the approval of the Joint Army and Navy Personnel Board. Aviation Cadet training to become bombardiers, navigators, and pilots in the Army Air Forces for men between the ages of eighteen and twenty-six, inclusive, though voluntary induction. Young men of seventeen years and less than eighteen years of age…
Poster of U.S. Army Air Forces servicemen consulting a map while Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft fly overhead, circa 1942. Art by Ivan Dmitri.
Text: "Keep 'em flying! / Air crews are vital for victory. Young men, 18 to 26 inclusive, can be Aviation Cadets for air crew training as bombardiers, navigators, and pilots. Apply at any U.S. Army recruiting and induction station."
Photographic group portrait of ten servicemen and a dog with a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft, circa 1941-1945. The men are identified by rank, last name, and nickname in the verso inscription.Inscription on verso: "Left to right -- Front Row / Lt. Slusser -- '[Roffit? Robbit?]' / Lt. Sherman -- 'Tail Wheel' / Lt. Askey -- 'Colonel' / Lt. Lundahl -- 'Fuddle' / Back Row / S/Sgt. Cassidy --…
Photographic group portrait of nine servicemen with a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft, circa 1941-1945. The men are identified by name and crew position in the verso inscription.Inscription on verso: "Left to right -- back row / Kenneth Barning -- Waist and togglier / Raymond Ptacek -- Radio / Charles Gallagher -- Engineer / Ca[illegible] Watts -- Tail / Don Matthews -- Ball / Front row:…
Photographic group portrait of six U.S. Army Air Forces servicemen with a North American B-25G Mitchell aircraft, circa 1944-1945.
Photographic group portrait of a U.S. Army Air Forces flight crew, May 11, [1944]. Identified individuals include Lieutenant Norman B. Moerbe (kneeling, center), Lieutenant Fitch, Lieutenant Vass, and Sergeant Kaiser.Inscription on verso: "May 11. Our crew. Lt. Fitch, Moerbe and Vass. - Sgts. Kaiser, [Carter?] and [illegible]."
Photographic group portrait of a U.S. Army Air Forces flight crew, May 11, [1944]. Identified individuals include Lieutenant Norman B. Moerbe (kneeling, center), Lieutenant Fitch, Lieutenant Vass, and Sergeant Kaiser.Inscription on verso of print: "May 11. Our crew. Lt. Fitch, Moerbe and Vass. - Sgts. Kaiser, [Carter?] and [illegible]."
Photographic slide of servicemen with the Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress aircraft "Times A-Wastin'," likely taken at RAF Bassingbourn, England, circa 1944. The aircraft's nose art depicts a serviceman busting through a newspaper.
Inscription on slide: "52."
Typed caption on accompanying document: "52. Crew and plane."
Photographic slide of U.S. Army Air Forces servicemen with Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft "The Heat's On," circa 1944-1945.
Inscription on slide: "9."