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[Curtiss C-46 Commando aircraft parked at unidentified airfield] (Item)
[Curtiss C-46 Commando aircraft parked at unidentified airfield]
Photograph of several U.S. Army Air Forces Curtiss C-46 Commando aircraft parked at an unidentified airfield, possibly in the China-Burma-India Theater, circa 1940s. The aircraft in the foreground has its designation, "Virtuous Virgin," painted on its nose and the text "Tiger Fleet" painted on its fuselage.
[Boeing Model 707 and Boeing Model 377 Stratocruiser aircraft in flight] (Item)
[Boeing Model 707 and Boeing Model 377 Stratocruiser aircraft in flight]
Photograph of a Boeing Model 707 and Boeing Model 377 Stratocruiser aircraft in flight, circa 1950s-1960s. Both aircraft have Pan American Airways livery.Inscription on verso: "Hi John, / Thought you might like to see one of your old birds. / Jen."Stamped on verso: "K4586."Part of a dissembled scrapbook of items from John Fornasero's career at the Boeing Company, 1944-1953.
[John Fornasero delivering Pan American Airways' first Boeing Model 377 Stratocruiser aircraft] (Item)
[John Fornasero delivering Pan American Airways' first Boeing Model 377 Stratocruiser aircraft]
Photograph of John Fornasero (right) delivering Pan American Airways' first Boeing Model 377 Stratocruiser aircraft to pilot Scott Flower (left), Portland, Oregon, January 31, 1949.Inscription on verso: "Jan. 31, 1949 / Delivering first PAA 'Stratocruiser.' Portland, Ore. from Seattle, Wa. / Johnny had been project pilot for 'Stratocruiser.' John Fornasero, Chief of Flight Test for Boeing,…
[L'Ecole Franco-Chinoise teachers and Chinese Air Force servicemen at Kaingwan Airfield] (Item)
[L'Ecole Franco-Chinoise teachers and Chinese Air Force servicemen at Kaingwan Airfield]
Photographic group portrait of L'Ecole Franco-Chinoise teachers and Chinese Air Force servicemen posing in front of a Curtiss C-46 Commando aircraft at Kiangwan Airfield, China, circa 1940s. Some of the individuals are identified in the caption on verso.Typed on verso: "Army Air Forces Headquarters, Shanghai: -- On the stand near a C-46 transport at Kiangwan Airdrome, are teachers of L'Ecole…
[Allied prisoners of war standing in front of Consolidated B-24 Liberator] (Item)
[Allied prisoners of war standing in front of Consolidated B-24 Liberator]
Photograph of Allied prisoners of war standing in front of a Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft following their liberation from the Hoten internment camp, Mukden (present-day Shenyang), China, circa 1940s. Typed on verso: "Hqs. Tenth Air Force, China---A dozen Allied POW's, recently released from Camp Hoten, Mukden, Manchuria, are shown about to board a Tenth Air Force mercy plane which will…
[Servicemen sitting on wing of Curtiss C-46 Commando aircraft] (Item)
[Servicemen sitting on wing of Curtiss C-46 Commando aircraft]
Photograph of servicemen of the 1st Combat Cargo Group, U.S. Army Air Forces, sitting on the wing of a Curtiss C-46 Commando aircraft (fuselage designation "The Great Snafu Fleet") at Kaitek Airstrip, Kowloon, China. The caption notes that the men served on the first mercy mission into Hong Kong. Individuals are identified in the caption on verso by rank, name, and home address. The second caption…