National Air and Space Museum. Archives Division. Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Restrictions:
The majority of the Archives Department's public reference requests can be answered using material in these files, which may be accessed through the Reading Room at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia. More specific information can be requested by contacting the Archives Research Request.
"Handbook of operation and flight instructions for Seversky BT-8 Basic training airplane." Source: War Dept. O.C.A.C. Technical Order 01-65AA-1
Collection Creator:
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (Ohio) Search this
Container:
Box D664, Folder D52.1 Seversky / 5
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
25 Sep 1935
Scope and Contents:
Airplanes - Seversky - P-35;
Collection Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Collection Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
"Limitations on diving speed of Seversky P-35." Source: War Dept. O.C.A.C. Technical Order 01-65B-5 First series
Collection Creator:
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (Ohio) Search this
Container:
Box D664, Folder D52.1 Seversky / 19
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
13 Oct 1937
Scope and Contents:
Airplanes - Seversky P 35; War Dept. - Technical Order 01-65B-5 First series; War dept. - Technical Order 01-65 BA-1 First series
Collection Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Collection Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
"Parts catalog for the Seversky P-35 pursuit airplane." Source: War Dept. O.C.A.C. Technical Order 01-65B-4 First series
Collection Creator:
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (Ohio) Search this
Container:
Box D664, Folder D52.1 Seversky / 21
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
25 Jan 1938
Scope and Contents:
Airplanes - Seversky P 35 - Spare Parts; War Dept. - Technical Order 01-65BA-4 First series; War Dept. - Technical Order 01-65BA-4 First series; War dept. - Technical Order 01-65 BA-4 First series
Collection Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Collection Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
"Spinning restrictions." Source: War Dept. O.C.A.C. Technical Order 01-65B-6 First series
Collection Creator:
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (Ohio) Search this
Container:
Box D664, Folder D52.1 Seversky / 22
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
3 Mar 1938
Scope and Contents:
Airplanes - Seversky P 35;
Collection Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Collection Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
"Prevention of ground looping of Seversky P-35." Source: War Dept. O.C.A.C. Technical Order 01-65B-7 First series
Collection Creator:
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (Ohio) Search this
Container:
Box D664, Folder D52.1 Seversky / 32
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
15 Jul 1938
Scope and Contents:
Airplanes - Seversky P 35; War Dept. - Technical Order 01-65B-7 First series;
Collection Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Collection Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
"Instructions for pilots in case of fouling of rudder controls on Seversky P-35." Source: War Dept O.C.A.C. Technical order 01-65B-24. First series
Collection Creator:
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (Ohio) Search this
Container:
Box D664, Folder D52.1 Seversky / 46
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1 Jun 1939
Scope and Contents:
Airplanes - Seversky P 35; War Dept - Technical order 01-65B-24. First series;
Collection Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Collection Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
"Handbook of service instructions for the Seversky P-35 Basic Training airplanes." Source: War dept. O.C.A.C. Technical order 01-65AA-2, First Series.
Collection Creator:
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (Ohio) Search this
Container:
Box D664, Folder D52.1 Seversky / 53
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1 Nov 1939
Scope and Contents:
Airplanes - Seversky P 35; War dept. - Technical order 01-65AA-2, First Series.
Collection Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Collection Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
"Aircraft branch inspection report - Structures, jigs, and fixtures for P-35." Source: Air Corps, Material Div., Dayton, OH S.J.F. Report No. 21
Collection Creator:
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (Ohio) Search this
Container:
Box D664, Folder D52.1 Seversky / 90
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
25 May 1938
Scope and Contents:
Airplanes - Seversky P 35;
Collection Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Collection Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
"Comparison of equipment of world powers as of 30 Jun 1938." Source: Information Division. Intelligence Section
Collection Creator:
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (Ohio) Search this
Container:
Box D681, Folder D52.1 Misc / 186
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
15 Sep 1938
Scope and Contents:
Airplanes - Performance; [Airplanes - Supermarine Spitfire]; [Airplanes - Hawker Hurricane]; [Airplanes - Morane Saulnier 405/406]; [Airplanes - Nieuport 161]; [Airplanes - Bloch 161]; [Airplanes - Bloch 150]; [Airplanes - Messerchmitt Bf 109]; [Airplanes - Fiat CR 32]; [Airplanes - Fiat G 50]; [Airplanes - Fiat CR 42]; [Airplanes - Type 97]; [Airplanes - I 16]; [Airplanes - I 15]; [Airplanes - I 17]; [Airplanes - Curtiss P 36]; [Airplanes - Curtiss P 36 A]; [Airplanes - Seversky P 35]; [Airplanes - Curtiss P 37]; [Airplanes - Bell XP 39]; [Airplanes - Curtiss P 40]; [Airplanes - Messserschmitt Bf 110]; [Airplanes - Potez 63]; [Airplanes - Breda Ba 88]; [Airplanes - Fiat Cr 25]; [Airplanes - Bell XMF 1]; [Airplanes - Lockheed XP 38]; [Airplanes - Potez 63]; [Airplanes - Blackburn Skua]; [Airplanes Junkers Ju 87]; [Airplanes - Breda Ba 65]; [Airplanes - Vultee YA 19]; [Airplanes - Northrop A 17 A]; [Airplanes - RZ]; [Airplanes - Bristol Blenheim]; [Airplanes - Bloch 131]; [Airplanes - Amiot 350]; [Airplanes - Amiot 351]; [Airplanes - Dornier Do 17]; [Airplanes - Junkers Ju 88]; [Airplanes - SB]; [Airplanes - Martin B 10 B]; [Airplanes - Curtiss Y1 A18]; [Airplanes - Handley Page Hampden]; [Airplanes - Vickers Wellington]; [Airplanes - Liore et Olivier 45]; [Airplanes - Heinkel He 111]; [Airplanes - Savioa Marchetti S 81]; [Airplanes - Savioa Marchetti S 79]; [Airplanes - Fiat Br 20]; [Airplanes - Type 97]; [Airplanes - ANT 40]; [Airplanes - Douglas B 18 A]; [Airplanes - Farman 223/224]; [Airplanes - Dornier Do 19]; [Airplanes - Boeing YB 17]; [Airplanes - Junkers Ju 89]; [Airplanes - TB 6]; Airplanes - XB 15];
Collection Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Collection Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
"Cruising control charts and operation instructions for Army airplanes." Source: missing
Collection Creator:
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (Ohio) Search this
Container:
Box D682, Folder D52.1 Misc American / 46
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
[1941-1942]
Scope and Contents:
Airplanes ; Airplanes - Beech C 43; Airplanes - Bellanca C 27 C; Airplanes - Curtiss A 18; Airplanes - Curtiss P 36 A; Airplanes - Detroit C 23; Airplanes - Douglas B 18; Airplanes - Douglas B 18 A; Airplanes - Douglas C 32; Airplanes - Douglas C 33; Airplanes - Douglas C 34; Airplanes - Douglas C 39; Airplanes - Douglas C 41; Airplanes - Douglas C 42; Airplanes - Fairchild C 8; Airplanes - Fairchild C 8 A; Airplanes - North American BC 1; Airplanes - Seversky P 35; Airplanes - Lockheed C 40; Airplanes - Lockheed C 40 A; Amphibians - Douglas OA 5; Autogiros - Kellett G 1 B; Airplanes - Vultss A 19; Airplanes - Douglas O 46 A; Airplanes - Boeing P 26 A; Airplanes - Curtiss P 36; Airplanes - Northrop A 17 A; Airplanes - Northrop A 17; Airplanes - North American O 47 A; Airplanes - North American BT 9 A; Airplanes - North American BT 9 ; Airplanes - Douglas OA 4 C; Airplanes - Douglas OA 4 B; Airplanes - Douglas OA 4 A;
Collection Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Collection Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
Knabenshue, A. Roy (Augustus Roy), 1876-1960 Search this
Container:
Box 2, Folder 9
Type:
Archival materials
Text
Date:
1936 - 1940
Collection Restrictions:
No restrictions on access.
Collection Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
Collection Citation:
A. Roy Knabenshue Collection, Acc. NASM.XXXX.0136, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Thomas J. Town was a deep sea diver and was in the U. S. Navy submarine force in the 1920s-1930s. Subsequent to his naval service, Town enrolled as a student at the Curtiss-Wright Technical Institute in the late 1930s. Town later worked as an engineer at Lockheed Aircraft in Burbank, California. This collection consists of 35 mm black and white negatives for 42 images taken in the late 1930s at Grand Central Airport in Glendale, California and at San Jacinto, California by Thomas J. Town.
Scope and Contents:
This collection consists of 35 mm black and white negatives for 42 images taken in the late 1930s at Grand Central Airport in Glendale, California and at San Jacinto, California by Thomas J. Town. Aircraft depicted in the images include the Northrop A-17 (8A); Lockheed Model 10 Electra; Seversky P-35; Boeing Model 247; Vultee V1-A; North American BT-9 Yale; Martin (Glenn L.) B-10 (Model 139); Curtiss Condor T-32 (Condor II); and the Tupolev ANT-25 (RD) piloted by Mikhail Gromoff during the Moscow, USSR to San Jacinto, California transpolar flight of 1937. In addition to the negatives, the collection also includes contact sheets showing each image. The contact sheets include some identification information.
Arrangement:
Collection is in original order.
Biographical / Historical:
Thomas J. Town was a deep sea diver and was in the U. S. Navy submarine force in the 1920s-1930s. Subsequent to his naval service, Town enrolled as a student at the Curtiss-Wright Technical Institute in the late 1930s. During this time, Town photographed numerous aircraft at the Grand Central Airport in Glendale, California and also took photographs at San Jacinto, California of the Tupolev ANT-25 (RD) piloted by Mikhail Gromoff during his 1937 transpolar flight. Town later worked as an engineer at Lockheed Aircraft in Burbank, California where he gave the negatives in this collection to a fellow engineer, Bruce R. Ward.
Provenance:
Bruce R. Ward, Gift, 2010, NASM.2010.0024
Restrictions:
No restrictions on access.
Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
Physical access to film originals (negatives, transparencies, and slides) requires notice a minimum of two business days in advance of visit to allow for retrieval of materials from cold storage.
Collection Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
Collection Citation:
Hans Groenhoff Photographic Collection, Acc. XXXX.0359, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Physical access to film originals (negatives, transparencies, and slides) requires notice a minimum of two business days in advance of visit to allow for retrieval of materials from cold storage.
Collection Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
Collection Citation:
Hans Groenhoff Photographic Collection, Acc. XXXX.0359, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
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