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Creator:
Brown, Leon D. "Bink"  Search this
Names:
United States. Army Air Forces. Bomb Group, 43rd  Search this
United States. Army Air Forces. Bomb Group, 90th  Search this
Levine, Lindy  Search this
Extent:
0.55 Cubic feet ((1 folder, 1 VHS tape))
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Slides (photographs)
Photographs
Vhs (videotape format)
Place:
Clark Field (Philippines)
Subic Bay (Philippines)
Ie Shima (Japan)
Date:
1944-1945
Scope and Contents:
This collection consists of 79 color slides taken during Leon Brown's time in the Pacific Theater in World War II. In addition to the slides there are also four color prints and a videotape. The videotape is a home recording of the slides being projected, with Brown narrating in the background. After the slide portion of videotape is a recording of a lunch discussion among Brown, his wife, World War II test engineer Lindy Levine and an unidentified individual. The slide images consist of photographs of and taken by Brown and include various subjects including the B-32 Dominator and B-24 Liberator, and captured Japanese aircraft such as the Mitsubishi J2M Raiden. Also included are images of the 90th Bomb Group the "Jolly Rogers," and the 43rd Bomb Group B-24 Liberators "The Dragon and His Tail" and "It Ain't So Funny." Photographs were taken in Australia, Ie Shima during the Japanese surrender, New Guinea, and Subic Bay and Clark Field in the Philippines.
Biographical / Historical:
Leon D. "Bink" Brown spent 35 years as an aeronautical engineer working on various projects, including the Consolidated B-24 Liberator and the Atlas missiIe project with General Dynamics. He spent the last 18 months of World War II as a Technical Representative for Consolidated on the B-24, training pilots throughout the Pacific Theater on mockup systems. During those 18 months he spent time in the Philippines and Australia and was in Okinawa during the Japanese surrender.
Provenance:
Leon Brown, Gift, 2002
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
Topic:
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations  Search this
World War, 1939-1945 -- Pacific Ocean  Search this
Consolidated B-24 Family  Search this
Consolidated B-32 Terminator, Dominator  Search this
Mitsubishi J2M Raiden "Jack"  Search this
Aeronautics  Search this
Genre/Form:
Slides (photographs)
Photographs
VHS (videotape format)
Citation:
Fifth Air Force Color Slides [Leon D. Brown], Accession 2002-0029, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NASM.2002.0029
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg26bbeae57-7f1d-4be8-991e-6be4f3ec8f2e
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nasm-2002-0029