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Creator:

Serotkin, Robert, 1911-1986  Search this

Names:

United States. Army Air Forces. 1st Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron  Search this

Serotkin, Robert, 1911-1986  Search this

Extent:

0.05 Cubic feet (1 folder, 32 photographs)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Date:

1942-1945

Summary:

This collection consists of 32 black and white photographs relating to artist and photographer Robert Isadore Serotkin (1911-1986) and includes examples of the aircraft nose art which he painted while serving with the US Army Air Forces during World War II.

Scope and Contents:

This collection consists of 32 black and white photographs relating to Robert Serotkin and examples of the aircraft nose art which he painted during World War II. Seven images were copied by the museum from original negatives loaned by the Serotkin family; the remaining 25 images are original print photographs. The collection includes informal portrait photographs of Serotkin including one with his wife, Rose Shirley (Hymowitz) Serotkin; snapshots of Serotkin and fellow servicemen; and detail views of aircraft nose art. Aircraft pictured include the Boeing B-29 Superfortresses "Lady in Waiting" (s/n 44-84068), "R. S. M. Dragon" (s/n 44-83966), and "Slave Girl" (s/n 44-27307); Boeing F-9 "Margie's Mad Greek II" (s/n 42-30253) and Boeing F-9B Flying Fortress "Golden Hind" (s/n 42-6187); Boeing F-13A (R-13A, RB-29A) reconnaissance aircraft "Margie's Mad Greek III" (s/n 44-61843) and "Over Exposed" (s/n 44-61813); Consolidated B-24 Liberators "Lucky Strike" (believed to be s/n 44-41976), "Luvablass", and "Over Loaded"; and Douglas C-47 Skytrain "Cheri." Also included are three views of the wreck of the Martin (Glenn L.) PBM-5 Mariner "Cloud Hopper" on a beach in Okinawa in late 1945.

Arrangement:

The photographs are grouped by subject.

Biographical / Historical:

Robert Isadore Serotkin was born May 23, 1911, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He attended the Pennsylvania School of Industrial Art in Philadelphia from 1937-1938, and by 1941 was self-employed as a commercial photographer. Serotkin entered service with the US Army on February 12, 1942, and after basic training in Biloxi, Mississippi, was sent to the Army Air Forces (AAF) Technical School at Lowry Field, Colorado, from July-September 1942 for training as an aerial photographer. At the conclusion of his training, Serotkin was promoted to Staff Sergeant and assigned to the newly-redesignated 1st Photographic Mapping Squadron. Aerial mapping duties took Serotkin to posts in Africa at Accra (British Gold Coast), Morocco, and Egypt before being sent back to the United States for additional training in Boeing F-13A aircraft (the reconnaissance version of the B-29 Superfortress) at Smoky Hill Army Air Field in Salinas, Kansas. In September 1945, the squadron, now redesignated as 1st Photo Reconnaissance Squadron (Very Heavy), was posted to Okinawa. Throughout his military career, Serotkin put his skills as a commercial artist to good use by painting nose art (aircraft personal art) on various aircraft when the weather was too bad to fly mapping missions. Serotkin was discharged from the USAAF on January 20, 1946; he died in Boca Raton, Florida, on December 26, 1986.

Provenance:

Rita Serotkin, gift, 2000, NASM.2000.0046

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

Occupation:

Commercial artists -- United States  Search this

Topic:

World War, 1939-1945  Search this

Aeronautics  Search this

Aeronautics, Military  Search this

Airplanes, Military -- Decoration  Search this

Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Family  Search this

Boeing B-29 Superfortress  Search this

Consolidated B-24 Liberator Family  Search this

Martin (Glenn L.) PBM Mariner Family  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Citation:

Nose Art Photography Collection [Serotkin], Acc. NASM.2000.0046, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NASM.2000.0046

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Nose Art Photography Collection [Serotkin]

Archival Repository:

National Air and Space Museum Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2b10879e6-00d2-4332-b9b4-30d3d38df756

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nasm-2000-0046

Collection Creator:

Serotkin, Robert, 1911-1986  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

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:

Nose Art Photography Collection [Serotkin], Acc. NASM.2000.0046, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

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Nose Art Photography Collection [Serotkin]

Archival Repository:

National Air and Space Museum Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2c04bd259-7bf3-42ba-9e09-ca387f223830

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nasm-2000-0046-ref505

Collection Creator:

Serotkin, Robert, 1911-1986  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

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:

Nose Art Photography Collection [Serotkin], Acc. NASM.2000.0046, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

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Nose Art Photography Collection [Serotkin]

Archival Repository:

National Air and Space Museum Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2fecb32e6-386f-41de-86f9-a6957ab2b68b

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nasm-2000-0046-ref506

Collection Creator:

Serotkin, Robert, 1911-1986  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

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:

Nose Art Photography Collection [Serotkin], Acc. NASM.2000.0046, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

See more items in:

Nose Art Photography Collection [Serotkin]

Archival Repository:

National Air and Space Museum Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg256b3acfd-20cf-4c04-b7b9-bee540f4bc1e

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nasm-2000-0046-ref507

Collection Creator:

Serotkin, Robert, 1911-1986  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

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:

Nose Art Photography Collection [Serotkin], Acc. NASM.2000.0046, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

See more items in:

Nose Art Photography Collection [Serotkin]

Archival Repository:

National Air and Space Museum Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg22cf90405-4430-459e-afec-8c68b2028e23

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nasm-2000-0046-ref508

Collection Creator:

Serotkin, Robert, 1911-1986  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

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:

Nose Art Photography Collection [Serotkin], Acc. NASM.2000.0046, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

See more items in:

Nose Art Photography Collection [Serotkin]

Archival Repository:

National Air and Space Museum Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg286bf54a5-cc47-47df-b6f8-b4cda5079f05

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nasm-2000-0046-ref509

Collection Creator:

Serotkin, Robert, 1911-1986  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

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:

Nose Art Photography Collection [Serotkin], Acc. NASM.2000.0046, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

See more items in:

Nose Art Photography Collection [Serotkin]

Archival Repository:

National Air and Space Museum Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2f3521cac-9b5f-4ac2-859c-4ee05f35f9e1

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nasm-2000-0046-ref510

Collection Creator:

Serotkin, Robert, 1911-1986  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

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:

Nose Art Photography Collection [Serotkin], Acc. NASM.2000.0046, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

See more items in:

Nose Art Photography Collection [Serotkin]

Archival Repository:

National Air and Space Museum Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2b6a4841b-69dd-414a-9413-a99e9e4fd3a8

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nasm-2000-0046-ref511

Collection Creator:

Serotkin, Robert, 1911-1986  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

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:

Nose Art Photography Collection [Serotkin], Acc. NASM.2000.0046, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

See more items in:

Nose Art Photography Collection [Serotkin]

Archival Repository:

National Air and Space Museum Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2f3f9c52a-5979-4df1-8bf0-f6da50fe4cfd

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nasm-2000-0046-ref512