Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (Ohio) Search this
Extent:
733.77 Cubic feet (1508 document boxes)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Correspondence
Publications
Reports
Photographs
Date:
1915-1955
Summary:
Throughout its history the Engineering Division/Materiel Division at Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio, maintained a catalogued library of technical documents, which was turned over to the Air Force Museum and later donated to the National Air and Space Museum. The collection consists of reports and other documents on a variety of aviation-related topics, including general science (aeronautics, physics, chemistry, etc); military air service personnel, organization, and equipment for both US and foreign air forces; as well as operations, and so on. Currently, the finding aid only covers documents from the D52.1 subject code (Airplanes, arranged alphabetically) and only those that are physically located in the Wright Field Technical Documents Library.
Scope and Contents:
The collection consists of reports and other documents on a variety of aviation-related topics, including general science (aeronautics, physics, chemistry, etc); military air service personnel, organization, and equipment for both US and foreign air forces; as well as operations, and so on. Information on foreign services and equipment is usually from military intelligence reports, although some foreign documents or translations are included. The material also includes a large section of test reports from the Material Division itself.
Arrangement:
Every document in the collection has been assigned a multi-part Wright Field Number. This number is adapted from the Air Force central decimal correspondence filing system. Wright Field Numbers are written in the format:
Subject Code: This number begins with an alpha-numeric subject code. For example, D52.1 (Airplanes, arranged alphabetically).
Category Suffix: A more specific textual subject reference. For example, in the D52.1 subjects, the suffix is usually a manufacturer name, aircraft name, or a general type of aircraft. (Original Wright Field cataloguers could be inconsistent in how they classified an airplane. For example, a document on a Japanese Mitsubishi A6M could be filed alphabetically under A6M, Mitsubishi, Zeke, Zero, or Misc. Japanese.) It is possible to not have a category suffix.
Sequence Number: The individual number assigned to the document within its subject code and category. If a document was formerly classified as "Security Information," the sequence number starts with "S," for example "S-1." These are usually filed at the beginning of a range of documents. Sometimes technical manuals are filed using the technical order (TO) number. For example, 01-20EE-3 is the sequence number used for a Boeing B-17 Handbook of Overhaul Instructions, TO-01-20EE-3.
Sequence Modifier: If there is a revision or multiple parts of a document, this is reflected in a sequence modifier. Ex. Dates, revision numbers, etc.
The documents are arranged alpha-numerically by Wright Field Number in the order of:
Each record contains the title and source from the index cards. Information from the subject field on the cards appears as a scope and content note.
Currently, the finding aid only covers documents from the D52.1 subject code and only those that are physically located in the Wright Field Technical Documents Library. Please contact the NASM Archives regarding additional documents. Some may be located in the Technical Reference Files, cataloguing information may be only on the index cards, or the document has been catalogued as missing from the collection.
Biographical / Historical:
In 1917, the United States Army Air Service established an aviation engineering section at McCook Field in Dayton, Ohio. In 1927, the Engineering Division, as it was then known, moved to nearby Wilbur Wright Field and remained there as the Air Force Materiel Division (AFMD) and Air Materiel Command (AMC) until Wright Field combined with Patterson Field to become Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in 1948. The Engineering Division was responsible for Army Air Services research and development and served as a clearinghouse for information on aviation development worldwide. Throughout its history the Engineering Division/Materiel Division maintained a catalogued library of documents, which was turned over to the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson and was later donated to the National Air and Space Museum.
Provenance:
United States Air Force Museum, Transfer, 1962, NASM.XXXX.0428.
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
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
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (Ohio) 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
"Information on successful trial flight of Mitsubishi airplane." Source: M.I.D.
Collection Creator:
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (Ohio) Search this
Container:
Box D639, Folder D52.1 Mitsubishi / 2
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
8 Oct 1921
Scope and Contents:
Airplanes - Mitsubishi; Military Intelligence Division - Japan
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
"Brief description of new model triplane constructed by Mitsubishi Company of Nagoya; by H.F. Hawley." Source: M.I.D. 2085-278/2. Japan 4799
Collection Creator:
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (Ohio) Search this
Container:
Box D639, Folder D52.1 Mitsubishi / 4
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
16 Aug 1922
Scope and Contents:
Airplanes - Mitsubishi;
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
"Information on manufacture and success of Mitsubishi airplanes." Source: M.I.D. 2085-344. Japan 22
Collection Creator:
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (Ohio) Search this
Container:
Box D639, Folder D52.1 Mitsubishi / 7
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
4 Oct 1923
Scope and Contents:
Airplanes - Mitsubishi; Military Intelligence Division - Japan 22; Airplanes - Production - Japan;
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
"Characteristics of Mitsubishi T97 light army and navy bomber reconnaissance." Source: M.I.D. - O.N.I.
Collection Creator:
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (Ohio) Search this
Container:
Box D639, Folder D52.1 Mitsubishi / 11
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
20 May 1941
Scope and Contents:
Airplanes - Mitsubishi T97;
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
"Summary document on the maintenance of the Mitsubishi Ki 46, model 3 [Dinah] airplane." Source: Pacmirs limited distribution translation, series B-38. Document 2180
Collection Creator:
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (Ohio) Search this
Container:
Box D639, Folder D52.1 Mitsubishi / 16
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
22 Oct 1945
Scope and Contents:
Airplanes - Mitsubishi Ki 46; Pacmirs limited distribution translation - series B-33
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
"Characteristics of Mitsubishi T 97, Dairai 108, army light bomber." Source: M.I.D. - O.N.I.
Collection Creator:
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (Ohio) Search this
Container:
Box D639, Folder D52.1 Mitsubishi / 19
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
20 May 1941
Scope and Contents:
Airplanes - Mitsubishi T 97;
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
"Description of Mitsubishi 97 army twin-engined bomber." Source: British air ministry
Collection Creator:
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (Ohio) Search this
Container:
Box D639, Folder D52.1 Mitsubishi / 26
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
22 Mar 1943
Scope and Contents:
Airplanes - Mitsubishi 97;
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
"Description of turret blister and arcs of fire on Mitsubishi type 1 MB." Source: H.A.A.F. Southwest Pacific area Summary # 60
Collection Creator:
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (Ohio) Search this
Container:
Box D639, Folder D52.1 Mitsubishi / 27
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
Dec 1942
Scope and Contents:
Airplanes - Mitsubishi ;
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
"Calculations to determine the wing strength of the Japanese Mitsubishi 0 airplane." Source: Bureau of Aeronautics. Structures section. Project report #17
Collection Creator:
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (Ohio) Search this
Container:
Box D639, Folder D52.1 Mitsubishi / 30
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
16 Feb 1943
Scope and Contents:
Airplanes - Mitsubishi 0 - Wings;
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
"Information on Mitsubishi 97 twin-engine bomber, Mark II." Source: M.I.D. England 57061
Collection Creator:
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (Ohio) Search this
Container:
Box D639, Folder D52.1 Mitsubishi / 37
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
22 May 1943
Scope and Contents:
Airplanes - Mitsubishi 97; Military Intelligence Division - England 57061
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
"Description of Mitsubishi 0 SS F airplane." Source: Crashed enemy aircraft report #9
Collection Creator:
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (Ohio) Search this
Container:
Box D639, Folder D52.1 Mitsubishi / 40
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
26 Jul 1943
Scope and Contents:
Airplanes - Mitsubishi 0 SS F
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
"Recovery and reconstruction of Mitsubishi Type 0 Mark 2 SS F, Hap airplane." Source: Headquarters Allied Air forces Technical intelligence report #160
Collection Creator:
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (Ohio) Search this
Container:
Box D639, Folder D52.1 Mitsubishi / 44
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
31 Aug 1943
Scope and Contents:
Airplanes - Mitsubishi 0 SS F
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
"metallurgical examination of oleo landing strut and wheel from Japanese Mitsubishi Sally Mark II." Source: National defense research committee. Office of scientific research and development. Report 4424. Serial M430
Collection Creator:
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (Ohio) Search this
Container:
Box D639, Folder D52.1 Mitsubishi / 60
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
6 dec 1944
Scope and Contents:
Grenell, L.H. & others; Airplanes - [Ki 41 Sally] Mitsubishi mark II - Landing gears; Struts - Oleo; Office of Scientific Research and development - Report 4424;
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
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