The material contained in this accession is on the 475th Fighter Group 'Satan's Angels,' a World War II fighter unit of the Fifth Air Force, Pacific Theater of Operations. George W. Wood Jr. was a radio technician assigned to the group's 433rd Fighter Squadron. Wood documents his war experiences in two personal diaries and a photograph album.
General:
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Provenance:
William R. Wood, Gift, 1987, 1987-0118, NASM
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
"Spitfires" e "Hurricanes" em Portugal : o acordo dos Açorese a consolidação da aviação de combate portuguesa (50 anos: 1943-1993) = "Spitfires" and "Hurricanes" in Portugal : the Azores agreement and the Portuguese fighter force's build-up (fifty years: 1943-1993) / Mário Canongia Lopes
This collection consists of copies of formerly classified reports, minutes and correspondence gathered by Max Schoenfeld for his research. This collection also contains some secondary source material copied from books. There is no original material in this collection, only copies.
Biographical / Historical:
Max Schoenfeld was the author of the book entitled, Stalking the U-boat: USAAF Offensive Antisubmarine Operations in World War II. This book, published in 1995 by the Smithsonian Press as part of the Smithsonian History of Aviation series, recounts the story of the United States Army Air Forces' antisubmarine operations against German U-boats during the crisis of the Battle of the Atlantic in late 1942 and 1943.
General:
The book "Stalking the U-boat: USAAF Offensive Antisubmarine Operations in World War II" is available in the National Air and Space Museum Branch Library.
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Provenance:
Larry Lynch, Gift, 2000, 2000-0062, unknown
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, American -- North Atlantic Search this
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations Search this
"They were dependable" : airship operation World War II, 7 December 1941 to September 1945 / [prepared by the Naval Airship Training and Experimental Command]
Title:
Airship operation, World War II, 7 December 1941 to September 1945
Author:
United States Navy Naval Airship Training and Experimental Command Search this
