"Memo. report re: Structural tests - Dow-Magnesium left outer panel - Douglas A-20 airplane,." Source: AAF, Air Technical Service Command, Wright Field, Ohio.
Collection Creator:
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (Ohio) Search this
Container:
Box D609, Folder D52.1 Douglas / 1686
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
July 7, 1945.
Scope and Contents:
Airplanes - Douglas - A-20
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
.01 Cubic feet (18 print photographs, 17 film negatives)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Negatives
Photographs
Date:
October 13-14, 1945
Summary:
In October 1945, Wright Field, Ohio, sponsored an Army Air Forces Fair, presented by the Air Technical Service Command, which allowed the public to observe displays of the US Army Air Forces' operational and experimental aircraft as well as German and Japanese aircraft captured during World War II. This collection consists of 18 photographs (17 negatives and one print) taken at the fair.
Scope and Contents:
This collection consists of seventeen 2.75 x 4.5 inch black and white negatives, with corresponding digital inkjet print enlargements, of military aircraft on display at the US Army Air Forces Fair at Wright Field, Ohio, held October 13-14, 1945. Also included is one digital inkjet print photograph of American Philip E. Johnson posed with Charles Chung, head of Chinese aircraft procurement and support of the American Volunteer Group (AVG) and Liang Po, a Chinese engineer sent to the United States to learn about various aircraft parts repair and servicing. US Army Air Forces operational and experimental aircraft pictured include the Beech XA-38 Grizzly (Model 28) (s/n 43-14407), Bell YP-59A Airacomet "Mystic Mistress" (s/n 42-108783), Bell XP-77, Bell XP-83 (s/n 44-84990), Cornelius XFG-1 (s/n 44-28060), the Northrop MX-324 prototype, a Lockheed P-38L Lightning (s/n 44-246490) modified as a specialized ground strafing version, a Loon Missile (JB-2, KUW-1, LTV-2, MX-544) with booster assembly, and a cutaway display model Pratt & Whitney WASP Major R-4360-4 Engine. Captured Japanese aircraft pictured include a Mitsubishi A6M5 Reisen (Zero Fighter) Zeke (Type 0 Carrier Fighter 52) and a Kugisho MXY7 Model 11 Ohka (Cherry Blossom) Baka (Crazy). Captured German aircraft pictured include a Bachem Ba 349 (BP 20) Natter (Adder), Heinkel He 162 Spatz (Sparrow, Volksjäger, People's Fighter), Junkers Ju 290 A "Alles Kaputt" (WkNr 110196, US registration FE-3400), Junkers Ju 388 L-1 (WkNr 560049, US registration FE-4010, later T2-4010), Messerschmitt Me 262 A-1a Schwalbe (Swallow) (US registration FE-111), a V-1 (FZG 76) Buzz Bomb, and a V-2 Missile.
Arrangement:
Images have been assigned NASM Archives image reference numbers in the order in which they were received from the donor.
Biographical / Historical:
From 1943 until 1945, Larry De Haan served as the chief technician in the instrument shop at Wright Field, Ohio, and at the satellite field at Vandalia, Ohio, as part of the US Army Air Forces Material Command's Service Test Branch. On the weekend of October 13 and 14, 1945, Wright Field sponsored an Army Air Forces Fair, presented by the Air Technical Service Command, which allowed the public to observe displays of US Army Air Forces' operational and experimental aircraft as well as captured German and Japanese aircraft.
Related Materials:
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum aircraft displayed at the 1945 Army Air Forces Fair include the following:
Junkers Ju 388 L-1, A19600325000.
Messerschmitt Me 262 A-1a Schwalbe (Swallow), A19600328000.
Provenance:
Larry De Haan, gift, 2006, NASM.2006.0046
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
This collection contains photographs and drawings of the tailless and all-wing aircraft with which Lippisch was involved. Many of the photographs appear in Lippisch's book 'The Delta Wing: A History and Development.'
Biographical / Historical:
Alexander Lippisch (1894-1976) began his career in Aeronautics in February, 1918 when he joined the aircraft manufacturing plant of Zeppelin-Dornier in Lindau, Germany as an aerodynamicist. In 1921 Lippisch began his work on the development of sailplanes and gliders. At the same time he worked on the development of the tailless and the Delta-wing aircraft. In 1939 Lippisch joined the Messerschmitt A.G. Augsburg for the development of the ME 163 A and B. In 1943, Lippisch took over the Aeronautical Research Institute (LFW) were he developed the shape of the supersonic Delta wing. After the war, he was in custody of the Air Technical Intelligence of the U.S. Army. Lippisch was transferred to the United States where he worked at Wright Field, for the Navy, and later with Collins Radio Company. At Collins he developed a wing-less aircraft, the Aerodyne. He also started the development of another type of aircraft - the ram-wing or Aerofoil Boat.
General:
NASMrev
Provenance:
Gertrude Lippisch, gift, 1988, 1993-0031, unknown
Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Rights:
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Aviation atlas : physical maps of the United States, Europe, North and South America, showing all commercial air transport routes, world map tracing famous historic flights, pictures of the pioneers and present day makers of aviation history, pictures of noted aircraft, chronological review of the history of aviation, statistics and charts of the comparative development of aviation in the United S...
One-half left front view of the Beech XA-38 Grizzly (Model 28) (s/n 43-14407) on the ground at the US Army Air Forces Fair at Wright Field, Ohio, held October 13-14, 1945.
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:
1945 Air Forces Fair Photography (De Haan), Acc. NASM.2006.0046, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
One-half right front view of Bell XP-77 on the ground during the US Army Air Forces Fair at Wright Field, Ohio, held October 13-14, 1945. Large tire on display at right.
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:
1945 Air Forces Fair Photography (De Haan), Acc. NASM.2006.0046, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
One-half left front view of the Bell XP-83 (s/n 44-84990) on the ground during the US Army Air Forces Fair at Wright Field, Ohio, held October 13-14, 1945.
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:
1945 Air Forces Fair Photography (De Haan), Acc. NASM.2006.0046, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
One-half front left view of the Bell YP-59A Airacomet "Mystic Mistress" (s/n 42-108783) on display during the US Army Air Forces Fair at Wright Field, Ohio, held October 13-14, 1945. This Airacomet was modified for use during flight tests and drone operations by the addition of an open observer's cockpit fitted into the armament bay forward of the main cockpit. Partially visible behind is Lockheed P-38L Lightning (s/n 44-246490) modified for ground strafing by the addition of underwing machine gun pods.
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:
1945 Air Forces Fair Photography (De Haan), Acc. NASM.2006.0046, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
One-quarter left front view of Bell YP-59A Airacomet "Mystic Mistress" (s/n 42-108783) on display during the US Army Air Forces Fair at Wright Field, Ohio, held October 13-14, 1945. This Airacomet was modified for use during flight tests and drone operations by the addition of an open observer's cockpit fitted into the armament bay forward of the main cockpit. Partially visible behind is Lockheed P-38L Lightning (s/n 44-246490) modified for ground strafing by the addition of underwing machine gun pods.
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:
1945 Air Forces Fair Photography (De Haan), Acc. NASM.2006.0046, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
