Warbird Information Exchange

Ok folks...

I've done a bunch of research on a particular B-24, the "Tulsamerican." It was the last one produced at the Douglas plant in Tulsa. A plant newsletter from early 1945 has several pictures of this B-24 taken in Italy, and printed as part of a story about the aircraft, its crew and its groundcrew. At the bottom of the pictures is the photo credit, "Official U.S. Army Photos."

I have several of these pictures courtesy of one of the veterans pictured. I have also talked with one of the guys pictured, and all he remembers is that "some Army photographers showed up one day and said they wanted to take a bunch of pictures of all of the Oklahoma guys with this plane, so we bunched up and let them take their pictures."

My question- I know that the photographers would have taken more pictures than those that were printed, and I have a hunch that someone might have taken some in color. Where could I find the originals of these shots? Would I look at the USAF Museum, the National Archives, NASM? Any suggestions would be helpful. I just wondered if official photographers had their photos deposited in one central location. The shots were taken sometime between October and December 1944 in Italy, if that helps.

Thanks!

kevin

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Hi Kevin,
The USAAF WWII photos were taken by the Signal Corps. These were gathered into the files of the US Army Signal Corps Collection [National Archives Record Group 111]. There are USAAF photos at the USAF Archives, Maxwell AFB, AL; the National Museum of the USAF, Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio; the Smithsonian NASM; and other military archives ...but the bulk are in RG111.
HTH,
David

Thanks, David! I'll try to find out if they're tucked into that collection.

kevin

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David, How extensive is NARG 111?