United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 8th
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Herman J. Simler papers
Collection — Container: Letters/Documents/Photographs
Identifier: 02-98.0104
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photographs and documents pertaining to aerial operations over Europe during World War II. Lt. Herman Simler flew over 30 bombing missions over Europe during his service. The squadrons specified in this collection are the 8th Army Air Force, the 15th Army Air Force, and the 716th-719th bomber squadrons.
Dates:
Created: 1944-1999; Other: Date acquired: 01/23/1998
Charlotte D. Mansfield collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 02-08.0158
Abstract
Charlotte Mansfield enlisted in the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (W.A.A.C.) in 1942 to pursue work in photograph processing for the military. She was part of the first all-women graduating class from Lowry Field Photo School in Colorado, where she was trained to be a photo technician that developed primarily aerial shots in photography labs. Mansfield was stationed at various locations throughout the United States before being transferred to lab work overseas in England and Germany. By this time, W.A.A.C. had transitioned to Women’s Army Corps (W.A.C.). Throughout her military service, Mansfield took numerous personal photographs that featured her friends and surroundings. They provide...
Dates:
1915-2017; Other: Majority of material found within 1942-1957; Other: Date acquired: 09/10/2008
Roland Cadoret papers
Collection — Box: Single Folder Collections - 2008 Box, Folder: 08.0183 - Folder 1
Identifier: 02-08.0183
Scope and Contents
Roland Cadoret served as a B-17 pilot in the 351st Bomb Group, 8th Air Force, in the European Theater. His collection contains a manuscript, "The Battle of Grounded Eagles," in which he details his entire POW experience from mission briefing to liberation, an excerpt from his diary, and his photocopied version of General Dwight D. Eisenhower's letter to Invasion Forces. The Polebrook Post 351st Bomb Group Association 8th Airforce Vol. XXVII-No. 2, and the English version of the Moorsburger Beitung, a newspaper, which had special stories all about the POWs which were kept at...
Dates:
Created: 1943-1995; Other: Majority of material found in 1944; Other: Date acquired: 12/05/2008
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- Subject: World War, 1939-1945--Germany X
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