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The National Museum of the United States Air Force is seeking the following items for restoration and future exhibits:
B-17F components and repair parts to support the restoration of the Memphis Belle™, especially the following:
- (11) Walk around oxygen bottles (pineapple-size; part # AN6020-1)
- (1) Seat assembly radio operators (fits into the socket in the floor; part # 75-4133)
- (3) Housing assembly lamps (two in radio operators room and one in navigators comp; part # 9-5892)
- (3) Type A-17 fire extinguishers with mounting brackets
- (1) Dynamotor (type: PE-86-C)
- (1) Type C-1 lamp
- (6) Type S-8 lamps
- (8) Type A-6 cockpit lamps
World War II Merchant Marine Kapok Life Jacket -- Click here to view a photograph
Boeing Condor left inner wing assembly, left nacelle and propellers -- Click here to view a photograph
Uniforms, insignia, souvenirs, memorabilia, photographs relating to U.S. Air Force Truck/Convoy operations in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom
Uniforms, insignia, souvenirs, memorabilia, photographs relating to U.S. Air Force Combat Controllers, Combat Weather, and Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) personnel
Uniforms, insignia, souvenirs, memorabilia, photographs relating to U.S. special operations helicopter aircrews during the war in Southeast Asia (Knife, Pony Express, etc.)
Uniforms, insignia (authorized and unauthorized), memorabilia, etc., from USAF current operations in Iraq and Afghanistan
Good Luck Charms mementos, pieces, and other superstitious items carried in combat.
A-1 Flight Jacket (1930s issue) in either brown or green -- Click here to view a photograph (Photo courtesy of Lost Worlds, New York, N.Y.)
Type B-8 Winter Flying Helmet -- Click here to view a photograph (Photo courtesy of Smithsonian Institution, "Combat Flying Clothing" by Sweeting)
Type A-9 Oxygen Mask -- Click here to view a photograph (Photo courtesy of Smithsonian Institution, "Combat Flying Clothing" by Sweeting)
Type AN-H-16 Winter Flying Helmet -- Click here to view a photograph (Photo courtesy of Smithsonian Institution, "Combat Flying Clothing" by Sweeting)
U.S. Air Force Academy light blue worksuit (bunny suit) -- Click here to view a photograph
U.S. Air Force Academy Class "Patches"
Southeast Asia Forward Air Controllers (FAC) memorabilia, including flight uniforms and equipment, photographs, audio and paper material to support new exhibitry
U.S. Army Air Corps uniforms from the 1920s and 1930s, including insignia materials
World War II, Korea and Southeast Asia body armor
Technical information, images, contents and repair parts (propeller!) for B-29 aerial drop lifeboat
Japanese World War II Bukosho decoration -- Click here to view a photograph
Airborne Radar, World War II British, Mark IV (RAF Designation ARI-5003) consisting of the following components: Receiver R-3066 or R-3102, Transmitter T3065, Indicator unit 20 or 48, Modulator type 20, Voltage control panel type 3, Azimuth aerial type 21 and 25, Transmitter aerial type 19, Elevation aerial type 25, Impedance matching unit type 35
Airborne Radar, World War II, SCR-540 consisting of the following components: Transmitter BC-747, Modulator BC-748, Receiver BC-749, Indicator BC-750, Power Unit PE-1 19, Antenna A-SO, -51, -52, -53, -54, -55 (Same as British Mk-IV)
Cold War-Era Photography, specifically original photographs and negatives of SAC, TAC, MATS, and ADC related aircraft, ICBMs, personnel, operations, and installations
Cold War-Era Posters related to the USAF
Photographs and Films/Videos of SAC and ADC alert facilities (such as "mole holes") and activities
USAF Missile Operations and Training
World War I Lafayette Escadrille and Lafayette Flying Corps medals, ribbons, lapel pin -- Click here to view a photograph
Click here to view a list of current restoration projects.
Click here to read the museum's donation guidelines.
For information or to donate an item, contact:
Senior Curator
National Museum of the U.S. Air Force
1100 Spaatz Street
Wright-Patterson AFB OH 45433
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