Elwood R. Quesada Papers. 1920 - 1967. Photographs

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Elwood R. Quesada Papers. 1920 - 1967. Photographs

1920-1963

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This series consists mostly of civilian and military aircraft photographs compiled by Elwood R. Quesada during his career with the U.S. military and the Federal Aviation Administration. There are also a small number of family photographs. Some of the earliest photographs depict early aircraft and aviators. These images are undated but appear to include aircraft prior to World War I. The major subjects in the military aviation images include early Army Air Corps training, the record setting flight of the "Question Mark" in 1929, aerial views of bombing and other operations, Allied forces landing at Omaha Beach, destruction in Normandy, the Battle of the Ardennes, missions of the Ninth Air Force, parades for military heroes, and the first test flight of the "Jet Commander 1121." Persons depicted in the photographs include Dwight D. Eisenhower, Carl Spaatz, George S. Patton, Henry Harley (Hap) Arnold, Henry Ford, Omar Nelson Bradley, Ira Eaker, and Leland S. Hobbs. The Federal Aviation Agency photographs involve the investigation of two aircraft accidents. Both took place in 1960; the first in California and the second near Toledo, Ohio.

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