Inventory of the B-26 Marauder Archives, 455th Bombardment Squadron Association Records 1942-2011
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B-26 Marauder Archives, 455th Bombardment Squadron Association Records 1942-2011 |
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Archives and Special Collections, University Libraries, The University of Akron
Phone: 330-972-7670
http://www.uakron.edu/libraries/archives
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455th Bombardment Squadron Association |
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1942-2011 |
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1982-1986 |
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9 cubic feet (8 record boxs and 1 oversize box) |
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Abstract: |
The 455th Bombardment Squadron Association Records include correspondence, memoirs, photographs, printed publications and
scrapbooks collected and used by the association.
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Record Group Number 100/3 |
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Archival Services |
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Language: |
The records are in English |
History of 455th Bombardment Squadron Association
The 455th Bombardment Squadron was a B-26 Marauder squadron commissioned during World War II. Part of the 323rd Bomb Group,
the 455th Bomb Squadron was formed on September 11, 1942 at MacDill Field in Tampa, Florida. The group moved to Hernham, England
from May to June 1943. Combat operations began in July. As the German Army was forced back, the group base moved further and
further inland-Earls Colne and Beaulieu in England; Lessay, Chartres, Laon, and Valenciennes in France. Squadron Commanders
of the 455th included Bill Brier, Grover Willcox, and A. J. Satterwhite. The squadron was officially disbanded in September
1945, three years after its creation. The 455th Bomb Squadron Association was first conceived by Harry O. Hills as a simple
reunion for members of the 455th. Robert Long, a former squadron member, passed away and his wife gave his memorabilia to
Hills. Hills partnered with Frank Brewer and organized the reunion in order to gather even more material about the squadron.
The first reunion was scheduled in October 1982 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The night became a huge success and turned
into a yearly activity for the newly formed 455th Bomb Squadron Association. Apart from yearly meetings, the 455th Bomb Squadron
Association appointed Ralph Wefel group historian in order to create a complete squadron history. He was succeeded by Paul
Mulrenin who finished the project. Mulrenin also worked with Missing Air Crew Reports in order to identify the countless unnamed
soldiers in the photos collected for the history project. Following Hurricane Hugo, the 455th Bomb Squadron Association donated
dues to Myrtle Beach (1989) to aid in recovery. The group's last official meeting was in October 2011.
View some 455th Bomb Squadron photographs
Scope and Content
The records of the 455th Bombardment Squadron Association include the records of the association and collected material. The
association newsletters are helpful in documenting the growth and activities of the association. The newsletters range in
date from 1983 through 2011, with gaps from 1986 through1988 and 1991 through 1994. They include administrative documents
and reports to the membership, association activities and personal accounts from squadron veterans. Much of the Correspondence
series relates to tracking down members of the squadron, writing the unit history and identifying photographs for that history.
The Photograph series includes many, but not all, of the images of identified individuals and places. The photographs used
in the making of the 455th's Marauder Squadron Albums reside in the Printed Material series as part of the printing master
for those volumes. This three volume set reviews the history of the 455th during World War II, provides information about
many members since the war and includes some photographs and comment about some of the reunions. The Marauder Memoirs is an
anecdotal history of the 455th veterans' experiences. The Collected Materials series includes items from members of the squadron
such as diaries, flight logs, orders and scrapbooks.
Statement of Arrangement
These records have been divided into six series. Series I: Association Newsletters (1983-2011) This series consists of the
newsletters of the 455th Bombardment Squadron Association starting with the second newsletter in 1983 and extending to 2011.
Series II: Correspondence (1983-1996) This series includes correspondence between members of the association who were identifying
and trading photographs of individuals, places and aircraft as they began to write the unit history and search for former
members of the squadron. Series III: Photographs (1942-1988) This series consists of photographs donated by members of the
455th Bomb Squadron Association. The photographs depict individuals, aircrews, aircraft and their stations during World War
II. The series also includes photographs of members at several early reunions and memorial events. Series IV: Printed Material
(1943-1997) This series is composed of two sub-series: Material by 455th Bomb Squadron Association and Other Material. The
material by the 455th Bomb Squadron includes drafts of the unit history and personal anecdotes from veterans that were published
by the association. Also included in this sub-series is a booklet on nose art of the 455th Bomb Squadron aircraft. The Other
Material sub-series includes printed material such as unit histories, collected journals, magazine articles, and a special
edition of the book Strikes: 323rd Bomb Group (M) made specifically for the 455th Bomb Group Association. Series V: Subject
Files (1942-1998) This series consists of files on various subjects that the 455th Bomb Squadron Association addressed or
inquired about. It includes various association activities such as researching their unit history, making rosters of personnel,
and planning reunions, meetings and other gatherings. Series VI: Collected Material (1942-1996) This series is composed of
artifacts and material collected by the 455th Bomb Squadron Association for display at their gatherings.
Series I: Association Newsletters (1983-2011)
Series II: Correspondence (1983-1996)
Series III: Photographs (1942-1996)
Series IV: Printed Material (1943-1997)
Series V: Subject Files (1942-1998)
Series VI: Collected Material (1942-1996)
Restrictions on Use
Copyright restrictions may apply. Permission to reproduce or publish materials in this collection must be secured in writing
from Archival Services, University Libraries, The University of Akron.
Restrictions on Access
No restrictions on access; except not available through interlibrary loan. Copyright restrictions may apply. Permission to
reproduce or publish materials in this collection must be secured in writing from Archival Services, University Libraries,
The University of Akron.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects:
Bomber Pilots
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations--American
World War, 1939-1945--Regimental Histories--United States
Organizations/Corporations:
455th Bombardment Squadron Association
United States. Army Air Forces. Bombardment Squadron, 455th
Preferred Citation
[Identification of Item], B-26 Marauder Archives, 455th Bombardment Squadron Association Records, Archival Services, University
Libraries, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio.
Processing Information
Processed by Gil Stadler and Mark Bloom in 2011
Detailed Description of The Collection
SERIES I: ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTERS, 1983-2011
BOX 1 / FOLDER 1-6
455th Bomb Squadron Newsletters, 1983-1985
BOX 1 / FOLDER 7-19
455th Bomb Squadron Newsletters, The Flightline, 1997-2006
SERIES II: CORRESPONDENCE, 1983-1996
BOX 1 / FOLDER 20
8th Air Force Historical Society, 1987
BOX 1 / FOLDER 21
9th Air Force Historical Society and Other, 1983
BOX 1 / FOLDER 22
9th Air Force Service Command, 1983-1985
BOX 1 / FOLDER 23
344th Bomb Group - John Scott, 1989
BOX 1 / FOLDER 24
Boom, Ray, 1984
BOX 1 / FOLDER 25-26
Caughlan, John, 1984-1986
BOX 1 / FOLDER 27
Dardis, Henry A., 1983
BOX 1 / FOLDER 28
Davis, Jim, 1983
BOX 1 / FOLDER 29-30
Eighth Air Force Historical Society, 1984
BOX 1 / FOLDER 31
Gladwell, Terry, 1992
BOX 1 / FOLDER 32
Goldsmith, Ben (also see Combat Drawings and Memoirs 1942-1945), 1983
BOX 1 / FOLDER 33
Grieb, Bill, 1983
BOX 1 / FOLDER 34-43
General Correspondence, 1983-1988
BOX 1 / FOLDER 44
Hanley, Harry R., 1983-1984
BOX 1 / FOLDER 45
Hiat, Russ, 1983
BOX 1 / FOLDER 46
Hills, Harry O., 1983-1984
BOX 1 / FOLDER 47
Hodges, John, 1983
BOX 1 / FOLDER 48
Hope, Al, 1983
BOX 2 / FOLDER 1
Ingvoldstad, Paul (also see Fort Wayne officers picture), 1984
BOX 2 / FOLDER 2
Jung, Edgar, 1984
BOX 2 / FOLDER 3
Junger, Weron, 1983-1984
BOX 2 / FOLDER 4
Kilbride, Lawrence, 1983
BOX 2 / FOLDER 5
Leach, George, 1983
BOX 2 / FOLDER 6
Latham, Tommy, 1983
BOX 2 / FOLDER 7
Ledbetter, Jim, 1983
BOX 2 / FOLDER 8
MacGregor, John J., 1983
BOX 2 / FOLDER 9
Maier, Joe E., 1983-1984
BOX 2 / FOLDER 10
Maille, Ray, 1983
BOX 2 / FOLDER 11
McElhaney, Elwood, 1983-1984
BOX 2 / FOLDER 12
McGowan, Garret, 1984
BOX 2 / FOLDER 13-21
McSweeney, John E., 1982-1985
BOX 2 / FOLDER 22
Mercer, Al B., 1983
BOX 2 / FOLDER 23
Meyers, Ollie, 1983-1984
BOX 2 / FOLDER 24
Mims, Mignon, 2009
BOX 2 / FOLDER 25
Miya, Mike R., 1983-1984
BOX 2 / FOLDER 26
Morrison, Al, 1985-1986
BOX 2 / FOLDER 27
Mueller, Chris J., 1983
BOX 2 / FOLDER 28
Mulockell, Jim, 1983
BOX 2 / FOLDER 29
Mulrenin, Paul ("a personal glimpse"), 1997
BOX 2 / FOLDER 30
Passmore, Cecil, 1983-1985
BOX 2 / FOLDER 31
Piazza, Roger J. (also see Piazza Pictures), 1983-1984
BOX 2 / FOLDER 32
Pierce, Mathew, 1984
BOX 2 / FOLDER 33
Polk, Clayton, 1983
BOX 2 / FOLDER 34
Ren, Harold W., 1983
BOX 2 / FOLDER 35
Sauer, Hank, 1984
BOX 2 / FOLDER 36
Saur, Henry E., 1983
BOX 2 / FOLDER 37
Schut, Ray, 1983
BOX 2 / FOLDER 38
Shelley, Jack, 1983
BOX 2 / FOLDER 39-40
Sloane, David, 1983-1984
BOX 2 / FOLDER 41
Smith, Lois, 1983-1984
BOX 2 / FOLDER 42
Speer, Hank, 1983
BOX 2 / FOLDER 43
Swart, Ken, 1983
BOX 2 / FOLDER 44-45
Szykowny, Steve, 1983-1984
BOX 2 / FOLDER 46
Tadsar, Jim, 1983
BOX 2 / FOLDER 47
Waters, Charles, 1982
BOX 2 / FOLDER 48-49
Westerman, Gilbert, 1982-1983
BOX 2 / FOLDER 50-54
Wefel, Ralph M., 1982-1996
BOX 2 / FOLDER 55
Wiedemann, Stan and Mildred, 1983
BOX 2 / FOLDER 56
Wille, Fred G., undated
BOX 2 / FOLDER 57
Wing, Roswell B., 1988
BOX 2 / FOLDER 58
Woznak, Edward, 1983
BOX 2 / FOLDER 59
Zomp, Edward, 1983-1985
SERIES III: PHOTOGRAPHS, 1942-1996
BOX 3 / FOLDER 1
43-34118 and Captain Hanley with Hills, Mueller, Reichart, Buffington and Zomp (includes negative of 118), undated
BOX 3 / FOLDER 2
Adams, John Pictures [photocopies], 1942-1943
BOX 3 / FOLDER 3
Armorer's Photograph; Ed Zomp pictures [photocopy], undated
BOX 3 / FOLDER 4
Boyer pictures, c. 1942-1945
BOX 3 / FOLDER 5
Boyer, Chuck and Little Laon friends, undated
BOX 3 / FOLDER 6
Britt, James W. and crew with aircraft 43-34313, undated
BOX 3 / FOLDER 7
Caughlin crew (Caughlin, Boom, VanPelt, Reynolds, Amet, Bailey), undated
BOX 3 / FOLDER 8
Cerulli, Pop, Ray, and Zomp and german amphibious jeep, undated
BOX 3 / FOLDER 9
Composite photograph of Paul Mulrenin and "Mission Belle" model, undated
BOX 3 / FOLDER 10
Druhl reunion photographs, 1991
BOX 3 / FOLDER 11
Ekberg crew (Berge, Caulkins, Mandreger, Hassinger, Bennett), undated
BOX 3 / FOLDER 12
Ekberg crew, Walker crew, Wilkerson crew, Neeley crew, undated
BOX 3 / FOLDER 13
"Expectantly Yours" and "Utah Gamecock" crews, undated
BOX 3 / FOLDER 14
Forbes, Tulipane, Bennett, and Kenyon - England 1942-1943; Jim at Tampa Bay, 1942-1943
BOX 3 / FOLDER 15
Fort Wayne officers and Herin enlisted men [photocopies], c. 1942-1945
BOX 3 / FOLDER 16
Frapper, Alfred and Lucille, 1945
BOX 3 / FOLDER 17
Goldsmith sketch of Paul Mulrenin and two crew (also see Mulrenin and crew Caricature in collected material), 1983
BOX 3 / FOLDER 18
Hanley Pictures, 1943-1945
BOX 3 / FOLDER 19
Hanley pictures [photocopies], 1945
BOX 3 / FOLDER 20
Hass 100th mission photograph [photocopy], undated
BOX 3 / FOLDER 21
Hope's pictures [photocopy], undated
BOX 3 / FOLDER 22-23
Hoover, Jim, History collection negatives, c. 1942-1945
BOX 3 / FOLDER 24
"Jolly Roger" battle damage, c. 1943-1945
BOX 3 / FOLDER 25
Junger photographs, undated
BOX 3 / FOLDER 26
Junger, Bishop, and Shriver, 1944
BOX 3 / FOLDER 27
"Last Mission" reprinted photograph, undated
BOX 3 / FOLDER 28
Leaving, Keesler and Captain Brier, 1942
BOX 3 / FOLDER 29
Listug and crew (Listug, Cronin, Young, Weidemann, Shelly), 1945
BOX 3 / FOLDER 30
Mark's Pictures, undated
BOX 3 / FOLDER 31
Mulrenin pictures [photocopy], 1918-1919
BOX 3 / FOLDER 32
Negatives, c. 1942-1945
BOX 3 / FOLDER 33
Nose Art, c. 1942-1945
BOX 3 / FOLDER 34
Original photographs of [sitting] Jim Loughry, Harry Hills (dog named Duke), Charlie, [standing] Abe, and Cocari; Crashed
B-26s, and nose art, c. 1942-1945
BOX 3 / FOLDER 35
Owens, Charles R., undated
BOX 3 / FOLDER 36
Photocopies of photographs, c.1942-1945
BOX 3 / FOLDER 37
Photograph identification book, 1983
BOX 3 / FOLDER 38-40
Photograph reprints, c. 1942-1945
BOX 3 / FOLDER 41
Photographs, c. 1942-1945
BOX 3 / FOLDER 42
Photographs of 455th reunion and 50th anniversary gala, 1991
BOX 3 / FOLDER 43
Photographs of B-26 "Carolyn", undated
BOX 3 / FOLDER 44
Photographs of B-26 on display at USAF Museum, 1983-1990
BOX 3 / FOLDER 45
Photographs from 455th Marauder Squadron Albums, 1944
BOX 3 / FOLDER 46
Photographs from Correspondence files, 1942-1945
BOX 3 / FOLDER 47
Photographs from Subject Files, undated
BOX 3 / FOLDER 48
Photographs: Longheed, Welcher, Lundin, Speer, Schute, Long, Miller, Russel, Brewer, 1944
BOX 3 / FOLDER 49
Photographs of display, 1996
BOX 3 / FOLDER 50-51
Piazza, Roger J. photographs, 1944
BOX 3 / FOLDER 52
Radiomen at Herin; Armstrong and Schmidt at Florennes, Belgium, 1945
BOX 3 / FOLDER 53
Rest Camp Photographs, 1945
BOX 3 / FOLDER 54
Reunion Photograph Clearwater, Florida, c. 1990s
BOX 3 / FOLDER 55
Smith and Crew, undated
BOX 3 / FOLDER 56
Steve's pictures [photocopy], 1984
BOX 3 / FOLDER 57
Strikes photographs, c.1942-1945
BOX 3 / FOLDER 58
Trainor, Tom and Davis, Jim and Over the target action [photocopy], 1983-1984
BOX 3 / FOLDER 59
Waters photographs, undated
BOX 3 / FOLDER 60
Waters photographs, 1944-1945
BOX 3 / FOLDER 61
Winter at Laon, undated
BOX 3 / FOLDER 62
Winter maintenance at Laon (Hills, Irwin, Westran, Albertson), undated
BOX 3 / FOLDER 63
"Yankee Vengeance", "Wherley's Vindicators" and ground crew at Earls Colne, Laon, and Herin, 1944-1945
BOX 3 / FOLDER 64
Reunion Photograph by Marauder Memorial (rolled), 1988
SERIES IV: PRINTED MATERIAL, 1943-1997
SUB-SERIES: MATERIAL BY 455TH BOMB SQUADRON ASSOCIATION, 1984-1997
BOX 4 / FOLDER 1
455th Bomb Squadron Marauder Nose Art, 1984
BOX 4 / FOLDER 2
455th Bomb Squadron Prisoners of War, Missing in Action and With the Squadron Beyond, 1996
BOX 4 / FOLDER 3-12
Marauder Memoirs Draft, 1986
BOX 4 / FOLDER 13
Marauder Memoirs forward by Dr. Falk, 1987
BOX 4 / FOLDER 14-26
Printing master of Marauder Squadron Albums, volumes I - III, 1996
BOX 5 / FOLDER 1-3
Marauder Squadron Albums volumes I-III, 1997
SUB-SERIES: OTHER MATERIAL, 1943-1991
BOX 5 / FOLDER 4-5
8th Air Force News, 1980 February - 1986 October
BOX 5 / FOLDER 6-7
9th Air Force 323rd Bomb Group (M) History, 1943 May 22 - 1945 September 5
BOX 5 / FOLDER 8
9th Air Force 323rd Bomb Group (M) 455th Bomb Squadron "Whitetail Marauders" World War II, 1945-1983
BOX 5 / FOLDER 9
456th Squadron History, references to Colonel Thatcher, c. 1944-1945
BOX 5 / FOLDER 10
Aero News Photo, 1985-1986 Winter
BOX 5 / FOLDER 11
Aerospace Historian, 1973 December
BOX 5 / FOLDER 12
Air Classics, 1986 September - December
BOX 5 / FOLDER 13
Air Force Magazine, 1986 July
BOX 5 / FOLDER 14
"Bastogne Revisited" by Daniel B. Goodenough [photocopy], 1991 August
BOX 5 / FOLDER 15
"Changes in Fortune" [photocopy], undated
BOX 5 / FOLDER 16
"Coffee Grinder Connection" by J.K. Havener [photocopy], undated
BOX 5 / FOLDER 17
Crosshairs: Official Newsletter of the Bombardiers, Inc., 1986 November
BOX 5 / FOLDER 18
Deadly Duo [select pages-photocopy], 1984
BOX 5 / FOLDER 19
Howard Huges Flying Boat, undated
BOX 5 / FOLDER 20
In Britain, 1986 March - April
BOX 5 / FOLDER 21
Journal of the 7th Photo Group Association Eyes of the Eighth, 1983 September-1985 September
BOX 5 / FOLDER 22
Military History Review, 1984 September
BOX 5 / FOLDER 23
Operations and Tactics Report [9th Bombardment Division?], c. 1945
BOX 5 / FOLDER 24
Publications and collection of extract articles, 1971-1991
BOX 5 / FOLDER 25
Smithsonian, 1986 December
BOX 5 / FOLDER 26
Strikes: 323rd Bomb Group (M) 455th Squadron association special edition, 1989
BOX 5 / FOLDER 27
Warbirds International, 1986 Winter
BOX 5 / FOLDER 28
World War II, 1986 September
SERIES V: SUBJECT FILES, 1942-1998
BOX 6 / FOLDER 1
3rd Air Force - Europe (WWII Base/BGs), 1983
BOX 6 / FOLDER 2
9th Air Force - station list, 1945 June 6
BOX 6 / FOLDER 3
9th Air Force Statistics [2 photocopies], 1983
BOX 6 / FOLDER 4
323rd / 8th Air Force Historical Society Membership list, 1993
BOX 6 / FOLDER 5
323rd Bomb Group Association, 1991-1992
BOX 6 / FOLDER 6
323rd Bomb Group Association news release, 1992 May
BOX 6 / FOLDER 7
323rd Bomb Group - Mauer, undated
BOX 6 / FOLDER 8
397th Bomb Group Association, 1984
BOX 6 / FOLDER 9
454th Bomb Squadron Association newsletters and directory, 1982-1985
BOX 6 / FOLDER 10
455th Bomb Squadron Association Decals, undated
BOX 6 / FOLDER 11
455th Bomb Squadron Insignia, undated
BOX 6 / FOLDER 12-13
455th Bomb Squadron (M) Insignia, 1991
BOX 6 / FOLDER 14
455th Historic Documents, 1945-1987
BOX 6 / FOLDER 15
455th World War II Negatives List, 1984
BOX 6 / FOLDER 16
719 "Miss Emily" with Davis crew and 35000 "Swamp Chicken" [photocopies], undated
BOX 6 / FOLDER 17
Air Fields Europe, 1983
BOX 6 / FOLDER 18
Aircraft accident September 9, 1944 Whitman-pilot; 41-31870, 1984
BOX 6 / FOLDER 19
Akers biographical information, 1997
BOX 6 / FOLDER 20
Allen, Trevor plane list, 1984
BOX 6 / FOLDER 21
Boissonault military occupational specialties, 1986
BOX 6 / FOLDER 22
Bottle of Honor, 1991
BOX 6 / FOLDER 23
Combat Drawings by Goldsmith Benedict, 1984
BOX 6 / FOLDER 24
Combat Drawings and Memoirs (also see Goldsmith, Benedict), 1942-1945
BOX 6 / FOLDER 25
Combat Drawings and Memoirs 1942-1945 copyright registration papers (also see Goldsmith, Benedict), 1995
BOX 6 / FOLDER 26
Combat mission list of L.E. Marsh; Crew lists; Special Orders, 1945 June
BOX 6 / FOLDER 27
Combat crew list and roster, 1986
BOX 6 / FOLDER 28
Combat crew list, 1986
BOX 6 / FOLDER 29
Crew list, 1986
BOX 6 / FOLDER 30
Druhl's crew lists, 1983
BOX 6 / FOLDER 31
"Dulag Luft-Interrogation" by Claude Murray, 1983
BOX 6 / FOLDER 32-35
Eighth Air Force Historical Society, 1983-1985
BOX 6 / FOLDER 36
Extra photocopies of pictures and rosters, undated
BOX 6 / FOLDER 37
Fact sheet: World War II, 1994
BOX 6 / FOLDER 38
Falk, Stanley L. Review of Marauder Memoirs, undated
BOX 6 / FOLDER 39
"Flight of the Mission Belle" picture donation ceremony, 1994 May 17
BOX 6 / FOLDER 40
"Flight of the Mission Belle: Fear in the Window" by Paul Mulrenin, undated
BOX 6 / FOLDER 41
Flightline draft, 1998 January
BOX 6 / FOLDER 42
Fort Wayne pilots, 1983
BOX 6 / FOLDER 43
Fort Wayne planes, numbers, pilots and crew chiefs, 1984
BOX 6 / FOLDER 44
Good Conduct Medal list [photocopy], 1944 February 24- July 18
BOX 6 / FOLDER 45
Grieb's plane list, 1984
BOX 6 / FOLDER 46
Group assignment and tail identification [photocopy], 1983-1986
BOX 6 / FOLDER 47
In Memorian, 1984
BOX 6 / FOLDER 48
Letter order for 323rd Bomb Group about Coat of Arms, 1943 February 16
BOX 6 / FOLDER 49
Map of Essex, Earls Colne, undated
BOX 6 / FOLDER 50
Marauder Historical Society, 1992
BOX 6 / FOLDER 51
Marauder Memoirs, 1988
BOX 6 / FOLDER 52
Marauder Memoirs pictures [photocopies], 1989
BOX 6 / FOLDER 53
Martin Factory and B-26 Marauder 2107614, 1982
BOX 6 / FOLDER 54
Meeting agenda, 455th Bomb Squadron Association business meeting, 1984 October 6
BOX 6 / FOLDER 55
Membership Certificate, 1984-1985
BOX 6 / FOLDER 56
Membership Certificate - McSweeney, undated
BOX 6 / FOLDER 57
Membership List, 1991
BOX 6 / FOLDER 58
Missing Air Crew Reports 323rd Bomb Group, 1988
BOX 6 / FOLDER 59
Missing Air Crew Reports microfiche, 1944-1945
BOX 6 / FOLDER 60
"Mission Belle" crew list, 1984-1985
BOX 6 / FOLDER 61
Mission list of the 323rd Bomb Group (M), 1984
BOX 6 / FOLDER 62
Missions, flight orders, crew lists [photocopy], 1945
BOX 6 / FOLDER 63
The Mighty Eighth chapter 7 [photocopy], 1970
BOX 7 / FOLDER 1
National Archives Military Files: 455th Bomb Squadron, 1984
BOX 7 / FOLDER 2
Newsletter unit history, reunion roster, 1985-1987
BOX 7 / FOLDER 3
Newspaper clippings, 1943-1944
BOX 7 / FOLDER 4
Ninth Air Force (World War II) Memorial, 1986
BOX 7 / FOLDER 5
"Nuts and Bolts of a Creation in Progress" ["Mission Belle" painting], 1985-1988
BOX 7 / FOLDER 6
Orders, personal actions, etc., 1943-1944
BOX 7 / FOLDER 7
Orders and photocopies of orders, 1943-1945
BOX 7 / FOLDER 8
"Ops that get a line often rate hight in combat heroism" by Ed Goodykountz (also see "Ditching" in collected material), 1944 May 31
BOX 7 / FOLDER 9
O'Rourke, Richard George, undated
BOX 7 / FOLDER 10
Parkinson Memorial Fund, 1987
BOX 7 / FOLDER 11
Pete's lost list, 1985
BOX 7 / FOLDER 12
Photographs and rosters of the 455th personnel [photocopy], 1943-1983
BOX 7 / FOLDER 13
Prisoners of War/ Missing in Action, 1994
BOX 7 / FOLDER 14
Ralphs pictures [photocopy from book], undated
BOX 7 / FOLDER 15
Report to the President - Need for a Historian, 1984-1985
BOX 7 / FOLDER 16
Reunion material, 1991
BOX 7 / FOLDER 17
Reunion group photograph [photocopy] Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, 1982
BOX 7 / FOLDER 18
Reunion photograph [photocopy], 1983
BOX 7 / FOLDER 19
Reunion: San Antonio, 1983-1985
BOX 7 / FOLDER 20
Revised assignment of combat crews, flights, missing in action, and killed in action list, 1945-1986
BOX 7 / FOLDER 21
SACRO 453rd Bomb Squadron reunion, 1984 August 31 - September 4
BOX 7 / FOLDER 22
Service dates; Our planes, 1983
BOX 7 / FOLDER 23
Shipping Orders, 1943
BOX 7 / FOLDER 24
Shipping Orders, Myrtle Beach, 1943
BOX 7 / FOLDER 25
Significant War Scenes by Battlefront Artist, 1947
BOX 7 / FOLDER 26
Specialists re-assigned to 344th and 387th Bomb Group lists, 1983
BOX 7 / FOLDER 27
Squadron Military Occupational Specialty list, 1988
BOX 7 / FOLDER 28
Stories, poetry, and prayers, 1944-1986
BOX 7 / FOLDER 29-32
To do: 455th unit history research notes of John McSweeney, 1983-1984
BOX 7 / FOLDER 33
University of Akron transfer of material, 1996
BOX 7 / FOLDER 34
Unreachable members, 1984-1985
BOX 7 / FOLDER 35-37
USAF/ USAAF, 1983-1985
BOX 7 / FOLDER 38
Wefel, Ralph M., 1983
SERIES VI: COLLECTED MATERIAL, 1942-1996
BOX 8 / FOLDER 1-10
455th Marauder Squadron Albums #1-9, 1943-1996
BOX 8 / FOLDER 11
Artifacts, 1943-1945
BOX 8 / FOLDER 12
Byrd R. Moore mission log [photocopy], 1944-1945
BOX 8 / FOLDER 13
Combat diary of Oliver Meyers, 1943 July 29-1944 June 22
BOX 8 / FOLDER 14
Enlow orders, personnel actions (with reference to "Flak Bait"), 1943-1944
BOX 8 / FOLDER 15
Dardis' collection [includes strike photographs], 1943-1945
BOX 8 / FOLDER 16
Diary of James S. Pollard [transcribed, photocopy], 1944 December 2 - 1945 April 20
BOX 8 / FOLDER 17
Diary of Robert B. Long, 1942 October - 1943 October
BOX 8 / FOLDER 18
Diary of Robert B. Long, 1943 October - 1944 June
BOX 8 / FOLDER 19
"Ditching" drawn by Glick, used in article "Ops that get a line often rate high in combat heroism" by Goodykoontz, c. 1944
BOX 8 / FOLDER 20
Kennedy diary, 1944 December - 1945 April
BOX 8 / FOLDER 21
Mulrenin and Crew caricature by Benedict Goldsmith (also see Combat Drawings in Subject files), 1984
BOX 8 / FOLDER 22
Mulrenin record of combat flying time, 1943-1945
BOX 8 / FOLDER 23
Mulrenin photographs [photocopies], undated
BOX 8 / FOLDER 24
Stan Bird orders and photographs, 1942-1943
BOX 8 / FOLDER 25
Trimble military records, 1942-1944
BOX 9 / FOLDER 1
Robert B. Long scrapbook [includes photographs, 1943-1944
BOX 9 / FOLDER 2
Ernest C. Trimble scrapbook, 1943-1945