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Wright Field Technical Documents Library

National Air and Space Museum

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Object Details

sova.nasm.xxxx.0428
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2124245c3-eb7c-495a-a446-e87ba26d8251
Creator
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (Ohio)
Names
McCook Field, Ohio
United States. Air Force
United States. Air Force Materiel Division
United States. Air Materiel Command
Wright Field, Ohio
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (Ohio)
Topic
Military intelligence
Airplanes, Military -- Flight testing
Aeronautics, Military
Aeronautics
Aeronautics, Military -- Research
Provenance
United States Air Force Museum, Transfer, 1962, NASM.XXXX.0428.
Creator
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (Ohio)
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Wright Field Technical Documents Library
Summary
Throughout its history the Engineering Division/Materiel Division at Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio, maintained a catalogued library of technical documents, which was turned over to the Air Force Museum and later donated to the National Air and Space Museum. The collection consists of reports and other documents on a variety of aviation-related topics, including general science (aeronautics, physics, chemistry, etc); military air service personnel, organization, and equipment for both US and foreign air forces; as well as operations, and so on. Currently, the finding aid only covers documents from the D52.1 subject code (Airplanes, arranged alphabetically) and only those that are physically located in the Wright Field Technical Documents Library.
Biographical / Historical
In 1917, the United States Army Air Service established an aviation engineering section at McCook Field in Dayton, Ohio. In 1927, the Engineering Division, as it was then known, moved to nearby Wilbur Wright Field and remained there as the Air Force Materiel Division (AFMD) and Air Materiel Command (AMC) until Wright Field combined with Patterson Field to become Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in 1948. The Engineering Division was responsible for Army Air Services research and development and served as a clearinghouse for information on aviation development worldwide. Throughout its history the Engineering Division/Materiel Division maintained a catalogued library of documents, which was turned over to the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson and was later donated to the National Air and Space Museum.
Extent
733.77 Cubic feet (1508 document boxes)
Date
1915-1955
Archival Repository
National Air and Space Museum Archives
Identifier
NASM.XXXX.0428
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Correspondence
Publications
Reports
Photographs
Arrangement
Every document in the collection has been assigned a multi-part Wright Field Number. This number is adapted from the Air Force central decimal correspondence filing system. Wright Field Numbers are written in the format: [Subject Code] [Category Suffix] / [Sequence Number] [Sequence Modifier] Subject Code: This number begins with an alpha-numeric subject code. For example, D52.1 (Airplanes, arranged alphabetically). Category Suffix: A more specific textual subject reference. For example, in the D52.1 subjects, the suffix is usually a manufacturer name, aircraft name, or a general type of aircraft. (Original Wright Field cataloguers could be inconsistent in how they classified an airplane. For example, a document on a Japanese Mitsubishi A6M could be filed alphabetically under A6M, Mitsubishi, Zeke, Zero, or Misc. Japanese.) It is possible to not have a category suffix. Sequence Number: The individual number assigned to the document within its subject code and category. If a document was formerly classified as "Security Information," the sequence number starts with "S," for example "S-1." These are usually filed at the beginning of a range of documents. Sometimes technical manuals are filed using the technical order (TO) number. For example, 01-20EE-3 is the sequence number used for a Boeing B-17 Handbook of Overhaul Instructions, TO-01-20EE-3. Sequence Modifier: If there is a revision or multiple parts of a document, this is reflected in a sequence modifier. Ex. Dates, revision numbers, etc. The documents are arranged alpha-numerically by Wright Field Number in the order of: Subject Code, Category Suffix, Sequence Number, Sequence Modifier Example of arrangement by Wright Field Number: D52.1 / 42 D52.1 Aeronca / 2 D52.1 Boeing / S-1 D52.1 Boeing / 422 D52.1 Boeing / 511 Dec 1, 1941 D52.1 Boeing / 511 vol. 2 March 1, 1943 D52.1 Misc. Japanese / 46 Each record contains the title and source from the index cards. Information from the subject field on the cards appears as a scope and content note. Currently, the finding aid only covers documents from the D52.1 subject code and only those that are physically located in the Wright Field Technical Documents Library. Please contact the NASM Archives regarding additional documents. Some may be located in the Technical Reference Files, cataloguing information may be only on the index cards, or the document has been catalogued as missing from the collection.
Processing Information
The Wright Field Technical Documents Library was transferred from the Air Force Museum to the National Air Museum in increments during 1962. The Museum also received a large set of index cards that served as the card catalog to the collection. While there were multiple sets of cards with different arrangements (such as subject), NASM only received the card set arranged by Wright Field Number. To provide better searching and cross-reference capabilities, the Archives created a decades-long project in which volunteers and staff have transcribed the contents of the cards and documents into a FileMaker Pro database. This ongoing transcription project has focused its efforts on the D52.1 series (Airplanes, arranged alphabetically) and the D52.41 series (Motor or engine). In the early days of the project, volunteers primarily entered information into the database only if both a card and a document existed in the collection. Beginning in the mid-2010s, volunteers began to transcribe all cards, noting the location of a document or its "missing" status. In the 1960s and 1970s, those documents that were determined to be of "ready reference" value were placed into the appropriate subject file in the Technical Reference Files Collection (NASM.XXXX.1183). Although in the 1980s the Archives explored reintegrating the documents back into the original collection, it was decided to only remove misfiled documents from the files. Additional documents can be also found on microfilm in the Captured German and Japanese Air Technical Documents Collection (NASM.XXXX.0431). The National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio, also retained some documents from this collection in their files, though they note that they never had all the documents contained in the original library. Arranged, described, and encoded by Elizabeth C. Borja, 2022-2023. Transcriptions from index cards by NASM Archives Volunteers: Jim Kelly, Tim Tindall, Joe Pruden, Norm Richards, and Al Mongeon. Many members of the NASM Archives Staff have also contributed to the processing and transcription of the collection, particularly Paul Silbermann and David Schwartz. Please note that the records in the database were an attempt to transcribe faithfully from the index cards and documents. Most records in this finding aid were exported directly from the database with minimal editing. Incorrect aircraft designations, inconsistent or misplaced punctuation, and other errors may be present. For example, a Curtiss O-52 may have been typed as Curtiss 0 52 on the catalog index card and this was replicated in the database. Dates are written in many different formats. Information added by processors has been placed in brackets.
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Genre/Form
Correspondence
Publications
Reports
Photographs
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of reports and other documents on a variety of aviation-related topics, including general science (aeronautics, physics, chemistry, etc); military air service personnel, organization, and equipment for both US and foreign air forces; as well as operations, and so on. Information on foreign services and equipment is usually from military intelligence reports, although some foreign documents or translations are included. The material also includes a large section of test reports from the Material Division itself.
Restrictions
No restrictions on access
NASM.XXXX.0428
Large EAD
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2124245c3-eb7c-495a-a446-e87ba26d8251
NASM.XXXX.0428
NASMAC
Record ID
ebl-1529517646788-1529517646789-0

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  • "Inspection report on the Gallaudet DB-1 airplane." Source: J.R. Moser. Armament Section. McCook Field.

  • "Study to improve control box lighting in model F6F-5 and F6F-5N airplanes." Source: Naval air test center, Patuxent River. Electronic test R-2026.

  • "Application of two stage pick up to the take off of winged targets from an aircraft carrier." Source: Royal aircraft establishment. Technical note. Aero 1520.

  • "Service Test Requirements and Manual on Douglas Y1O-43 Corps Observation Airplane." Source: War Department, Air Corps, Materiel Division, Dayton, Ohio. Engineering Section.

  • "Dwg [drawing] of a Caproni Biplane with 3 liberty "12" engines." Source:

  • "Photo 3/4 rear left view of exhaust collector ring. Boeing - P-12E." Source:

  • "Report on speed and altitude trials of Sikorsky S-32." Source: missing

  • "Strength investigations in aircraft construction under repeated application of the load." Source: National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. Technical Memorandum #1087

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  • "Report on German airplanes in service or on trial." Source: Bulletin of Information Section. AEF

  • "Instructors Supplement to "Pilots Training Manual - Liberator B-24"." Source: USAF.

  • "Loading and center of gravity diagram for Supermarine Spitfire F. Mark VII." Source: missing

  • "Bulletins." Source: missing

  • "Characteristics and performance of airplanes Great Britain." Source: Wright Field

  • "Characteristics of the Martin-Baker light fighter equipped with a Rolls-Royce Griffin engine." Source: MID-ONI

  • "Wind tunnel tests on the de Havilland Hornet twin engined fighter. Part 2. With landing flaps." Source: Royal aircraft establishment. Report Aero 1940.

  • "Performance of the F4B-2 Boeing single place fighter." Source: Naval Air Station, Anacostia. Report # 89

  • "Aircraft Checker's Report for C-46,." Source: U.S.A.F.

  • "Extract from report of performance tests of Morane-Saulnier airplane type Mo S XXXII C 2, with 400 h.p. Liberty engine." Source: missing

  • "Effect of new type belly tank of 310 gallon capacity on flight characteristics of Lockheed P-38J airplane." Source: Flight test engineering branch. TSCEP5ER-1866. Wright Field.

  • "Report on endurance trails of Morane Saulnier airplanes with 150 hp Gnome Monosoupe engine." Source: S.T.Ae.

  • "Description of the Focke-Wulf Fw 56 and Percival Gull airplanes, Macchi C 94 amphibian. the 650 hp IAR, Hispano-Suiza 79, Walter Minor IV, Walter Major Vi engines, and the Standard radio RC 5 direction finder." Source: Shell Aviation News

  • "Catalog of the Westland 6-seater Limousine airplane with 450 hp Napier Lion engine." Source: missing

  • "Structural problems of large bombers." Source: royal Aircraft establishment - Report 3242


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