SMS 347 BROWN, MARK H., LT. COL USAF (RET) Preliminary
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SMS 347 BROWN, MARK H., LT. COL USAF (RET) Preliminary Inventory Linear Ft: 4.5 Approx no of Pgs: 9,000 SERIES 1 INTELLIGENCE: PHOTOGRAPHS, MAPS, BOMB PLOTS BOX 1 Folder 1 Aerial photographs used for bombing of tactical targets, photographs included are: Sinzing, Mannheim, Ebelsbach, Frankfurt am Main, Darmstadt Germany and 2 Villacoublay, Le Bourget Air Field, Orleans/Bricy, Paris, France, 1943-1945 Aerial photographs and maps used for bombing of tactical targets, Photographs and maps included are: Rostock/Marienehe, Osnabruck, Dusseldorf, Cologne, Merseburg, Mannheim, Muich, Essen, Hamburg, Brauschweig, Stuttgart, Regensburg, Hannover, Peine, Magdeburg Germany, and two of Brest and Strasbourg, France, 1943-1945 Folder 2 Map of targets used for bombing raids, including: Paris/Fontainbleu, Bordeaux/Limoges, Villacoublay, France, Dortmund, Emden, Frankfurt, Germany, and Trezebinja, Poland, 1943-1945 Folder 3 Bombing targets plots, including: Royan Juvincourt, and Villacoublay France, Brunswick, Frankfurt, Kiel Germany, All were bombing raids performed by 93rd Combat Bomb Wing, 3rd Bombardment Division, 1944-1945 Folder 4 United States Strategic Bombing Survey (USSBS) materials: Blueprint/ bomb damage map of Ektouku plant of Aichi Aircraft Company, Japan, plus USSBS damage assessment work sheets (Undated) 2 aerial photographs plus one map depicting bomb damage on Funakata Plant and Aichi Clock and Electric Company, Japan, with USSBS damage assessment worksheet (Undated) Blueprint of Japanese Second Naval Fuel Depot Yokkaiti Harbor, Japan, showing bomb damage, plus USSBS damage assessment worksheets (Undated) 1 USSBS damage assessment worksheets for unidentified Japanese targets (Undated) USSBS Instruction and definition report (Pacific, undated) Map depicting bomb damage to Hanomag, Germany rail yards and surrounding area (Undated) Bomb damage report of Weimar, Germany, August 24, 1944, 1 sheet (8 photographs) of bomb coverage by 8 aircraft on 1 mission over Brown-Boveri Manufacturing Company, Mannheim, Germany, August 14, 1944 (Hand drawn map only, no narrative) Rare German-produced bomb damage assessment map of small unidentified plant next to large Hannomag Gun Factory in Hannover, Germany, Thought to be the only German bomb assessment in Allied hands SERIES 1 INTELLIGENCE: PHOTOGRAPHS, MAPS, BOMB PLOTS BOX 2 Folder 1 6 Damage Assessment Reports (“K-Reports”) issued by Allied Central Intelligence Unit, most with photographs, immediately following bombing missions, Reports cover following areas: Amizy Railroad Bridge, France, August 14, 1944 Folder 2 Brest, France, Submarine Pens, Undated Folder 3 Caen, France, Coke ovens, Undated (See below) Folder 4 Chalons Sur Marne, France, April 27, 1944 Folder 5 Combourg, France, July 17, 1944 Folder 6 Folligny, France, Railroad Marshalling Yard, June 7, 1944 Folder 7 Genevillers, France, June 22, 1944 Folder 8 Guillerville, France, Panzar Tanks, Undated Folder 9 Issy Les Moulineaux, France, September 3-5, 1944? Folder 10 Le Bourget Air Field, France, Undated Folder 11 Le Harve, France, September 10, 1944 (Two reports) 2 Folder 12 Les Mureaux, France (Undated) Folder 13 Orleans/Bricy Airfield, France, August 1, 1944 (Four reports) Folder 14 Orly Airfield, Paris, France, May 24, 1944 (Five reports) Folder 15 Pont De La Roque Bridge, France, Undated Folder 16 Pontaubault Bridge, France, June 14, 1944 (Two reports) Folder 17 Quai De Jarel, Paris, France, September 15, 1943 Folder 18 St. Malo Citadel Fortress, France, Undated Folder 19 Trappes Marshalling Yards, France, June 3, 1944 Folder 20 Versailles/Matelots Railroad Depot, France, June 11, 1944 Folder 21 Villacoublay Airfield, France, June 25, 1944 Folder 22 D.V.M. Hedderheim, Frankfurt, Germany, October 4, 1943 Folder 23 Ebelsbach, Germany, August 6, 1944 (Two reports) Folder 24 Mannheim (Brown-Boveri A.G.), Germany, February 8, 1945 Folder 25 Krzessinki (Kreising), Poland, May 30, 1944 Folder 26 Sorau (Zary), Poland, May 10, 1944 (Above dates are dates of latest raids on each target) Folder 27 Handwritten list of bombing missions, unknown code numbers, and dates (Matches possibly the above listed “K” Reports) SERIES 2 PHOTOGRAPHS BOX 2A Folder 1 41 photographs of various bomb damaged locations, including: Frankfurt, Germany, Gennevillers and Orly Airfields, France, and Sorau, Poland. Most are captioned, dated 1943-1944, Possibly related to “K” reports listed above in Series 1 Folder 2 259 Stereo pairs photographic plates of American, British, French, German, French, Canadian Artillery, Trains, Convoys, Bases, Bombing Targets, Factories, Military Vehicles, Naval Facilities, U-Boats, Aircraft, Ships, and Chemical and Manufacturing plants, 3 1943-1944, Many captioned (For use with artifact No. 3, Stereo pair viewer) Folder 3 329 photographs of shuttles to Africa, air crew briefings, aircraft landings, crashes, unidentified American air bases and American air crews loading bombs into aircraft Folder 4 203 photographs of bomb sorties over Orly, Reims, Villacoublay, and Mourmelon Le Grand France, Bremen, Kiel, Ansbach, Hannover, Ingolstadt, and Hof Germany, Included also are bomb plotting reports and forms, Many are captioned, dated 1943-1945 SERIES 2 PHOTOGRAPHS BOX 3 Folder 1 114 photographs of Nuremburg, Kassel, Wuppertal, hamburg, Stuttgart, Leuna, Karlsruhe, Regensburg, Germany and several other German and European cities. Included are aerial reconnaissance bomb damage reports and photographs, Captioned, dated 1944-1945 Folder 2 192 photographs of 66th Fighter Group, 56th Fighter Group, 96th Fighter Group, Operation “Chow Hound” (food drop to Rotterdam, Holland), aircraft (U.S.), bomb raids on Arnheim, Germany, USSBS photographs of various German cities, D-Day Invasion aerial photographs, HQ 3rd Air Division at Elnedor Hall, England, Thetford, England, Poltava mission, many captioned, Dated 1943- 1945 Folder 3 255 photographs of WWII aircraft nose art, predominately 385th and 388th Bomber Groups, Many with aircraft crews, Captioned, Also included are 17 original drawings of the aircraft nose art by Sgt. Johnnie White (Undated) Folder 4 53 photographs of WWII crews kneeling under aircraft noses showing aircraft nose art, Captioned, Dated 1943-1945 SERIES 2 PHOTOGRAPHS BOX 4 Folder 1 95 aerial reconnaissance photographs of Poland, France, and Germany, Many captioned, Dated 1943-1945 Folder 2 160 photographs of Munich, Cologne, Kaiserslautern, and Hamburg following allied bombing raids, low level oblique aerial photographs of Hamburg, Koblenz, Giessen, Munich and other cities following the D-Day Invasion 4 Folder 3 Eighth Bomber Command memorabilia, including about 25 photographs of an Operations Board on D-Day, Paris following D- Day, maps, 56th Fighter Group Aces, aircraft tail markings, personnel, and various items including dinner menu, certificate, from the “Lucky Bastard Club,” and New Year’s message to all members of 8th Air Force Commanding General, Lt. Gen James H. Doolittle, Dated January 10, 1945 Folder 4 154 aerial photographs taken during bombing raids and follow up reconnaissance missions of railroads, hangars, bridges, and industrial areas in Juvincourt, Chalons-Sur-Marne, Reims, Le Bourget, Marienburg, Rouen, Villacoublay, France, and Mannheim and Weimar, Germany, 1943-1945 Folder 5 22 photographs of Raid to Marienburg, Germany, Dated September 10, 1943 27 photographs of German concentration camps and victims (Dachau, Buchenwald, Giesen) (Undated) 1 photograph of unidentified prisoners from German POW Camp following Liberation by Allies (Undated) 4 photographic rosters of personnel of HQ 3rd Bombardement Division, November 1, 1943, March 10, 1944, August 1, 1944, and April 1, 1945, and 1 photographic roster of personnel of the 385th Bombardment Group (Undated) 10 photographs of damaged B-17 with sorty describing bomb raid over Berlin, Germany, and subsequent fighter reaction and loss of 1 crew member from the B-17, March 14, 1944 3 photographs: autographed photographic of General Curtis E. LeMay, Photograph of Lt. Col J.W. Fredericks, Maj. Mark H. Brown. and Maj. B.H. Leigh at A/F Linz, Austria, autographed by all three men, dated May 16, 1945, and 3 photographs of unidentified crew in front of aircraft, autographed by artist Frank E. Beresford, dated June 5, 1944 38 photographs of the first shuttle run to Poltava, USSR by the 96th Bombardment Group, Includes photos of Casablanca, Medina (Old Casablanca), Morocco, Poltava USSR, 96th Bombardment Crews, and Russian soldiers (Undated) 5 16 photographs with narrative explanations of explosions, fires, and damage caused by various types of bombs, plus effects of fragmentation bombs and indendiary bombs (Undated) 7 undated uncaptioned aerial photographs of bridges over Seine river bombed by Allies to impede German retreat SERIES 3 MAPS Box 5 Folder 1 German Map, North Central Europe, Scale 1:1,000,000, 1940 Vinyl/cloth pouch containing following silk escape maps: France, Belgium, Holland (Sheet 43A), reverse- France and Spain, (Sheet 43B), Holland, Belgium, France, and Germany (Sheet 43C) reverse-France, Germany, and Switzerland, (Sheet 43D) Germany, Protectorate, Slovakia, Poland, and Hungry, (Sheet 43E) reverse- Croatia, Monteenegro, Hungry, Slovakia, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland, (Sheet 43F) Spain and France, (Sheet 43K East) reverse-Spain and Portugal (Sheet 43K West) (Undated) Envelope of silk escape maps: AAF map of Eastern Asia, reverse- China, Manchuria, 1943; English Air Ministry map of Aegean Sea, reverse-Greece ad Italy, Undated; English Air Ministry map