Research and Reference Websites

 

 

General

 

http://www.ozatwar.com/ozcrashes/qld56.htm

WRC crash article – details of crash

 

http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19431219-0

WRC plane accident info

 

http://500thbsq-b25s.com/mem/canalcreek.html

Canal Creek Crash Memorial Ceremony– 12/6/03

 

http://www.pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/c-47/42-23952.html

Guinea Gopher crash – 5/13/45

 

http://www.pacificwrecks.com/

Research Site

 

http://www.worldwar2database.com/html/newguinea.htm

WWII Multimedia New Guinea -  WWII

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Yeager

Also Sgt Pilot - Details on Chuck Yeager

 

http://warchronicle.com/numbers/WWII/deaths.htm

WWII war dead by country

 

http://home.att.net/~jbaugher/1943_2.html

USAAF serial numbers - scan for 30742.

 

http://www.pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/c-47/43-30742.html

Crash plane was not “Hoosier Traveler”

 

http://www.pacificwrecks.com/60th/1943/12-43.html

December 1943 in Pacific War History

 

http://www.loc.gov/index.html

Library of Congress

 

http://videos.komando.com:80/2009/02/21/the-north-platte-canteen/

North Platte Canteen, North Platte, Nebraska

 

http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=31103853

Had several communications from GEN Wenglar

 

http://www.libraryspot.com/

General Library information

 

http://www.brainyhistory.com/

Today in History

 

http://www.infoplease.com/yearbyyear.html

Information Search – 1900-2008

 

http://www.on-this-day.com/

On This Day in History

 

http://www.scopesys.com/anyday/

Today in History

 

http://books.google.com/books?id=UfUBAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA369&ots=7z5dKA13iv&dq=%22Monroe%20Crecelius%22&pg=PA369&output=text

Link to Monroe Crecelius death in Japan

 

http://www.americainwwii.com/stories/warmother.html           

Esther McCabe – 11 sons in WWII

 

 

New Guinea

 

http://www.pacificwrecks.com/restore/png/museum.html

Papua New Guinea National Museum

 

http://www.history.army.mil:80/brochures/new-guinea/ng.htm

New Guinea combat details – 1/43-12/44

 

http://aboutww2.com/port-moresby-wwii.html

Port Moresby, New Guinea - WWII

 

http://www.olive-drab.com/od_history_ww2_ops_battles_1943newguinea.php

1943-1944 New Guinea

 

http://www.michie.net/png_faqs/07014828_3.shtml#02204034

WWII New Guinea military information

 

http://www.thenational.com.pg/060608/wkender3.php

Port Moresby WWII history

 

http://www.stormingmedia.us/39/3965/A396524.html

New Guinea – Fifth Air Corps

 

http://ibiblio.org/hyperwar/AAF/AAFHS/AAF-HS-113.pdf

Huon Peninsula Campaign – Fifth Air Force

 

http://www.michie.net/png_faqs/07014828_3.shtml#02204034

WWII – New Guinea FAQ

 

http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O129-NewGuineacampaign.html

New Guinea Campaign

 

 

Australia

 

http://www.library.uq.edu.au/index.phtml

University of Queensland Library

 

http://www.ozatwar.com/

Australia at War homepage

 

http://www.ozatwar.com/emailtv.htm

Townsville at War homepage

 

http://www.adf-serials.com/toc.shtml

Australian Aircraft history/serial numbers

 

http://www.ipswich.qld.gov.au/residents/cemeteries/manson_park/

Australian Cemetery – WRC Burial #2

 

http://www.pictureaustralia.org/index.html

Australian WWII pictures

 

http://www.pacificwrecks.com/provinces/australia_townsville.html

Townsville, Australia information

 

http://www.cchs.org.au/index.htm

Capricorn Coast Historical Society

 

http://www.adelaide.edu.au/library/

University of Adelaide Library

 

http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar//USA/USA-A-Papua/USA-A-Papua-Intro.html

Threat to Australia

 

Military Related

 

http://www.gregssandbox.com/54th/index.htm

McMurry website - 54th TCG

 

http://www.armyairforces.com/

Army Air Force WWII database

 

http://www.archives.gov/st-louis/military-personnel/index.html

National Military Records Center – St. Louis

 

http://www.airlifthomecoming.com/

Troop Carrier – Airlift information

 

http://www.accident-report.com/

Military Aviation Incident/Accident reports.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_World_War_II_Army_Airfields

California WWII airfields

 

http://www.troopcarrier.org/home.html

Troop Carrier - Airlift Association

 

http://www.aerothentic.com/

Fifth Air Force WWII Research & Pictures

 

http://www.archives.gov:80/

National Archives & Records Administration

 

http://www.history.army.mil/

US Army Center for Military History

 

http://www.carlisle.army.mil/ahec/index.cfm

US Army Heritage and Education Center

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Army_Air_Corps

US Army Air Corps Info

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly_Air_Force_Base

Kelly Air Force Base

 

http://www.armyairforces.com/Databases/CombatChronology

WWII Army Air Forces Combat Chronology

 

http://www.usaaf.net/chron/index.htm

WWII Army Air Forces Combat Chronology

 

http://www.americal.org/awards/achv-svc.htm

Individual Army Decorations/awards

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distinguished_Flying_Cross_(United_States)

Distinguished Flying Cross

 

http://www.airforcebase.net/aaf/wwiidata.html

WWII Army Air Fields

 

http://ibiblio.org/hyperwar/AAF/OOB/index.html

US Army Air Forces WWII – Order of Battle

 

http://www.flight-history.com

Extensive Airplane information

 

http://home.att.net/~jbaugher/usafserials.html

Plane Serial Numbers & history

 

 

DC-3 / C-47 – General Airplane Information

 

http://douglasdc3.com/

Extensive information about the DC-3 – C-47

 

http://home.att.net/~jbaugher/usafserials.html

Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_DC-3

DC-3 Information

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bockscar

Dropped “Fat Man” on Nagasaki – 8/9/45

 

http://www.warbirdalley.com/c47.htm

C-47 info

 

http://www.centercomp.com/dc3/

DC-3 / C-47 information

 

http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/album/showphoto.php?photo=4818&cat=561

LB-30 - WRC rode on trip to New Guinea

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_C-47_Skytrain_operators

List of C-47 Locations

 

http://www.nasm.si.edu/exhibitions/gal102/americabyair/

American Flying History and Information

 

http://home.att.net/~jbaugher3/cdesig.html

Cargo Aircraft Information

 

Indiana

 

http://www.accessgenealogy.com/worldwar/indiana/gibson.htm

Gibson County WWII Army & Air Force Killed

 

http://www.oak.edu/

Oakland City University

 

http://www.gibsoncountyin.org/History.htm

Gibson County History

 

http://home.att.net/~Local_History/Gibson-Co-IN.htm

Gibson County History

 

http://home.att.net/~Local_History/IN_History.htm

Indiana History

 

http://www.indianatraveler.com/canal_map.htm

Wabash Canal ran through Francisco

 

http://www.indianatraveler.com/

Indiana information

 

http://www.princeton-indiana.com/pages/history/tornados/1925_tornado-main.htm

1925 Tornado

 

http://www.princeton-indiana.com/

Princeton, Indiana

 

http://www.ces.purdue.edu/Gibson/index.htm

Gibson County information

 

http://www.princetonpl.lib.in.us/

Princeton Public Library

 

http://www.princeton-indiana.com/pages/history/history-pages/1931bookweb.pdf

Princeton - 1931

 

http://www.countyhistory.com/gibson/

Gibson County History

 

http://www.in.gov/visitindiana/index.aspx

Indiana visitor information

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibson_County,_Indiana

Gibson County Indiana

 

http://www.vinu.edu/cms/opencms/about/history_mission/

Vincennes University - history

 

http://www.ingenweb.org/inpike/Logatk.htm

Atkinson Chapel Cemetery

 

http://www.genealogy.com/VG/00/00/15/51/06/0000155106/index.html

Mary Christmas

 

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ingibcem/cen_fairview.htm

Fairview Cemetery info

 

http://www.citizenreviewonline.org/July_2006/18/heatwave.html

1936 Heat Wave

 

http://www.islandnet.com/~see/weather/almanac/arc2006/alm06jul.htm

1936 Heat Wave

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_River_flood_of_1937

1937 Flood

 

 

Museums

 

http://www.military.com/Resources/ResourceSubmittedFileView?file=museums_museum_guide.htm

Military Museum locations

 

http://www.pimaair.org/

Pima Air & Science Museum – Tucson, AZ

 

http://www.remember.gov/

Whitehouse Commission on Remembrance

 

http://amcmuseum.org/

Air Mobility Command Museum – Dover, Delaware

 

http://www.wwiimemorial.com/default.asp?page=registry.asp&subpage=intro

WWII Memorial website

 

http://wrightmuseum.org/abou.html

WWII Museum - Wolfeboro, New Hampshire

 

http://www.americanairpowermuseum.com/Website/Index.aspx

American Airpower Museum – Farmingdale, New York

 

http://www.eldredwwiimuseum.net/

WWII Museum – Eldred, Pennsylvania

 

http://www.in.gov/iwm/2392.htm

Indiana War Memorial – Indianapolis, Indiana

 

http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/

US Air Force Museum – WPAFB, Ohio

 

http://www.wpafb.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123071249

Sgt Pilots – WPAFB, Ohio

 

http://www.neam.org/

New England Air Museum – Windsor Locks, Connecticut

 

http://www.air-museum.org/index.htm

Palm Springs Air Museum – Palm Springs, California

 

http://www.ddaymuseum.org/

National WWII Museum – New Orleans, Louisiana

 

http://www.nimitz-museum.org/

WWII Pacific War Museum – Fredericksburg, Texas

 

http://www.museumofaviation.org/home.htm

Aviation Museum - Warner Robins AFB, Georgia

 

http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil

 

390th Memorial Museum


Aerospace Museum of California


American Air Museum at Duxford 


American Airpower Heritage Museum


American Airpower Museum


Canada Aviation Museum


Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum 


Castle Air Museum


Cradle of Aviation Museum


Dryden Flight Research Center

(photo collection)


Evergreen Aviation Museum


Glenn H. Curtiss Museum


Historic Aviation Memorial Museum


Imperial War Museum Duxford


Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum


Kansas Cosmosphere & Space Center


Lone Star Flight Museum


MAPS Air Museum


March Field Air Museum


Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum


Motts Military Museum


Museum of Flight


National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) 

(photo collection)


National Aviation Hall of Fame

(located in the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force)


National Museum of Naval Aviation


Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum


Pacific Aviation Museum


Pima Air & Space Museum


Royal Air Force Museum


Royal Australian Air Force Museum 


Royal New Zealand Air Force Museum


San Diego Air & Space Museum


Smithsonian, National Air & Space Museum


Strategic Air & Space Museum


Titan Missile Museum


U.S. Army Aviation Museum


Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum

 

Air Force Flight Test Center Museum

Edwards AFB, California


Air Force Space and Missile Museum

Patrick AFB, Florida


Air Mobility Command Museum

Dover AFB, Delaware


Eighth Air Force Museum

Barksdale AFB, Louisiana


Hill Aerospace Museum

Hill AFB, Utah


History and Traditions Museum

Lackland AFB, Texas


Museum of Aviation

Robins AFB, Georgia


Peterson Air and Space Museum

Peterson AFB, Colorado


South Dakota Air and Space Museum

Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota


The USAF Armament Museum

Eglin AFB, Florida


Travis AFB Heritage Center

Travis AFB, California


USAF Security Police Museum

Lackland AFB, Texas


Warren ICBM and Heritage Museum

F.E. Warren AFB, Wyoming

 

 

 

Commercial

 

http://www.thebattlezone.com/

Military patches and more

 

http://www.flightjacket.com

Flight clothing & other supplies

 

http://rareaviation.com/store/cart.php

Aviation history & materials