SECRETARY'S REPORT 131 



SURVEY 



The Air Museum's survey for potential aeronautical material was 

 pursued as in former years and included the following trips : 



North Merritt, L. I., August 21, by Stephen L. Beers, associate curator, to check 

 authenticity of a Thomas Morse S4C advanced trainer of World War I. 



Dayton, Ohio, September 4-9, by Robert C. Strobell, associate curator, to examine 

 Air Force material at Wright Patterson Field. 



St. Louis, Mo., October 28, by Paul E. Gaibor, curator, to examine airship parts 

 offered by Mrs. Hazel Jelinek. 



Annapolis, Md., December 1, by Paul E. Garber, curator, to inspect aircraft 

 engines and training aids available at the Naval Academy. 



Quantico, Va., November 9, by Paul E. Garber, curator, to inspect jet engines 

 available at the Marine Corps Air Base. 



Hazlet, N. J., Januai-y 27-28, by Robert C. Strobell, associate curator, to inspect 

 and procure reference material. 



Pine Orchard, Conn., May 14-lG, by Paul E. Garber, curator, to examine papers 

 and drawings on Gallaudet aircraft. 



Wilkes-Barre-Scranton Airport, Pa., June 1, by Robert C Strobell, associate 

 curator, to check condition of a Curtiss P-40 Wurhawk. 



Dayton, Ohio, June 5-8, by Robert C. Strobell, associate curator, to inspect air- 

 craft equipment at Wright Patterson Field. 



LIST OF ACCESSIONS 



During the year, 99 specimens were recorded from 30 sources. 

 Those received from other Government departments were acquired 

 by transfer ; all others, except those identified as loans in the following 

 list, were gifts : 



Agkiculture, Depaktment of, Washington D. C. : Two 2-bladed wooden airplane 

 propellers of the World War I era, embodying experimental use of adhesives 

 developed by the Forest Products Laboratory (N. A. M. 701). 



Air Force, Department of, Washington, D. C. : The Bell X-1 rocket-propelled 

 ail-plane, first man-carrying aircraft to achieve supersonic flight, Capt. Charles 

 Yeager, pilot, October 14, 1947 (N. A. M. 697) ; a Northrop F-61-C Black 

 Widow airplane developed during World War II as a night fighter (N. A. M. 

 703) ; (through Col. Frank Kurtz) a large framed map of the Pacific area and 

 tho Americas, showing the flights of the Boeing B-17-D bomber Swoose 

 (N. A. M. 716). 



Air Force, 6oth Fighter Squadron, 57th Fighter Group, Shaw Air Force Base, 

 Sumter, S. C. : (Through Maj. James C. Hare, U. S. A. F.) An insignia panel 

 "bar front" inscribed with names of airmen and their victories attained with 

 this unit in World War II (N. A. M. 696). 



American Legion Auxiliary, New York City: (Through Mrs. Willis Reed, Mrs. 

 Harold Taylor, and Miss Felicity Buranelli). The original bronze plaque of 

 Amelia Earhart, sculptured for the Medal-of-the-Month Club by Brenda Put- 

 nam (N. A. M. 714). 



Clime, Mr. and Mrs. Winfield Scott, Old Lyme, Conn. : An American flag flown 

 from Wright Brothers' 1908 military plane (N. A. IVL 699). 



