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Japanese Ota kamikaze attack plane. (N.A.M. 1277.) Naval Research 

 Labobatoby, Washington, D.C. : 16-nim. movie camera which took pictures of 

 the earth from 100 miles altitude in 1954 ; also a copy of the film and a mosaic 

 picture, using 180 frames from the film. (N.A.M. 1276.) Bureau of Weapons, 

 Washington, D.C. : Full-size replica of Curtiss A-1, the Navy's first aircraft 

 (N.A.M. 1275) ; Mitsubishi Airplane, A6M5 "Zero" (N.A.M. 1305.) U.S. Marine 

 Corps, Quantico, Va. : Ordnance materiel for installation on Museum speci- 

 mens. (N.A.M. 1263.) 



Neumann, Charles L., Tulsa, Okla. : A complete Mark I Sperry Automatic 

 Direction Finder unit, one of the first to be used by the airlines in the 1930's. 

 (N.A.M. 129S.) 



Nevin, Robert S., Denver, Colo. : Scale model of the Curtiss twin-tractor flying 

 boat of 1912 (purchase). (N.A.M. 1201.) 



Parsons, Rear Adm. Edwin C, Osprey, Fla. : Fragment of first American flag 

 to be flown over German lines on day America entered WW-I. (N.A.M. 1278.) 



Pioniebi Dell 'Aeronauitioa, Rome, Italy : Life-size bronze busts of the pioneer 

 Italian flyers Mario Calderara and Umberto Savoia. (N.A.M. 1321.) 



Popular Mechanics Magazine, Clifford Hicks, Editor, Chicago, 111. : 12 water- 

 color paintings by Korta, of the "Twelve Most Significant Aircraft of All Time." 

 (N.A.M. 1327.) 



Proctor, Elbert W., Takoma Park, Md. : Pilot's flight gear used by donor as a 

 pilot for National Air Transport in late 1920's. (N.A.M. 1255.) 



Randall, W. D., Jr., Orlando, Fla. : Duplicate of hand-wi-ought knife carried in 

 "Freedom 7" Mercury spacecraft on its famous fiight. (N.A.M. 1254.) 



Rockwell, Col. Paul A., Asheville, N.C. : French uniform worn by the donor's 

 brother, Kiffin Rockwell, as a pilot in the WW-I Lafayette Escadrille, together 

 with copies of the eight medals awarded to the deceased. (N.A.M. 1323.) 



Scale Craft Models, Massillon, Ohio: Model of a Curtiss HS2L Flying Boat, 

 WW-I, U.S. Navy patrol craft (purchase). (N.A.M. 1310.) 



Simpson, Col. Donald P., Teheran, Iran : German WW-II Navigation Kit. 

 (N.A.M. 1279.) 



Six, Robert F., Denver, Colo. : Original watercolor painting entitled "Beech 

 Aircraft in Flight," by Alfred Owles. ( N.A.M. 1318. ) 



Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. : Original letter written by Wilbur 

 Wright to the Smithsonian on May 30, 1899, requesting available information 

 on flight (N.A.M. 1301) ; flag taken from L-49 German Zeppelin and frag- 

 ments of outer and inner bag of craft (N.A.M. 1268). 



SouBiRAN, Mrs. Robert, Washington, D.C. : Memorabilia of donor's husband's 

 service in the Lafayette Escadrille. (N.A.M. 12.56.) 



Stemp, Mr. and Mrs. Ronald F., Annapolis, Md. : Wooden aircraft propeller of 

 the middle 1920's presented to donor by Col. A. A. Anderson, a partner in the 

 Bellanca Airplane Co. (N.A.M. 1308.) 



Swedenborq Foundation, Inc., New York, N.Y. : A scale model of the concept 

 of an aircraft by Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish philosopher, engineer, and 

 theologian who conceived this aircraft about 1714. (N.A.M. 1290.) 



Thenault, Mme. Georges, Paris, France: Two-volume diaries "Journal des 

 Marches et Operations" kept by Capt. Georges Thenault, the French Com- 

 mander of the Lafayette Escadrille. ( N.A.M. 1272. ) 



Tracy, Daniel, Lakewood, Ohio : Model of Curtiss R-1 Pulitzer Prize winner of 

 1921 aircraft (purchase) (N.A.M. 1257) ; scale model of the French Nieuport- 

 Delage-29 airplane, the final winner of the James Gordon Bennett Trophy, 

 1920 (purchase) (N.A.M. 1331). 



