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Airfield Collectibles
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One of many in-flight images out of a WWII photo album from Yuma Army Airfield. This
photo shows a B-26 flying over the Telegraph Mountains. The backs of the
photos are stamped, "Restricted, Air Corps, Yuma Army Airfield." |
From the same photo album, this photo depicts a flight of
AT-6 Texans flying over Yuma Auxiliary Field #1 or #4 in Southwestern
Arizona. |
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Luke Field 43-B class yearbook, |
Yuma Army Airfield 43-G Pilot yearbook. |
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| An officer's photo album with 140 photos of Kingman Army
Airfield, circa 1944. The photo above is of the enlisted men's pool. |
Another picture from the same photo album showing the main
Post Exchange at Kingman AAF. All of these buildings are now long gone, and
only the foundations remain. |
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A Luke Field airman's photo album with 200 photos of Luke
Field, Litchfield Park and various shots around the city, circa 1943. |
More photos from the same photo album. |
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Souvenirs from a German pilot who flew with "Der Kaktus Starfighter
Staffel" while stationed at Luke AFB when his F-104 crashed in 1976. Peter
Hartmann kindly gave me 18 original crash photos, his old squadron patch,
photos from his class yearbook and various articles regarding the "German Starfighter Squadron." |
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| Arizona resident Jim Walker was an engineer for
McDonnell-Douglas and conducted research on the famous B-24, Lady Be
Good, that crashed in Libya in 1943 and found in 1959. Jim visited the
site in 1968 with the British Army, and brought back many items for
research. He graciously gave me a cockpit black light and a .50 caliber
shell from the nose turret. The tag reads "O.H.M.S. ( On Her Majesty's
Service) Light Assembly, Lady Be Good, RAF, El Adem, April 1968. Sadly,
Jim passed away in 2002. |
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| 1944 pilots graduation program from Douglas Army Airfield. |
WWII-era stickers from Kingman, Luke and Yuma airfields. |
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A complete set of base newspapers from Yuma Army Airfield
from 1943-1945. |
Personal photos taken by an airman stationed at Williams
Field, circa 1943. |
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Flying regulations book for pilots at Yuma Army Airfield. |
An original 30-inch wooden sign from Yuma Army Airfield.
This would have been most likely mounted on the exterior of a building or at
the main entrance. |
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A 20 page book with
photo's of Kingman Army Airfield, 1943. |
A 150 page 1954 Luke
AFB yearbook of pilots and personnel. |
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A pilot yearbook from
Douglas Army Airfield, class of 1943-F. |
A 5" Bugs Bunny decal
from Kingman Army Airfield, 1944. |
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A yearbook from the
Ajo Gunnery Base, era 1943. |
A base newspaper from
Williams Field, known as the "Airfax", 1944. |
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A pilot's class
yearbook from Williams AFB, the "Air Patch", 1951. |
A 30 page F-100C
pilot's checklist from Luke AFB, October, 1959. |
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One of 35 photos in a
pilot's personal photo album taken while he was stationed at Luke Field.
Most shots were taken from the back seat of the AT-6, and are of other
aircraft in flight, 1944. |
Another shot showing the formation flying over the vast
Arizona desert. |
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A license plate from
Yuma Airfield, era 1944. |
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