Description
Object description
Colour and black and white photographs taken by Imperial War Museum photographers showing events and scenes at Imperial War Museum Duxford in 1997 including:
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American Air Museum construction at Duxford, 2 January-10 November 1997, (contains some black and white negatives, colour negatives and colour transparencies).
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Duxford Aviation Society volunteers working on vehicles, 8 January 1998, (Colour Transparencies).
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Photographs of American loan aircraft: Convair, F-100; U-2; T-33; B-52; F1-11; A-10; Cruise Missile Launcher Vehicle; Hunter and Mystere, 13 January 1997.
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Education leaflets photographed for handbook, 24 January 1996.
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American Air Museum: Damage to B-17 tail control surfaces, whilst in the American Air Museum, 24 January 1997.
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American Air Museum: Conservation work being carried out on the B-24 (Mitchell) nose section, for display in American Air Museum, 28 January 1997.
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Meteor, by hangar at Duxford after being re-sprayed, 24 February 1997.
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Daggers: Indo-Persian or Afghan, handed into Museum Exhibitions Department by a visitor, 27 February 1997, (Black and White negatives).
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American Air Museum model layout (revised positions of layout), 12 March 1997, (Black and White negative).
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American Air Museum: P-51 Cockpit instrument panel, 10 March 1997.
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Liberty engine on display in Hangar 1, Duxford; Packard-Merlin engine on display at Duxford, 13 March 1997.
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American Air Museum: Conservation work on B-24 Mitchell nose section with Fish-eye lens, 17 March 1997.
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Russian 'Hind' helicopter outside hangar at Duxford, after conservation work, 24 March 1997.
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Retirement of Deputy Director David Lee, 26 March 1997.
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Hunter Cockpit section- Survey photo's for record of condition on arrival, 9 April 1997.
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Ethan Ayer, Cambridge University rower from United States, visiting the American Air Museum at Duxford, 2 April 1997.
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Tree, damaged by a car in the Officers' Mess Area, Duxford, 23 April 1997, (Black and White negatives).
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American Air Museum: Sid Watkins working on P-47 tail, 29 April 1997.
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Tourist guides visiting the American Air Museum, 29 April 1997.
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Commemorative Bench - Daniel Dixon, 29 April 1997.
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Visit to Duxford by Earl Baldwin, pilot of Hells Angels B-17, World War II, 15 May 1997.
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Visit to American Air Museum, Duxford, by Colonel Sandall, United States Air Force. Now retired, Colonel Sandall flew 30 sorties in B-17's from RAF Kimolton and was with 379 bomb group, 30 May 1997.
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Portrait of Mr E.O.Inman, Director, Duxford, in American Air Museum, 7 June 1997.
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Bomb Sight in B-17 in American Air Museum, 10 June 1997, (Colour Transparencies).
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Cracked glass on display case, Anglian Regiment Exhibition, Duxford, 2 June 1997.
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American Air Museum: B-52 engine fairings- before and after restoration, 4 June 1997.
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American Air Museum: Two P-51 in Hangar 5: 'Sherman Was Right' with 'Big Beautiful Doll' in background, ? June 1997, (Black and White negatives).
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United States serviceman and children in American Air Museum looking at the B-17, 24 June 1997.
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Wartime themed school activities, eg: Cooking, dancing, sewing, drill and gardening, 26 June 1997.
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Wartime themed school activities, eg: Cooking, dancing, sewing, drill and gardening, 26 June 1997.
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Author Ian McLachlan with parts of crashed P-47 and wallet of pilot that was found in the wreckage, 28 June 1997.
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Iriquois helicopter survey photography, external and internal details for records of condition on arrival at Duxford, 16 July 1997.
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Iriquois helicopter survey photography, external and internal details for records of condition on arrival at Duxford, 16 July 1997.
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HRH Duke of Kent in American Air Museum, 22 July 1997.
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Sir Norman Foster in American Air Museum, 22 July 1997.
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Official opening of the American Air Museum by HM the Queen, 1 August 1997.
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Official opening of the American Air Museum by HM the Queen, 1 August 1997.
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Official opening of the American Air Museum by HM the Queen, 1 August 1997.
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Official opening of the American Air Museum by HM the Queen, 1 August 1997.
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Official opening of the American Air Museum by HM the Queen, 1 August 1997.
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Official opening of the American Air Museum by HM the Queen, 1 August 1997, (Please note that there is a gap in the numbers between DUX-97-41-273 and DUX-97-41-303).
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Official opening of the American Air Museum by HM the Queen, 1 August 1997.
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Official opening of the American Air Museum by HM the Queen, 1 August 1997.
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F-86 survey, ? August 1997.
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Leaving presentation for Mr Vernon Price who works as Manager at Duxford, 30 August 1997.
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Presentation of plaque to Ted Inman by Jack. K. Mates, D.F.C Society, 8 September 1997.
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Visit by the Friends of the Museum to Duxford including prize draw winner of a flight in a Tiger Moth. Daniel Brooks, 8 years old, his Great-Grandfather was Peter Carpenter DCO, MC & BAR, who flew Camels in WW1 and shot down 22 Germans, 8 September 1997.
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Conservation work commencing on the Fairey Swordfish, 10-25 September 1997.
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Conservation work on the Avro Anson, 10-25 September September 1997.
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Conservation work on the U-2, 10 September 1997.
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Conservation work on the Miles Magister, 10 September 1997.
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Conservation work on the Hurricane, 10-24 September 1997.
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Aerial views of Duxford airfield, 3 October 1997, (DUX-97-53-1-12 Colour Transparencies).
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ME-109 upside down on trailer, 13 October 1997, (DUX-97-54-13-24 Black and White Negatives).
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F-117 Model in American Air Museum, 17 October 1997.
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MIG-21, (Black and War negatives).
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MIG-21.
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MIG-21.
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Grumman Avenger in American Air Museum being lifted in order to adjust suspension points, 25 November 1997.
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Ted Inman in the American Air Museum, 11 November 1997, (Black and White negatives).