MS-371 Drew Taylor Aircraft Collection

1 Collection Number: MS-371 Title: Drew Taylor Aircraft Collection Dates: 1910-2011 Creator: Taylor, Drew MS-371 Drew Taylor Aircraft Collection Summary/Abstract: The Drew Taylor Aircraft Collection contains a variety of photographs and documents on United States Air Force aircraft, primarily from the mid-twentieth century. The collection contains photographs, negatives, articles, perspective drawings, and technical information on each airplane. The collection also includes a flight manual from 1965, a 1974 Aerospace Information Handbook on Air Force vehicles, and a booklet on Air Force Aces. Quantity/Physical Description: 3.5 linear feet Language(s): English Repository: Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, Wright State University, Dayton, OH 45435-001, (937) 775-2092 Restrictions on Access: There are no restrictions on accessing material in this collection. Restrictions on Use: Copyright restrictions may apply. Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder. Preferred Citation: (Box # File #) MS-371, Drew Taylor Aircraft Collection, Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio Acquisition: The Drew Taylor Aircraft Collection was donated to Special Collections and Archives by Drew Taylor in 2002. Accruals: Further accruals are expected. Related Material: MS-223, William F. Yeager Aviation Collection MS-319, Bergen Hardesty Collection MS-344, Walter Matthews Jefferies Aviation Collection MS-353, Robert L. Cavanagh Aviation Collection 1

2 MS-376, Robert E. Williams Collection Processed by: R. Lee Steiner in March 2008. Additions added, collection reorganized, and finding aid written according to DACS standards by John Armstrong, 2015. Arrangement: The collection is arranged into two series. Series I: Photographs, 1910-1995 Series II: General Aircraft Information, 1946-2011 Biographical Note: Drew Taylor served in the United States Air Force for a number of years before retiring and becoming a member of the Huffman Prairie Aviation Historical Society in Dayton, Ohio. His interest in military aircraft became the basis for his desire to collect what he could on a wide variety of aircraft employed by the military while he was serving in the Air Force. When he was recalled to active duty in 2001, he decided to donate his materials to Wright State University in hopes that his fellow aircraft enthusiasts might find the collection useful. Scope and Content: The Drew Taylor Aircraft Collection documents a variety of aircraft, primarily from the mid-20 th century, with both photographs and technical information. Through this collection, researchers may gain insight into not only the aircraft were put into production, but also those that remained in the experimental stages of development. The collection is divided into two series. Series I, Photographs, is the largest series and contains photographs of aircraft and helicopters/ vertical take-off aircraft. The series is grouped according to aircraft photographs, helicopters and vertical take-off aircraft, and general aircraft photographs with largest grouping being aircraft. Within each grouping, the photographs are arranged in alphabetical order according to manufacturer. At the end of this series is a photograph album containing photographs taken by Mr. Taylor at various locations or events, including photographs taken at the Air Force Bone Yard at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ. Series II, General Aircraft Information, contains general information about aircraft and helicopters. The first grouping contains information about aircraft and the second groups contains information on helicopters. Mostly the files contain drawings and a few articles or technical information brochures on a specific aircraft or helicopter. The last grouping contains publication and manuals. Of note is a flight manual for the C-47. Other publications include a 1974 Aerospace Information Handbook on Air Force vehicles, and a 1970 booklet giving the background information on Air Force Aces. Subject Terms Persons/Families Taylor, Drew 2

3 Organizations/Corporate Names Huffman Prairie Aviation Historical Society Places Dayton (Ohio) Subjects (General) Photography of airplanes Airplanes Helicopters Military helicopters Transport planes - - United States Airplanes, military - - United States Airlift, military - - United States Fighter planes Reconnaissance aircraft Material Types Photographs Negatives Technical manuals Drawings Collection Inventory Series I: Photographs, 1910-1995 Box File Description Date Aircraft 1 1 Aero Commander L-26 1955 2 AVRO 504 Circa.1915 3 Beechcraft AT-7/AT-9 1942 4 Beechcraft AT-11 1942 5 Beechcraft GB-2 1942 6 Bell P-39 1940, 1941, 1946 7 Bellanca C-27A 1933 8 Boeing G.A.-1/-2 1920, 1923 9 Boeing AT-3/P-9 Circa.1926 10 Boeing P-12/P-26 Circa. 1932 11 Boeing B-9 Circa 1932 12 Boeing XB-15 1938 13 Boeing B-17 1938-1945 14 Boeing B-17 1938-1945 15 Boeing B-17 1938-1945 16 Boeing B-29 1944 3

4 17 Boeing B-52 1955 18 Boeing B-1 1986 19 Boeing C-75 1942 20 Boeing C-97/KC-97 1948-1973 21 Boeing C-135/KC-135 1956 22 Boeing EC-135 1968 23 Boeing C-18/C-135 Modified 1981, 1986 24 Boeing E-3 (AWACS) Circa.1977 25 British-Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5 1917 26 Cessna L-27/U-3B 1960 27 Cessna UC-77/UC-78 Circa.1943 28 Consolidated XA-11 1934 29 Consolidated B-24 1942-1945 30 Consolidated C-87 1943 31 Convair B-58 1956 32 Convair F-102 1954 33 Convair XF-92A 1948 34 Convair T-29 1950 35 Convair NC-131H, Total In-Flight Simulator Circa.1968 36 Curtiss 1911 Airplane Tractor 1911 37 Curtiss Lark 1925 38 Curtiss XP-10/-17/-23/-42 1930 39 Curtiss JN-4 1915-1920 40 Curtiss P-1 Hawk 1925-1929 41 Curtiss AT-9 1941-1943 42 Curtiss CR-2 Coupe 1930 43 Curtiss SB2C-1 1943-1945 44 Curtiss A-25 1942 45 Curtiss C-46 Circa.1942 46 Curtiss P-40 1939-1944 47 Curtiss R-6 (Racer); Oriole (Model 17); R3C-1 (Racer) 1919, 1921, 1925 48 DeHavilland DH-4 1917 49 Douglas PD-1 Amphibian 1929 50 Douglas BT-1/XBT-2 1938 51 Douglas DT-6 1925 52 Douglas O-2 1925-1930 53 Douglas O-5 1924 54 Douglas O-8 1924 2 1 Douglas OX-14 1928 2 Douglas O-22 1929 3 Douglas O-25A/C Crica.1930 4 Douglas O-29 1929 5 Douglas XO-31/YO-31A 1930 6 Douglas O-32 1930 4

5 7 Douglas O-34 1929 8 Douglas XO-35 1933 9 Douglas O-38 1933 10 Douglas O-39 1933 11 Douglas XO2D-1 Floatplane 1934 12 Douglas World Cruiser (DWC) 1923 13 Douglas M-3/M-4 Mailplane, Douglas DAN-2A Circa.1926, 1927 Prototype Mailplane 14 Douglas Commuter 1928 15 Douglas Cloudster II 1947 16 Douglas A-17 (Army); 8A-3N (Export Version); SBD-3 1941 (Navy) 17 Douglas B-18 1938 18 Douglas A-20 1941 19 Douglas A-26 1942-1944 20 Douglas Boston III 1940 21 Douglas RD-1/RD-2 Amphibian 1931 22 Douglas XPD-3/RD-4 1934-1935 23 Douglas R3D-1 (Navy) 1940 24 Douglas R6D-1 1952 25 Douglas DC-1/DC-2 1933 26 Douglas R2D-1 1934 27 Douglas DC-3/C-47 (Army)/R4D (Navy) 1936-1945 28 Douglas DC-5/VC-118A 1940, 1947 29 Douglas C-1C 1925-1927 30 Douglas C-26A/C-32 1933. 1935 31 Douglas C-34/C-38/C-39/C-42 Circa.1939 32 Douglas C-49/C-51/C-54/C-74 1941, 1943, 1946 33 Douglas C-133 1953-1958 34 Douglas BTD-1 1945 35 Douglas P-70 1942 36 Douglas XB-42/XB-43 1946 37 Douglas AD Series (Navy)/A-1 Series (Air Force) 1957 38 Douglas B-66/RB-66/A3D (Navy)/A3D (Navy) 1956 39 Douglas XB-19 1941 3 1 Fairchild A-10 1977 2 Fairchild PT-19/YF-1 1940, 1931 3 Fairchild XC-120/C-82A 1950, 1945 4 Farman F60 Goliath 1919 5 Fokker D.VII (U.S. Markings) 1920 6 Fokker F.XII Circa.1930 7 Fokker T-2 1922 8 Fokker XA-7 1931 9 Fokker C-14 1930 5

6 10 Ford C-3A Circa.1926 11 Gates Learjet C-21A 1984 12 General Dynamics YF-16 1974 13 General Dynamics F-111 1963 14 General Dynamics F-117A Circa.1990 15 Grumman OA-9 1938 16 Grumman TBF-1 1942 17 Howard UC-70 1942 18 Huff-Darlan TA-6 1923 19 Kellett Autogiro Model K-3 1933 20 Keystone Bomber 1923-1931 21 Kreider-Reisner XC-31 1934 22 Lear Jet 24D 1966 23 Lockheed Lodestar Circa.1941 24 Lockheed P-38/XP-49 1943 25 Lockheed F-80 1948 26 Lockheed XC-35/Y1C-37 (C-37) 1937, 1938 27 Lockheed C-40/C-69 1939, 1943, 1944 28 Lockheed C-121A Circa.1948 29 Lockheed C-130 1989 30 Lockheed C-141 1989 31 Lockheed F-104 1959-1960 32 Lockheed SR-71 1985-1991 33 Lockheed U-2 Circa.1957 34 Loening M-8 1918 35 Loening XO-10 1925 36 J. V. Martin K.III Kitten 1919 37 Martin MB-1/MB-2 1921 38 Martin B-10 1932 39 Martin YA-22 1939 40 Martin B-26 1942 41 McDonnell XP-67 1944 42 McDonnell-Douglas F-4 1973-1987 43 McDonnell-Douglas KC-10 1979-1982 44 McDonnell-Douglas YC-15 1976-1979 45 McDonnell-Douglas C-17 Circa.1991 46 Naval Aircraft Factory & Curtiss TS-1 1922 47 Noorduyn UC-64A Circa.1943 48 North American B-25 1941 49 North American B-70 1964 50 North American O-47A 1941 4 1 North American P-51/P-82 1943 2 North American F-82 1948-1950 3 North American F-86 1987 6

7 4 Northrop BT-1/A-17 1936-1938 5 Northrop P-61 1944 6 Northrop YA-9 1972 7 Northrop YB-49 1947 8 Northrop T-38A Circa 1961 9 Orenco Mode B (Fighter) 1918 10 Republic P-47/P-43 1941-1944 11 Republic A-10 1991 12 Ryan Spirit of St. Louis, McCook Field, Dayton, OH Aug. 1927 13 Sikorsky C-6 1930 14 Sikorsky S-20/S-37 1927 15 SPAD XIII 1917, 1990 16 Stearman YBT-5/AT-19 1931, 1992 17 Stearman AT-15 1941 18 Stearman Model 75 1934 19 Stinson UC-81 Circa,1942 20 Thomas-Morse MB-2 1918 21 Thomas-Morse O-19 1929 22 Travel Air Various, Unidentified Circa.1925 23 Vought VE-7 Circa.1920 24 Vought YA-7F 1989 25 WACO Various, Unidentified Circa.1930 26 Witteman-Lewis NBL-1 Barling Bomber 1923 27 Wright Military Flyer/Model B 1909, 1910 28 Russian Aircraft Bomber and Fighter Circa.1960 Helicopters/Vertical Take-Off Aircraft 29 Bell UH-1, Model 47 (XR-13) 1946, 1959 30 Bell X-22-A V/STOL 1966 31 Cessna CH1-C 1956 32 Sikorsky HH-3 1968 33 Sikorsky H-19 Circa.1950 34 Sikorsky MH-60K 1984 General Aviation Photographs and Negatives 35 Static Tests of Aircraft 1918-1919 36 Gerhardt Cycle Airplane 1923 37 Kettering Bug 1918 38 Balloons and Blimps Circa.1918 39 Boeing Pave Tiger Mini Drone Circa.1983 40 Negatives General Undated 41 United States Air Force Aircraft Photo Collage Undated 42 USAF Aeronautical Systems Division Photo Display, Wright Patterson AFB, OH Undated 7

8 43 Photo Album Pages Mitchell Field Air Show; La Circa.1930, 1947 Guardia Airport; Scenes at Miami Airport, FL 44 Drawings Concept Aircraft Undated 45 Transparency Rocket in Flight (Color) Undated 46 Negatives Jet Engine Installation Undated 47 Unidentified Photographs Undated Photograph Album 5 1 Pima Air Museum, AZ May 1982 2 Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, AZ May 1982 3 USAF 40 th Anniversary Sep. 1987 4 Area B Wright-Patterson AFB, OH (Wright Field) 1988 5 Air Show Aug. 7-8, 1995 6 Unidentified Aircraft 1980-2000 Series II: General Aircraft Information, 1946-2011 Box File Description Date Aircraft Information 6 1 Bell XH-Model 200 1952 2 Boeing C-97 1948-1973 3 Cessna General Dynamics T-47B Link Undated 4 Convair B-58 2011 5 Convair F-102 1954 6 Consolidated-Vultee (X)C-99 1949 7 Douglas C-74 1952 8 Douglas C-118 1969-1971 9 Douglas C-133 1953-1958 10 Fairchild A-10 1977 11 Fairchild C-82 1948-1952 12 Fairchild C-119 1948-1972 13 General Dynamics F-106 1957, 1989 14 General Dynamics F-111 Circa.1969 15 Handley Page Jetstream Mark III C-10A 1970 16 Lockheed F-80 1948-1990 17 Lockheed F-104 1959 18 Lockheed C-5 1966-1976 19 Lockheed C-130 1964 20 Lockheed SR-71 1985-1991 21 Martin-Marietta X-24B Oct. 1974 22 McDonnell-Douglas F-4 1973-1987 23 McDonnell-Douglas F-101 1954 24 McDonnell-Douglas C-9 1972, 1978 25 McDonnell-Douglas C-15 1977 8

9 26 McDonnell-Douglas C-17 Nov. 1995 27 McDonnell-Douglas KC-10 1979-1982 28 North American F-82 1948-1950 29 North American F-100 1955 30 Northrop F-5 1987 31 Northrop F-89 1953 32 Republic F-84 1950-1958 7 1 Republic F-105 1984-1985 2 Rockwell Trainer Aircraft 1980 Helicopter/Vertical Take-off Aircraft 3 American Helicopter (Y)H-26 1951 4 Bell H-12 1949-1952 5 Bell H-13 1946-1960 6 Bell XH-15 1950 7 Doman H-31 1952 8 Hiller H-23 1951-1962 9 Hiller YH-32 1955 10 Hughes H-17 1952 11 Hughes H-28 1952 12 Kaman H-22 1950 13 Kellett H-10 1949 14 McCulloch YH-30 1952-1953 15 McDonnell H-20 1950 16 Piasecki H-16 1951-1955 17 Piasecki H-25 1951-1962 18 Siebel H-24 1951 19 Sikorsky HH-3/CH-3 1968-1978 20 Sikorsky H-5/R-5 1948-1950 21 Sikorsky H-6/R-6 1949 22 Sikorsky H-19 1950 23 Sikorsky XH-39/H-18 1954 24 Sikorsky HH-53H (Pave Low III) 1979 25 Vertol H-21 1950-1971 Publications and Manuals 26 Airships Goodyear Aerospace Corp. Profile 1986 27 The Northrop Grumman Review The USAF, Golden 1997 Legacy.Boundless Future 28 McDonnell-Douglas Flight Times Jun. 1997 29 Wright Brothers Centennial of Flight 2003 30 NAVWEPS 01-40NC-1, T.O. 1C-47-1, Flight Manual, USAF Series C-47 and C-117; Navy Models C-47H, C- 47J, TC-47K, Pg. 1-3-30 1966 9

10 31 NAVWEPS 01-40NC-1, T.O. 1C-47-1, Flight Manual, 1966 USAF Series C-47 and C-117; Navy Models C-47H, C- 47J, TC-47K, Pg. 4-1 9-8 32 NAVWEPS 01-40NC-1, T.O. 1C-47-1, Flight Manual, 1966 USAF Series C-47 and C-117; Navy Models C-47H, C- 47J, TC-47K, Pg. A 1-1 A 3-20 33 NAVWEPS 01-40NC-1, T.O. 1C-47-1, Flight Manual, 1966 USAF Series C-47 and C-117; Navy Models C-47H, C- 47J, TC-47K, Pg. A 4-1 X-12 34 AFP 190-33, Aerospace Information Handbook, USAF 1974 Aerospace Vehicles 35 70-3, Air Force Aces, Background Information 1970 36 AF Inspection Agency Aging Aircraft (AA) PN -3-502 Aug. 2003 10