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Resources (5)

• Elmer E. Adler (1892-1970)

  On assignment in Moscow in 1942 and in command of the U.S. Army Middle East Air Force, Major General Adler played an important role in delivery of lend-lease aircraft to the USSR in late 1942 and early 1943. The delivery route was via the Persian Gulf. The papers include correspondence on lend-lease aircraft and data on the Moscow mission, October-December 1942, which concerned an Anglo-American offer to send an air contingent to the Caucasus, operate, and maintain it. More information: http://www.afhra.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/433896/adler-elmer-edward-papers-1941-1945/

• German Air Force Monographs (1953-1958)

  Ca. 3% of 84 ft. Comprised of voluntary contributions from former leading German military personnel and of captured German aircraft records, these materials contain references to doctrine, tactics, and military operations of the Soviet Air Force in World War II. Some items have been translated and edited for publication; others are available in translated, unedited form. Inquire at the repository. (NUCMC 68–1991)

• John K. Cannon (1892-1955)

  On 2 August 1944, General Cannon met with Soviet Colonel General Nikitin to discuss the U.S. military mission in Moscow. Besides the U.S. mission, the papers, mostly copies, relate to the conduct of World War II and the Russian air force. They include his report and some illustrations, 2 folders, ca. 90 pp., and approximately 20 photographs. Materials are under a security classification restriction at present. More information: http://www.afhra.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/433866/cannon-john-kenneth-papers-1935-1946/

• Thomas Dresser White (1901-1965)

  Papers, 1901–64, ca. 5% of 2 ft. Air Force officer. As a first lieutenant, White (later Chief of Staff of the U.S.A.F.) was assistant air attache to the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, February 1934 to early 1935. His diaries, 6 vols., cover his stay in the USSR in 1934. Among 16 folders of personal correspondence, arranged chronologically, are letters from 1934–35 containing much information on the Soviet Union. Some photographs are also on Russia. White's primary interest in this material was the state of Soviet aviation, though general information on the USSR in the 1930s appears as well. (NUCMC 77–830)

• William H. Blanchard (1916-1966)

  Papers, ca. 3 in. The major general was, as deputy director of operations, SAC, a member of the U.S. Air Delegation to the USSR in 1956. Among his speeches, notes, talking papers, and photographs are materials on a Tushino Air Show, the Kubinka Airfield, Zhukovskii Air Engineer Academy, the aircraf t designer A. N. Tupolev, and N. S. Khrushchev. The papers are restricted by a security classification in part. More information: http://www.afhra.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/433882/blanchard-william-hugh-papers-1916-1966/