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 Identifier

NASM.XXXX.0152

Creator

United States. Army. Air Service

Date

1920-1925

Provenance

National Archives, Purchase, 1971, XXXX-0152, unknown

Extent

3 Cubic feet (6 boxes)

Archival Repository

National Air and Space Museum Archives

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of correspondence, memos, newspaper articles and logbooks concerning the flight.

Arrangement note

The documents on the microfilm are only arranged by Record Groups and not chronologically. The material covers correspondence, memos, newspaper articles, logbooks, descriptions of the Douglas World Cruiser (DWC) aircraft, memos dealing with permission to overfly and photograph foreign countries, the flight route, pilot selection, aircraft selection, equipment and weather forecasts. The decision was made during the processing to arrange the photocopied documents by subject and then chronologically.

Rights

Permissions Requests

Restrictions

No restrictions on access

Citation

United States Army Around the World Flight (1924) Collection, Acc. XXXX-0152, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

Topics

Flights around the world

Aeronautics, Military

Aeronautics -- Records

Endurance flights

Aeronautics

Aeronautics -- Flights

Douglas World Cruiser (DWC)

Type

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Logs (records)

Clippings

Correspondence

Memoranda