{"id":350,"date":"2013-02-05T14:05:10","date_gmt":"2013-02-05T20:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aafcollection.info\/comm\/?p=350"},"modified":"2013-03-07T09:25:17","modified_gmt":"2013-03-07T15:25:17","slug":"museum-material","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aafcollection.com\/comm\/2013\/02\/05\/museum-material\/","title":{"rendered":"Museum Material"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-352 alignleft\" style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" alt=\"Bombardiers' Information File\" src=\"http:\/\/aafcollection.com\/comm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/000022-00.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"129\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I recently visited the United States <a title=\"Air Force Armament Museum\" href=\"http:\/\/www.afarmamentmuseum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Air Force Armament Museum<\/a> at Eglin Air Force Base, near Fort Walton Beach, Florida.\u00a0 On display behind glass were four training manuals.\u00a0 One was the <a title=\"Bombardiers' Information File\" href=\"http:\/\/aafcollection.com\/items\/list.php?item=000022\" target=\"_blank\">Bombardiers&#8217; Information File<\/a>, a copy of which is available to view in the AAF Collection.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/aafcollection.com\/comm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_9463.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-351\" style=\"clear: both;\" title=\"Click for larger view\" alt=\"Training Manuals\" src=\"http:\/\/aafcollection.com\/comm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_9463-300x140.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aafcollection.com\/comm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_9463-300x140.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aafcollection.com\/comm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_9463.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>As shown above, the other books in this display are:\u00a0 &#8220;Target: Germany, The Army Air Forces&#8217; official story of the VIII Bomber Command&#8217;s first year over Europe&#8221; and &#8220;Aircraft Armament for Bombardiers.&#8221;\u00a0 Another display showed a copy of the &#8220;Gunners&#8217; Information File, Flexible Gunnery.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/aafcollection.com\/comm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_9462.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-353\" title=\"Click for larger view\" alt=\"IMG_9462\" src=\"http:\/\/aafcollection.com\/comm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_9462-300x290.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aafcollection.com\/comm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_9462-300x290.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aafcollection.com\/comm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_9462-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/aafcollection.com\/comm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_9462-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/aafcollection.com\/comm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_9462.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately the Bombardiers&#8217; Information File is the only title available to view and download from the AAF Collection.\u00a0 I hope to one day add these other titles as well.\u00a0 It&#8217;s nice to know they still exist somewhere.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recently visited the United States Air Force Armament Museum at Eglin Air Force Base, near Fort Walton Beach, Florida.\u00a0 On display behind glass were four training manuals.\u00a0 One was the Bombardiers&#8217; 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