U.S. Air Force

Picture of jet-assisted B-36 long range bomber.

A missile testing at the Air Force Missile Test Center at Patrick Air Force Base located in Palm Bay, Florida. All individuals are unidentified.

Joining of two rocket stages during a missile testing at the Air Force Missile Test Center at Patrick Air Force Base, Palm Bay, Florida. All individuals are unidentified.

Joining of two rocket stages during a missile testing at the Air Force Missile Test Center at Patrick Air Force Base, Palm Bay, Florida. All individuals are unidentified.

Bess Truman and an unidentified officer stand beside a large sign welcoming Mrs. Truman and her party to Lowry Air Force Base in Denver, Colorado. (See also 2009-1760.) From: Truman Home.

Left to right: Unidentified officer, niece Marian Wallace, First Lady Bess Truman, and nephew David Wallace poses in front of an airplane after her arrival at Lowry Field Air Base, Denver, Colorado. Mrs. Truman, as honorary godmother, is in Denver to attend the baptism of her new niece. From: Truman Home.

Photograph of the Presidential Airplane Independence sitting on an airstrip at an unidentified airport. The photo was obtained from the Air Force Museum, probably at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. From: Richard Cull, Jr.

Head-and-shoulders portrait of Francis W. Williams in uniform, pilot of the President's plane The Independence.

President Harry S. Truman, hat in hand, waves to onlookers as he disembarks from the airplane Independence. Major General Robert B. Landry, the President's Air Aide, is on his left. The event, date, location, and identity of the third man are unknown.

Francis W. Williams, pilot of the presidential plane, The Independence, sitting in the cockpit.