Airmen

An unknown man turns for the camera while standing in the cockpit of a military plane while two pilots navigate.

Stereograph of German ammunition camp in Alincourt, France, destroyed by Allied Airmen. Donor: George J. Paulson to HST 3-3-66.

British fighter pilot Lieutenant Humphreys of Devon, England was shot down near the city of Hamhung, Korea was bought aboard the USS Manchester. He was rescued by the USS Manchester's helicopter piloted by Henry Cardoza, and Herbert Hicks. Lieutenant Humphreys was pinned in the wreckage and Hicks had to crawl inside the cockpit to release him. Humphreys suffered a broken leg, tipped fracture to the skull, deep laceration over his right eye and severe shock. He recovered in the USS Manchester sick bay.

Clifford Evans (left) of Washington and George Truman (right) of Los Angeles today show President Harry S. Truman "short snorter" bills they collected during a leisurely around-the-world flight in light planes. The pilots received the President's congratulations during a brief visit to the White House. From: Houston Post.

Major General Robert Landry (second from right) walks with Brigadier General Rollin Moore past an Honor Guard at unknown Air Force base. All others are unknown.

Major General Robert Landry, second from right, attends the swearing in of the 2349th Personnel Processing Group at Parks Air Force Base in California. All others are unidentified.

Former President Harry S. Truman (left) poses for a photo with an unknown airman at Sedalia Air Force Base in Missouri.

Former President Harry S. Truman (right) shakes hands with Airman Frank Singleton, who was Truman's driver during his visit at Sedalia Air Force Base (now Whiteman Air Force Base) in Missouri.

Former President Harry S. Truman (left) poses for a photo with two unidentified airmen and Major General Robert Landry (right) at Sedalia Air Force Base (now Whiteman Air Force Base) in Missouri.

Former President Harry S. Truman (center) poses with two unidentified airmen at Sedalia Air Force Base (now Whiteman AFB) in Missouri. A Christmas tree is in the background.