Some of my Grandfather's Army AP Mechanic books from 1944 (1 Viewer)

Ad: This forum contains affiliate links to products on Amazon and eBay. More information in Terms and rules

Bad-Karma

Airman 1st Class
116
25
Aug 5, 2014
Rock Hill SC
Thought these might be interesting to the forum especially some of the AP mechanics on here. Apologize if this is posted in the wrong section.
45145373_10100690575972587_5977710541697712128_n.jpg
44961440_10100690576197137_4570301405780246528_n.jpg
44964299_10100690576017497_2870598566886244352_n.jpg
44979630_10100690576127277_6428181675368251392_n.jpg
45003853_10100690576092347_8954686287340634112_n.jpg
45036582_10100690576052427_5217314099796377600_n.jpg
45042907_10100690576247037_4844624776611758080_n.jpg
45096899_10100690576162207_7126354396316696576_n.jpg
 
These would make great additions to the Army Air Forces resources available on The Internet Archive (if they aren't already there). You can establish an account (free) and upload it yourself or they'll do it for a small fee. Something to consider. Internet Archive is a phenomenal site. Below is the link for just Army Air Forces items. (If the link doesn't work, use search term in quotes "Army Air Forces" then select 'search text contents')
https://archive.org/search.php?query="army air Forces"&sin=TXT
 
These would make great additions to the Army Air Forces resources available on The Internet Archive (if they aren't already there). You can establish an account (free) and upload it yourself or they'll do it for a small fee. Something to consider. Internet Archive is a phenomenal site. Below is the link for just Army Air Forces items. (If the link doesn't work, use search term in quotes "Army Air Forces" then select 'search text contents')
https://archive.org/search.php?query="army air Forces"&sin=TXT

Wow I had no idea those existed! I will look into uploading them into there. Thanks for the link!
 
Wow I had no idea those existed! I will look into uploading them into there. Thanks for the link!

Can you also upload to ww2aircraft or provide a link as those on very slow internet find the Internet Archive difficult to find stuff on due to the volume of files there.

Having post war and post Y2K stuff in there (the AAF ended just after WW2) and the large number of miss-named files (most of the Aviation Weeks are either Aviation, a monthly, or Aviation News as an example) as well as many files that are duplicates with the same or different names is real drag on a slow connection.
 
Last edited:
Always a good suggestion to share here as well.

A couple general observations in regard to Internet Archive (I use the site daily):
- Text searches are usually more effective when the search term is put in quotes, otherwise you get back hits that match each word...which can be a HUGE amount (tens of thousands).
- When looking for text material (vs audio, film, pics), always chose the 'text' option instead of the 'metadata' option. The text option searches via OCR, so it's looking for matches in the actual books, articles, documents, etc.
- When a search is done using the meta data option, you're at the mercy of whatever terms the creator (uploader) used to describe the file. (I've been mystified more than once by what some people put.)

Sharing on subject-focused sites such as this forum is always(!) helpful, but last year's demise of the Army Air Forces.com forum was a harsh (brutal, heart-wrenching, sad) reminder that websites rarely last. Internet Archive is designed to be an exception. A non-profit, it has tremendous funding from both individual contributors and major foundations. The technical longevity features in place go way, way beyond standard protocols.
 

Users who are viewing this thread

Back