Re: P.S. to Re: Air Force Historical Research Center, Maxwell Air Force Base

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                                        <b>Posted:</b><br>
                                        <b>By: </b><a href='mailto:win-z@juno.com'>Win Bryson</a><br>
                                        <b>On: </b>10/14/2003 <br>
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                                    <td style='vertical-align: top;'>1. My AFHRA experience mostly pre-dates E-mail & web-sites - I used &quot;snail-mail&quot;. The AFHRA staff has always been very, very helpful and very, very understaffed.  So their replies have always been very thorough and thoughtful - it just takes a long time. <br><br>2. When I asked the AFHRA's about their 401BG records, their reply &quot;overview&quot; of microfilm rolls available included that:<br>a. Microfilming was hurriedly done; resulting in<br>b. Most rolls include a mix of things from different Units; and <br>c. The quality/clarity of the images varies greatly from good to poor (barely readable).<br><br>3. The following is my consolidation of info I received from the AFHRA over a period of time regarding microfilm rolls available that relate to the 401BG. (There may be more, but this is as far as I went).<br><br>Roll #A0647, frames 985-1555 are 613SQ operational histories by-month (Oct. '44 is one month, for example, covered in frames 1266-1298);<br><br>Roll #B0488, frames 396-2071 contain photo collages, Bluebook pages, Group operational reports (by-month) through deactivation in 1945. (I purchased this roll).<br><br>Roll #B0489, according to an &quot;index&quot; includes two 401BG groups of items (but I don;t know the details): <br>&quot;GP-401-SU-OP-S&quot;: frames 4-82, from Aug.'44 to Apr.'45 (support/operations); and<br>&quot;GP-401-SU-RE&quot;: frames 83-137, Nov.'43 to Mat '45.<br><br>4. There are other 401BG &quot;related&quot; rolls that I don't know enough about to know if useful or of interest.  For example:<br><br>Rolls #07072 and #A5998, frames ?, are 8th USAAF Mission Reports and planning and post-action assessments.<br><br>5. Sorry this is so long-winded, but there's a lot of great resources &quot;out there&quot; .  <br></td>
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