The Snapshots in Time Collection
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The Lt. Bancroft Korean War collection brings together Martin PBM Mariner patrol flying boats, a sailor's studio portrait, shipboard mess life, and the paperwork of remembrance: an annotated accident report, a typed letter, and vintage aviation advertising. Together they trace how one veteran's naval service was recorded and researched.
US Navy Patrol Flying Boat with Damaged Nose Turret, Korean War Era (Digitally Altered Reproduction)
Cutaway Illustration of U.S. Navy Flying Boat Mid-Section with .50 Caliber Waist Gun Position, Overlaid with Promotional Pencil Graphic
Twin-Engine Flying Boat Alongside Ship, Bow Gun Position Visible, Korean War Era
Cutaway Illustration of Military Flying Boat with Advertising Pencil Overlay
Vintage Cutaway Aircraft Advertisement Illustration (Non-Photographic Ephemera)
Cutaway Illustration of PBM Mariner-Type Flying Boat Interior with Promotional Pencil Overlay
Composite Advertising Illustration: Cutaway Flying Boat with "Broken" Fuselage and Pencil Graphic
Cutaway Illustration of Patrol Bomber Flying Boat Interior with Crew Bunks
Serviceman Clinton 'Duke' Macklin at Radio Communications Station, Korean War Era
USS Renshaw (DD-499), Fletcher-Class Destroyer, Underway – Official U.S. Navy Photograph
Sailors Sharing a Meal in Ship's Mess Compartment, Korean War Era
Martin PBM-5 Mariner Flying Boat with Damaged Nose Turret, Riding at Sea
Martin PBM Mariner Patrol Flying Boat, Bow and Nose Turret Detail, Korean War Era
Reference Printout: Martin PBM Mariner Performing JATO Takeoff, VP-47 (vpnavy.com)
Martin PBM Mariner Flying Boat Performing JATO Takeoff - Reference Photograph
Western Union Telegrams Notifying Family of Korean War Naval Aircraft Accident, December 1952
Newspaper Clippings: PBM Patrol Bomber Crash off Korea, Korean War
Newspaper Clipping: "Rescuers Lasso Fresno Sailor After Crash" — Korean War Patrol Bomber Ditching, Sea of Japan
Newspaper Clipping: 'Bomber Crash Victims Named' - San Francisco Examiner, December 30, 1952
Official U.S. Navy Casualty Report (Naval Speed Letter, Page 2 of 2) — Aircraft Loss Involving LTJG Hayes Eugene Bancroft, Korean War Era
Sailors at Mess and Electronics Workstation Aboard Ship, Korean War Era (Bancroft Collection)
Declassified Cover Letter, Historical Report of Patrol Squadron Forty-Seven (VP-47), 1 July–31 December 1952
Typed Naval Squadron History Report Page — Korean War Era, Iwakuni/Fukuoka Operations and BA-12 Aircraft Loss (Bancroft Collection)
Annotated Naval Aviation Accident Report Page, Bancroft Korean War Collection
Typed Letter to 'George' Recounting Korean War Patrol Plane Crew and Crash, Page 1 of 3
Typed Memoir Page Describing PBM Mariner Crew and Crash Rescue (Page 2 of 3)
Final Page of a Typed Personal Letter Signed "Joe" (Page 3 of 3)
U.S. Navy Squadron Patches: VP-47 'Benjo's Manor' and Companion Insignia -- Bancroft Collection
Studio Portrait of U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer 'Wayne,' Korean War Era
Studio Portrait of U.S. Navy Sailor 'Wayne' in Dress Uniform, Korean War Era