Your AAF 1945

_____________________________________ 45/08/12 19 Night Radar 45/08/26 21 Interview With The Crew Of Enola Gay 45/09/06 23 Doolittle Flyer 79177. Your A. A. F.. September 6, 1945. ABC net. Sustaining. Not auditioned. The program is also referred to as, "The Fighting AAF." The name change was possibly due to the end of the war. "The latest official news on demobilization plans." "The story of our occupation air forces direct from your men overseas." "The secret's of America's astounding scientific achievements in the air and how they will affect your peacetime future." "The Three Doolittle flyers, just liberated from a Japanese prison camp." They are interviewed by wire recorder from Chun King, China and from Washington, D. C. Bulletin: Vice Admiral John Sidney McCain died of a heart attack at his home in Coronado (California) Howard Sheldon (reporter), The Orchestra Of The A. A. F.. 14:07. Audio condition: Excellent. 45/09/13 24 Fire Fighting Paratroopers 65456. Your A. A. F.. September 13, 1945. ABC net. Sustaining. "A report to the American people." The first tune is "Love Is Sweeping The Country." "Project Firefly": all-negro forest fire paratroopers jump into an Oregon fire. Jack Lescoulie reports from the jump plane. Major General Fred Anderson speaks from Washington D. C. (by wire recording) about de-mobolization and separation of the troops. The Orchestra Of The AAF plays a medley from "Carousel." A demonstration of the "radio controlled airplane, invented by Reginald Denny is described from Wright Patterson Field, Ohio. Mr. Denny is interviewed in Hollywood about his invention and how it helped to combat Kamakaze planes! Jack Lescoulie, Fred Anderson, The Orchestra Of The A. A. F., Reginald Denny. 29:52. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete. 45/09/20 25 Blind Landings 79179. Your A. A. F.. September 20, 1945. ABC net. Sustaining. Not auditioned. From Wright Field (Ohio): "The A. A. F.'s vast research laboratory; an actual "blind" landing by a pilot who never touched the controls." From Washington (D. C.): "Lieutenant Colonel Lewis Grayson answers directly a mother's questions about her soldier-son." From Japan: "An interview with Generals Giles, Le May and O'Donnell before the first non-stop flight from Japan to the United States." From Washington (D. C.): The first radio pickup of their arrival." The Orchestra Of The A. A. F., Bob Van Camp (reporter, inside "The Flying Bat", a C-47, as the plane makes an automatic landing), Bob Carroll (vocal), Carol West (reporter), Barney Giles, Curtis Le May, Emmet O'Donnell. 28:43. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete. 45/09/27 26 Hydroponics 79180. Your A. A. F.. September 27, 1945. ABC net. Sustaining. Not auditioned. From Wright Field (Ohio): "A report on hydroponics, the strange science of farming without soil." From Washington, D. C.: "On the eve of the A. T. C.'s first regularly scheduled round-the-world flight, Lieutenant General Harold L. George." From Mitchell Field (New York): "An actual tour through one of the A. A. F.'s new separation centers." The Orchestra Of The A. A. F., Harold George. 28:08. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete. 45/10/04 27 G I Bill 45/10/11 28 Ending Blackouts For Airmen 45/10/18 29 Radar Defense 79183. Your A. A. F.. October 18, 1945. ABC net. Sustaining. Not auditioned. From freeman Field (Indiana): "The best that German inventive genius had to offer during World War II is being harnessed by American air power." The first tune is, "Sometimes I'm Happy." The Orchestra Of The A. A. F.. 27:47. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete. 45/10/25 30 Oxygen Test Device 45/11/01 31 Radar Compass 45/11/08 32 Farewell Broadcast 79186. Your A. A. F.. November 8, 1945. ABC net. Sustaining. Not auditioned. An anniversary: it was ten years ago that a "stratosphere balloon" called "Explorer II" went to am altitude of 72,395 feet, still a record. A report (by wire recorder) from Harney National Forest in the Black Hills of South Dakota. The last show of the series. The Lieutenant Colonel in charge of the show tells why the program is being discontinued. The Orchestra Of The A. A. F., Howard Finch (reporter), Frederick Bisson (Chief of the Office of Radio Production, from Washington, D. C.), Felix Slatkin (conductor), Ian Martin (producer, director), Lawrence Dobkin (announcer). 13:30. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete. _____________________________________