Charles M. Allen Jr. Papers, WWII 141
Abstract
The Charles M. Allen Jr. Papers contains letters, photographs, aerial photographs,
military services records, a military Thanksgiving Day dinner menu, tourist and military
maps of France, a German-language map of Belgium, Wake Forest WWII community newsletter
issues, artifacts, and various other materials, documenting the pre-World War II and
World War II life and military service of Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead and
Wake Forest, N.C., from 1942 through 1945. Allen served as an aerial reconnaissance
photographer in the 73rd Reconnaissance Squadron, 73rd Observation Group; the 10th
Photographic Group (Reconnaissance); and the 363rd Reconnaissance Group, U.S. Army
Air Forces. He served in the European Theater from February 1944 through the summer
of 1945.
The collection holds a series of over 120 letters written by Allen to his fiancé and
later wife Clara David Allen from April 1942 to May 1945. The letters cover Allen's
time working as a biology instructor at Wake Forest College in Wake Forest, N.C.,
and in the U.S. Army Air Forces. Allen discusses their times spent together on weekends;
his bus and train trips to and from Wake Forest to see David; music and radio programs
he was listening to; his photography and teaching work at Wake Forest College; her
family and friends; and their relationship and eventually engagement.
The largest set of letters is from Allen's military service. The letters written by
Allen while he was in various stateside military airfields and installations from
1942 to 1943 are very detailed, giving significant information on the daily routines
and work for his training at those installations. Allen writes in detail about his
daily schedule, his training classes schedule, and what he and his friends did on
their downtime. He writes in detail about photographic processes and new equipment
he was learning to use, giving an important insight into the life of a WWII aerial
reconnaissance photography student. In his letters while stateside and from overseas,
Charles Allen would write Clara about his sightseeing, movies and shows he watched,
musical and theater performances he attended, and radio and music he heard. Allen
also writes about his friends in the service, and people he ran into during training
stateside from North Carolina. His letters contain the basic types of information
an American serviceman wrote during overseas service in WWII.
The largest set of materials in the collection are over 360 photographs, aerial photographs,
and contact prints, taken by or collected by Charles M. Allen Jr. while he was serving
in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. The most significant set of photographs
were taken by Allen while he was in various stateside military airfields and installations
from 1942 to 1943, including while at Lowry Field in Colorado. There are also a number
of photographs taken while Allen was serving in the 73rd Observation Group at Fort
Knox and Camp Campbell, Kentucky, while his unit was participating in the Tennessee
Maneuvers. Most of these photographs were taken by Allen while he was practicing his
photography as part of his training to be an aerial reconnaissance photographer, and
other photographers taken during this period appear to be hobby photographs while
he was stationed at these locations.
The largest set of photographs include aerial photographs and sightseeing photographs
taken by Allen while he was stationed in England and France in 1944. He traveled around
to such British cities and towns as Cambridge, Oxford, London, Stratford-on-Avon,
and Windsor while he was stationed with the 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance)
preparing for the Normandy invasion of June 1944. Of great significance are a series
of aerial photographs of Paris, France, believed taken by Allen around 1944 after
the liberation of Paris by the Allies. There are also aerial photographs of Oxford,
England, showing portions of the various colleges and elements of the University of
Oxford.
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Charles M. Allen Jr. Papers
- Call Number
- WWII 141
- Creator
-
Allen, Charles M.
- Date
- 1940, 1942-1945, 1940s, undated
- Extent
- 2.419 cubic feet
- Repository
- State Archives of North Carolina
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Preferred Citation
[Item name or title], [Box Number], [Folder Numbers], Charles M. Allen Jr. Papers,
WWII 141, World War II Papers, Military Collection, State Archives of North Carolina,
Raleigh, N.C.
Collection Overview
The collection contains letters, photographs, aerial photographs, military services
records, a military Thanksgiving Day dinner menu, tourist and military maps of France,
a German-language map of Belgium, Wake Forest WWII community newsletter issues, artifacts,
and various other materials, documenting the pre-World War II and World War II life
and military service of Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead and Wake Forest, N.C.,
from 1942 through 1945. Allen served as an aerial reconnaissance photographer in the
73rd Reconnaissance Squadron, 73rd Observation Group; the 10th Photographic Group
(Reconnaissance); and the 363rd Reconnaissance Group, U.S. Army Air Forces. He served
in the European Theater from February 1944 through the summer of 1945.
The collection holds a series of over 120 letters written by Allen to his fiancé and
later wife Clara David Allen from April 1942 to May 1945. The letters cover Allen's
time working as a biology instructor at Wake Forest College in Wake Forest, N.C.,
and in the U.S. Army Air Forces. Allen discusses their times spent together on weekends;
his bus and train trips to and from Wake Forest to see David; music and radio programs
he was listening to; his photography and teaching work at Wake Forest College; her
family and friends; and their relationship and eventually engagement. The Wake Forest
College letters are an interesting look into the early professional career of a Wake
Forest professor who would become one of the more significant scientists and medical
professionals in North Carolina after WWII.
The largest set of letters is from Allen's military service. The letters written by
Allen while he was in various stateside military airfields and installations from
1942 to 1943 are very detailed, giving significant information on the daily routines
and work for his training at those installations. Allen writes in detail about his
daily schedule, his training classes schedule, and what he and his friends did on
their downtime. He writes in detail about photographic processes and new equipment
he was learning to use, giving an important insight into the life of a WWII aerial
reconnaissance photography student.
In his letters while stateside and from overseas, Charles Allen would write Clara
about his sightseeing, movies and shows he watched, musical and theater performances
he attended, and radio and music he heard. Because of their mutual love of music and
singing, Charles spoke to Clara in his letters through song lyrics or mentioning song
titles, often based on music he was listening to in barracks, camps, or on the radio
from wherever he was stationed. Allen also writes about his friends in the service,
and people he ran into during training stateside from North Carolina. His letters
contain the basic types of information an American serviceman wrote during overseas
service in WWII.
The largest set of materials in the collection are over 360 photographs, aerial photographs,
and contact prints, taken by or collected by Charles M. Allen Jr. while he was serving
in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. The most significant set of photographs
were taken by Allen while he was in various stateside military airfields and installations
from 1942 to 1943, including while at Lowry Field in Colorado. There are also a number
of photographs taken while Allen was serving in the 73rd Observation Group at Fort
Knox and Camp Campbell, Kentucky, while his unit was participating in the Tennessee
Maneuvers. Most of these photographs were taken by Allen while he was practicing his
photography as part of his training to be an aerial reconnaissance photographer, and
other photographers taken during this period appear to be hobby photographs while
he was stationed at these locations.
The largest set of photographs include aerial photographs and sightseeing photographs
taken by Allen while he was stationed in England and France in 1944. He traveled around
to such British cities and towns as Cambridge, Oxford, London, Stratford-on-Avon,
and Windsor while he was stationed with the 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance)
preparing for the Normandy invasion of June 1944. Of great significance are a series
of aerial photographs of Paris, France, believed taken by Allen around 1944 after
the liberation of Paris by the Allies. There are also aerial photographs of Oxford,
England, showing portions of the various colleges and elements of the University of
Oxford.
The collection also holds some military services records, ephemera, and maps, from
Allen's military service in the U.S. and in Europe. There are several issues of the
community newsletter The Woodland News from Wake Forest, N.C., which it appears were mailed to Allen while he was in the
military. The issues discuss local happenings and people in Wake Forest, and wartime
information is provided. There are also Allen's dog tags, and uniform pins and insignia
worn on his Army Air Forces uniform during WWII.
The collection is arranged in six series as follows: Series I: Charles M. Allen Jr.
Wake Forest College Letters; Series II: Charles M. Allen Jr. WWII Letters; Series
III: Photographs; Series IV: Miscellaneous Materials; Series V: Oversized Materials;
and Series VI: Artifacts.
Arrangement Note
The collection is arranged by format and purpose of the materials in folders and boxes.
It is arranged in the following six series:
Series I: Charles M. Allen Jr. Wake Forest College Letters
Series II: Charles M. Allen Jr. WWII Letters
Series III: Photographs
Series IV: Miscellaneous Materials
Series V: Oversized Materials
Series VI: Artifacts
Biographical Note
Charles Marvin Allen Jr. was born on July 31, 1918, in the town of Mount Gilead in
Montgomery County, N.C., Charles Marvin and Dora Emma [or Eunice] Covington Allen.
Charles Allen Sr. worked as a hardware salesman by 1920. Dora Allen died on March
14, 1921, of stomach cancer. Allen Jr. would attend and graduate from the Mount Gilead
public schools.
Charles Allen Jr. attended Wake Forest College in Wake Forest, N.C., starting with
his freshman year in the 1935-1936 school year. By his senior year in the fall of
1938, he was working as a member of the staff of the school newspaper The Old Gold and Black. Allen graduated with a B.S. degree in 1939, and would stay at Wake Forest to attend
graduate school in the Wake Forest Medical School. During the 1939-1940 school year,
Allen was a member of the Wake Forest Glee Club. He would graduate with an M.S. degree
in 1941. After his graduation, Allen remained at Wake Forest working as a biology
instructor under Dr. Ora C. Bradbury, head of the Biology Department since 1938. It
is around this time that he appears to have been doing photography for various school
publications, which seems to have led to his later placement in the U.S. military.
He also may have been working operating a radio program playing records on the air
for the college, as he references in a letter in 1942.
Charles M. Allen Sr. died in 1941, while Charles Allen was working at Wake Forest
College. Allen was alone with his sister Lucy and older brother Fentress after their
father passed away. Charles would travel back and forth from Wake Forest to Mount
Gilead to visit with family and friends through 1942 before his military service.
He would begin dating Clara David, who was from Bennettsville, S.C., prior to 1942.
He enjoyed classical music, the opera, and theater, as did Clara. Allen also enjoyed
drawing, which he apparently did while in the military.
After the United States entered World War II, Allen would enlist in the U.S. Army
Air Corps as an Aviation Cadet in Raleigh, N.C., on July 21, 1942. During the summer
of 1942, Charles Allen and Clara David got engaged. About October 31, 1942, Allen
left by train from Raleigh for his military training camp in Colorado, traveling through
Birmingham, Alabama, before heading west.
During the first week of November 1942, Charles Allen attended the U.S. Army Air Corps
[later Army Air Forces] Technical School at Lowry Field in Denver, Colorado. He attended
the 12-week Army Air Forces Photographic School there, and was part of the Aviation
Cadet Detachment numbered "Class 5-43-F." Allen was present at the base when the U.S.
Army Air Forces brought in eight Chinese air force students to study aerial photography
at Lowry in November 1942. While he was stationed at Lowry Field, Clara David was
attending college at Flora McDonald College [present-day St. Andrew's University in
Laurinburg, N.C.], where she majored in Primary Education and Voice. Both had a love
for music and singing, which they discuss in their wartime letters to each other.
On December 26, 1942, Allen learned that he would be assigned after Lowry Field to
the Army Air Forces Training Station (AAFTS) at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.
He arrived there on January 5, 1943, to attend the Photography School there. Allen
was honorably discharged from the Army Air Forces as an Aviation Cadet on February
17, 1943, in order to accept an officer's commission as a 2nd Lieutenant while he
was at Yale. Between February 21 and 23, 1943, Allen was reassigned to the 73rd Reconnaissance
Squadron, 73rd Observation Group, U.S. Army Air Forces, at Godman Field at Fort Knox,
Kentucky. He would be temporarily assigned to the Headquarters Squadron for his unit.
Unfortunately, there were too many photographers stationed at the same time at Godman
Field, and Allen's position seems to have been unclear for a period of time.
While at Godman Field, Charles Allen and his unit were engaged in numerous training
activities, participating in the Tennessee Maneuvers at Camp Campbell, Kentucky, in
1943. They would spend time at the Army Air Forces' base at Berry Field in Nashville,
Tennessee, including in September 1943. The AAF operated the airfields at Fort Knox
and in Tennessee jointly, and the training units at Godman Field would split time
in both states between February and November 1943. The 73rd Observation Group would
be re-designated several times over the next year, first as the 73rd Reconnaissance
Group in April 1943; then 73rd Tactical Reconnaissance Group in August 1943; and finally
as the 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance) in December 1943. Before he went to
Europe, Charles Allen married Clara David.
During the Tennessee Maneuvers, Allen's unit was equipped with and trained on the
following aircraft types: A-20 Havocs; P-40 Warhawks; P-51 Mustangs; and L-1 and L-4
light observation aircraft. After the end of the maneuvers, Allen and his unit was
assigned to the AAF base Key Field in Meridian, Mississippi, in preparation for being
shipped out overseas to the European Theater in WWII. The 10th Photographic Group
(Reconnaissance) [also listed as the 10th Photographic Reconnaissance Group] deployed
overseas between January and February 1944. They were assigned for duty with U.S.
9th Air Force at the British Royal Air Force airfield at Chalgrove, England. Allen
was serving as a Lieutenant in Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance),
while in England.
At Chalgrove, the 10th RPG consisted of six photographic squadrons flying a variety
of reconnaissance aircraft. The unit would photograph enemy airfields; coastal defenses;
and ports. They also shot bomb damage assessment photographs of airfields, marshaling
yards, bridges, and other targets in preparation for the Allies' Normandy invasion.
The 10th PRG received a Distinguished Unit Citation for flying at low altitude to
photograph the English Channel coast from Blankenberge to Dunkirk, and from Le Touquet
to Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue, France, prior to the D-Day invasion. The unit made these
flights from May 6-20, 1944.
The 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance) supported the Normandy invasion in June
1944 by making visual and photographic reconnaissance of bridges, artillery, road
and railway junctions, traffic centers, airfields, and other targets. The group's
various units were deployed for different purposes throughout France from June through
August 1944. On the European continent, the 10th PRG aided the U.S. Third Army and
other Allied organizations in the battle to breach the Siegfried Line from September
through December 1944. Allen and his unit flew daylight and night photographic missions
during this period. They performed tactical reconnaissance for ground and air units,
directing artillery to enemy positions and fighter bombers to various targets. The
group participated in the Battle of the Bulge by flying photographic reconnaissance
missions in the combat zone through January 1945.
The 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance) assisted the advance of Third Army across
the Rhine River, to Czechoslovakia, into Austria, and eventually arriving in Germany
where they would be stationed after the end of combat for occupation duties. The 10th
PRG would be stationed at the following locations in continental Europe: Rennes, France,
from August 11, 1944, to August 30, 1944; Chateaudun, France, from August 30, 1944,
to September 30, 1944; Saint-Dizier, France, from September 30, 1944, to November
1, 1944; Conflans, France, from November 1, 1944, to March 1945; Trier, Germany, from
March 1945 to April 5, 1945; Ober-Olm, Germany, from April 5 to April 28, 1945; and
Fürth, Germany, where the 10th PGR would be stationed after V-E Day.
The 10th PGR would remain in Germany after the war as part of the U.S. Army of Occupation.
They were assigned to the U.S. Army Air Forces in Europe. Allen's unit was re-designated
as the 10th Reconnaissance Group in June 1945. He was reassigned to Headquarters,
363rd Reconnaissance Group, U.S. Army Air Forces, by July 1945. Allen would be promoted
to the rank of Major by 1945. It is unknown for how long Charles Allen remained stationed
in Europe, though he was back in Wilmington, N.C., by November 1945 with the Army
Air Corps Reserve. He had come to live in Wilmington because his wife Clara Allen
was teaching in the Wilmington public schools by that period. On November 11, 1945,
Major Allen was appointed to the U.S. Army Officers' Reserve Corps for inactive service
after the end of WWII.
Immediately after returning to North Carolina in 1945, Charles Allen returned to work
as a biology instructor at Wake Forest College, while he was attending and completing
his Ph.D at Duke University. Allen was widely involved in the campus, including helping
to paint sets for the university's theater. Clara Allen taught in the Wake Forest,
N.C., schools, and worked part-time at Wake Forest College. In 1956, the Allens moved
to Winston-Salem, N.C., when now Wake Forest University was relocated there from Wake
Forest, N.C. Under the supervision of Dr. Allen, Winston Hall was completed in 1961
at Wake Forest, which was the new larger home of the Department of Biology. From the
department's three biology instructors Bradbury, Cocke, and Allen in the early 1940s,
the teaching staff for the Department of Biology grew to 12 by 1967.
Dr. Charles Allen was the driving force behind the construction of the Scales Fine
Arts Center at Wake Forest. He had served as the Director of Concerts and Lectures
for the university, based on his deep love of music and the arts. Allen was honored
at the dedication of the Scales Fine Arts Center's art and theatre wings in 1976 with
the university's Medallion of Merit, the highest honor given by Wake Forest presented
annually for outstanding achievement and distinguished contribution to the university.
He was the only person to receive the award while still working for the university.
Allen was the director of the Wake Forest University Artists Series from 1958 to 1976,
which brought internationally-renowned artists and orchestras to the university. Allen
supervised the renovation of Wait Chapel and Reynolda Village at the university. During
their lives, Charles and Clara Allen collected art, and contributed pieces of art
to various institutions. Charles Allen's love of art had been expanded during his
time in Europe in WWII, including while getting to see classic architecture in England,
France, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, and other countries in which he traveled and
was stationed between January 1944 and the summer of 1945.
He had been a president of the North Carolina Academy of Science. Dr. Charles Allen
retired from Wake Forest University in 1989. Prior to his retirement, Allen received
the Jon Reinhardt Award for Distinguished Teaching. In 2001, the Wake Forest University
Department of Biology established the Charles M. Allen Professorship in Biology.
Clara Allen taught for 34 years at the Summit School in Winston-Salem until her retirement
in 1990. Clara Allen would have an active musical career a soloist for many years
in Wake Forest and in Winston-Salem, particularly singing for community churches.
She was a soloist with the Winston-Salem Symphony, and sang in the Symphony Chorale
and the Singers Guild. She was a founding member of the Piedmont Chamber Singers,
and performed with this group until 2005.
Dr. Charles M. Allen Jr. died on August 30, 2005, and was interred at Forsyth Memorial
Park in Winston-Salem, N.C. Clara D. Allen died on May 28, 2017, in Winston-Salem.
Contents of the Collection
1. Charles M. Allen Jr. Wake Forest College Letters
Scope and Content:
Series I consists of letters written by Charles Allen Jr. to his girlfriend and later
fiancé Clara David of Bennettsville, S.C., while he was working as a first-year biology
instructor at Wake Forest College in Wake Forest, N.C. Allen was writing to David
while she was living in Bennettsville; teaching at Buckhorn School in Kenly, N.C.;
and attending college at Flora McDonald College in Laurinburg, N.C., from April to
October 1942. Allen discusses their times spent together on weekends; his bus and
train trips to and from Wake Forest to see David; music and radio programs he was
listening to; his photography and teaching work at Wake Forest College; her family
and friends; and their relationship and eventually engagement. He also drawings a
picture of an engagement ring in a letter discussing their engagement.
The letters are an interesting look into the early professional career of a Wake Forest
professor who would become one of the more significant scientists and medical professionals
in North Carolina after WWII. The letters also show what life was like for a young
man just before he entered full-time active service in the U.S. military during WWII.
There are a large number of undated letters during 1942, that had been removed from
their envelopes and stored by Clara David Allen in her personal possessions since
WWII.
Wake Forest College Letters, April-June 1942
Folder 1
Wake Forest College Letters, July 1942
Folder 2
Wake Forest College Letters, August-September 1942
Folder 3
Wake Forest College Letters, October 1942
Folder 4
Undated Wake Forest College Letters, circa 1942
Folder 5
Undated Wake Forest College Letters, circa 1942
Folder 6
2. Charles M. Allen Jr. WWII Letters
Scope and Content:
Series II consists of letters written from and to Charles Allen Jr. while he was serving
in the U.S. Army Air Forces during WWII. Most of the letters were written by Allen
to his fiancé and later wife Clara David Allen, who was living in Bennettsville, S.C.;
later attending college at Flora McDonald College in Laurinburg, N.C.; and lastly
teaching in Wilmington, N.C. The letters written by Allen while he was in various
stateside military airfields and installations from 1942 to 1943 are very detailed,
giving significant information on the daily routines and work for his training at
those installations. Allen writes in detail about his daily schedule, his training
classes schedule, and what he and his friends did on their downtime. He writes in
detail about photographic processes and new equipment he was learning to use, giving
an important insight into the life of a WWII aerial reconnaissance photography student.
Allen would make occasional drawings in his letters to Clara, such as while in photography
school at Lowry Field of him wearing a gas mask, saying, "As soon as they let us make
some personal pictures I'm going to send you one of me in a gas mask. I look like
a lop eared elephant. Do you think you could love a monstrosity like that?" [see November 1942 letter, Box 1, Folder 7]. Allen's correspondence from his time stationed in Europe from January 1944 through
May 1945 provide very little detail on his work, reconnaissance missions, or location
details, as all of his work and missions were classified. He would frequently discuss
his missing Clara and reminisce on their times together. In one January 29, 1942,
letter sent just before he shipped out to England, Charles would write her that despite
the wartime censorship and inability to share details of his life with her, "But there's
one thing they can't censor-I love you with all my heart and will" [see Box 1, Folder 11].
In his letters while stateside and from overseas, Charles Allen would write Clara
about his sightseeing, movies and shows he watched, musical and theater performances
he attended, and radio and music he heard. Because of their mutual love of music and
singing, Charles spoke to Clara in his letters through song lyrics or mentioning song
titles, often based on music he was listening to in barracks, camps, or on the radio
from wherever he was stationed. Interestingly, some of these local radio songs or
performances mentioned by Charles Allen were detailed enough for enemy military personnel
to have been able to pinpoint his service location based on when that performance
or song was aired (Axis forces monitored British radio for such information during
WWII). He would express his love for Clara and his feelings in song lyrics.
In a March 4, 1943, letter from Fort Knox, Kentucky, Charles wrote, "Lt. Chaffee in
the next room has his radio going-softly I hear the strains of 'Songs My Mother Taught
Me.' I'm reminded of your singing last summer down by 'David's Pond.' The last selection
was 'Land of Hope and Glory' (Pomp and Circumstance). Now they are singing 'Song of
the Volga Boatman.' I'm certainly glad that since he has a radio he likes good music"
[see Box 1, Folder 10]. He would write in an April 12, 1943, letter from Godman Field in Kentucky to Clara
Allen, "I've just gotten in from work and am fixing to listen to the Album of Familiar
Music but I'd much rather hear you" [see Box 1, Folder 10].
Allen also writes about his friends in the service, and people he ran into during
training stateside from North Carolina. He talks about his good friend and later commanding
officer James M. Smelley (who went by "Jim"), who was fighter pilot in the 10th Photographic
Group (Reconnaissance) and later commander of Allen's unit 363rd Reconnaissance Group
by July 1945. His letters contain the basic types of information an American serviceman
wrote during overseas service in WWII.
There are significant gaps in the chronology of his letters written to Clara, as it
appears sets of these letters were lost or discarded at different points since World
War II (including due to various moves that the couple had). The dates for letters
missing from this collection includes: May-December 1943, March-April 1944, September-December
1944, and June-September 1945. For two of these periods, Allen was on operational
duty flying regular reconnaissance missions in Europe, and it is unknown how often
he wrote to Clara Allen then. There are also letters written to Charles and Clara
Allen by friends during WWII.
WWII Letters to Clara David, November 1942
Folder 7
WWII Letters to Clara David, December 1942, circa 1942
Folder 8
WWII Letters to Clara David, January-February 1943
Folder 9
WWII Letters to Clara David, March-April 1943, 1943
Folder 10
WWII Letters to Clara Allen, January-February 1944
Folder 11
WWII Letters to Clara Allen, May 1944
Folder 1
WWII Letters to Clara Allen, June 1944
Folder 2
WWII Letters to Clara Allen, July 1944
Folder 3
WWII Letters to Clara Allen, August 1944
Folder 4
WWII Letters to Clara Allen, January 10-21, 1945
Folder 5
WWII Letters to Clara Allen, January 22-31, 1945
Folder 6
WWII Letters to Clara Allen, February 1945
Folder 7
WWII Letters to Clara Allen, March 1945
Folder 8
WWII Letters to Clara Allen, April-May 1945
Folder 9
Lynn Banks Letter to Charles Allen Jr., November 9, 1944
Folder 10
Luther David Letter to Sister Clara Allen, November 21, 1942
Folder 11
3. Photographs
Scope and Content:
Series III consists of photographs, aerial photographs, and contact prints, taken
by or collected by Charles M. Allen Jr. while he was serving in the U.S. Army Air
Forces during World War II. The most significant set of photographs were taken by
Allen while he was in various stateside military airfields and installations from
1942 to 1943, including while at Lowry Field in Colorado. There are also a number
of photographs taken while Allen was serving in the 73rd Observation Group at Fort
Knox and Camp Campbell, Kentucky, while his unit was participating in the Tennessee
Maneuvers. Most of these photographs were taken by Allen while he was practicing his
photography as part of his training to be an aerial reconnaissance photographer, and
other photographers taken during this period appear to be hobby photographs while
he was stationed at these locations.
The largest set of photographs include aerial photographs and sightseeing photographs
taken by Allen while he was stationed in England and France in 1944. He traveled around
to such British cities and towns as Cambridge, Oxford, London, Stratford-on-Avon,
and Windsor while he was stationed with the 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance)
preparing for the Normandy invasion of June 1944. Allen used various Army Air Forces
photographic processing laboratories to print his photographs, as evidenced by writing
on the negatives identifying the dates and locations of the photographs (identical
to the informational format written on Army Air Forces reconnaissance photographs).
Allen had a great interest in architecture and art, which these photographs show him
discovering in Europe during WWII. He would be influenced by these travels when he
returned to work at Wake Forest College after the war.
Of great significance are a series of aerial photographs of Paris, France, believed
taken by Allen around 1944 after the liberation of Paris by the Allies. Some of the
photographs show the plane the photographer was flying in turning sharply around the
Eiffel Tower, for example. These photographs offer a unique view of the wartime city.
There are also aerial photographs of Oxford, England, showing portions of the various
colleges and elements of the University of Oxford.
The series contains some general scenes of wartime England, including British soldiers
marching, British nurses walking down the sidewalk, and wartime savings bonds drive
posters at popular locations such as Piccadilly Circus. Allen also took and collected
photographs of his friends and his travels while in France and the Netherlands, including
while his unit was camped in the Bois de Boulogne park in Paris in 1944. Some photographs
were taken of his unit's stop in various towns in eastern France and in Venlo, the
Netherlands.
Uniquely, the collection holds four photographs of U.S. Army Air Forces personnel
with the 31st Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron in an aerial reconnaissance laboratory
in England in June 1944, processing aerial reconnaissance negatives of France around
the time of the Normandy invasion. There are also a set of photographs documenting
the religious services of the 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance) in England
and in France. Conducted by Allen's friend and unit Army chaplain Rev. Frederick J.
Ackman of Iowa, the photographs document a field chapel service in France around 1944.
Series III contains portraits and snapshots of Charles Allen Jr., and his friends
and fellow servicemen from North Carolina and his military units. There are also four
photographs taken by and of Allen after WWII while he was at Wake Forest University
in both Wake Forest and Winston-Salem, N.C., sometime between the 1950s and 1960s.
All of these photographs document Allen's development as a photographer, which experience
and skill he continued to use for personal use and for his friends up through the
early 2000s.
Charles Allen Jr. WWII Portraits and Snapshots, circa 1943, 1940s
Folder 12
Studio portrait of Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., taken while he was
serving as an officer in the U.S. Army Air Forces in England during World War II [circa
1944] [British crown copyright printed on back of photograph].
WWII 141.B2.F12.1
Studio portrait of Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., taken while he was
serving in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. Allen is looking down at
something out of frame [1940s].
WWII 141.B2.F12.2
Photograph of Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., wearing his full Army Air
Forces uniform and cadet visor hat, sitting on a fence railing outside at an unidentified
location [believed to be Denver, Colorado, or New Haven, Connecticut] while he was
an Aviation Cadet in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II [circa 1943] [original
version of WWII 141.B2.F12.4a-4b].
WWII 141.B2.F12.3
Cropped and enlarged photograph of Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., wearing
his full Army Air Forces uniform and cadet visor hat, sitting on a fence railing outside
at an unidentified location [believed to be Denver, Colorado, or New Haven, Connecticut]
while he was an Aviation Cadet in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II [circa
1943] [cropped version of WWII 141.B2.F12.3].
WWII 141.B2.F12.4a-4b
Studio portrait of Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., wearing his full uniform
and crusher hat, taken while he was serving in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World
War II [1940s].
WWII 141.B2.F12.5
Cropped snapshot of Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., wearing his full Army Air Forces leather flight suit and parachute, walking on an unidentified military runway while he served U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. Caption on back of photograph reads: "Charlie in 'gear'" [1940s] [version of WWII 141.B2.F12.6b].
WWII 141.B2.F12.6a
Snapshot of Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., wearing his full Army Air Forces leather flight suit and parachute, walking on an unidentified military runway while he served U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. Caption on back of photograph reads: "Charlie in 'gear'" [1940s] [version of WWII 141.B2.F12.6a].
WWII 141.B2.F12.6b
Snapshot of Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., sitting at a desk typing at
a typewriter at a U.S. Army Air Forces field office while he was serving as an officer
during World War II. Caption on back of photograph reads: "Field work" [1940s].
WWII 141.B2.F12.7
Snapshot of Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., sitting at a desk in a U.S.
Army Air Forces field photographic laboratory during World War II. He is pictured
talking on a telephone while looking over a technical manual. Seen on his desk is
a framed portrait of Allen's wife Clara David Allen. Caption on back of photograph
reads: "Field Lab. Guess Who's Picture!" [1940s].
WWII 141.B2.F12.8
Snapshot of Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., standing outside on a snow
covered road using a military box camera on a tripod. A gated entrance and woods is
seen in the background [believed taken while Allen was stationed in New Haven, Connecticut].
Photograph taken while Allen was serving as an officer in the U.S. Army Air Forces
during World War II. Caption on back of photograph reads: "Charlie with Camera and
Snow" [circa 1943].
WWII 141.B2.F12.9
Photograph of 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., facing away from
the camera, shown standing on the roof of an unidentified old building taking a photograph
of the surrounding countryside [believed taken in England] while he was serving in
the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II [1940s].
WWII 141.B2.F12.10
Photograph of 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., sitting on a parked
motorcycle outside on a gravel lot at an unidentified military camp in Europe during
World War II. Allen was serving in the U.S. Army Air Forces. He did not ride the motorcycle,
but was using it for a pose for the photograph. Caption on back of photograph by Allen
reads: "No I really didn't ride it just a pose' [1940s].
WWII 141.B2.F12.11
Lowry Field Photographs, [1942]
Folder 13
Photograph of the U.S. Army Air Forces Headquarters and Photographic School Building
at Lowry Field in Denver, Colorado, in 1942 during World War II. Photograph taken
while Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed at Lowry Field as
an Aviation Cadet studying Air Forces photography to serve as an aerial reconnaissance
photographer [1942].
WWII 141.B2.F13.1
Photograph of the American flag flying in a strong wind at the U.S. Army Air Forces
base Lowry Field in Denver, Colorado, in 1942 during World War II. Photograph taken
while Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed at Lowry Field as
an Aviation Cadet studying Air Forces photography to serve as an aerial reconnaissance
photographer [1942].
WWII 141.B2.F13.2
Photograph of an aircraft warning beacon at the U.S. Army Air Forces base Lowry Field
in Denver, Colorado, in 1942 during World War II. Photograph taken while Charles M.
Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed at Lowry Field as an Aviation Cadet
studying Air Forces photography to serve as an aerial reconnaissance photographer.
This photograph was taken as part of Allen's Aviation Cadet Detachment "Class 5-43-F"
photography class training [1942].
WWII 141.B2.F13.3
Photograph of Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., sitting on a curb along
a road, using a Graflex Speed Graphic, Ground Camera, to take a photograph at the
U.S. Army Air Forces base Lowry Field in Denver, Colorado, in 1942 during World War
II. Photograph taken while Allen was stationed at Lowry Field as an Aviation Cadet
studying Air Forces photography to serve as an aerial reconnaissance photographer.
This photograph was taken as part of Allen's Aviation Cadet Detachment "Class 5-43-F"
photography class training [1942].
WWII 141.B2.F13.4
Photograph of a field artillery cannon on a lawn outside of several buildings at the
U.S. Army Air Forces base Lowry Field in Denver, Colorado, in 1942 during World War
II. Photograph taken while Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed
at Lowry Field as an Aviation Cadet studying Air Forces photography to serve as an
aerial reconnaissance photographer. This photograph was taken as part of Allen's Aviation
Cadet Detachment "Class 5-43-F" photography class training [1942].
WWII 141.B2.F13.5
Photograph of the Administration Building at the U.S. Army Air Forces base Lowry Field
in Denver, Colorado, in 1942 during World War II. Photograph taken while Charles M.
Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed at Lowry Field as an Aviation Cadet
studying Air Forces photography to serve as an aerial reconnaissance photographer.
This photograph was taken as part of Allen's Aviation Cadet Detachment "Class 5-43-F"
photography class training. A number of Allen's fellow photography cadets are pictured
practicing taking photographs of the same building [1942].
WWII 141.B2.F13.6
Side view of part of the Administration Building, with a large tree blocking part
of the building, at the U.S. Army Air Forces base Lowry Field in Denver, Colorado,
in 1942 during World War II. Photograph taken while Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount
Gilead, N.C., was stationed at Lowry Field as an Aviation Cadet studying Air Forces
photography to serve as an aerial reconnaissance photographer. This photograph was
taken as part of Allen's Aviation Cadet Detachment "Class 5-43-F" photography class
training [1942].
WWII 141.B2.F13.7
Photograph of Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., kneeling down looking over
his Graflex Speed Graphic, Ground Camera Type C-3, mounted on a tripod, with the camera
case and flash pictured on the ground in the background. Allen was serving in the
U.S. Army Air Forces at Lowry Field in Denver, Colorado, in 1942 during World War
II. Photograph taken while Allen was stationed at Lowry Field as an Aviation Cadet
studying Air Forces photography to serve as an aerial reconnaissance photographer.
This photograph was taken as part of Allen's Aviation Cadet Detachment "Class 5-43-F"
photography class training [1942].
WWII 141.B2.F13.8
Photograph of Aviation Cadet Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., wearing his
heavy wool coat and cadet visor hat, kneeling in the snow on a slope holding a Graflex
Speed Graphic, Ground Camera, at Lowry Field in Denver, Colorado, in 1942 during World
War II. Allen was serving in the U.S. Army Air Forces studying Air Forces photography
to serve as an aerial reconnaissance photographer [1942].
WWII 141.B2.F13.9
Photograph taken from a hilltop looking out over the valley and hills at the Lowry
Field in Denver, Colorado, in 1942 during World War II. Photograph taken while Aviation
Cadet Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was serving in the U.S. Army Air
Forces studying Air Forces photography to serve as an aerial reconnaissance photographer.
This photograph was taken as part of Allen's Aviation Cadet Detachment "Class 5-43-F"
photography class training [1942].
WWII 141.B2.F13.10
Compose photograph of the Photo Cadets of the U.S. Army Air Forces' Aviation Cadet
Detachment "Class 5-43-F" at Lowry Field in Denver, Colorado, around 1942 during World
War II. The photograph is made up of numerous photographs of the cadets in different
scenes and involved in various parts of the photography training at the base. Photograph
taken while Aviation Cadet Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was serving
at Lowry Field studying Air Forces photography to serve as an aerial reconnaissance
photographer. Allen is pictured in the photograph in the top left corner, the man
silhouetted at the left of the photograph (arrow with "Ch
WWII 141.B2.F13.11
Tennessee and Kentucky Bases Photographs, February 1943, May 1943, circa 1943
Folder 14
Photograph of U.S. Army Air Forces Capt. McNeil, commanding officer of the 14th Observation
Squadron, taken on February 3, 1943, while the squadron was stationed at William Northern
Field, Tennessee, during World War II. Photograph taken while Lt. Charles M. Allen
Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed at Fort Knox and Camp Campbell, Kentucky,
participating in the Tennessee Maneuvers (February 3, 1943).
WWII 141.B2.F14.1
Aerial photograph looking down on the United States Bullion Depository at Fort Knox,
Kentucky, in 1943 during World War II. Photograph taken while Lt. Charles M. Allen
Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in the U.S. Army Air Forces at Fort Knox
and Camp Campbell, Kentucky, participating in the Tennessee Maneuvers [1943].
WWII 141.B2.F14.2
Aerial photograph of the United States Bullion Depository and surrounding terrain
at Fort Knox, Kentucky, in 1943 during World War II. Photograph taken while Lt. Charles
M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in the U.S. Army Air Forces at Fort
Knox and Camp Campbell, Kentucky, participating in the Tennessee Maneuvers [1943].
WWII 141.B2.F14.3
Photograph of the Fort Knox Officers' Club "Country Club," taken at Fort Knox, Kentucky,
in 1943 during World War II. Photograph taken while Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount
Gilead, N.C., was stationed in the U.S. Army Air Forces at Fort Knox and Camp Campbell,
Kentucky, participating in the Tennessee Maneuvers [1943].
WWII 141.B2.F14.4
Photograph of 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., standing on a makeshift
stage at a podium, talking to military personnel while he was stationed at an unidentified
military base in Kentucky around 1943 during World War II. Photograph taken while
Allen was stationed in the U.S. Army Air Forces at Fort Knox and Camp Campbell, Kentucky,
participating in the Tennessee Maneuvers [1943].
WWII 141.B2.F14.5
Photograph of 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C. (left), sitting at
a field desk in a U.S Army Air Forces photographic laboratory office at Camp Campbell,
Kentucky, in 1943 during World War II. Photograph taken while Allen was stationed
in the U.S. Army Air Forces at Fort Knox and Camp Campbell, Kentucky, participating
in the Tennessee Maneuvers. Caption on back of the photograph reads: "Charlie at Work!
Camp Campbell, Kentucky" [1943].
WWII 141.B2.F14.6
Photograph looking down from the top of a building at an official inspection of the
73rd Observation Group, U.S. Army Air Forces, on a runway at Godman Field at Fort
Knox, Kentucky, on May 1, 1943, during World War II. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt.
Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed with the 73rd Observation
Group at Fort Knox and Camp Campbell, Kentucky, participating in the Tennessee Maneuvers
(May 1, 1943) [Official U.S. Army Air Forces photograph].
WWII 141.B2.F14.7
Photograph of an official inspection of the 73rd Observation Group, U.S. Army Air
Forces, on a runway at Godman Field at Fort Knox, Kentucky, on May 1, 1943, during
World War II. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead,
N.C., was stationed with the 73rd Observation Group at Fort Knox and Camp Campbell,
Kentucky, participating in the Tennessee Maneuvers (May 1, 1943) [Official U.S. Army
Air Forces photograph].
WWII 141.B2.F14.8
Photograph of Army Air Forces officers walking along a line of airmen during an official
inspection of the 73rd Observation Group, U.S. Army Air Forces, on a runway at Godman
Field at Fort Knox, Kentucky, on May 1, 1943, during World War II. Photograph taken
while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed with the 73rd
Observation Group at Fort Knox and Camp Campbell, Kentucky, participating in the Tennessee
Maneuvers (May 1, 1943) [Official U.S. Army Air Forces photograph].
WWII 141.B2.F14.9
Berry Field, Tennessee, Photographs, September 10, 1943
Folder 15
Photograph of the Group S-2 and Photo demonstration setup at Berry Field, Tennessee,
on September 10, 1943, during World War II. The demonstration was part of the operation
of the U.S. Army Air Forces' observation groups during military training around the
time of the Tennessee Maneuvers. The tents included booths containing demonstrations
of photographic equipment and operational practices, intelligence gathering, and aerial
reconnaissance. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead,
N.C., was stationed with the 73rd Observation Group at Fort Knox and Camp Campbell,
Kentucky, during the maneuvers (September 10, 1943)
WWII 141.B2.F15.1
Photograph of the Group S-2 tent setup at the Group S-2 and Photo demonstration at
Berry Field, Tennessee, on September 10, 1943, during World War II. The demonstration
was part of the operation of the U.S. Army Air Forces' observation groups during military
training around the time of the Tennessee Maneuvers. The tents included booths containing
demonstrations of photographic equipment and operational practices, intelligence gathering,
and aerial reconnaissance. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of
Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed with the 73rd Observation Group at Fort Knox and
Camp Campbell, Kentucky, during the maneuver
WWII 141.B2.F15.2
Photograph of a photo display tent on "How A Photo Mission Is Processed" by the Army
Air Forces at the Group S-2 and Photo demonstration at Berry Field, Tennessee, on
September 10, 1943, during World War II. The demonstration was part of the operation
of the U.S. Army Air Forces' observation groups during military training around the
time of the Tennessee Maneuvers. The tents included booths containing demonstrations
of photographic equipment and operational practices, intelligence gathering, and aerial
reconnaissance. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead,
N.C., was stationed with the 73rd Observation Group at F
WWII 141.B2.F15.3
Photograph of a photo display tent at the Group S-2 and Photo demonstration at Berry
Field, Tennessee, on September 10, 1943, during World War II. The demonstration was
part of the operation of the U.S. Army Air Forces' observation groups during military
training around the time of the Tennessee Maneuvers. The tents included booths containing
demonstrations of photographic equipment and operational practices, intelligence gathering,
and aerial reconnaissance. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of
Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed with the 73rd Observation Group at Fort Knox and
Camp Campbell, Kentucky, during the maneuvers (S
WWII 141.B2.F15.4
Photograph of a Group S-2 display tent of world maps showing the various military
fronts at the Group S-2 and Photo demonstration at Berry Field, Tennessee, on September
10, 1943, during World War II. The demonstration was part of the operation of the
U.S. Army Air Forces' observation groups during military training around the time
of the Tennessee Maneuvers. The tents included booths containing demonstrations of
photographic equipment and operational practices, intelligence gathering, and aerial
reconnaissance. This tent contains materials from the 73rd Observation Group. Photograph
taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N
WWII 141.B2.F15.5
Photograph of an unidentified Army Air Forces officer looking at a Group S-2 display
tent of world maps showing the various military fronts at the Group S-2 and Photo
demonstration at Berry Field, Tennessee, on September 10, 1943, during World War II.
The demonstration was part of the operation of the U.S. Army Air Forces' observation
groups during military training around the time of the Tennessee Maneuvers. The tents
included booths containing demonstrations of photographic equipment and operational
practices, intelligence gathering, and aerial reconnaissance. This tent contains materials
from the 73rd Observation Group. Photograph taken wh
WWII 141.B2.F15.6
Photograph of an intelligence officer sitting at a Group S-2 display tent of world
maps showing the various military fronts at the Group S-2 and Photo demonstration
at Berry Field, Tennessee, on September 10, 1943, during World War II. The demonstration
was part of the operation of the U.S. Army Air Forces' observation groups during military
training around the time of the Tennessee Maneuvers. The tents included booths containing
demonstrations of photographic equipment and operational practices, intelligence gathering,
and aerial reconnaissance. This tent contains materials from the 73rd Observation
Group. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Char
WWII 141.B2.F15.7
Photograph of a F-1 [believed to be the Fairchild F-1 aerial camera] portable photograph
processing tent at the Group S-2 and Photo demonstration at Berry Field, Tennessee,
on September 10, 1943, during World War II. The demonstration was part of the operation
of the U.S. Army Air Forces' observation groups during military training around the
time of the Tennessee Maneuvers. The tents included booths containing demonstrations
of photographic equipment and operational practices, intelligence gathering, and aerial
reconnaissance. Two Air Forces personnel are seen holding open the tent. Photograph
taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Moun
WWII 141.B2.F15.8
Photograph of a Bell P-39 Airacobra fighter airplane display at the Group S-2 and
Photo demonstration at Berry Field, Tennessee, on September 10, 1943, during World
War II. The demonstration was part of the operation of the U.S. Army Air Forces' observation
groups during military training around the time of the Tennessee Maneuvers. Photograph
taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed with
the 73rd Observation Group at Fort Knox and Camp Campbell, Kentucky, during the maneuvers
(September 10, 1943) [Official U.S. Army Air Forces photograph].
WWII 141.B2.F15.9
Photograph of a medical display tent at the Group S-2 and Photo demonstration at Berry
Field, Tennessee, on September 10, 1943, during World War II. The demonstration was
part of the operation of the U.S. Army Air Forces' observation groups during military
training around the time of the Tennessee Maneuvers. The tents included booths containing
demonstrations of photographic equipment and operational practices, intelligence gathering,
and aerial reconnaissance. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of
Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed with the 73rd Observation Group at Fort Knox and
Camp Campbell, Kentucky, during the maneuvers
WWII 141.B2.F15.10
Photograph of a Vectrograph display outside on Observation Hill, believed to be at
Berry Field, Tennessee, on September 11, 1943, during World War II. The Polaroid Corporation's
Vectrograph was designed for the U.S. military, and revealed camouflaged enemy positions
in aerial photography. The display was part of the U.S. Army Air Forces' observation
groups' military training around the time of the Tennessee Maneuvers. Photograph taken
while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed with the 73rd
Observation Group at Fort Knox and Camp Campbell, Kentucky, during the maneuvers (September
11, 1943).
WWII 141.B2.F15.11
Photograph of a display of camera types used by the U.S. Army Air Forces during World
War II. The display is believed to have been setup during the Group S-2 and Photo
demonstration at Berry Field, Tennessee, around September 1943. The display was part
of the Army Air Forces' observation groups' military training around the time of the
Tennessee Maneuvers. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount
Gilead, N.C., was stationed with the 73rd Observation Group at Fort Knox and Camp
Campbell, Kentucky, during the maneuvers [circa September 1943].
WWII 141.B2.F15.12
Fort Campbell, Kentucky, Photographs, September 1943
Folder 16
Photograph of unidentified Army Air Forces officers standing at attention during an
official military review of the 73rd Tactical Reconnaissance Group, 73rd Observation
Group, U.S. Army Air Forces, on September 16, 1943. Photograph taken while the unit
was stationed at Fort Knox and Camp Campbell, Kentucky, during the Tennessee Maneuvers
in World War II. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead,
N.C., was serving in the 73rd Tactical Reconnaissance Group (September 16, 1943).
WWII 141.B2.F16.1
Photograph of a group of airmen standing in formation during an official military
review of the 73rd Tactical Reconnaissance Group, 73rd Observation Group, U.S. Army
Air Forces, on September 16, 1943. Photograph taken while the unit was stationed at
Fort Knox and Camp Campbell, Kentucky, during the Tennessee Maneuvers in World War
II. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was
serving in the 73rd Tactical Reconnaissance Group (September 16, 1943).
WWII 141.B2.F16.2
Photograph of a column of airmen in the 73rd Observation Group, U.S. Army Air Forces,
marching in formation outside amid barracks buildings at the Campbell Army Airfield
at Camp Campbell, Kentucky, on September 24, 1943, during World War II. The unit was
stationed there during the Tennessee Maneuvers in the war. Photograph taken while
2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was serving in the 73rd Tactical
Reconnaissance Group, 73rd Observation Group (September 24, 1943).
WWII 141.B2.F16.3
Photograph of formations of airmen in the 73rd Observation Group, U.S. Army Air Forces,
marching outside during an unidentified ceremony at the Campbell Army Airfield at
Camp Campbell, Kentucky, on September 24, 1943, during World War II. The unit was
stationed there during the Tennessee Maneuvers in the war. Photograph taken while
2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was serving in the 73rd Tactical
Reconnaissance Group, 73rd Observation Group (September 24, 1943).
WWII 141.B2.F16.4
Photograph of an unidentified male Air Forces officer and a female Army medical officer
walking on a runway during an unidentified ceremony with the 73rd Observation Group,
U.S. Army Air Forces, at the Campbell Army Airfield at Camp Campbell, Kentucky, on
September 24, 1943, during World War II. The unit was stationed there during the Tennessee
Maneuvers in the war. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount
Gilead, N.C., was serving in the 73rd Tactical Reconnaissance Group, 73rd Observation
Group (September 24, 1943).
WWII 141.B2.F16.5
Folded photograph of an unidentified male Air Forces officer and a female Army medical
officer walking together on a runway during an unidentified ceremony with the 73rd
Observation Group, U.S. Army Air Forces, at the Campbell Army Airfield at Camp Campbell,
Kentucky, on September 24, 1943, during World War II. The unit was stationed there
during the Tennessee Maneuvers in the war. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles
M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was serving in the 73rd Tactical Reconnaissance
Group, 73rd Observation Group (September 24, 1943).
WWII 141.B2.F16.6
Photograph of an unidentified male Air Forces officer and a female Army medical officer
standing together in front of a formation of airmen during an unidentified ceremony
with the 73rd Observation Group, U.S. Army Air Forces, at the Campbell Army Airfield
at Camp Campbell, Kentucky, on September 24, 1943, during World War II. The unit was
stationed there during the Tennessee Maneuvers in the war. Photograph taken while
2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was serving in the 73rd Tactical
Reconnaissance Group, 73rd Observation Group (September 24, 1943).
WWII 141.B2.F16.7
Photograph of an unidentified male Air Forces officer pinning a female Army medical
officer's uniform while they were standing together in front of a formation of airmen
during an unidentified ceremony with the 73rd Observation Group, U.S. Army Air Forces,
at the Campbell Army Airfield at Camp Campbell, Kentucky, on September 24, 1943, during
World War II. The unit was stationed there during the Tennessee Maneuvers in the war.
Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was serving
in the 73rd Tactical Reconnaissance Group, 73rd Observation Group (September 24, 1943).
WWII 141.B2.F16.8
Folded photograph of an unidentified male Air Forces officer after having just pinned
a female Army medical officer's uniform while they were standing together in front
of a formation of airmen during an unidentified ceremony with the 73rd Observation
Group, U.S. Army Air Forces, at the Campbell Army Airfield at Camp Campbell, Kentucky,
on September 24, 1943, during World War II. The unit was stationed there during the
Tennessee Maneuvers in the war. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr.
of Mount Gilead, N.C., was serving in the 73rd Tactical Reconnaissance Group, 73rd
Observation Group (September 24, 1943).
WWII 141.B2.F16.9
Photograph of an unidentified male Air Forces officer looking at a military pin or
award before another Air Forces officer pinned it on a female Army medical officer's
uniform while they were standing together in front of a formation of airmen during
an unidentified ceremony with the 73rd Observation Group, U.S. Army Air Forces, at
the Campbell Army Airfield at Camp Campbell, Kentucky, on September 24, 1943, during
World War II. The unit was stationed there during the Tennessee Maneuvers in the war.
Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was serving
in the 73rd Tactical Reconnaissance Group, 73rd Observatio
WWII 141.B2.F16.10
Photograph of unidentified U.S. Army Air Forces officers and personnel walking around
Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighter airplanes parked on a runway during an unidentified ceremony
with the 73rd Observation Group, U.S. Army Air Forces, at the Campbell Army Airfield
at Camp Campbell, Kentucky, on September 24, 1943, during World War II. The unit was
stationed there during the Tennessee Maneuvers in the war. Photograph taken while
2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was serving in the 73rd Tactical
Reconnaissance Group, 73rd Observation Group (September 24, 1943).
WWII 141.B2.F16.11
Photograph of an unidentified female Army medical officer looking into the cockpit
of a Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighter airplane parked on a runway during an unidentified
ceremony with the 73rd Observation Group, U.S. Army Air Forces, at the Campbell Army
Airfield at Camp Campbell, Kentucky, on September 24, 1943, during World War II. The
unit was stationed there during the Tennessee Maneuvers in the war. Photograph taken
while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was serving in the 73rd
Tactical Reconnaissance Group, 73rd Observation Group (September 24, 1943).
WWII 141.B2.F16.12
Photograph of rows of Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighter airplanes parked on a runway during
an unidentified ceremony with the 73rd Observation Group, U.S. Army Air Forces, at
the Campbell Army Airfield at Camp Campbell, Kentucky, on September 24, 1943, during
World War II. The unit was stationed there during the Tennessee Maneuvers in the war.
Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was serving
in the 73rd Tactical Reconnaissance Group, 73rd Observation Group (September 24, 1943).
WWII 141.B2.F16.13
Key Field, Mississippi, and Unidentified Army Air Bases, Undated
Folder 17
Photograph of U.S. Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C.
(left) and two other Air Forces personnel which were part of his airplane crew, checking
over an aerial reconnaissance camera on a stand next to a fighter airplane in a hangar
at Key Field in Meridian, Mississippi, in 1943 during World War II. Allen was stationed
at Key Field with the 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance) in preparation for
being shipped out overseas to the European Theater in the war [circa 1943].
WWII 141.B2.F17.1
Photograph of U.S. Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C.
(left) and an unidentified Air Forces master sergeant who was part of his airplane
crew, checking over an aerial reconnaissance camera, sitting on the wing of a Bell
P-39 Airacobra fighter airplane in a hangar at Key Field in Meridian, Mississippi,
in 1943 during World War II. Allen was stationed at Key Field with the 10th Photographic
Group (Reconnaissance) in preparation for being shipped out overseas to the European
Theater in the war [circa 1943].
WWII 141.B2.F17.2
Photograph of three unidentified U.S. Army Air Forces members of the airplane crew
who served with aerial reconnaissance photographer 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of
Mount Gilead, N.C., in the 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance) during World War
II. The men are pictured standing on a runway at Key Field in Meridian, Mississippi,
in 1943, as the men were in preparation for being shipped out overseas to the European
Theater in the war [circa 1943].
WWII 141.B2.F17.3
Photograph of a fighter airplane taxing in front of Hangar No. 1 at an unidentified
U.S. Army Air Forces base in the United States during World War II. Photograph taken
while Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was serving as an aerial reconnaissance
photographer in the Army Air Forces (undated).
WWII 141.B2.F17.4
Photograph of a North American B-25 Mitchell parked on a runway at an unidentified
U.S. Army Air Forces base during World War II. Photograph taken while Charles M. Allen
Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was serving as an aerial reconnaissance photographer in
the Army Air Forces (undated).
WWII 141.B2.F17.5
Photograph of a formation of U.S. Army Air Forces personnel standing outside on a
runway at an unidentified Army Air Forces base during World War II. The corner tower
of an aircraft hangar is pictured (undated).
WWII 141.B2.F17.6
Photograph of U.S. Army Air Forces officers performing a review of a formation of
members at the Campbell Army Airfield at Camp Campbell, Kentucky, in 1943 during World
War II. Pictured are (no order): Maj. Daniel; Maj. Wenger; Maj. Williams; and M/Sgt.
Bompiani. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C.,
was serving in the 73rd Tactical Reconnaissance Group, 73rd Observation Group, at
Camp Campbell [1943].
WWII 141.B2.F17.7
Photograph of U.S. Army Air Forces officers performing a review of a formation of
members at the Campbell Army Airfield at Camp Campbell, Kentucky, in 1943 during World
War II. Pictured are (no order): Capt. Davis; Maj. Daniel; and M/Sgt. Mitchell. Photograph
taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was serving in the
73rd Tactical Reconnaissance Group, 73rd Observation Group, at Camp Campbell [1943].
WWII 141.B2.F17.8
Photograph of U.S. Army Air Forces officers standing at attention with their unit
standard flag outside at the Campbell Army Airfield at Camp Campbell, Kentucky, in
1943 during World War II. Barrack buildings are seen in the background. Pictured are
(no order) Capt. Davis and M/Sgt. Mitchell. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles
M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was serving in the 73rd Tactical Reconnaissance
Group, 73rd Observation Group, at Camp Campbell [1943].
WWII 141.B2.F17.9
Photograph of U.S. Army Air Forces officers and airmen standing at attention with
their unit standard flag outside at the Campbell Army Airfield at Camp Campbell, Kentucky,
in 1943 during World War II. Barrack buildings are seen in the background. Pictured
are (no order) Capt. Davis and Lt. Baker. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M.
Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was serving in the 73rd Tactical Reconnaissance Group,
73rd Observation Group, at Camp Campbell [1943].
WWII 141.B2.F17.10
Photograph of the Fort Knox Officers Club at Fort Knox, Kentucky, in 1943 during World
War II. Photograph taken while Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was
stationed in the U.S. Army Air Forces at Fort Knox and Camp Campbell, Kentucky, participating
in the Tennessee Maneuvers [1943].
WWII 141.B2.F17.11
Allen's Friends and Fellow Army Air Forces Personnel, 1942, undated
Folder 18
Snapshot of Thad Banks, sitting on a couch reading a magazine, while he was attending
Wake Forest College in Wake Forest, N.C. He was a vocalist at the school. Banks was
a roommate and friend of Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C. Banks was killed
in World War II when the U.S. Navy fighter airplane he was flying was lost in the
ocean as it was returning to base after having been shot (undated).
WWII 141.B2.F18.1
Photograph of Thad Banks, wearing a tuxedo, standing in a room leaning against a chair
with a console radio next to him while he was attending Wake Forest College in Wake
Forest, N.C. He was a vocalist at the school. Banks was a roommate and friend of Charles
M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C. Banks was killed in World War II when the U.S.
Navy fighter airplane he was flying was lost in the ocean as it was returning to base
after having been shot (undated).
WWII 141.B2.F18.2
Photograph of U.S. Navy fighter pilot Thad Banks getting into his airplane in 1942
during World War II. Banks was a roommate at Wake Forest College in Wake Forest, N.C.,
and friend of Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C. Banks was killed in World
War II when the U.S. Navy fighter airplane he was flying was lost in the ocean as
it was returning to base after having been shot (undated).
WWII 141.B2.F18.3
Snapshot of U.S. Army Air Forces member John Hardwick, standing outside on a snow
and ice-covered sidewalk at an unidentified location during World War II. Hardwick
served with 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., during the war (undated).
WWII 141.B2.F18.4
Photograph of U.S. Army Air Forces member John Hardwick, sitting outside in a chair
reading an issue of Time magazine during World War II. Hardwick served with 2nd Lt.
Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., during the war (undated).
WWII 141.B2.F18.5a-5b
Photograph of U.S. Army Air Forces officer Capt. James M. Smelley (who went by "Jim"),
wearing his leather jacket and leather pilot's cap with goggles, during World War
II. Smelley was a friend and served with 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead,
N.C., in Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance) (undated).
WWII 141.B2.F18.6
Photograph of U.S. Army Air Forces officer James M. Smelley (who went by "Jim"), wearing
his leather jacket, leather pilot's cap with goggles, and parachute, standing on the
wing of his fighter airplane during World War II. Smelley was a friend and served
with 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., in Headquarters, 10th Photographic
Group (Reconnaissance) (undated).
WWII 141.B2.F18.7
Photograph of U.S. Army Air Forces officer James M. Smelley (who went by "Jim"), wearing
his leather jacket, leather pilot's cap with goggles, and parachute, sitting in the
cockpit of his fighter airplane during World War II. Smelley was a friend and served
with 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., in Headquarters, 10th Photographic
Group (Reconnaissance) (undated).
WWII 141.B2.F18.8a-8b
Photograph from the back of the cockpit looking out towards the cockpit window as
U.S. Army Air Forces pilot and co-pilot Bob Wenger and James M. Smelley (who went
by "Jim"), are flying a U.S. Army Air Forces airplane during World War II. Photograph
taken by aerial reconnaissance photographer Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead,
N.C., who riding with them during the flight. Smelley was a friend and served with
2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., in Headquarters, 10th Photographic
Group (Reconnaissance) (undated).
WWII 141.B2.F18.9
Photograph of U.S. Army Air Forces officer James M. Smelley (who went by "Jim"), standing
outside on an unidentified runway next to a Lockheed P-38 Lightning fighter airplane
during World War II. Smelley was a friend and served with 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen
Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., in Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance)
(undated).
WWII 141.B2.F18.10
Photograph of U.S. Army Air Forces officer James M. Smelley (who went by "Jim"), standing
outside on the wing of a North American Aviation P-51 Mustang, holding onto the cockpit,
as the plane was parked in the grass along an unidentified runway during World War
II. Smelley was a friend and served with 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead,
N.C., in Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance) (undated).
WWII 141.B2.F18.11
Photograph of U.S. Army Air Forces Col. James M. Smelley (who went by "Jim"), standing
outside next to the nose of a Lockheed P-38 Lightning fighter airplane nicknamed "Reneé,"
on an unidentified runway during World War II. Smelley was a friend and served with
2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., in Headquarters, 10th Photographic
Group (Reconnaissance) (undated).
WWII 141.B2.F18.12
Photograph of U.S. Army Air Forces Maj. James M. Smelley (who went by "Jim") sitting
at his desk with his name plaque on it during World War II. Smelley was a friend and
served with 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., in Headquarters, 10th
Photographic Group (Reconnaissance) (undated). Caption on back of photograph by Allen
reads: "This is Maj. Smelley of whom I've spoken quite often" (undated).
WWII 141.B2.F18.13
Photograph of two unidentified U.S. Army Air Forces personnel, standing in tall grass
along an unidentified coastline during World War II. The men are believed to have
served with Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., in the Army Air Forces (undated).
WWII 141.B2.F18.14
Group photographs of the enlisted men of Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance),
U.S. Army Air Forces, on January 23, 1944, during World War II.
WWII 141.B2.F18.15
Group photograph of the officers of Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance),
U.S. Army Air Forces, on January 23, 1944, during World War II. Pictured are: (front
row, left to right) Capt. Poe; Lt. Col. McMill[in?]; Lt. Siegal; Chief Warrant Officer
Czerwynski; Maj. Howell; Lt. Spitzer; Capt. Ashley; Lt. Elicker; Lt. Craigo; Lt. Brinkerhoff;
(left to right, back row standing) Capt. Price; Lt. Col. Hibbert; Lt. Dryer; Lt. Caswell;
Maj. Williams; Lt. Apple; Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C.; Maj. Wenger;
Maj. James M. Smelley; Capt. Ackman; Lt. Manship; and Maj. Jarrard.
WWII 141.B2.F18.16
London, England, Sightseeing Photographs, May-June 1944, circa 1944
Folder 1
Photograph of the Thames River and the London Bridge in London, England, on June 6,
1944, during World War II. Photograph taken on the day of the D-Day invasion at Normandy,
France, by the Allied forces. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr.
of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England with Headquarters, 10th Photographic
Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces (June 6, 1944).
WWII 141.B3.F1.1
Photograph of the Thames River and the County Hall building in London, England, on
May 9, 1944, during World War II. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen
Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England with Headquarters, 10th Photographic
Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces (May 9, 1944).
WWII 141.B3.F1.2
Photograph of Big Ben and the Palace of Westminster in London, England, on May 9,
1944, during World War II. People are pictured walking down the sidewalks. Photograph
taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England
with Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces
(May 9, 1944).
WWII 141.B3.F1.3
Photograph of Big Ben and the Palace of Westminster in London, England, on May 9,
1944, during World War II. People are pictured walking down the sidewalks. Photograph
taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England
with Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces
(May 9, 1944).
WWII 141.B3.F1.4
Photograph of the Albert Embankment in the borough of Lambeth in London, England,
on May 9, 1944, during World War II. Buildings pictured include: Doulton House; headquarters
of W. H. Smith and Sons; and the London Fire Brigade Head Office. Photograph taken
while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England
with Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces
(May 9, 1944).
WWII 141.B3.F1.5
Photograph of Methodist Central Hall and unidentified column at Storeys Gate in London,
England, on May 9, 1944, during World War II. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles
M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England with Headquarters, 10th
Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces (May 9, 1944).
WWII 141.B3.F1.6
Photograph of the Queen Victoria Memorial and Buckingham Palace, taken from across
the road, in London, England, on May 9, 1944, during World War II. Photograph taken
while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England
with Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces
(May 9, 1944).
WWII 141.B3.F1.7
Photograph of Westminster Abbey in London, England, on May 9, 1944, during World War
II. Scaffolding is seen under the central stained-glass window, which had the glass
removed and replaced with wood panels due to aerial bombing in the war. Photograph
taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England
with Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces
(May 9, 1944).
WWII 141.B3.F1.8
Photograph of an unidentified man wearing a tailcoat and top hat, standing in the
middle of a street, somewhere in London, England, on May 9, 1944, during World War
II. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was
stationed in England with Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance),
U.S. Army Air Forces (May 9, 1944).
WWII 141.B3.F1.9
Photograph of an unidentified park and canal in London, England, on May 9, 1944, during
World War II. Allied male and female service individuals are seen walking along a
park path. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C.,
was stationed in England with Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance),
U.S. Army Air Forces (May 9, 1944).
WWII 141.B3.F1.10
Photograph taken looking down a sidewalk at two Allied servicemen walking towards
the camera, with Big Ben and part of the Palace of Westminster in in the background,
in London, England, on May 9, 1944, during World War II. Photograph taken while 2nd
Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England with Headquarters,
10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces (May 9, 1944).
WWII 141.B3.F1.11
Photograph taken looking down a sidewalk at two Allied servicemen walking towards
the camera, with Big Ben and part of the Palace of Westminster in in the background,
in London, England, on May 9, 1944, during World War II. Photograph taken while 2nd
Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England with Headquarters,
10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces (May 9, 1944).
WWII 141.B3.F1.12
Photograph taken from a park looking across the road at the Queen Victoria Memorial
and Buckingham Palace in London, England, on May 9, 1944, during World War II. Three
military servicemen are seen walking toward the palace away from the camera. Photograph
taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England
with Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces
(May 9, 1944).
WWII 141.B3.F1.13
Photograph of an unidentified grave memorial sarcophagus inside of an unidentified
church in London, England, on May 9, 1944, during World War II. Three military servicemen
are seen looking at the memorial. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen
Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England with Headquarters, 10th Photographic
Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces (May 9, 1944).
WWII 141.B3.F1.14
Photograph of Big Ben and the Palace of Westminster in London, England, during World
War II. The photograph was taken from across the street. Photograph taken while 2nd
Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England with Headquarters,
10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F1.15
Photograph of Big Ben and the Palace of Westminster in London, England, during World
War II. The photograph was taken from across the street. Photograph taken while 2nd
Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England with Headquarters,
10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F1.16
Photograph of Big Ben and the Palace of Westminster in London, England, during World
War II. The photograph was taken from across the street. Photograph taken while 2nd
Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England with Headquarters,
10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F1.17
Photograph of Big Ben and the Palace of Westminster in London, England, during World
War II. The photograph was taken from across the street on a bridge. Photograph taken
while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England
with Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces
[circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F1.18
Photograph of an unidentified U.S. serviceman sitting on the foot of one of the lions
at the base of Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square in the city of Westminster, Central
London, England, during World War II. Signs and text advertising wartime savings bonds
for the general British public. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr.
of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England with Headquarters, 10th Photographic
Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F1.19
Piccadilly Circus, London, England, Sightseeing Photographs, circa 1944
Folder 2
Photograph of the road junction and public square at Piccadilly Circus, at the junction
of Piccadilly and Regent Streets, in the West End of London, England, around 1944
during World War II. The Wrigley's Chewing Gum lighted sign is seen, along with the
London Pavilion advertising the 1944 movie The Bridge of San Luis Rey. American military
personnel are seen walking the sidewalks and streets. Photograph taken while sightseeing
by 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., while he was stationed in England
with Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces
[circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F2.1
Photograph of the road junction and public square at Piccadilly Circus, at the junction
of Piccadilly and Regent Streets, in the West End of London, England, around 1944
during World War II. The Bovril sign and Guinness Time clock are seen, along with
large signs advertising the purchasing of war savings bonds. Photograph taken while
sightseeing by 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., while he was stationed
in England with Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army
Air Forces [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F2.2
Photograph of the road junction and public square at Piccadilly Circus, at the junction
of Piccadilly and Regent Streets, in the West End of London, England, around 1944
during World War II. The Bovril sign and Guinness Time clock are seen, along with
large signs advertising the purchasing of war savings bonds. Photograph taken while
sightseeing by 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., while he was stationed
in England with Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army
Air Forces [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F2.3
Photograph looking up at the rooftops of some of the buildings of the road junction
and public square at Piccadilly Circus, at the junction of Piccadilly and Regent Streets,
in the West End of London, England, around 1944 during World War II. Pictured are
portions of large signs advertising the purchasing of war savings bonds. Photograph
taken while sightseeing by 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., while
he was stationed in England with Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance),
U.S. Army Air Forces [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F2.4
Photograph of a street corner at the road junction and public square at Piccadilly
Circus, at the junction of Piccadilly and Regent Streets, in the West End of London,
England, around 1944 during World War II. The Monico Restaurant is pictured in the
background, as British military personnel and military trucks are seen on the streets.
Photograph taken while sightseeing by 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead,
N.C., while he was stationed in England with Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group
(Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F2.5
Photograph of a busy street at the road junction and public square at Piccadilly Circus,
at the junction of Piccadilly and Regent Streets, in the West End of London, England,
around 1944 during World War II. Photograph taken while sightseeing by 2nd Lt. Charles
M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., while he was stationed in England with Headquarters,
10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F2.6
Photograph of a busy street at the road junction and public square at Piccadilly Circus,
at the junction of Piccadilly and Regent Streets, in the West End of London, England,
around 1944 during World War II. Photograph taken while sightseeing by 2nd Lt. Charles
M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., while he was stationed in England with Headquarters,
10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F2.7
Oxford, England, Sightseeing Photographs, May 30, 1944
Folder 3
Photograph of an unidentified building and garden in Oxford, England, on May 30, 1944,
during World War II. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount
Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England with Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group
(Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces (May 30, 1944).
WWII 141.B3.F3.1
Photograph of unidentified buildings and a flowering tree centered around a courtyard
in Oxford, England, on May 30, 1944, during World War II. Photograph taken while 2nd
Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England with Headquarters,
10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces (May 30, 1944).
WWII 141.B3.F3.2
Photograph of an unidentified building and courtyard [believed to be at the University
of Oxford] in Oxford, England, on May 30, 1944, during World War II. Photograph taken
while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England
with Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces
(May 30, 1944).
WWII 141.B3.F3.3
Photograph of a sidewalk along a wall at the University of Oxford in Oxford, England,
on May 30, 1944, during World War II. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen
Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England with Headquarters, 10th Photographic
Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces (May 30, 1944).
WWII 141.B3.F3.4
Photograph of a building at the University of Oxford in Oxford, England, on May 30,
1944, during World War II. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of
Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England with Headquarters, 10th Photographic
Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces (May 30, 1944).
WWII 141.B3.F3.5
Photograph of buildings and a garden at the University of Oxford in Oxford, England,
on May 30, 1944, during World War II. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen
Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England with Headquarters, 10th Photographic
Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces (May 30, 1944).
WWII 141.B3.F3.6
Photograph of a building at the University of Oxford in Oxford, England, on May 30,
1944, during World War II. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of
Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England with Headquarters, 10th Photographic
Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces (May 30, 1944).
WWII 141.B3.F3.7
Photograph of buildings and a garden at the University of Oxford in Oxford, England,
on May 30, 1944, during World War II. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen
Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England with Headquarters, 10th Photographic
Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces (May 30, 1944).
WWII 141.B3.F3.8
Photograph of a building at the University of Oxford in Oxford, England, on May 30,
1944, during World War II. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of
Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England with Headquarters, 10th Photographic
Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces (May 30, 1944).
WWII 141.B3.F3.9
Photograph of an unidentified British soldier standing on a street corner across from
a large building in Oxford, England, on May 30, 1944, during World War II. Photograph
taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England
with Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces
(May 30, 1944).
WWII 141.B3.F3.10
Photograph of an unidentified building and courtyard [believed to be at the University
of Oxford] in Oxford, England, on May 30, 1944, during World War II. Photograph taken
while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England
with Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces
(May 30, 1944).
WWII 141.B3.F3.11
Photograph of an arched doorway on an unidentified building in Oxford, England, on
May 30, 1944, during World War II. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen
Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England with Headquarters, 10th Photographic
Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces (May 30, 1944).
WWII 141.B3.F3.12
Photograph from inside of the hallway of a building, looking out through a metal door
with the light coming in, in Oxford, England, on May 30, 1944, during World War II.
Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed
in England with Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army
Air Forces (May 30, 1944).
WWII 141.B3.F3.13
Photograph of Hertford Bridge, referred to as the "Bridge of Sighs," which is a skyway
joining two parts of Hertford College over New College Lane in Oxford, England. Photograph
taken on May 30, 1944, during World War II while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount
Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England with Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group
(Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces (May 30, 1944).
WWII 141.B3.F3.14
Photograph of a curving street and buildings in Oxford, England, on May 30, 1944,
during World War II. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount
Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England with Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group
(Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces (May 30, 1944).
WWII 141.B3.F3.15
Photograph of a street and buildings in Oxford, England, on May 30, 1944, during World
War II. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C.,
was stationed in England with Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance),
U.S. Army Air Forces (May 30, 1944).
WWII 141.B3.F3.16
Photograph of an unidentified doorway and steps outside on a building in Oxford, England,
during World War II. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount
Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England with Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group
(Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces (May 30, 1944).
WWII 141.B3.F3.17
Photograph of a gravel, tree-lined lane in Oxford, England, on May 30, 1944, during
World War II. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead,
N.C., was stationed in England with Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance),
U.S. Army Air Forces (May 30, 1944).
WWII 141.B3.F3.18
Photograph of a dirt, tree-lined road in Oxford, England, on May 30, 1944, during
World War II. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead,
N.C., was stationed in England with Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance),
U.S. Army Air Forces (May 30, 1944).
WWII 141.B3.F3.19
Photograph of an older British man playing croquet on a lawn in Oxford, England, during
World War II. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead,
N.C., was stationed in England with Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance),
U.S. Army Air Forces (May 30, 1944).
WWII 141.B3.F3.20
Oxford, England, Sightseeing Photographs, circa 1944
Folder 4
Photograph from the top of a building of High Street in Oxford, England, during World
War II. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C.,
was stationed in England with Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance),
U.S. Army Air Forces [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F4.1
Photograph of a busy street in Oxford, England, during World War II. Double-decker
buses and cyclists are seen on the road. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M.
Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England with Headquarters, 10th
Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F4.2
Photograph of a building at the corner of Catherine Street and Howard Street in Oxford,
England, during World War II. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr.
of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England with Headquarters, 10th Photographic
Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces. Caption on back of photograph read:
"Typical residential architecture" [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F4.3
Photograph of buildings along Turl Street in Oxford, England, during World War II.
Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed
in England with Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army
Air Forces [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F4.4
Photograph of the 1509-completed Magdalen Tower, which is part of Magdalen College
in Oxford, England, during World War II. Also pictured is the Magdalen Bridge cross
over the River Cherwell. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount
Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England with Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group
(Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F4.5
Small contact print of a photograph of a group of unidentified women talking on a
sidewalk with buildings in the background in Oxford, England, during World War II.
Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed
in England with Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army
Air Forces [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F4.6
Photograph of houseboats parked along the river bank on the Thames River in Oxford,
England, during World War II. A swan is seen floating down the river, with various
river boats being rowed on the river in the background. Photograph taken while 2nd
Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England with Headquarters,
10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F4.7
Photograph of women in a river boat feeding swans on the Thames River in Oxford, England,
during World War II. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount
Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England with Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group
(Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F4.8
Photograph of a couple sitting on the riverbank looking out over a river [believed
to be the Thames River] and a bridge in Oxford, England, during World War II. Photograph
taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England
with Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces
[circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F4.9
Aerial photograph of Oxford, England, during World War II. Photograph taken while
2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England with
Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces [circa
1944].
WWII 141.B3.F4.10a-10b
Aerial photograph of Oxford, England, during World War II. Photograph taken while
2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England with
Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces [circa
1944].
WWII 141.B3.F4.11
Aerial photograph of Oxford, England, during World War II. Photograph taken while
2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England with
Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces [circa
1944].
WWII 141.B3.F4.12a-12b
Aerial photograph of Oxford, England, during World War II. Photograph taken while
2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England with
Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces [circa
1944].
WWII 141.B3.F4.13a-13b
Aerial photograph of Oxford, England, during World War II. Photograph taken while
2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England with
Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces [circa
1944].
WWII 141.B3.F4.14a-14b
Aerial photograph of Oxford, England, during World War II. Photograph taken while
2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England with
Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces [circa
1944].
WWII 141.B3.F4.15
Aerial photograph of an estate and an unidentified castle near Oxford, England, during
World War II. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead,
N.C., was stationed in England with Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance),
U.S. Army Air Forces [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F4.16
Aerial photograph of the Sheldonian Theatre at the University of Oxford in Oxford,
England, during World War II. Photograph taken by 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of
Mount Gilead, N.C., while he was stationed in England with Headquarters, 10th Photographic
Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces [circa 1944] [Photograph by: Charles
M. Allen Jr.].
WWII 141.B3.F4.17
Stratford-on-Avon, Cambridge, and Windsor, England, Sightseeing Photographs, April 1944, June 1944
Folder 5
Photograph of the Shakespeare Memorial by Ronald Gower in Stratford-on-Avon, England,
on April 26, 1944, during World War II. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M.
Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England with Headquarters, 10th
Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces (April 26, 1944).
WWII 141.B3.F5.1
Photograph of a public park and canal in Stratford-on-Avon, England, on April 26,
1944, during World War II. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of
Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England with Headquarters, 10th Photographic
Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces (April 26, 1944).
WWII 141.B3.F5.2
Photograph of a curvy road and older homes in Stratford-on-Avon, England, on April
26, 1944, during World War II. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr.
of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England with Headquarters, 10th Photographic
Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces (April 26, 1944).
WWII 141.B3.F5.3
Photograph of Shakespeare's Birthplace in Henley Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, England,
on April 26, 1944, during World War II. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M.
Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England with Headquarters, 10th
Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces (April 26, 1944).
WWII 141.B3.F5.4
Photograph of an unidentified church and graveyard in Stratford-upon-Avon, England,
on April 26, 1944, during World War II. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M.
Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England with Headquarters, 10th
Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces (April 26, 1944).
WWII 141.B3.F5.5
Photograph of the interior of the Church of the Holy Trinity in Stratford-upon-Avon,
England, on April 26, 1944, during World War II. An unidentified U.S. military officer
is sitting in one of the pews. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr.
of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England with Headquarters, 10th Photographic
Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces (April 26, 1944).
WWII 141.B3.F5.6
Photograph of the interior of the Church of the Holy Trinity in Stratford-upon-Avon,
England, on April 26, 1944, during World War II. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles
M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England with Headquarters, 10th
Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces (April 26, 1944).
WWII 141.B3.F5.7
Photograph of the interior of the Church of the Holy Trinity in Stratford-upon-Avon,
England, on April 26, 1944, during World War II. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles
M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England with Headquarters, 10th
Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces (April 26, 1944).
WWII 141.B3.F5.8
Photograph of U.S. Army Air Forces officer Maj. Newt Jarrard riding in a punt boat
on the River Avon in England, during World War II. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt.
Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England with Headquarters,
10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces. Allen noted in a caption
on the back about how the tree behind Jarrard's head made it look like the balding
man had hair: "See the beautiful tree hair" [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F5.9
Photograph looking across the water at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon,
England, during World War II. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr.
of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England with Headquarters, 10th Photographic
Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F5.10
Photograph looking across the water at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon,
England, during World War II. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr.
of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England with Headquarters, 10th Photographic
Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F5.11
Photograph of King's College Chapel, taken from the Backs, in Cambridge, England,
on June 6, 1944, during World War II. The photograph was taken on the day of the Normandy
invasion in France by the Allied forces. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M.
Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England with Headquarters, 10th
Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces (June 6, 1944).
WWII 141.B3.F5.12
Photograph of the half-timbered President's Lodge at Queens College in Cambridge,
England, on June 6, 1944, during World War II. The photograph was taken on the day
of the Normandy invasion in France by the Allied forces. Photograph taken while 2nd
Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England with Headquarters,
10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces (June 6, 1944).
WWII 141.B3.F5.13
Photograph of The Church of Our Lady and the English Martyrs, an English Roman Catholic
parish church located at the junction of Hills Road and Lensfield Road, in southeast
Cambridge, England, on June 6, 1944, during World War II. The photograph was taken
on the day of the Normandy invasion in France by the Allied forces. Photograph taken
while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England
with Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces
(June 6, 1944).
WWII 141.B3.F5.14
Photograph of an unidentified U.S. Army serviceman with a camera around his neck,
standing in a courtyard of an unidentified building in Cambridge, England, on June
6, 1944, during World War II. The photograph was taken on the day of the Normandy
invasion in France by the Allied forces. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M.
Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England with Headquarters, 10th
Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces (June 6, 1944).
WWII 141.B3.F5.15
Photograph of a large number of bicycles parked alongside the walls of a building
and a stone railing somewhere in Cambridge, England, on June 6, 1944, during World
War II. The photograph was taken on the day of the Normandy invasion in France by
the Allied forces. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead,
N.C., was stationed in England with Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance),
U.S. Army Air Forces (June 6, 1944).
WWII 141.B3.F5.16
Photograph of an unidentified British soldier sitting on the back of a park bench,
with several young children sitting on the bench, in an unidentified park in Cambridge,
England, on June 6, 1944, during World War II. The photograph was taken on the day
of the Normandy invasion in France by the Allied forces. Photograph taken while 2nd
Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England with Headquarters,
10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces (June 6, 1944).
WWII 141.B3.F5.17
Photograph of an unidentified bridge over a river in Cambridge, England, on June 6,
1944, during World War II. The photograph was taken on the day of the Normandy invasion
in France by the Allied forces. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr.
of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England with Headquarters, 10th Photographic
Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces (June 6, 1944).
WWII 141.B3.F5.18
Photograph of an unidentified wooden bridge over a river in Cambridge, England, on
June 6, 1944, during World War II. The photograph was taken on the day of the Normandy
invasion in France by the Allied forces. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M.
Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England with Headquarters, 10th
Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces (June 6, 1944).
WWII 141.B3.F5.19
Photograph looking up the roadway at Windsor Castle in Windsor, England, on June 20,
1944, during World War II. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of
Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England with Headquarters, 10th Photographic
Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces (June 20, 1944).
WWII 141.B3.F5.20
Photograph of a gateway and towers of Windsor Castle in Windsor, England, on June
20, 1944, during World War II. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr.
of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England with Headquarters, 10th Photographic
Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces (June 20, 1944).
WWII 141.B3.F5.21
Photograph of part of Windsor Castle in Windsor, England, on June 20, 1944, during
World War II. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead,
N.C., was stationed in England with Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance),
U.S. Army Air Forces (June 20, 1944).
WWII 141.B3.F5.22
Photograph of part of Windsor Castle in Windsor, England, on June 20, 1944, during
World War II. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead,
N.C., was stationed in England with Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance),
U.S. Army Air Forces (June 20, 1944).
WWII 141.B3.F5.23
Photograph of one of the corner towers of Windsor Castle in Windsor, England, on June
20, 1944, during World War II. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr.
of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England with Headquarters, 10th Photographic
Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces (June 20, 1944).
WWII 141.B3.F5.24
Abingdon, Watlington, and Surrey, England, Sightseeing Photographs, April 1944, circa 1944
Folder 6
Photograph of the Brookwood American Cemetery and Memorial in Brookwood, Surrey, England,
on April 15, 1944, during World War II. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M.
Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England with Headquarters, 10th
Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces (April 15, 1944).
WWII 141.B3.F6.1
Photograph taken from inside an archway looking across the street at the St. Nicolas
Church in the Marketplace at Abingdon, England, during World War II. Photograph taken
while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England
with Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces
[circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F6.2
Photograph of U.S. Army Air Forces chaplain Frederick John Ackman (who went by "Fred")
of Iowa, riding a bicycle down a street in Watlington, England, during World War II.
Ackman was the chaplain for Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance).
Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed
in England with Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army
Air Forces [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F6.3
Photograph of an unidentified house and street in Watlington, England, during World
War II. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C.,
was stationed in England with Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance),
U.S. Army Air Forces [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F6.4a
Photograph of an unidentified house and street in Watlington, England, during World
War II. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C.,
was stationed in England with Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance),
U.S. Army Air Forces [circa 1944] [cropped version of WWII 141.B3.F6.4a].
WWII 141.B3.F6.4b
Photograph of an unidentified house and street in Watlington, England, during World
War II. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C.,
was stationed in England with Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance),
U.S. Army Air Forces [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F6.5a-5b
Photograph of 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., riding a bicycle
down a street in Watlington, England, during World War II. Allen was stationed at
the time in England with Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S.
Army Air Forces. The kid standing in the road next to him had just said to Allen:
"Got any gum, ch[?] [either chum, chump, champ, or chuckie, all British slang terms
for a man]" [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F6.6a
Photograph of 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., riding a bicycle
down a street in Watlington, England, during World War II. Allen was stationed at
the time in England with Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S.
Army Air Forces. The kid standing in the road next to him had just said to Allen:
"Got any gum, ch[?] [either chum, chump, champ, or chuckie, all British slang terms
for a man]" [circa 1944] [cropped version of WWII 141.B3.F6.6a].
WWII 141.B3.F6.6b
Photograph of St Leonard's Church in Watlington, England, during World War II. Photograph
taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England
with Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces
[circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F6.7
Photograph of St Leonard's Church and graveyard in Watlington, England, during World
War II. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C.,
was stationed in England with Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance),
U.S. Army Air Forces [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F6.8
Photograph of an unidentified church and tower in Watlington, England, during World
War II. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C.,
was stationed in England with Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance),
U.S. Army Air Forces [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F6.9
People in England Photographs, circa 1944
Folder 7
Photograph of two British college students, one sitting on a bicycle in the rode,
talking to each other somewhere in England during World War II. Photograph taken while
2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England with
Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces. Caption
on back of photograph by Allen reads: "Typical college students in summer garb" [circa
1944].
WWII 141.B3.F7.1
Photograph of three young British boys pushing a cart [possibly a scrap metal cart]
down a road somewhere in England during World War II. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt.
Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England with Headquarters,
10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces. Caption on back of
photograph by Allen reads: "I don't know what they were up to, but it made an interesting
shot" [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F7.2
Photograph of two British nurses laughing as they walk down a sidewalk somewhere in England during World War II. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England with Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces. Caption on back of photograph by Allen reads: "British nurses or 'sisters' as they call them" [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F7.3
Photograph of a British police officer or "bobby," standing on a street holding onto
his police bicycle somewhere in England during World War II. Photograph taken while
2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England with
Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces [circa
1944].
WWII 141.B3.F7.4
Photograph of British troops marching on the road next to Buckingham Palace, as taxis
are driving past, in London, England, during World War II. Photograph taken while
2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England with
Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces [circa
1944].
WWII 141.B3.F7.5
Photograph of the famous bookshop Blackwell's Publishers on Broad Street in Oxford,
England, during World War II. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr.
of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England with Headquarters, 10th Photographic
Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F7.6
Photograph of the Clarendon Hotel in England during World War II. The hotel was being
used as a Red Cross location during the war. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles
M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England with Headquarters, 10th
Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F7.7
Photograph of a line of parked bicycles in a cycle park somewhere in England during
World War II. Women are seen getting bicycles or walking away. Photograph taken while
2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England with
Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces [circa
1944].
WWII 141.B3.F7.8
Photograph of two unidentified U.S. Army military policemen, standing on a sidewalk
next to a wrought iron fence, somewhere in England during World War II. Photograph
taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England
with Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces
[circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F7.9
Photograph of a metal gateway along a driveway at an unidentified location in England
during World War II. Two young girls are seen sitting on the stone gatepost working
on homework or drawing. The top of the gate has heavy spikes to keep people out. Photograph
taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England
with Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces.
Caption on back of photograph by Allen reads: "Interesting iron gate. Notice spikes.
They certainly didn't mean for anyone to get in" [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F7.10
General English Scenes Photographs, circa 1944
Folder 8
Photograph of an unidentified busy street, taken from a roof or tower, somewhere in
England during World War II. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of
Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England with Headquarters, 10th Photographic
Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F8.1
Photograph of an unidentified street with heavy foot traffic on the sidewalk somewhere
in England during World War II. A large crowd of women are seen standing outside of
the F. W. Woolworth and Co. Ltd. store building. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles
M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England with Headquarters, 10th
Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces. Caption on back of photograph
by Allen reads: "Notice the Woolworth 3 pence, 6 pennie store (5 & 10)" [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F8.2
Photograph of an unidentified residential street somewhere in England during World
War II. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C.,
was stationed in England with Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance),
U.S. Army Air Forces. Caption on back of photograph by Allen reads: "Typical residential
district" [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F8.3
Photograph of an unidentified curved-glass corner building in a business district
in an unidentified city somewhere in England during World War II. Photograph taken
while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England
with Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces
[circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F8.4
Small contact print of a street and street corner in a village or town somewhere in
England during World War II. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of
Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England with Headquarters, 10th Photographic
Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F8.5
Photograph of an unidentified gateway for a street somewhere in England during World
War II. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C.,
was stationed in England with Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance),
U.S. Army Air Forces [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F8.6
Photograph of an unidentified sculpted garden and statue somewhere in England during
World War II. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead,
N.C., was stationed in England with Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance),
U.S. Army Air Forces [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F8.7
Photograph of an unidentified river and distant tower somewhere in England during
World War II. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead,
N.C., was stationed in England with Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance),
U.S. Army Air Forces [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F8.8
Photograph of St Leonard's Church in Watlington, England, during World War II. Two
sunbathers are seen lying on the grass. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M.
Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England with Headquarters, 10th
Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces. Caption on back of photograph
by Allen reads: "English church. Those aren't bodies, they're people taking sun bath
and I didn't have heart to ask them to move" [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F8.9
Photograph of unidentified buildings and driveway somewhere in England during World
War II. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C.,
was stationed in England with Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance),
U.S. Army Air Forces [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F8.10
Photograph of an unidentified house with a stone fence and overgrown grass pictured,
somewhere in England during World War II. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M.
Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England with Headquarters, 10th
Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F8.11
Small contact print of a photograph of unidentified people in a row boat on a canal
somewhere in England during World War II. A canal lock and an unidentified house are
pictured. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C.,
was stationed in England with Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance),
U.S. Army Air Forces [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F8.12
Photograph of two young women sitting on the river bank of an unidentified river,
as houseboats are seen anchored along the opposite bank, somewhere in England during
World War II. A ferry or tourist boat is seen floating down the river. Photograph
taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England
with Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces
[circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F8.13
Photograph of people punting on the Thames River somewhere in England during World
War II. Sunbathers are pictured lying along the river bank next to a walking path.
Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed
in England with Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army
Air Forces [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F8.14
U.S. Army Air Forces Photo Lab in England, June 1944
Folder 9
Photograph of U.S. Army Air Forces personnel with the 31st Photographic Reconnaissance
Squadron in an aerial reconnaissance laboratory in England in June 1944 around the
time of the Normandy invasion during World War II. The men are pictured working on
processing an unrolled negative roll of aerial reconnaissance photographs, taken from
a reconnaissance airplane. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of
Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England with Headquarters, 10th Photographic
Group (Reconnaissance) (June 1944).
WWII 141.B3.F9.1
Photograph of U.S. Army Air Forces personnel with the 31st Photographic Reconnaissance
Squadron in an aerial reconnaissance laboratory in England in June 1944 around the
time of the Normandy invasion during World War II. The men are pictured working on
developing negatives from a roll of film of aerial reconnaissance photographs, taken
from a reconnaissance airplane. One of the men is appearing to check the chemistry
of the developing baths in a test tube. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M.
Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England with Headquarters, 10th
Photographic Group (Reconnaissance) (June 1944).
WWII 141.B3.F9.2
Photograph of U.S. Army Air Forces personnel with the 31st Photographic Reconnaissance
Squadron in an aerial reconnaissance laboratory in England in June 1944 around the
time of the Normandy invasion during World War II. The men are pictured working on
trimming the edges of and sorting contact prints of large-format photographs printed
from a roll of film of aerial reconnaissance photographs, taken from a reconnaissance
airplane. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C.,
was stationed in England with Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance)
(June 1944).
WWII 141.B3.F9.3
Photograph of U.S. Army Air Forces personnel with the 31st Photographic Reconnaissance
Squadron at an aerial reconnaissance laboratory in England in June 1944 around the
time of the Normandy invasion during World War II. The men appear to be working on
maintenance on the generators operating the laboratory. Photograph taken while 2nd
Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England with Headquarters,
10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance) (June 1944).
WWII 141.B3.F9.4
U.S. Army Air Forces Choir and Chapel Service in England, circa 1944
Folder 10
Photograph of U.S. Army Air Forces chaplain Frederick John Ackman (who went by "Fred")
of Iowa preaching a military chapel service in a gymnasium being used by the Army
Air Forces as a chapel in England during World War II. Ackman was the chaplain for
the 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance). He was friends with 2nd Lt. Charles
M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., who was also serving in the same unit [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F10.1
Photograph of two organists and a choir of U.S. Army Air Forces personnel [believed
to be from the 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance)] performing during a military
chapel service in a gymnasium being used by the Army Air Forces as a chapel in England
during World War II. Army Air Forces chaplain Frederick John Ackman (who went by "Fred")
of Iowa was preaching during the service. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M.
Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England with Headquarters, 10th
Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), and attending this service [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F10.2
Photograph of two organists and a choir of U.S. Army Air Forces personnel [believed
to be from the 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance)] performing during a military
chapel service in a gymnasium being used by the Army Air Forces as a chapel in England
during World War II. Army Air Forces chaplain Frederick John Ackman (who went by "Fred")
of Iowa was preaching during the service. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M.
Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England with Headquarters, 10th
Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), and attending this service [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F10.3
10th Photo Reconnaissance Group in France, circa 1944
Folder 11
Aerial photograph of the Mont-Saint-Michel island and monastery, off the coast of
Normandy, France, believed taken in 1944 during World War II at low tide. The photograph
appears to have been taken while the 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S.
Army Air Forces, was conducting aerial reconnaissance photography along the French
coastline in preparation for the Normandy invasion. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt.
Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed in England with Headquarters,
10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance) [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F11.1
Photograph taken from amidst a stand of trees looking out on the hills, a valley,
and a farm, near the commune of Poligny in eastern France around 1944 during World
War II. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C.,
was traveling in France with Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance),
U.S. Army Air Forces [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F11.2
Photograph looking out on a hill and a farm near the commune of Poligny in eastern
France around 1944 during World War II. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M.
Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was traveling in France with Headquarters, 10th Photographic
Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F11.3
Photograph of three members of the Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance),
U.S. Army Air Forces, sitting on chairs eating in the Bois de Boulogne, a large public
park located along the western edge of the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France, around
1944 during World War II. Pictured are (left to right) 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr.
of Mount Gilead, N.C.; chaplain Rev. Frederick J. Ackman of Iowa; and Ted Carlson.
The men were in Paris with their unit while it was traveling through France heading
towards Germany [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F11.4a-4b
Photograph of three members of the Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance),
U.S. Army Air Forces, sitting in a U.S. Army jeep parked in the Bois de Boulogne,
a large public park located along the western edge of the 16th arrondissement of Paris,
France, around 1944 during World War II. Pictured are (left to right) Ted Carlson;
2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C.; and Woody Price. The men were
in Paris with their unit while it was traveling through France heading towards Germany
[circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F11.5
View of the Palais de Chaillot, a building at the top of the Chaillot hill in the
Trocadéro area in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France. Photograph taken around
194 during World War II while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C.,
was stationed in Paris with Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance),
U.S. Army Air Forces [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F11.6
Photograph from the back of the seated attendants of a field military church service
amid large haystacks outside somewhere in France around 1944 during World War II.
The service is presided over by Army chaplain Rev. Frederick J. Ackman of Iowa (standing
center) for members of the 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air
Forces. Ackman was that unit's chaplain. Pictured are a portable organ, and Ackman's
U.S. Army chaplain's kit. The kit contained a plain Latin cross with a tray of small
individual cups for providing communion and two candlesticks [as well as other items
not pictured]. The jeep's hood was being used as a porta
WWII 141.B3.F11.7
Photograph from the back of the seated attendants of a field military church service
amid large haystacks outside somewhere in France around 1944 during World War II.
The service is presided over by Army chaplain Rev. Frederick J. Ackman of Iowa (standing
center) for members of the 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air
Forces. Ackman was that unit's chaplain. Pictured are a portable organ, and Ackman's
U.S. Army chaplain's kit. The kit contained a plain Latin cross with a tray of small
individual cups for providing communion and two candlesticks [as well as other items
not pictured]. The jeep's hood was being used as a porta
WWII 141.B3.F11.8
Photograph of a field military church service amid large haystacks outside somewhere
in France around 1944 during World War II. A number of Army servicemen are seen kneel
at the makeshift altar, which was a jeep's hood containing the chaplain's kit. The
service is presided over by Army chaplain Rev. Frederick J. Ackman of Iowa (standing
center) for members of the 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air
Forces. Ackman was that unit's chaplain. The chaplain's kit contained a plain Latin
cross with a tray of small individual cups for providing communion and two candlesticks
[as well as other items not pictured]. Photograph taken
WWII 141.B3.F11.9
Photograph from the back of the seated attendants of a field military church service
amid large haystacks outside somewhere in France around 1944 during World War II.
The service is presided over by Army chaplain Rev. Frederick J. Ackman of Iowa (standing
center) for members of the 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air
Forces. Ackman was that unit's chaplain. Pictured are a portable organ, and Ackman's
U.S. Army chaplain's kit on a jeep's hood, which was being used as a portable altar.
Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was traveling
in France with Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group
WWII 141.B3.F11.10a
Enlarged photograph from the back of the seated attendants of a field military church
service amid large haystacks outside somewhere in France around 1944 during World
War II. The service is presided over by Army chaplain Rev. Frederick J. Ackman of
Iowa (standing center) for members of the 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance),
U.S. Army Air Forces. Ackman was that unit's chaplain. Pictured are a portable organ,
and Ackman's U.S. Army chaplain's kit on a jeep's hood, which was being used as a
portable altar. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead,
N.C., was traveling in France with Headquarters, 10th Photograp
WWII 141.B3.F11.10b
Photograph of a field military church service amid large haystacks outside somewhere
in France around 1944 during World War II. A number of Army servicemen are seen kneel
at the makeshift altar, which was a jeep's hood containing the chaplain's kit. The
service is presided over by Army chaplain Rev. Frederick J. Ackman of Iowa (standing
center) for members of the 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air
Forces. Ackman was that unit's chaplain. The chaplain's kit contained a plain Latin
cross with a tray of small individual cups for providing communion and two candlesticks
[as well as other items not pictured]. Photograph taken
WWII 141.B3.F11.11
Photograph of a field military church service amid large haystacks outside somewhere
in France around 1944 during World War II. A number of Army servicemen are seen kneel
at the makeshift altar, which was a jeep's hood containing the chaplain's kit. The
service is presided over by Army chaplain Rev. Frederick J. Ackman of Iowa (standing
center) for members of the 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air
Forces. Ackman was that unit's chaplain. The chaplain's kit contained a plain Latin
cross with a tray of small individual cups for providing communion and two candlesticks
[as well as other items not pictured]. Photograph taken
WWII 141.B3.F11.12
Photograph of a small house in the commune of Saint-Dizier in northeastern France,
taken around 1944 during World War II. This was the house in which the following members
of the Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces,
were quartered while they were stationed at that location: 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen
Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C.; chaplain Rev. Frederick J. Ackman of Iowa; and Ted Carlson
[circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F11.13
Photograph of an arched hallway of the Chartres Cathedral, a medieval Roman Catholic
church in Chartres, France, taken around 1944 during World War II. Photograph taken
while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was traveling in France
with Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces
[circa 1944] [version of WWII 141.B3.F11.15].
WWII 141.B3.F11.14
Photograph of an arched hallway of the Chartres Cathedral, a medieval Roman Catholic
church in Chartres, France, taken around 1944 during World War II. Photograph taken
while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was traveling in France
with Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces
[circa 1944] [version of WWII 141.B3.F11.14].
WWII 141.B3.F11.15
Photograph of three members of the Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance),
U.S. Army Air Forces, working and mapping the areas of bombing attacks by the Allied
forces on a large map of part of Germany on November 3, 1944, in Europe during World
War II. 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., is pictured standing at
the map, marking a bombing location from a report sheet. Photograph was apparently
used on a story in an unidentified publication during the war about photographic reconnaissance
(November 3, 1944).
WWII 141.B3.F11.16
10th Photo Reconnaissance Group in Eastern France and Belgium Photographs, circa 1944
Folder 12
Photograph of the border area along a lake in the commune of Lac-Ou-Villers in the
Doubs department in eastern France, lying in the Jura mountains on the border with
Switzerland, sometime in 1944 during World War II. Pictured on the right is the Hôtel
de France, and on the left is the Hotel de Suisse. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt.
Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was traveling in France towards Germany
with Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces
[circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F12.1
Photograph of U.S. Army Air Forces chaplain Rev. Frederick J. Ackman of Headquarters,
10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), along with two unidentified military personnel,
parked in the chaplain's jeep outside of the Grotte-Chapelle de Remonot (or "Cave-Chapel
of Remonot"), a Catholic place of worship located in a cave near the village of Morteau
and the town of Combes in the department of Doubs in eastern France. Photograph taken
around 1944 during World War II, while Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance),
was traveling towards Germany in the war. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M.
Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C.,
WWII 141.B3.F12.2
Photograph of U.S. Army Air Forces chaplain Rev. Frederick J. Ackman of Headquarters,
10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), along with two unidentified military personnel,
parked in a U.S. Army jeep parked along the side of a road, overlooking a large valley
and range of hills near the city of Besançon in eastern France around 1944 during
World War II. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead,
N.C., was traveling in France towards Germany with Headquarters, 10th Photographic
Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F12.3
Photograph of a valley, farm, and the surrounding hills, in an area near the city
of Besançon in eastern France around 1944 during World War II. Photograph taken while
2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was traveling in France towards
Germany with Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air
Forces [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F12.4
Photograph of a valley, farm, and the surrounding hills, in an area near the city
of Besançon in eastern France around 1944 during World War II. Photograph taken while
2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was traveling in France towards
Germany with Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air
Forces [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F12.5
Photograph taken from the road of a valley, farm, and the surrounding hills, in an
area near the city of Besançon in eastern France around 1944 during World War II.
Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was traveling
in France towards Germany with Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance),
U.S. Army Air Forces [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F12.6
Photograph of a valley, farm, and the surrounding hills, in an area near the city
of Besançon in eastern France around 1944 during World War II. Photograph taken while
2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was traveling in France towards
Germany with Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air
Forces [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F12.7
Photograph of three members of the 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S.
Army Air Forces, parked in a jeep at the top of a drop off amid the mountains in eastern
France looking out over the Doubs Valley. Pictured are (left to right) chaplain Rev.
Frederick J. Ackman of Iowa; a serviceman named Schwein; and 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen
Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C. The men were sightseeing while traveling in France towards
Germany with Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), around 1944 during
World War II [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F12.8
Photograph of a road running through the Doubs Valley in eastern France, taken around
1944 during World War II. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount
Gilead, N.C., was traveling in France towards Germany with Headquarters, 10th Photographic
Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F12.9
Photograph of a group of U.S. military officers standing outside on the steps of an
unidentified building in the village of Meldert, Belgium, during World War II. Pictured
is U.S. Army Air Forces officer James M. Smelley (who went by "Jim") [pictured second
from right, smiling], who served in Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance),
U.S. Army Air Forces. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount
Gilead, N.C., was traveling in Belgium with Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group
(Reconnaissance) [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F12.10
Cropped snapshot of 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., wearing a
coat and winter gloves, standing outside in the snow while he was serving in Belgium
in Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces, during
World War II [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F12.11
Photograph of U.S. Army Air Forces member John Hardwick, holding a large pile of snow
for throwing as a snowball, standing outside in the snow while he was serving in Belgium
in the 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces, during World
War II. Hardwick served with 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., while
in Europe in the war [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F12.12
Snapshot of 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., wearing a coat and
winter gloves, standing outside on a snow-covered road while he was serving in Belgium
in Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces, during
World War II [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F12.13
Sightseeing Photographs of Belgium, Undated
Folder 13
Snapshot of La Bourse de Bruxelles (or the "Brussels Stock Exchange") in Brussels,
Belgium. Photograph taken or collected by 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead,
N.C., while he was serving in Belgium in Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance),
U.S. Army Air Forces, during World War II (undated).
WWII 141.B3.F13.1
Snapshot of the Ancienne Bourse et Marche aux Fleurs (loosely translated as "old stock
market and flower market"), the old stock market building and market in Brussels,
Belgium. Photograph taken or collected by 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead,
N.C., while he was serving in Belgium in Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance),
U.S. Army Air Forces, during World War II (undated).
WWII 141.B3.F13.2
Snapshot of the Marche Aux Fleurs et Grand' Place (or the "Flower Market at the Grand
Place) in Brussels, Belgium. Photograph taken or collected by 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen
Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., while he was serving in Belgium in Headquarters, 10th Photographic
Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces, during World War II (undated).
WWII 141.B3.F13.3
Snapshot of the Gare Du Nord (or "North Station), one of the major railway and bus
stations in Brussels, Belgium. Photograph taken or collected by 2nd Lt. Charles M.
Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., while he was serving in Belgium in Headquarters,
10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces, during World War II
(undated).
WWII 141.B3.F13.4
WWII 141.B3.F13.5: Snapshot of the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, an opera house in
Brussels, Belgium. Photograph taken or collected by 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of
Mount Gilead, N.C., while he was serving in Belgium in Headquarters, 10th Photographic
Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces, during World War II (undated).
WWII 141.B3.F13.4
Snapshot of the Maison du Roi (or the "Museum of the City of Brussels") in Brussels,
Belgium. Photograph taken or collected by 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead,
N.C., while he was serving in Belgium in Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance),
U.S. Army Air Forces, during World War II (undated).
WWII 141.B3.F13.6
Snapshot of the Palais de Justice (or the "Palace of Justice) in Brussels, Belgium,
with a memorial statue pictured in the foreground. Photograph taken or collected by
2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., while he was serving in Belgium
in Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces, during
World War II (undated).
WWII 141.B3.F13.7
Snapshot of the Palais du Rois (or the "Royal Palace of Brussels") in Brussels, Belgium.
Photograph taken or collected by 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C.,
while he was serving in Belgium in Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance),
U.S. Army Air Forces, during World War II (undated).
WWII 141.B3.F13.8
Snapshot of the small bronze statue Manneken Pis in Brussels, Belgium. Behind the
statue is wedge a poster with the flags of the Allied nations of Soviet Union [the
"URSS" abbreviation on the flag is for the French spelling of the Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics], United States, Great Britain, and France. Photograph taken or
collected by 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., while he was serving
in Belgium in Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air
Forces, during World War II (undated).
WWII 141.B3.F13.9
Snapshot of a tower on the Hôtel de Ville (or the "Brussels Town Hall") in Brussels,
Belgium. Photograph taken or collected by 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead,
N.C., while he was serving in Belgium in Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance),
U.S. Army Air Forces, during World War II (undated).
WWII 141.B3.F13.10
Distant snapshot of the small bronze statue Manneken Pis in Brussels, Belgium. Photograph
taken or collected by 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., while he
was serving in Belgium in Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance),
U.S. Army Air Forces, during World War II (undated).
WWII 141.B3.F13.11
Snapshot of the arched street known as the street arcades of rue Charles Buls in Brussels,
Belgium. The arcade is home to the Monument to Charles Buls. Photograph taken or collected
by 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., while he was serving in Belgium
in Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces, during
World War II (undated).
WWII 141.B3.F13.12
Snapshot of the Jardin Botanique (or the "Botanical Garden of Brussels") in Brussels,
Belgium. Photograph taken or collected by 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead,
N.C., while he was serving in Belgium in Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance),
U.S. Army Air Forces, during World War II (undated).
WWII 141.B3.F13.13
Aerial Photographs of Paris, France, circa 1944
Folder 14
Aerial photograph looking down one of the east-west streets heading towards the Arc
de Triomphe and surrounding buildings in Paris, France, around 1944 during World War
II. Photograph believed taken by aerial reconnaissance photographer 2nd Lt. Charles
M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., in Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance),
while he was stationed in Europe [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F14.1
Aerial photograph looking down one of the north-south streets heading towards the
Arc de Triomphe and surrounding blocks of buildings in Paris, France, around 1944
during World War II. Photograph believed taken by aerial reconnaissance photographer
2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., in Headquarters, 10th Photographic
Group (Reconnaissance), while he was stationed in Europe [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F14.2
Aerial photograph looking on the Arc de Triomphe and surrounding buildings in Paris,
France, around 1944 during World War II. Photograph believed taken by aerial reconnaissance
photographer 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., in Headquarters,
10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), while he was stationed in Europe [circa
1944].
WWII 141.B3.F14.3
Aerial photograph looking on the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France, around 1944 during
World War II. Photograph believed taken by aerial reconnaissance photographer 2nd
Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., in Headquarters, 10th Photographic
Group (Reconnaissance), while he was stationed in Europe [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F14.4
Aerial photograph from a low-flying airplane looking on the Arc de Triomphe in Paris,
France, around 1944 during World War II. Photograph believed taken by aerial reconnaissance
photographer 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., in Headquarters,
10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), while he was stationed in Europe [circa
1944].
WWII 141.B3.F14.5
Blurry enlarged aerial photograph looking on the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France,
around 1944 during World War II. Photograph believed taken by aerial reconnaissance
photographer 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., in Headquarters,
10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), while he was stationed in Europe [circa
1944].
WWII 141.B3.F14.6
Zoomed-in aerial photograph from a low-flying airplane of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris,
France, around 1944 during World War II. Photograph believed taken by aerial reconnaissance
photographer 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., in Headquarters,
10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), while he was stationed in Europe [circa
1944].
WWII 141.B3.F14.7
Aerial photograph looking out on the city of Paris, France, following a bend in the
Seine River, around 1944 during World War II. Most of the river's east bank is pictured,
including the Louvre Palace, with the Eiffel Tower in the distance. Photograph believed
taken by aerial reconnaissance photographer 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount
Gilead, N.C., in Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), while he
was stationed in Europe [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F14.8
Enlarged aerial photograph looking out on the city of Paris, France, following a bend
in the Seine River, around 1944 during World War II. Most of the river's east bank
is pictured, including the Louvre Palace, with the Eiffel Tower in the distance. Photograph
believed taken by aerial reconnaissance photographer 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr.
of Mount Gilead, N.C., in Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance),
while he was stationed in Europe [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F14.9
Enlarged aerial photograph looking out following a bend in the Seine River, in the
city of Paris, France, around 1944 during World War II. Most of the river's east bank
is pictured, including the Louvre Palace, with the Eiffel Tower in the distance. Photograph
believed taken by aerial reconnaissance photographer 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr.
of Mount Gilead, N.C., in Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance),
while he was stationed in Europe [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F14.10
Enlarged aerial photograph looking out following a bend in the Seine River, in the
city of Paris, France, around 1944 during World War II. Most of the river's west bank
is pictured, including the Musee d'Orsay with the Eiffel Tower in the distance. Photograph
believed taken by aerial reconnaissance photographer 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr.
of Mount Gilead, N.C., in Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance),
while he was stationed in Europe [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F14.11
Aerial photograph looking out from a distance towards the Eiffel Tower and surroundings
in the city of Paris, France, around 1944 during World War II. Photograph believed
taken by aerial reconnaissance photographer 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount
Gilead, N.C., in Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), while he
was stationed in Europe [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F14.12
Aerial photograph looking out towards the Eiffel Tower and surroundings in the city
of Paris, France, around 1944 during World War II. Photograph believed taken by aerial
reconnaissance photographer 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., in
Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), while he was stationed in
Europe [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F14.13
Aerial photograph looking up the Seine River at the Eiffel Tower and surroundings
in the city of Paris, France, around 1944 during World War II. Photograph believed
taken by aerial reconnaissance photographer 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount
Gilead, N.C., in Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), while he
was stationed in Europe [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F14.14
Aerial photograph looking out across the École Militaire and Champ de Mars towards
the Eiffel Tower and surroundings in the city of Paris, France, around 1944 during
World War II. Photograph believed taken by aerial reconnaissance photographer 2nd
Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., in Headquarters, 10th Photographic
Group (Reconnaissance), while he was stationed in Europe [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F14.15
Aerial photograph looking out along the bend of the Seine River, with the Eiffel Tower
and Champ de Mars pictured in the city of Paris, France, around 1944 during World
War II. Photograph believed taken by aerial reconnaissance photographer 2nd Lt. Charles
M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., in Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance),
while he was stationed in Europe [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F14.16
Aerial photograph looking out across the École Militaire and Champ de Mars towards
the Eiffel Tower and surroundings in the city of Paris, France, around 1944 during
World War II. Photograph believed taken by aerial reconnaissance photographer 2nd
Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., in Headquarters, 10th Photographic
Group (Reconnaissance), while he was stationed in Europe [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F14.17
Aerial photograph from a low-flying airplane looking out towards the Eiffel Tower
and surroundings in the city of Paris, France, around 1944 during World War II. Photograph
believed taken by aerial reconnaissance photographer 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr.
of Mount Gilead, N.C., in Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance),
while he was stationed in Europe [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F14.18
Enlarged aerial photograph from a low-flying airplane looking out towards the Eiffel
Tower, Seine River, and surroundings in the city of Paris, France, around 1944 during
World War II. Photograph believed taken by aerial reconnaissance photographer 2nd
Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., in Headquarters, 10th Photographic
Group (Reconnaissance), while he was stationed in Europe [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F14.19
Close-up aerial photograph from a low-flying airplane of the Eiffel Tower and Seine
River in the city of Paris, France, around 1944 during World War II. Photograph believed
taken by aerial reconnaissance photographer 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount
Gilead, N.C., in Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), while he
was stationed in Europe [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F14.20
Close-up aerial photograph from a low-flying airplane of the Eiffel Tower and Seine
River in the city of Paris, France, around 1944 during World War II. Photograph believed
taken by aerial reconnaissance photographer 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount
Gilead, N.C., in Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), while he
was stationed in Europe [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F14.21
Close-up aerial photograph from a low-flying airplane of the Eiffel Tower in the city
of Paris, France, around 1944 during World War II. Photograph taken just as the airplane
was turning around the tower, showing only the upper portion of the tower. Photograph
believed taken by aerial reconnaissance photographer 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr.
of Mount Gilead, N.C., in Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance),
while he was stationed in Europe [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F14.22
Aerial Photographs of Paris, France, circa 1944
Folder 15
Aerial photograph from a low-flying airplane of the Les Invalides and Seine River
in the city of Paris, France, around 1944 during World War II. Photograph believed
taken by aerial reconnaissance photographer 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount
Gilead, N.C., in Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), while he
was stationed in Europe [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F15.1
Aerial photograph from a low-flying airplane of the Jardin du Luxembourg (or "Luxembourg
Gardens") in the city of Paris, France, around 1944 during World War II. Photograph
believed taken by aerial reconnaissance photographer 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr.
of Mount Gilead, N.C., in Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance),
while he was stationed in Europe [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F15.2
Aerial photograph from a low-flying airplane of the Jardin du Luxembourg (or "Luxembourg
Gardens") in the city of Paris, France, around 1944 during World War II. Photograph
believed taken by aerial reconnaissance photographer 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr.
of Mount Gilead, N.C., in Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance),
while he was stationed in Europe [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F15.3
Aerial photograph from a low-flying airplane of the Luxor Obelisk and the Place de
la Concorde in the city of Paris, France, around 1944 during World War II. Photograph
believed taken by aerial reconnaissance photographer 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr.
of Mount Gilead, N.C., in Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance),
while he was stationed in Europe [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F15.4
Aerial photograph looking out from the Luxor Obelisk and the Place de la Concorde,
down a street towards the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France, around 1944 during World
War II. Photograph believed taken by aerial reconnaissance photographer 2nd Lt. Charles
M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., in Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance),
while he was stationed in Europe [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F15.5
Aerial photograph looking at the Seine River and the Palais de Chaillot, a building
at the top of the Chaillot hill in the Trocadéro area in the 16th arrondissement of
Paris, France. Photograph taken in Paris around 1944 during World War II. The Arc
de Triomphe is seen in the distance. Photograph believed taken by aerial reconnaissance
photographer 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., in Headquarters,
10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), while he was stationed in Europe [circa
1944].
WWII 141.B3.F15.6
Enlarged aerial photograph looking at the Palais de Chaillot, a building at the top
of the Chaillot hill in the Trocadéro area in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France.
Photograph taken in Paris around 1944 during World War II. The Arc de Triomphe is
seen in the distance. Photograph believed taken by aerial reconnaissance photographer
2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., in Headquarters, 10th Photographic
Group (Reconnaissance), while he was stationed in Europe [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F15.7
Enlarged aerial photograph looking across Seine River at the Palais de Chaillot, a
building at the top of the Chaillot hill in the Trocadéro area in the 16th arrondissement
of Paris, France. Also pictured are the Pont d'Iéna ("Jena Bridge") cross the river,
and the Eiffel Tower. Photograph taken in Paris around 1944 during World War II. Photograph
believed taken by aerial reconnaissance photographer 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr.
of Mount Gilead, N.C., in Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance),
while he was stationed in Europe [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F15.8
Aerial photograph looking out over a portion of the city of Paris, France, along the
Seine River, around 1944 during World War II. Photograph believed taken by aerial
reconnaissance photographer 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., in
Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), while he was stationed in
Europe [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F15.9
Close-up aerial photograph from a low-flying airplane looking at the Île de la Cité,
one of the two naturally-occurring islands remaining in the city of Paris, France,
and the Seine River around 1944 during World War II. A medieval palace is pictured.
Photograph believed taken by aerial reconnaissance photographer 2nd Lt. Charles M.
Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., in Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance),
while he was stationed in Europe [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F15.10
Aerial photograph from a low-flying airplane looking at the Île de la Cité, one of
the two naturally-occurring islands remaining in the city of Paris, France, and the
Seine River around 1944 during World War II. A medieval palace is pictured. Photograph
believed taken by aerial reconnaissance photographer 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr.
of Mount Gilead, N.C., in Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance),
while he was stationed in Europe [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F15.11
Aerial photograph from a low-flying airplane looking at the Tuileries Garden and the
Louvre Palace along the Seine River in the city of Paris, France, around 1944 during
World War II. The Luxor Obelisk and Place de la Concorde are seen in the distance.
Photograph believed taken by aerial reconnaissance photographer 2nd Lt. Charles M.
Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., in Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance),
while he was stationed in Europe [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F15.12
Enlarged aerial photograph from a low-flying airplane looking at the Tuileries Garden
and the Louvre Palace along the Seine River in the city of Paris, France, around 1944
during World War II. The Luxor Obelisk and Place de la Concorde are seen in the distance.
Photograph believed taken by aerial reconnaissance photographer 2nd Lt. Charles M.
Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., in Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance),
while he was stationed in Europe [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F15.13
Aerial photograph looking down the Seine River towards the Eiffel Tower and the Palais
de Chaillot in the city of Paris, France, around 1944 during World War II. Photograph
believed taken by aerial reconnaissance photographer 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr.
of Mount Gilead, N.C., in Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance),
while he was stationed in Europe [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F15.14
Aerial photograph looking out over part of the city of Paris, France, with the Basilica
of the Sacred Heart of Paris pictured. Photograph taken in Paris around 1944 during
World War II. Photograph believed taken by aerial reconnaissance photographer 2nd
Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., in Headquarters, 10th Photographic
Group (Reconnaissance), while he was stationed in Europe [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F15.15
Aerial photograph looking out over part of the city of Paris, France, with the Basilica
of the Sacred Heart of Paris pictured. Photograph taken in Paris around 1944 during
World War II. Photograph believed taken by aerial reconnaissance photographer 2nd
Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., in Headquarters, 10th Photographic
Group (Reconnaissance), while he was stationed in Europe [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F15.16
Valentine's Day Photograph for Clara Allen, February 1945
Folder 16
Snapshot of 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., writing a Valentine's Day message to his wife Clara David Allen in the snow with his hand, while stationed in Europe in February 1945. The message reads: "To Clara with all my love." Allen printed a message on the front of the photograph after the print was developed, reading: "To my one and only Valentine--February 1945. Charlie." Photograph taken while Allen was serving in Europe in Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces, during World War II (undated).
WWII 141.B3.F16.1
Venlo, the Netherlands, Photographs, circa 1945
Folder 17
Photograph of U.S. military personnel and vehicles in the courtyard of the Schloss
Krickenbeck, a 14th-century castle southeast of Allied Landing Ground Y-55 in Venlo,
the Netherlands, used as an Allied military headquarters during World War II. The
city of Venlo is on the Dutch-German border. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles
M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was serving in the Netherlands in Headquarters,
10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces, during the war [circa
1945] [British crown copyright printed on back of photograph].
WWII 141.B3.F17.1
Photograph of U.S. military personnel and vehicles in the courtyard of the Schloss
Krickenbeck, a 14th-century castle southeast of Allied Landing Ground Y-55 in Venlo,
the Netherlands, used as an Allied military headquarters during World War II. The
city of Venlo is on the Dutch-German border. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles
M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was serving in the Netherlands in Headquarters,
10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces, during the war [circa
1945] [British crown copyright printed on back of photograph].
WWII 141.B3.F17.2
Photograph of one of the large buildings at Schloss Krickenbeck, a 14th-century castle
southeast of Allied Landing Ground Y-55 in Venlo, the Netherlands, used as an Allied
military headquarters during World War II. The city of Venlo is on the Dutch-German
border. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C.,
was serving in the Netherlands in Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance),
U.S. Army Air Forces, during the war [circa 1945] [British crown copyright printed
on back of photograph].
WWII 141.B3.F17.3
Photograph looking out over the water of an unidentified lake in Venlo, the Netherlands,
with a sail boat sailing on the water. The city of Venlo is on the Dutch-German border.
Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was serving
in the Netherlands in Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S.
Army Air Forces, during World War II [circa 1945].
WWII 141.B3.F17.4
USO Shows and Stars Photographs, 1944-1945, undated
Folder 18
Photograph of a female performer doing a bit with an unidentified U.S. Army serviceman
in the audience of an unidentified USO show in England on April 16, 1944, during World
War II. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C.,
in Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), while he was stationed
in England (April 16, 1944).
WWII 141.B3.F18.1
Photograph of a U.S. Army serviceman lifting up a female performer on the stage at
a USO show somewhere in Europe during World War II. This appears to have been part
of a skit for the performance. A U.S. Army Special Service Section USO Camp Shows
ETO curtain is seen hanging up in the background. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles
M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., in Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance),
while he was stationed in Europe (undated).
WWII 141.B3.F18.2
Photograph of a female performer lifting up a laughing U.S. Army serviceman on the
stage at a USO show somewhere in Europe during World War II. This appears to have
been part of a skit for the performance. Behind the stage curtain a woman is seen
blocking her eyes laughing during the skit. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles
M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., in Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance),
while he was stationed in Europe (undated).
WWII 141.B3.F18.3
Photograph of comedian and actor Bob Hope holding his arms open while standing in
front of a microphone on the stage at a USO show somewhere in Europe during World
War II. Actor, comedian, and Bob Hope's sidekick Jerry Colonna is seen standing next
to him on stage. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead,
N.C., in Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), while he was stationed
in Europe (undated).
WWII 141.B3.F18.4a
Enlarged and cropped photograph of comedian and actor Bob Hope holding his arms open
while standing in front of a microphone on the stage at a USO show somewhere in Europe
during World War II. Actor, comedian, and Bob Hope's sidekick Jerry Colonna is seen
standing next to him on stage. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr.
of Mount Gilead, N.C., in Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance),
while he was stationed in Europe (undated) [enlarged and cropped version of WWII 141.B3.F18.4a].
WWII 141.B3.F18.4b
Photograph of actor, comedian, and Bob Hope's sidekick Jerry Colonna singing one of
his gradual, loud songs at a microphone on the stage at a USO show somewhere in Europe
during World War II. Colonna was performing with Bob Hope in a USO show tour. Photograph
taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., in Headquarters, 10th
Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), while he was stationed in Europe (undated).
WWII 141.B3.F18.5
Photograph of comedian and actor Bob Hope (right at microphone) and actor, comedian,
and Hope's sidekick Jerry Colonna performing on the stage at a USO show somewhere
in Europe during World War II. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr.
of Mount Gilead, N.C., in Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance),
while he was stationed in Europe (undated).
WWII 141.B3.F18.6
Close-up photograph of comedian and actor Jack Benny (left) playing a violin on stage
next to an unidentified man during a USO show somewhere in Europe during World War
II. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., in
Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), while he was stationed in
Europe (undated).
WWII 141.B3.F18.7
Photograph of Hollywood movie actress Ingrid Bergman, wearing the coat of a U.S. Army
Air Force serviceman, pictured somewhere in Europe during World War II. It is believed
that she was touring with a Jack Benny USO show tour of U.S. military posts at the
time. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., in
Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), while he was stationed in
Europe (undated).
WWII 141.B3.F18.8
General European Scenes Photographs, Undated
Folder 19
Snapshot of an unidentified church somewhere in Europe during World War II. Photograph
taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., in Headquarters, 10th
Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), while he was stationed in Europe (undated).
WWII 141.B3.F19.1
Photograph of a priest or reverend walking out of a large doorway of an unidentified
building in England during World War II. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M.
Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., in Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance),
while he was stationed in Europe (undated).
WWII 141.B3.F19.2
Photograph of part of the façade and front architectural elements of an unidentified
large cathedral in Europe during World War II. Scaffolding is seen under the central
round stained glass window, which had the glass removed and replaced with wood panels
due to aerial bombing in the war. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen
Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., in Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance),
while he was stationed in Europe (undated).
WWII 141.B3.F19.3
Photograph of a metal-bracketed lantern attached to the outside wall of an old unidentified
building somewhere in Europe during World War II. A metal fleur-de-lis is seen on
the side of the building next to the lantern bracket. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt.
Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., in Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group
(Reconnaissance), while he was stationed in Europe (undated).
WWII 141.B3.F19.4
Photograph of the small bronze statue Manneken Pis in Brussels, Belgium. Photograph
taken or collected by 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., while he
was serving in Belgium in Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance),
U.S. Army Air Forces, during World War II (undated).
WWII 141.B3.F19.5
Photograph of an unidentified house or building, covered with snow, somewhere in Europe
during World War II. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount
Gilead, N.C., in Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), while he
was stationed in Europe (undated).
WWII 141.B3.F19.6
Blurry photograph of a man using an outdoor urinal somewhere in Europe [believed to
be in Paris, France] during World War II. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M.
Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., in Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance),
while he was stationed in Europe (undated).
WWII 141.B3.F19.7
Photograph of an unidentified village on the side of range of hills somewhere in Europe
during World War II. A young woman is seen in the foreground working in the field
of a farm. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C.,
in Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), while he was stationed
in Europe (undated).
WWII 141.B3.F19.8
Photograph of an unidentified village on the side of range of hills somewhere in Europe
during World War II. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount
Gilead, N.C., in Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), while he
was stationed in Europe (undated).
WWII 141.B3.F19.9
Photograph of an unidentified village and farm on the side of range of hills somewhere
in Europe during World War II. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr.
of Mount Gilead, N.C., in Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance),
while he was stationed in Europe (undated).
WWII 141.B3.F19.10
Photograph of an unidentified farm and buildings along a pond somewhere in Europe
during World War II. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount
Gilead, N.C., in Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), while he
was stationed in Europe (undated).
WWII 141.B3.F19.11
Photograph looking across a lake at an unidentified village on the side of a hill
somewhere in Europe during World War II. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M.
Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., in Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance),
while he was stationed in Europe (undated).
WWII 141.B3.F19.12
Aerial photograph of an unidentified European city [believed to be in England] during
World War II. The wing of an airplane is seen at right in the photograph. Photograph
taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., in Headquarters, 10th
Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), while he was stationed in Europe (undated).
WWII 141.B3.F19.13
Aerial photograph of an unidentified European city [believed to be in England] during
World War II. The wing of an airplane is seen at right in the photograph. Photograph
taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., in Headquarters, 10th
Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), while he was stationed in Europe (undated).
WWII 141.B3.F19.14
Photograph taken along a dirt road of bomb-damaged buildings in an unidentified European
town during World War II. U.S. Army tents are pictured erected alongside the road,
with several American servicemen standing next to their tents. Photograph taken while
2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., in Headquarters, 10th Photographic
Group (Reconnaissance), while he was stationed in Europe (undated).
WWII 141.B3.F19.15
Photograph of bomb-damaged buildings in an unidentified European town during World
War II. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C.,
in Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), while he was stationed
in Europe (undated).
WWII 141.B3.F19.16
Photograph of an artillery-damaged chateau in the commune of Châteaudun in northern
France during World War II. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of
Mount Gilead, N.C., in Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), while
he was stationed in Europe (undated).
WWII 141.B3.F19.17
General European Scenes Photographs, Undated
Folder 1
Photograph of sunbathers sitting on a green along a canal somewhere in Europe during
World War II. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead,
N.C., in Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), while he was stationed
in Europe (undated).
WWII 141.B4.F1.1
Photograph of a hillside and valley, with a farm fence in the foreground, somewhere
in Europe during World War II. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr.
of Mount Gilead, N.C., in Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance),
while he was stationed in Europe (undated).
WWII 141.B4.F1.2
Aerial photograph of a bomb-damaged railroad bridge over a large river somewhere in
Europe during World War II. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of
Mount Gilead, N.C., in Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), while
he was stationed in Europe (undated).
WWII 141.B4.F1.3
Photographic print made from a copy negative of U.S. Army Air Forces bomber airplanes
flying in formation somewhere in Europe during World War II. Photograph taken while
2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., in Headquarters, 10th Photographic
Group (Reconnaissance), while he was stationed in Europe (undated).
WWII 141.B4.F1.4
Enlarged print created from an aerial photograph of an unidentified European city
[believed to be in England] during World War II. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles
M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., in Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance),
while he was stationed in Europe (undated).
WWII 141.B4.F1.5
Enlarged print of a portion of a photograph of part of the façade and front architectural
elements of an unidentified large cathedral in Europe during World War II. Scaffolding
is seen under the central round stained glass window, which had the glass removed
and replaced with wood panels due to aerial bombing in the war. Photograph taken while
2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., in Headquarters, 10th Photographic
Group (Reconnaissance), while he was stationed in Europe. Photograph was printed on
a recycled piece of board with a white and black drawing of a church and cemetery
on the back of the board [the scene is incomplete,
WWII 141.B4.F1.6
Photograph of bomb-damaged buildings and piles of rubble in an unidentified European
town during World War II. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount
Gilead, N.C., in Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), while he
was stationed in Europe (undated).
WWII 141.B4.F1.7
Photograph of what is believed to be buildings in the downtown of a German city or
town during World War II. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount
Gilead, N.C., in Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), while he
was stationed in Europe (undated).
WWII 141.B4.F1.8
Photographic print made from a copy negative of a photograph looking across a lake
at an unidentified European village during World War II. Photograph taken while 2nd
Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., in Headquarters, 10th Photographic
Group (Reconnaissance), while he was stationed in Europe (undated).
WWII 141.B4.F1.9
Photograph of a derailed train engine lying on its side on the tracks at an unidentified
location in Europe during World War II. A dog is seen walking past the engine. Photograph
taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., in Headquarters, 10th
Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), while he was stationed in Europe (undated).
WWII 141.B4.F1.10
Miscellaneous Photographs, October 1944, undated
Folder 2
U.S. Army Air Forces aerial reconnaissance photograph of an unidentified area in Europe,
taken on October 6, 1944, during World War II. A village and lake are pictured. Photograph
taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., in Headquarters, 10th
Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), while he was stationed in Europe (October 6,
1944).
WWII 141.B4.F2.1
U.S. Army Air Forces aerial reconnaissance photograph of an unidentified area in Europe,
taken on October 6, 1944, during World War II. A village and lake are pictured. A
target or observed enemy position is noted on the photograph near a bridge over a
lake. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., in
Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), while he was stationed in
Europe (October 6, 1944).
WWII 141.B4.F2.2
Photograph of a North American B-25 Mitchell bomber airplane flying over an unidentified
location during World War II. Photograph taken by aerial reconnaissance photograph
Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., while he was serving in the U.S. Army
Air Forces during the war (undated).
WWII 141.B4.F2.3
Photograph of an unidentified U.S. Army Air Forces ground crew member, standing next to the nose of a Bell P-39 Airacobra fighter airplane as he holds the propeller, at an unidentified military airfield during World War II. Another Bell P-39 Airacobra is seen in the background, with mechanics and ground crew members working on the airplane. Photograph taken by aerial reconnaissance photograph Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., while he was serving in the U.S. Army Air Forces during the war (undated) [the wrong plane type--a North American Aviation P-51 Mustang--is identified on the back of the photograph].
WWII 141.B4.F2.4
Close-up photograph of a black cat, labeled "Black Sambo" (undated).
WWII 141.B4.F2.5
Specialty print of a studio portrait of a man named "Page," wearing a tuxedo and bowtie. Caption on photograph reads: "Always your friend--Page" (undated) [believed to be a friend or classmate of Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., at Wake Forest College].
WWII 141.B4.F2.6
Contact print of an aerial photograph of a flooded farming community at an unidentified
location [photograph believed taken while Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C.,
was stationed with the U.S. Army Air Forces at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut,
in 1943 during World War II] (undated).
WWII 141.B4.F2.7
Contact print of an aerial photograph of a flooded farming community at an unidentified
location [photograph believed taken while Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C.,
was stationed with the U.S. Army Air Forces at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut,
in 1943 during World War II] (undated).
WWII 141.B4.F2.8
Contact print of an aerial photograph of a flooded farming community, with a railroad
track bend pictured, at an unidentified location [photograph believed taken while
Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed with the U.S. Army Air Forces
at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1943 during World War II] (undated).
WWII 141.B4.F2.9
Contact print of an aerial photograph of a flooded community at an unidentified location
[photograph believed taken while Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed
with the U.S. Army Air Forces at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1943
during World War II] (undated).
WWII 141.B4.F2.10
Contact print of an aerial photograph of a flooded community at an unidentified location.
U.S. military trucks are seen pictured on the paved road running through the community
[photograph believed taken while Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed
with the U.S. Army Air Forces at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1943
during World War II] (undated).
WWII 141.B4.F2.11
Contact print of an aerial photograph of a flooded farming community at an unidentified
location [photograph believed taken while Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C.,
was stationed with the U.S. Army Air Forces at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut,
in 1943 during World War II] (undated).
WWII 141.B4.F2.12
Contact print of an aerial photograph of a flooded community at an unidentified location
[photograph believed taken while Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was stationed
with the U.S. Army Air Forces at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1943
during World War II] (undated).
WWII 141.B4.F2.13
Wake Forest University Photographs, Undated
Folder 3
Photograph of Wait Chapel at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C., taken
from the west side of the building as construction was beginning on a new Music building.
Photograph taken while Dr. Charles M. Allen Jr. was serving as a professor in the
Biology Department at Wake Forest. Allen had supervised the construction of Wait Chapel,
and was involved with the Music building (undated).
WWII 141.B4.F3.1
Photograph of Gore Gymnasium, the gymnasium at Wake Forest College in Wake Forest,
N.C., prior to the school's relocation to Winston-Salem, N.C. The gym opened in 1935
as the home of the Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball team. Photograph taken
while Dr. Charles M. Allen Jr. was serving as a professor in the Biology Department
at Wake Forest (undated).
WWII 141.B4.F3.2
Photograph of the static electricity machine in the Physics Department laboratory
at Wake Forest College. Photograph taken while Dr. Charles M. Allen Jr. was serving
as a professor in the Biology Department at Wake Forest (undated).
WWII 141.B4.F3.3
Photograph of Dr. Charles M. Allen Jr., professor in the Biology Department at Wake
Forest College, leaning over a tripod-mounted camera on the college campus (undated).
WWII 141.B4.F3.4
4. Miscellaneous Materials
Scope and Content:
Series IV consists of military services records, a military Thanksgiving Day dinner
menu, tourist and military maps of France, a German-language map of Belgium, Wake
Forest WWII community newsletter issues, and various other materials, from the WWII
service of Charles Allen Jr. There are two photographic prints made as copies of Allen's
honorable discharge from the U.S. Army Air Forces in 1943 in order for him to accept
an officer's commission. There is also an original Thanksgiving Day dinner menu for
the Aviation Cadet Detachment that Allen belonged to at Lowry Field, Colorado, in
November 1942.
The series has two tourist maps and guides of Paris, used by Allen while he was in
the city in 1944 with the Army Air Forces. There are two military maps-one a U.S.
Army Map Service series road map of France and the other a German military map of
Belgium-which he was given or collected during his military service. Series IV also
contains several issues of the community newsletter The Woodland News from Wake Forest,
N.C., which it appears were mailed to Allen while he was in the military in WWII.
The issues discuss local happenings and people in Wake Forest, and wartime information
is provided.
Allen's Military Service Records, 1943, 1945
Folder 4
Lowry Field Aviation Cadet Detachment Thanksgiving Day Dinner Menu, November 1942
Folder 5
WWII Tourist Maps and Guides to Paris, France, Undated
Folder 6
U.S. Army Map Service's Europe Road Map Series: France, 1944
Folder 7
German-Language Map of Belgium: "Military Geographic Overview of Belgium and Adjacent
Areas" series, 1940
Folder 8
The Woodland News Issues (Wake Forest, N.C.), June-July 1945
Folder 9
Miscellaneous Materials, Undated
Folder 10
5. Oversized Materials
Scope and Content:
Series V consists of three oversized aerial reconnaissance photographs and one German
map of Oxford, England, from WWII. The photographs were taken or collection by Charles
Allen's 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces. Of significance
are the two photographs of portions of beach and coastline of the White Cliffs of
Dover in England, taken by Allen's unit while flying at low altitude from May 6-20,
1944, to photograph the English Channel coast from Blankenberge to Dunkirk, and from
Le Touquet to Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue, France, prior to the Allied D-Day invasion. The
two photographs are the only images it appears Allen retained from his role in this
significant historical effort. There is also a large, folded aerial photograph of
the Eiffel Tower and Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France, and surroundings from June
20, 1943.
The series also includes one German-language map of the city of Oxford and surround
county of Oxfordshire, England, with Allied military installations printed or hand-colored
in red on the map with corresponding numbers. The map appears to have been used by
the German military during WWII while they were bombing and preparing for an invasion
of England. Map was collected at an unknown point by Allen while he was serving as
an aerial reconnaissance photographer in the U.S. Army Air Forces, as he had been
stationed in Oxford in 1944.
Oversized Aerial Photographs, 1943-1944
Oversized Folder 1
Oversized, folded U.S. Army Air Forces aerial reconnaissance photograph [believed
taken by the 13th Photographic Technical Unit] looking straight down on the streets,
buildings, and surroundings of the Eiffel Tower and Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France,
dated June 20, 1943.
WWII 141.Over.F1.1
Large U.S. Army Air Forces aerial reconnaissance photograph
taken from an airplane flying close to the beach, looking along the beach and coastline
of the White Cliffs of Dover in England, taken on May 6, 1944. Pictured are part of
the beach defenses against invasion by the German military by sea. The photograph
was taken by the 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces, while
it was flying at low altitude from May 6-20, 1944, to photograph the English Channel
coast from Blankenberge to Dunkirk, and from Le Touquet to Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue,
France, prior to the Allied D-Day invasion (May 6, 1944).
WWII 141.Over.F1.2
Large U.S. Army Air Forces aerial reconnaissance photograph
taken from an airplane flying close to the beach, looking close-up at part of the
White Cliffs of Dover in England, taken on May 20, 1944. Part of the airplane's wing
can be seen in the photograph. The photograph was taken by the 10th Photographic Group
(Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces, while it was flying at low altitude from May
6-20, 1944, to photograph the English Channel coast from Blankenberge to Dunkirk,
and from Le Touquet to Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue, France, prior to the Allied D-Day invasion
(May 20, 1944).
WWII 141.Over.F1.3
German Map of Oxford, England, and Allied Bases, Undated
Oversized Folder 2
1 original German-language map of the city of Oxford and surround county of Oxfordshire,
England, with Allied military installations printed or hand-colored in red on the
map with corresponding numbers. A legend for the numbers and military installations'
locations is on the bottom of the map. Map appears to have been used by the German
military during World War II while they were bombing and/or preparing for an invasion
of England, and was part of a series of regional maps of England and Wales. Map was
collected at an unknown point by Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., while
he was serving as an aerial reconnaissance photographe
Oversized Folder 2
6. Artifacts
Scope and Content:
Series VI consists of dog tags, uniform rank insignia, and an Army Air Forces pin,
worn by Charles M. Allen Jr. while serving in the U.S. Army Air Services during WWII.
His "Major" oak leaf rank insignia collar pins and his Army Air Forces' "Prop and
Wings" pin are included in this series.
Two original dog tags for Charles M. Allen Jr., worn while he served in the U.S. Army
Air Forces during World War II. His wife Clara David Allen wrote an identification
on one of the dog tags in blue permanent marker at an unspecified time [1940s].
Artifacts 1-2
An original gold and silver U.S. Army Air Forces "Prop and Wings" pin, used to identify
a service individual as being in the Army Air Forces. This pin was worn by Charles
M. Allen Jr. during World War II [1940s].
Artifact 3
Five original gold U.S. Army oak leaf rank insignia collar pins, signifying the rank
of Major, worn by Charles M. Allen Jr. while serving in the U.S. Army Air Forces during
World War II [1940s].
Artifacts 4-8
Acquisitions Information
Materials in this collection were received by the Military Collection at the State
Archives of North Carolina from Dr. Paul N. Orser of Winston-Salem, N.C., executor
of Clara David Allen's estate and friend of Charles M. Allen Jr., in August 2017.
The donation was completed in September 2017.
Processing Information
The collection had some order for portions of it when it was first received by the
State Archives in August 2017. Sets of letters from a common time period were stored
together in boxes or envelopes by Charles Allen's wife Clara following his death.
It appears she attempted to organize his wartime letters, including writing notes
about what they were (such as "College Letters" for his letters written while he worked
at Wake Forest College in 1942). This order was largely retained during the processing
of the collection. Some duplicate materials, mass-produced WWII photographic prints,
and modern miscellaneous items that had gotten mixed in with the papers, were removed
and discarded from collection in accordance with State Archives' practice and the
wishes of the donor.
All letters were organized chronologically according to the dates written on the letters
or the post marks on their corresponding envelopes. Any letters without envelopes
or dates were approximately dated. Circa dates were written using pencil on the top
of each letter by the collection's processor, using brackets to denote the information
had been added. All envelopes with unique information or dates were photocopied as
a preservation practice, and attached to each letter using an acid-free plastic clip.
All envelopes were discarded after any necessary information was added in pencil to
the letters.
There are significant gaps in the chronology of his letters written to Clara, as it
appears sets of these letters were lost or discarded at different points since World
War II (including due to various moves that the couple had). The dates for letters
missing from this collection includes: May-December 1943, March-April 1944, September-December
1944, and June-September 1945. For two of these periods, Allen was on operational
duty flying regular reconnaissance missions in Europe, and it is unknown how often
he wrote to Clara Allen.
A number of sets of photographs were also grouped together by location or period either
by Charles or Clara Allen. The smaller photographs from his time stationed in various
military bases stateside in 1942 and 1943 were stored in a flip photo album common
in 1940s dime stores, with the prints adhered in the album with adhesive "V-shaped"
strips. These strips were removed carefully from the backs of the photographs, but
they still left residue and staining on the backs of the photographs that is unable
to be removed.
The photographs in the collection have been individually stored in acid-free, archival
plastic sleeves to allow for researchers to handle the original images without causing
damage to the images' surface, and to improve preservation during long-term storage
(except for the oversized photographs, which did not fit within standard-sized photo
sleeves). The photographs have been numbered with a soft HB No. 2 pencil on the back,
according to the collection number, the box and folder number, and an individual image
number. For example, the number "WWII 141.B2.F15.1" should be interpreted as "WWII
141 collection, Box 2, Folder 15, Photograph 1."
The identifications of these images have been created in the finding aid, but not
written on the photograph itself. Both Charles and Clara Allen wrote descriptions
and dates on the backs and sometimes the fronts of many of the photographs. Historical
research was conducted to verify content and original photograph identification by
the creator to provide an accurate description for the photographs.
The oversized German map of Oxford, England, was originally kept folded, and had a
strip of fabric tap on the back (which was removed, as it was not structural or repairing
a tear in the map). It was flattened, but still retains significant crease lines from
the extended period of time stored folded. The German map series of Belgium and the
U.S. Army road map of France were left folded as they had been in their original cardboard
map case or jacket. As both of these are duplicates of the same maps already held
by the Military Collection in other collections, it was determined to not exert archival
storage supplies and space to storing these maps flat.
The oversized materials were removed from the collection and placed in oversized,
acid-free archival folders. The artifacts were removed from the main collection and
placed in a separate artifact box (see "Separated Material" note for more information
on the artifact). Both the oversized materials and the artifacts were arranged at
the end of the collection.