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Research files, 1943-2013, undated 3.5 Linear Feet

Contains 73 research files used by the author when writing Into the Unknown. Research files include various reports, such as pilot and accident reports as well as interview notes and transcripts along with numerous news clippings.

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Research Materials, 1986, 2010-2018, Undated. 0.25 Linear Feet

The series contains research materials collected by Steven Craig Trelstad in relation to his master's degree thesis, "Civil War Memory and the Preservation of the Olustee Battlefield." These include assessment reports, management summaries, and notifications of undertakings written by Osceola National Forest Service District Historian/Archaeologist Christopher M. Lydick, 3 publications related to the Battle of Olustee, its reenactment, and the preservation of the battlefield, an itinerary for the 2010 Olustee Reenactment, and 8 maps related to the Olustee battlefield.

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Research on Austria, Canada, and Croatia, 2000-2009 01.0046 - Box 27, Folder 001

Email and letter correspondences regarding the history of the 460th Bomb Group's presence in Austria, Canada, and Croatia during World War II. Some emails contain historical images from during the war and contemporary images of the servicemen.

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Research on Slovakia, Switzerland, Miscellaneous, 1993-2012 01.0046 - Box 27, Folder 004

Email and letter correspondences regarding the history of the 460th Bomb Group's presence in Slovakia and Switzerland during World War II. Some correspondences focus on a major air battle over central Europe on 26 June 1944 in which three members of the 460th were killed in action, and a 14 June 1944 mission in which 460th members had to bail out over Hungary. There are photocopies of mission records and images of 460th aircraft, including one of a B-24 on 13 April 1944 prior to its mission to bomb Budapest.

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Research Regarding Czech Republic, England, France, and Germany, 1995-2010 01.0046 - Box 28, Folder 001

Email and letter correspondences regarding the history of the 460th Bomb Group's presence in the Czech Republic (then Czechoslovakia), England, France, and Germany during World War II. The correspondences include researchers contacting Duane Bohnstedt about specific details regarding 460th Bomb Group missions, and inquiries about the published History of the 460th Bomb Group. Many of the correspondences focus on the crash sites of the 460th Bomb Group throughout Europe.

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Research Regarding Hungary, Italy, and Poland, 1997-2010 01.0046 - Box 28, Folder 002

Email and letter correspondences regarding the history of the 460th Bomb Group's presence in Hungary, Italy, and Poland during World War II. The correspondences include researchers contacting Duane Bohnstedt about specific details regarding 460th Bomb Group missions; memorial projects in Hungary; photocopies of images of veterans visiting crash site locations and memorials; Search and Recovery of World War II MIAs missions in Europe; news about the recovery of the missing remains of a 460th Bomb Group member of the downed "Ditney Hill"; burial locations of those killed in action; and the Blechhammer area of Poland which was the site of Nazi chemical plants, prisoner of war camps, and forced labor camps.

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