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"THE ZEMPER COLLECTION"

Posted by Willard Reese on 1/10/2008, 6:10 pm
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A new section, described as "The Zemper Collection", has been added to the website under the "Photo Archives" button on the home page.
This represents a collection of high resolution photos taken during 1944 and 1945 by Duane Zemper, the Photo Officer at Glatton, and his staff, and have come to us in the past months after 62 years in storage.
These pictures are made from scanned 'negatives' and represent clarity and detail such has not been seen on this website before.

The picture below illustrates the quality and detail that can be seen in this collection.

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Re: "THE ZEMPER COLLECTION"

Posted by Jerry Sale on 1/11/2008, 9:42 am, in reply to ""THE ZEMPER COLLECTION""
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These are great pictures. Are there plans to put captions with them?

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Posted by Bob Benos on 1/11/2008, 6:18 pm, in reply to "Re: "THE ZEMPER COLLECTION""
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I agree that the Zemper collection is a great set of pictures. Truly a rare collection of 457th history. To date I have identified 27 pictured planes by Name and/or serial number. Any plans to identify the plans or the crews on the web site?

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Posted by Willard Reese on 1/11/2008, 6:56 pm, in reply to "Re: "THE ZEMPER COLLECTION""
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Yes, it is our intention to label all these files as best we can. It will take time and lots of research. Anyone want to help? Contact me.
Hap

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