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This site: Provides historical information regarding the air support crews of the Office of Strategic Services during World War II in the European and Mediterranean Theaters of Operation. Specifically these crews belonged to a number of differing organizational units of the 8th and 15th Air Forces of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) during the period of October 1943 through July of 1945. This information has been provided by participants, their descendants, spouses and relatives, from fellow researchers and from the historical archives of the affected countries of the United States and Western Europe.
Provisions: This (Comcast) site is open to the world. It is largely static with occasional updates from donors who have sent in previously unscanned data such as records, reports and photographs. If you wish to contribute, contact the webmaster after reading the information below on archival donations.
The Data Depot Site: Primarily an archival site, holding over 32 gigabytes comprising more than 22,000 files of scanned and compiled data of the Carpetbaggers, OSS London and the OSS Squadrons of the Mediterranean Theater. Unlike the Comcast site, the Data Depot is a restricted site due to the limits of Comcast bandwidth rules and for security reasons. It runs 24/7/365 on a resident server in the webmaster's office.
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Cash Donations: Just as with public tv, this site is supported by viewers like you. Four computers, a large office, five scanners, hundreds of books, electricity, more than ten years of dedicated labor and a supportive wife and friends are what helps to keep these sites humming, so if you are inclined to donate send cash, money orders or a payment via PayPal to: thomasensminger@hotmail.com
Archival Donations:
1. Scans - Must be 300 dots per inch or higher. JPG format preferred but not absolutely necessary. Any and all records with mass names (usually orders and citations) are highly valued as they provide information for the thousands men who served in the ETO and to the thousands of descendants and researchers of the future.
Large amounts of data (up to 2 gigabytes) should be compiled to a zip file and sent via the service provided by MailBigFile. Alternatively, sending an optical disk (CDs or DVDs) with donated data is also acceptable.
2. Photocopies - Pictures are simply unacceptable as photocopies. Data photocopies are acceptable but not preferred.
3. Original Documents - Unwanted original documents may be sent to the snailmail address; they will be forwarded to the US Air Force Academy Special Operations Archives after being scanned and enhanced. Original documents can also be sent to the webmaster for scan. They will be scanned and returned in a short period of time along with a CD or DVD of the scans. This is a free service, postage to the webmaster is your only cost. Additionally, your scans will be forwarded to the USAF Academy at a future date.
Accessing the Data Depot Site: Click on the name to the left or cut and paste the following address into your browsers address line:
http://801492.doesntexist.org
Access is conditional. The download and
error logs are reviewed every day. Please send your access request to
the webmaster.
Main Menu Comcast Site
Aircraft B24s All Other Harrington Aircraft
Current
Association Newsletter (you must have Adobe
Reader installed)
Honor Roll
(Honoring the hundreds of our airmen who died in-service)
Links of Interest (Links to related WW II Sites)
Passes and Tickets (A sampling of the thousands of items sent in)
Recent Obituaries (Scanned obituaries available only on the data site)
Webmaster Contact Points (Name/Address/Emails/Sites/Info Requests etc.)
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