Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2011.29.013
Accession#:
2011.29
Credit Line:
Donated by Renee Guerin.
Object Name:
Print, Photographic
Title:
Four Crew Members on US AAF P—510
Year Range from:
1935
Year Range to:
1950
Description:
Black and white photographic print of a group of four men on deck at the steer of a ship. All men are in military uniforms. One man at is lying down on a suspended stretcher. One kneeling man is holding the rope to the stretcher. A second man kneels beside the other kneeling man. The fourth man is standing behind the kneeling two. There is covered cargo on deck near the men. The background features a snow covered landscape with buildings, vehicles and telephone poles.

Verso has had written text in black ink along the upper edge approximately center which reads: "P—510". Approximately at center is a circular stamp with text which reads: "[PAS]SED BY EXAMINER [BA]SE [###]3 ARMY". The "BA" of BASE.,"PAS" of PASSED and the first three numbers of the base are undiscernable due to a loss of paper. There is a patch of black paper sticking to a piece of tape approximately center along bottom edge where photograph was once attached to an album page.

Image has a white boarder on all four sides.
Notes:
The US AFF P—510 was an emergency rescue boat in the Aleutians during WWII. 11th Air Force bombed Kiril Islands of Northern Japan in 1943—1945. The 10th Emergency Rescue Boat was assigned to them to recover air crews ditched at sea. The P—510 was built in 1944 by Fellows and Stuart in Wilmington, California with two 1500 HP Packard Engines. It was 85 feet long. Its official description was an Offshore Rescue Boat stationed at Attu.
People:
Guerin, Eckley Coxe
Guerin, Renee Penny Blood
Search Terms:
Print
Photograph
Military
Ship
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