[Rarebooks] FS: Two 1934 Photos of Hap Arnold’s Alaska Tour B-10 Crash in Fairbanks

[Joslin Hall Rare Books]

Two 1934 Photos of Hap Arnold’s Alaska Tour B-10 Crash in Fairbanks.

Here we have two dramatic views of the crash of one of ten B-10s 
involved in General Henry H. "Hap" Arnold’s 8,290-mile round-trip flight 
from Washington, D.C. to Fairbanks, Alaska in 1934. Arnold, who called 
the B-10 "the air power wonder of its day," undertook this project to 
prove that the new bomber could make such extended flights, and to train 
USAAC personnel in carrying them out. The B-10s left Washington on July 
19 and arrived safely in Fairbanks on July 24. They spent several weeks 
conducting flights and aerial photography around the territory, 
eventually covering some 23,000 square miles, before leaving Alaska on 
August 16, arriving back in Washington on the 20th. The trip was 
uneventful with a single exception- while they were tootling over 
Alaska, “engine trouble forced one plane to land in the water of Cook's 
Inlet at Anchorage. The plane was pulled from the water and ‘dried out’ 
before completing the return flight to Washington, D.C.”.

These two photos of the crashed ship are signed in the negative by 
Hewitt’s Photo Shop of Anchorage, Alaska. Hewitt’s was a large drugstore 
which developed and printed photos in the 1930s and 1940s- the Liston 
Collection at the Anchorage Museum has 8,000 postcard negatives by 
Hewitt’s. There is at least one image of this crash taken by a USAAC 
photographer which does not resemble either of these; it would seem 
unlikely that the USAAC would have photos developed and printed at a 
local drugstore, or at least allow the drugstore to mark them, so it 
seems possible, if not probable, that these two images were taken by a 
private photographer. An internet search finds no record of them having 
been published.

“The Martin B-10 was the first all-metal monoplane bomber to be 
regularly used by the United States Army Air Corps, entering service in 
June 1934. It was also the first mass-produced bomber whose performance 
was superior to that of the Army's pursuit aircraft of the time. A total 
of 348 of all versions were built”.

Two black & white photos. 9.5”x7”, and 10”x6.75”. Some creases / folds 
and several short rips. [430/43709)  $175

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