Extensive corres., newspaper & magazine articles and other memorabilia connected to B-24 Liberator. Examples are: Copies of corresp. from Mark Jackson & Lakshmi Kant Jha (Ambass. of India) (12/70) re/ “The government of India is agreeable to donate one B-24 Liberator aircraft to the San Diego Museum....;” corresp. from Kenneth B. Keating (Embassy of the U.S., New Delhi) & Congressman Wilson’s response (12/70) re/ providing a B-24 Liberator to the Aerospace Museum; corresp. from Owen F. Clarke (Ex.Dir., S.D. Aero-Space Museum) & Congressman Wilson’s response (2/71) re/ obtaining B-24 & difficulties with port to port shipping; copy of S.D. Aero-Space Museum Agenda for 10/22/70 & Minutes of Bd. of Directors Meeting, 10/24/70; copy of letter (8/12/70 from M. Rasgotra (Minister for Political Affairs, Embassy of India) re/ obtaining B-24 from Indian Air Force; copy of letter (7/30/70) from Congressman Wilson to Lakshmi Kan Jha re/ “Obtaining a B-24 from the Indian Air Force;” small packet containing letter (1/10/70) from Rhodes Arnold (Tucson Air Museum) & copies of pages 8,9,10,11 & 36 from the March 1970 issue of Air Line Pilot re/ B-24 Liberator; copy of March 1970 Air Line Pilot (missing above pages) and copy of S.D. Aero-Space Museum Agenda for 8/27/70 & Minutes of Bd. of Directors Meeting for 7/23/70; copy of corresp. from Owen F. Clarke & Congressman Wilson (2/70) re/ attempts to acquire a B-24 Liberator from India; copy of office notes (n.d.) re/ “Col. Svenson...says that these 16 B-24s [in India] would cannibilize down to about 4 flying machines;” small, stapled packet of corresp. from Congressman Wilson, Galen L. Stone (Charge d’Affairs, U.S. Embassy, New Delhi), Lynn Garrison (Pres., American Aero-Space Museum, Inc.) & Col. Bruce K. Deakin (USAF, Air Attache) (Jan.-June 1970 & July 1969) re/ donation of two B-24s to museums in the U.S.; small, stapled packet of corresp. from Congressman Wilson, Paul Tsompanas (Adm. Asst. to Wilson) & Robert McGuire (Ex.Sec., Liberator Club) (5/70) re/ “only two B-24s are now available in India;” stapled copy of corresp. from Congressman Wilson & Kenneth B. Keating (U.S. Ambassador, New Delhi) (3/70) re/ B-24s, two earmarked for SAC Museum (Offutt Field) & Aero-Space Museum in Pomona, CA; loose collection of letters (1/70) from Kenneth B. Keating (New Delhi), Bob McGuire (Liberator Club) & Col. Kenneth Dill (USAF) re/ “‘no additional liberator aircraft (B-24) are now available with IAF” & info. on “the propeller from the World War II aircraft ‘Lady Be Good’ which is now on display at Wheelus AF, Libya;” copies of corresp. from Congressman Wilson to the Honorable Robert C. Seamans, Jr. (Sec. of the Air Force) & to Bob McGuire (Liberator Club) & telegram to Congressman Wilson (12/69) re/ San Diego as the birthplace of the B-24 Liberator and the Aero-Space Museum’s interest in obtaining the propeller from “the famous Liberator ‘Lady Be Good;’” letter from Kenneth B. Keating (Ambassador, New Delhi) (12/20/69) re/ the donation of B-24 Liberators to museums in U.S.; copy of p.A7, Evening Tribune (10/27/69) re/ “‘Jinx’ Reaches Out For Wheelus Base [and] A bent and rusty propeller stands like a monument outside the base commander’s office;” copies of corresp. from Congressman Wilson & Bob McGuire (Liberator Club) (Oct.-Nov. 1969) re/ B-24 from India and the Lady Be Good propeller; loose collection of letters (10/69) from Owen F. Clarke (S.D. Aero-Space Museum), Congressman Wilson & M.D. Khanna (Air Attache, Embassy of India) re/ effort to acquire a Liberator for San Diego & reply “that no more Liberator aircraft, in flyable condition, are available;” photocopy of editorial & cartoon from The San Diego Union (10/4/69, B-8) criticizing the “$9 Billion In Aid To India;” stapled packet containing corresp. from Congressman Wilson, Col. Owen F. Clarke (Aero-Space Museum), Minutes, Bd. of Dir. Meeting, 10/2/69 & autograph’d copy of the San Diego Aero-Space Museum’s Altitude 400 Feet; copy of “Bob Stevens’ ‘There I Was...,’” Air Force/Space Digest (8/69), p. 106; copies of corresp. from Congressman Wilson & Col. Owen F. Clarke (Aug.-Sept. 1969) re/ Clarke’s letter to Ambassador Nawab Ali Yavar Jung re/ the ambassador’s “presentation before the Kiwanis Club” and “ our keen interest in acquiring one of your country’s retired B-24 aircraft;” copies of corresp. from Congressman Wilson, Bob McGuire (Liberator Club), William G. Robertie (V.P., Sight Sound Technology) & application for membership in Liberator Club (8/69) re/ Mr. Robertie’s corresp. to Senator Brooke requesting assistance in obtaining B-24s from India; copy of corresp. from Congressman Wilson to Air Commodore M.D.Khanna (Indian Embassy) (8/5/69) re/ “Since December 29th of this year marks the 30th anniversary of the maiden flight of a B-24 at San Diego’s Lindbergh Field, the Liberator Club and the City of San Diego are quite interested in acquiring a B-24 for historical display purposes;” photocopies of news articles--”Famed B-24 Eulogized By Author,” “Liberator Club Here Seeks B-24,” & “B-24 Buffs Form Liberator Club” (The San Diego Union, 7/14/69) & “Famed B-24 Liberator Set for SAC Aerospace Museum” (Riverside Beacon, 7/11/69, p.12); copies of corresp. from Congressman Wilson, M.D. Khanna (Air Commodore, Air Attache, Embassy of India) & Bob McGuire (Liberator Club) (7/69) re/ S.D.’s “request for one of India’s B-24s; copy of office note from Bob McGuire to Congressman Wilson (3/27/69) re/ “our efforts to get a B-24 from India for San Diego;” copy of application form & invitational notice re/ the Liberator Club.