Aftermath of Tornado, Bradley Air Museum, Windsor Locks
PhotographerPhotographed by
Carl Candels
American, 1933 - 2021
PhotographerPhotographed by
C. Horner
PhotographerPhotographed by
Ed Lescoe
American
DateOctober 3-4, 1979
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver prints on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 7 5/16 x 9 5/8in. (18.6 x 24.4cm)
Sheet (height x width): 8 x 10in. (20.3 x 25.4cm)
Sheet (height x width): 8 x 10in. (20.3 x 25.4cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund
DescriptionWreckage of airplanes and buildings is strewn across a field. Signs read: "Bradley AIR MUSEUM." Some planes bear lettering that reads "FEDERAL / EXPRESS" "215 NATC" "NAVY" "U.S. AIR FORCE". Some photographs show the interior of the museum with damaged aircraft. In one photograph, Philip C. O'Keefe, museum director, is holding the Connecticut Air National Guard logo from a CT-29A Transport. Some photographs include automobiles, trucks, streets, and trees. One photograph includes a cash register and an air conditioner. The corner of an airport runway is visible in the background of one photograph.
Object number2007.35.11-.18
MarkingsOn paper attached to verso of 2007.35.17, typed in black ink, "HANGAR FOLLOWING TORNADO --- In the right foreground is the Martin Mauler AM-1, a post-WW II attack bomber which was damaged along with other aircraft when the roof of the indoor exhibit was peeled off like a banana."Inscribed2007.35.13, on verso, in blue ink, "Bob Judd / Curtis Rad / Winchester NH / 03470 / 413-773-8306 / 603-239-6162" "10/3/79 / Bradley Field / Windsor Locks Ct. / Air Museum"2007.35.18, on verso, lower margin, in red ink, "Dehaviland U-6A Beaver - Post WWII Utility Aircraft / Dydiuk-Hame [?] Built 1934 - Southington CT / Parasol Wing Sport Plane / Curtiss XF15C-1 Experimental Navy Fighter - Post WWII / Corsair Vought XF44-4 WWII Navy Fighter - Built in Stratford"
On verso of all photographs, lower right, in pencil, accession numberNotesSubject Note: A tornado struck Windsor Locks on October 3, 1979, causing severe damage at the New England Air Museum and along the eastern edge of Bradley International Airport.
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