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WORKING WITH THE SMITHSONIAN AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM DURING THE 1970s AND 80s AFFORDED ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET MANY OF THE WW2 HEROES OF THE AIR WAR.

COL. ROBERT MORGAN WAS ONE OF MY FAVORITES. HE WAS ONE OF THE LUCKIEST MEN ALIVE HAVING FINISH THE TOUR IN B17 AND B29 AND SURVIVING.

HE WAS A JOHN WAYNE TYPE.

I WAS ABLE TO VISIT WITH HIM SEVERAL TIMES.

WE HAD HOPED TO PUT THE "BELLE' IN THE AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM BUT THE BUILDING WAS NOT LARGE ENOUGH AND THE NEW BUILDING IN VIRGINIA HAD NOT BEEN THOUGHT OF AT THE TIME.

HE SENT ME A MOUNTED 50 CAL DRILL ROUND WHICH HE SIGNED AND HAD HIS FRIEND URBAN "BEN" DREW SIGN AS WELL. SEE THE PHOTOS. THE B17 WAS ARMED WITH 50cal GUNS.

THE SIGNED DISPLAY IS NOT FOR SALE.

GREAT GUY.

HE ALSO SOLD ME MANY OF HIS ORIGINAL MANUALS AND SIGNED THEM FOR ME.

THIS IS ONE OF THEM.

"BEN DREW" WAS THE FIRST U.S. AIRMAN TO SHOOT DOWN ME262 JETS. HE DID IT TWICE IN ONE DAY FLYING HIS MUSTANG "DETROIT MISS" AND ALSO SHOT DOWN THE LARGEST SEA PLANE THE NAZIS MADE.

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AFTER WW2 ENDED THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW WEAPONS WENT TO SLEEP. MOST OF THE WEAPONS USED IN KOREA WERE WW2 ERA TECHNOLOGY AND STOCK PILES.

WHEN THAT ACTION STOPPED WEAPONS DESIGN PICKED UP A LITTLE BUT EARLY ACTION IN VIETNAM WAS ALSO MOSTLY THE SAME WW2 TECHNOLOGY.

NEW DESIGNS DID NOT START TO DEVELOP WELL UNTIL THE LATE 60S.

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JOINT ARMY AND AIR FORCE MANUAL - TM 9 -1980 AND AFM 136 - 7 1950

ALL TACTICAL BOMBS AND FUZES AS OF THE DATE.

THESE ARE ALL OF THE BOMBS USED IN WW2 EXCEPT FOR THE ATOMIC BOMBS.

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THE ITEMS IN OUR REFERENCE COLLECTION DATE BACK TO ABOUT 1849 WHEN MY GREAT UNCLE, RALPH CRITTENDEN AND HIS PARTNER RICHARD TIBBALS CREATED THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL AMMUNITION FACTORY IN THE UNITED STATES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF DRAWN CARTRIDGES , PERCUSSION CAPS AND ALL FORMS TO AMMUNITION OF INTEREST TO THE GUN MANUFACTURING FACTORS OF THE DAY. SPENCER , SHARPS , HENRY , VOLCANIC, JENNINGS, REMINGTON, JOSLYN,WESSON,BALLARD,BACON,BLISS,WARNER AND SMITH AND WESSON ALL SOLD CRITTENDEN AND TIBBALS AMMUNITION UNDER THEIR OWN TRADE NAME. THE UNION ARMY BOUGHT MILLIONS OF CTM PERCUSSION CAPS AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF SPENCER CARTRIDGES DURING LINCOLN’S WAR AND ALL OF THE SPENCER AMMUNITION USED IS THE FIRST MAJOR BATTLES INCLUDING GETTYSBURGH WERE ALL MADE BY CRITTENDEN AND TIBBALS.

****Over the course of the next couple of years we will be offering for sale thousands of rare specimens of museum quality many of which have never been offered for sale before and which you will likely never see for sale again. Why are we selling this archive and reference collection? After 150+ years of interest in ammunition there is no one else interested in the field in our family. My personal collecting has spanned 50 years and I am at an age when it is time to stop and pass on such activities to others.

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