Research Links

• Air Force Historical Research Agency (AFHRA)
• The Air Force Historical Research Agency is the repository for Air Force historical documents. The Agency's collection, begun in Washington, DC, during World War II, moved in 1949 to Maxwell Air Force Base, the site of Air University, to provide research facilities for professional military education students, the faculty, visiting scholars, and the general public. It consists today of over 70,000,000 pages devoted to the history of the service, and represents the world's largest and most valuable organized collection of documents on US military aviation.
• Air Force History Index
• Searchable index of documents held by the Air Force Historical Research Agency.
  
• American Battle Monuments Commission: WWII Honor Roll
• If the veteran you are searching for was killed in action and is still buried overseas he should be listed in this database. Burials in the domestic United States are not covered.
  
• Army Air Forces
• This web site is dedicated to the United States Army Air Forces of World War II.
  Databases hosted here - AAF Combat Chronology, Missing Air Crew Reports, Air Fields & Bases, Dictionary, Military Occupation Specialties, and Army Post Offices.
  
• Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office
• DPMO researchers have completed the first electronic listing of Missing Personnel from the Second World War, which is now available on the DPMO website.
  
• Department of Veteran's Affairs: National Cemetery Administration- Nationwide Gravesite Locator
• If the veteran is buried in a national cemetery, this database covers almost all 120 of them. Burials abroad are not covered.
  
• Millville Army Air Field Museum
• The Millville Army Air Field Museum preserves U.S. military aviation history, including the recent Middle East conflict. Museum programs and tours focus on education about Millville's vital role in aviation history and the history of the P-47 Thunderbolt
• National Archives
• National Archives is a good starting place for anyone looking for personnel records, POW or MACR files or requesting printed copies of these records. Limited information is available to view directly on the site but hard copies of records can be requested through this site.
• P-47 Pilots Association
• The P47Pilots.com website is dedicated to preserving the memories of the men and women who flew the P-47 Thunderbolt "Jug" in World War II. Browse our site and learn what it was like to fly one of the most destructive aircraft in WWII.
  
• Tennessee Air Museum
• The Tennessee Air Museum is a great place to visit. It also is the home to the P-47, Hun Hunter.