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Meeting of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), Washington, D.C., April 20, 1944. The meeting includes representatives from the Army, (U. S. A.) Air Forces, and Navy (U.S.N.), along with private sector experts.

Original caption: "Front two: William Littlewood, Vice President (Engineering). American Airlines: Dr. Theodore P Wright, Director, Aircraft Resources Control Office, Aircraft Production Board. Left to right: Dr. William F. Durand, Stanford University, Califorinia; Maj. Gen. Oliver P. Echols, U.S.A., Assistant Chief of Air Staff, Army Air Forces; Dr. Vannevar Bush, Director, Office of Scientific Research and Development; Vice Admiral John S. McCain, U. S. N., Chief of Naval Operations (Air); Mar. Gen. Barney M. Giles, U. S. A., Chief of Air Staff, representing Gen. Henry H Arnold, Commanding General, Army Air Forces; Dr. Orville Wright; Dr. George W. Lewis, Director of Aeronautical Research, NACA; Dr. Jerome C Hunsaker, Chairman, NACA; John F. Victory, Secretary, NACA; Dr. Charles G. Abbot, Secretary, Smithsonian Institution; Dr. Edward Warner, Vice Chairman, Civil Aeronautics Board; Dr. Lyman J. Briggs, Director, National Bureau of Standards; Rear Admiral Ernest M. Pace, U.S.N., Special Assistant (Material), Bureau of Aeronautics; Hon. William A. M. Burden, Assistant Secretary of Commerce; Dr. Francis W. Reichelderfer, Chief, United States Weather Bureau."