Hamilton Field (Calif.)
Organization
Historical Note
Hamilton Field, later known as Hamilton Air Force Base, began construction in 1932 and was completed in 1935. The facilty was in service from 1935 until 1974, when it was decommissioned. In 1983, the field was transerred to the United Stated Army until its final closure in 1988. Ownership was tranferred and the area was redeveloped for public and private usage, as well as a tidal wetland restoration project.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Joe P. Doetsch B-17B inspection notes
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 2019-00-00-6
Content Description
This collection consists of notes by Joe P. Doetsch related to his work inspecting B-17B aircraft from about 1939-1940. There are 22 loose pages of notes which appear to have been cut from a notebook, an additional couple sheets of handwritten notes, and three pages of typed aircraft lists. The notebook pages document airplane serial number, its destination, propellor numbers, engine numbers, and other remarks such as pilot name. Additional pages document problems with the aircraft. The...
Dates:
1939-1940
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Harold W. Zipp Collection
Collection
Identifier: 1992-11-12
Abstract
Harold W. Zipp was an engineer at the Boeing Company for forty years. The collection documents his career, particularly his tenure in Wichita, Kansas, with diaries, photographs and other documents.
Dates:
circa 1930-1971; Majority of material found within 1930-1951
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
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- Aircraft accidents 1
- Airlift, Military 1
- Airplanes -- Air refueling 1
- Airplanes -- Design and construction 1
- Airplanes -- Flight testing 1
- Atomic bomb 1
- Attack planes 1
- Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Family 1
- Boeing B-17 Model 299 Flying Fortress ("XB-17") 1
- Boeing B-17B Flying Fortress 1
- Boeing B-29 Superfortress 1
- Boeing B-47B Stratojet 1
- Boeing B-50A 1
- Boeing C-40A Clipper (737-700C) 1
- Boeing C-75 Stratoliner (Model 307) 1
- Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter Family (Model 367) 1
- Boeing Model 377 Stratocruiser Family 1
- Boeing Model 417 1
- Boeing YL-15 Scout 1
- Bowlby Sunbeam 1
- Brown Monoplane 1
- Bucholz Army Airfield (Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands) 1
- Defense contracts 1
- Douglas DC-1 1
- Douglas DC-2 Family 1
- Douglas DC-3 Family 1
- Forrest Sherman Field (Fla.) 1
- Guam 1
- Hickam Air Force Base (Hawaii) 1
- Lincoln (Neb.) 1
- Lycoming R-680 1
- March Air Force Base (Calif.) 1
- Military cadets 1
- Nagaoka (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945 1
- Northrop Alpha 4 1
- Northrop Beta 3 1
- Pitcairn PCA-2 Autogiro 1
- Seattle (Wash.) 1
- Soldiers 1
- Stearman (1927) Model 4-CM Junior Speedmail 1
- Stearman (1927) Model 76 Family 1
- Stearman (1927) Model 80 1
- Stearman (1927) Model 81 1
- Stearman (1927) Model A73B1 (Cuba) 1
- Stearman (1927) Model A75L3 1
- Stearman (1927) Model C-3R Business Speedster 1
- Stearman (1927) Model X70 (XPT-943) 1
- Stearman (1927) N2S-5 Kaydet (Model E75) 1
- Stearman (1927) NS-1 (Model 73) 1
- Stearman (1927) PT-13 Kaydet (Model 75) 1
- Stearman (1927) PT-13A Kaydet (Model A75) 1
- Stearman (1927) PT-13D Kaydet (Model E75) 1
- Stearman (1927) PT-17 Kaydet (Model A75N1) 1
- Stearman (1927) XA-21 (Model X100) 1
- Stearman (1927) XOSS-1 (Model X85) 1
- Stearman (1927) YPT-9B (Model 6-L) 1
- Test pilots 1
- Training planes 1
- Transport planes 1
- Wichita (Kan.) 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan -- Hiroshima-shi 1
- Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (Ohio) 1
- aerial photographs 1
- brochures 1
- certificates 1
- clippings (information artifacts) 1
- correspondence 1
- diaries 1
- illustrations (layout features) 1
- logs (records) 1
- newsletters 1
- notebooks 1
- notes (documents) 1
- photographic prints 1
- speeches (documents) 1
- technical drawings 1 + ∧ less
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