Dan Perkins Collection of B-17F Training Materials

Collection — Folder: 1

Identifier: 2018-00-00-130

The Dan Perkins Collection of B-17F Training Materials consists of documents and training materials related to B-17s. It includes: a travel itinerary for a Boeing Company engineer dated August 31, 1943; Boeing Aircraft Company internal memo from Chief Engineer W. E. Beall asking for donations for War Chest Drive, October 10, 1942; copies of Boeing Aircraft Company letterhead; and B-17F Training materials from the Boeing Flying Fortress School, version dated April 20, 1943.

The B-17 training materials are comprised of: 1. Flying Fortress School Introductory Pamphlet: Student Regulations 2. Flying Fortress School Form 3. Memo: New Subject Code Index Numbers 4. Flying Fortress School, Boeing Aircraft Company B-17F "Student Notebook" 5. Flying Fortress School, Boeing Aircraft Company B-17F "Inspections" 6. Flying Fortress School, Boeing Aircraft Company B-17F "Study Guide Questions, Wing, Tail and Nacelle - 1.1" (2 copies) 7. Flying Fortress School, Boeing Aircraft Company B-17F "Supplementary Information - Structural Repair 1.7" 8. Flying Fortress School, Boeing Aircraft Company B-17F "Study Guide-Engine Operations 2.1" 9. Flying Fortress School, Boeing Aircraft Company B-17F "Study Guide - Questions 3.1" 10. Flying Fortress School, Boeing Aircraft Company B-17F "Supplementary Electrical Information - 4.1: Facts to be considered in the Operation of a Reverse Current Relay" 11. Flying Fortress School, Boeing Aircraft Company B-17F "Study Guide - Instruments 5.0"

Dates

1942-1943

Language of Materials

All materials are in English.

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research and is accessible in the Dahlberg Research Center by appointment. For more information contact us.

Conditions Governing Use

The Museum of Flight (TMOF) Archives is the owner of the physical materials in the archives and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from TMOF archives before any publication use. TMOF does not necessarily hold copyright to all of the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from copyright owners. Consult repository for more details.