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"