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Boeing SST Research and Development Team photograph

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2020-08-23
Content Description

This small collection consists of a single item: an 8x10" black-and-white photographic group portrait of the Boeing SST research and development team. The print is dated both 1962 and 1963 in various handwritten notations. There are 122 people featured in the photograph and in the image they are seated in an auditorium. The names of the individuals are printed on the back of the photograph.

Dates: circa 1962-1963

The Boeing Story Exhibit Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2022-00-00-17
Content Description The Boeing Story Exhibit Collection consists of archival items acquired by the Museum of Flight for use in the "The Boeing Story: 1916-1958" exhibit, on permanent display in the Museum's Red Barn. This collection only represents archival items purchased for use in the exhibit; the exhibit also includes artifacts and library materials as well as archival items from other accessions which are not included in this collection.The collection is organized by theme following the layout...
Dates: 1901-1937

William E. Boeing Model 40B photographic poster

 Collection
Identifier: 2007-11-10
Contents of the Collection

The collection consists of one (1) 20x30" black-and-white photographic poster featuring the Boeing Model 40B (Tail number C 286), circa 1920s-1930s. The poster is cardboard-backed and has "W. E. Boeing [as before?] [illegible] 11.00 [Hoge?] 1128" handwritten in pencil on the reverse. The aircraft is in flight with unidentified mountains behind it and has "U.S. Mail C.A.M. 18" printed on the fuselage next to the Boeing Air Transport logo.

Dates: circa 1920s-1930s

Wilhelm Böing letters

 Collection — Box: Assorted rare collections, Box 1, Folder: 1-6
Identifier: 2018-00-00-154
Contents of the Collection

The collection contains six handwritten letters ranging from February 26, 1869 to April 18, 1883 between William E. Boeing, Sr. (WEB) and his father, Wilhelm Böing. It is not always clear who is writing to whom in the letters, since father and son shared the same name. Additionally, not all of the letters have accompanying envelopes which could provide clarification based on the address. The letters are in German and have not been translated.

Dates: 1869-1883

Clarence A. Borley U.S. Naval Aviation Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2022-07-20
Abstract

Clarence A. Borley (1924-2019) was a U.S. Navy fighter pilot and ace. The collection documents Borley's 36-year military career as a pilot and fighter ace in the U.S. Navy and consists of textual, visual and audiovisual materials and primarily dates from 1942 to 1968, with some later dates and a small amount of personal materials.

Dates: 1942-1999, 2015; Majority of material found within 1942-1968

Joseph A. Bossi Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1988-03-03-A
Abstract

The Joseph A. Bossi served as a sergeant in the 162nd Aero Squadron during World War I. The collection contains an event program and postcard relating to Bossi's service in Europe.

Dates: circa 1918

Bernard Bourrand Sketchbook

 Collection — Box: One
Identifier: 2022-10-06
Content Description The Bernard Bourrand Sketchbook is a single-item collection: a bound volume full of drawings and sketches by French artist Bernard Bourrand, dating to 1947-1951. The illustrations depict aircraft, automobiles and other forms of transportation, the majority of which are experimental models. Also among the illustrations are other "Atomic Age" futuristic designs. The volume is a record book with paginated ruled pages. Each page has multiple drawings by Bourrand primarily in...
Dates: 1947-1951

Lewis Paul Bowers World War II Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2019-08-09
Contents of the Collection The Lewis Paul Bowers World War II Collection is comprised of photographs and various textual materials, including military records, orrders, certificates, and correspondence, primarily related to the World War II experience of Lewis Paul Bowers, a flight navigator on a Consolidated B-24 Liberator ("Rude Nude") of the 307th Bombardment Group, 13th Air Force. There are also some items related to post-war activities as well as personal and family materials. The bulk of the collection...
Dates: 1932-2012; Majority of material found within 1942-1946

Peter M. Bowers Photograph Collection and Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2008-03-31
Overview

Peter M. Bowers (1918-2003) was an aeronautical engineer at The Boeing Company for 36 years but was more noted as an aviation historian who wrote several dozen books and close to 900 articles on aircraft. This collection is notable for the approximately 150,000 photographic images he amassed during his career, as well as his writing and research files. The materials span the early 1900s to 2003.

Dates: circa 1900s-2003

Clayton D. Bowyer B-29 bomb door installation notebook

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2019-03-20
Overview

The Clayton D. Bowyer B-29 bomb door installation notebook is a small spiral notebook with handwritten notes regarding the installation of bomb doors on B-29s during World War II.

Dates: circa 1939-1945

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Women in aeronautics 41
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menus 38
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manuals (instructional materials) 19
personnel records 19
stationery 19
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Douglas C-47 Skytrain Family 17
England 17
TMOF Aircraft 17
audiocassettes 17
diplomas 17
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Lockheed P-38 Lightning Family 16
admission tickets 16
de Havilland (Airco) D.H.4 16
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Astronauts 15
Boeing B-17 Model 299 Flying Fortress ("XB-17") 15
Boeing B-52 Stratofortress Family (Model 464) 15
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Military education 15
North American B-25 Mitchell Family 15
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Pan American World Airways, Inc 39
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United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration 25
United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces 21
Northwest Airlines Corporation 20
Trans World Airlines 19
United States. Army. Air Service 19
Project Apollo (U.S.) 16
Western Airlines 16
United States. Army 15
King County International Airport 14
United States. Marine Corps 14
Douglas 12
Great Britain. Royal Air Force 12
Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 12
North American 11
Northwest Airlines, Inc. 11
Boeing, William Edward, 1881-1956 10
United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 8th 10
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.) 10
American Airlines 9
Curtiss 9
Lockheed 9
United States. Civil Aeronautics Administration 9
Alaska Airlines 8
Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force 8
Douglas Aircraft Company 8
United States. Naval Reserve 8
Wright, Orville, 1871-1948 8
Air Line Pilots Association 7
Apollo 11 (Spacecraft) 7
Curtiss, Glenn Hammond, 1878-1930 7
Rickenbacker, Eddie, 1890-1973 7
Slayton, Donald K., 1924-1993 7
Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912 7
Boeing Air Transport 6
Boeing School of Aeronautics (Oakland, Calif.) 6
Braniff Airways 6
Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975 6
Consolidated Aircraft Corp 6
Continental Airlines 6
Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937 6
Eastern Air Lines 6
Hughes Airwest 6
John F. Kennedy Space Center 6
Lunar Orbiter (Artificial satellite) 6
National Championship Air Races 6
Northrop 6
United States. Army. European Theater of Operations 6
United States. Army. Forces in China-Burma-India Theater 6
American Fighter Aces Association 5
Apollo 13 (Spacecraft) 5
Apollo Soyuz Test Project 5
Boeing Company. Wichita Division 5
Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993 5
Douglas World Cruiser (DWC) "Boston" (#3) 5
Douglas World Cruiser (DWC) "Chicago" (#2) 5
Douglas World Cruiser (DWC) "New Orleans" (#4) 5
Douglas World Cruiser (DWC) "Seattle" (#1) 5
Flying Tiger Line 5
Germany. Luftwaffe 5
Great Britain. Royal Flying Corps 5
Kelly Field (Tex.) 5
McDonnell Douglas Corp 5
Merrill, A. Elliott (Albert), 1901-1992 5
Pearson Field (Vancouver, Wash.) 5
Post, Wiley, 1898-1935 5
Ryan NYP "Spirit of St Louis" 5
Showalter, N.D. (Noah David), 1925-2012 5
Stenzel, Dorothy (Hester), 1910-1991 5
United States. Army. Air Service. Aero Squadron, 95th 5
United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces. Services of Supply 5
Allen, Edmund Turney, 1896-1943 4
Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012 4
Barr, Julius A., 1905-1939 4
Beall, Wellwood Edmeston, 1906-1978 4
Boeing, Bertha Marie (Potter Paschall), 1891-1977 4
British Airways 4
Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1958 4
China. Kong jun. American Volunteer Group 4
Delta Air Lines 4
Douglas, Donald Wills, Sr., 1892-1981 4
Fairchild 4
Fokker 4
Fornasero, John B., 1904-1967 4
Graf Zeppelin (Airship) 4
Grumman (Bethpage, NY) 4
Haise, Fred, 1933- 4
Horizon Air 4
KLM (Airline) 4
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 4
Langley Field (Va.) 4
Lovell, Jim 4
Museum of Flight (Seattle, Wash.) 4
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