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Edward C. Wells Boeing Model 299 logbook and letter
Collection
Identifier: 2010-06-17
Contents of the Collection
The collection contains two items: the original logbook for flight tests of the Boeing Model 299, and a letter from Boeing engineer Edward C. Wells to his father, Edward L. Wells. The logbook, "Log of Plane. Mod - 299. MFG - 1963," includes the license number (13372) and one page of test flight information for eighteen flights, starting on July 28, 1935 and ending on October 24, 1935. The logbook includes the date, length of flight, origination and destination, and purpose, such...
Dates:
1935
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
O. Keith Williams VMF-214 "Black Sheep Squadron" Photographs
Collection — Box: Assorted Oversize Photo Box 3, oversize: folder 1
Identifier: 2002-04-18
Overview
Photographs showing members of the “Black Sheep Squadron” while they were stationed in the South Pacific during World War II.
Dates:
1943
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
Kurt Zwar Photograph Collection
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2014-09-24
Contents of the Collection
The collection is comprised of forty-two (42) black-and-white photographs depicting aircraft and military personnel of World War I and World War II. The photographs were purchased by Zwar; no personal connection to the subjects of the photographs is known. There is also one piece of ephemera, a "Smileage Book" which holds ration coupons for "military entertainments."The photographs vary in size, from 3x5 to 6x8". They feature WWI and WWII aircraft, in the ground, in flight, and a...
Dates:
circa 1910s-1940s
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
World War I era Photographs
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2018-00-00-27
Contents of the Collection
The World War I era Photographs is a small collection of twenty-four black-and-white vintage prints of unknown origin that depict aircraft and military personnel of World War I, circa 1914-1919. Scenes include military aircraft and personnel, primarily German forces. A few aircraft are shown in flight but most prints show aircraft that have been shot down or crashed. Identified people include René Fonck, Paul von Hindenburg, and John J. Pershing. Identified locations include Château-Thierry...
Dates:
circa 1914-1919
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives