Boeing Model 307 Stratoliner Family
Subject
Subject Source: Nasm
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Julius A. Barr Correspondence and Clippings
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2021-08-26-A
Content Description
The Julius A. Barr Correspondence and Clippings is a small collection consisting primarily of textual materials documenting Barr's professional and personal life from the late 1920s until his death in 1939. The bulk of the collection consists of letters written by Barr, as well as a few written by his wife Hortense, to his parents residing in Pittsburg, Kansas, from 1926 until 1939. The letters shed light on his military training; his work importing and demonstrating aircraft for...
Dates:
1926-1939, 1941
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Donald E. Burlingame Boeing 307 Stratoliner Crash Photographs
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 2023-05-06
Content Description
The Donald E. Burlingame Boeing 307 Stratoliner Crash Photographs is a small collection consisting of six photographs documenting the crash of a Boeing 307 Stratoliner near Alder, Washington on March 18, 1939. The plane, which was a prototype under registration number NX19901, crashed during a demonstration flight. The Civil Aeronautics Authority, Air Safety Board eventually concluded that the accident had been caused by structural failure of the wings and horizontal stabilizers...
Dates:
1939 March
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives