Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress
Subject
Subject Source: Nasm
Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:
Kenneth B. Luplow Collection
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 2015-05-20
Content Description
The Kenneth B. Luplow Collection is a small collection consisting of a logbook and notebook dating to Luplow's time working for Boeing in the 1940s. The logbook spans 1941-1946, and documents Luplow's role as flight engineer on many first flights, including the XB-29 and XC-97 and XPBB-1. Other test flights documented include ones for B-17 variants. Test pilots documented in the log include J.B. Fornasero, Elliott Merrill, A.C. Reed, Edmund T. Allen, Robert Lamson, J.A. Fraser,...
Dates:
1941 - circa 1949
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
C. Ashby Shoop Aviation Collection
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 1993-02-12
Contents of the Collection
The C. Ashby Shoop Aviation Collection is a small collection containing visual and textual materials related to various aircraft, circa 1929-1970s. Nine photographs in the collection depict primarily aircraft, including the Northrop YB-49, Boeing B-17, Boeing/Northop B-2, Cessna CG-2, and Cessna CW-6. Other images depict General Dynamics AGM-109 and one photograph features a pilot, possibly Shoop, exiting an obscured aircraft. The photographs are 8x10" and are a mix of color and...
Dates:
circa 1929-circa 1970s
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Merwin W. Vining World War II Collection
Collection
Identifier: 1996-07-12
Abstract
Merwin W. Vining was a United States Air Force pilot with the 381st Bombardment Group during World War II. The collection includes two (2) photographs, a yearbook and graduation announcement, and a pilot's log primarily related to Vining's time as a cadet, although the log book covers Vining's 1944-1945 service in the European theater.
Dates:
circa 1939 to 1945
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives