MS-165: Peter B. Kline Papers

Collection Number: MS-165

Title: Peter B. Kline Papers

Dates: 1822-1986 (bulk 1917-1986)

Creator: Kline, Peter B., 1918-1986

Summary/Abstract: The Peter B. Kline Papers is a large collection of files and information on a wide variety of aviation subjects. Kline was an Aeronautical Engineer at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and a collector of aviation materials. The collection contains clippings, journal articles, photographs, mechanical specifications, illustrations, and miscellaneous information about particular aircraft. The papers also includes technical manuals, correspondence with other aviation collectors and book dealers, information on aircraft and military insignia, aviation ephemera, scrapbooks, and a small amount of family and personal papers.

Quantity/Physical Description: 20 linear feet

Language(s): English

Repository: Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, Wright State University, Dayton, OH 45435-0001, (937) 775-2092

Restrictions on Access: There are no restrictions on accessing material in this collection.

Restrictions on Use: Copyright restrictions may apply. Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder.

Preferred Citation: [Description of item, Date, Box #, Folder #], MS-165, Peter B. Kline Papers, Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio.

Acquisition: The Peter B. Kline Papers were accessioned by Wright State University Archives and Special Collections in 1986.

Other Finding Aid: The finding aid is available on the Special Collections & Archives, Wright State University Libraries web site at https://www.libraries.wright.edu/special/collectionguides/files/ms165.pdf. It is also available in the OhioLINK Finding Aid Repository at http://ead.ohiolink.edu/xtf-ead/.

MS-165: Peter B. Kline Papers 1 Related Material: MS-344 Walter Matthews Jefferies Aviation Collection (https://libraries.wright.edu/special/collectionguides/files/ms344.pdf)

MS-353 Robert L. Cavanagh Aviation Collection (https://libraries.wright.edu/special/collectionguides/files/ms353.pdf)

MS-376 Robert E. William Aviation Collection (https://libraries.wright.edu/special/collectionguides/files/ms376.pdf)

MS-412 Hans Dam Aviation Collection (https://libraries.wright.edu/special/collectionguides/files/ms412.pdf)

Separated Material: Many books were cataloged and separated to the reading room at the time of processing. One folder of aviation art and a sketch of Jeanette Kline was separated to oversize flat files (staff will find locations in the Oversize Database).

Processed by: Kathleen Spray in August 1987.

Revisions: Finding aid revised according to DACS standards, including the writing of a biography and scope and content note, by Alyssa Stark and Toni Vanden Bos, February 2019.

Arrangement: The Peter B. Kline Papers are arranged into six series.

Series I: Aircraft Identification, 1913-1985 Subseries IA: Aircraft by Manufacturer, 1917-1980 Subseries IB: Racers and Air Races, 1929-1980 Subseries IC: War Planes and Aerial Warfare, 1909-1975 Subseries ID: U.S. Aircraft Identifications (mostly military), 1913-1981 Subseries IE: Multinational Aircraft (mostly military), 1918-1985 Subseries IF: Aircraft Types, 1920-1978 Subseries IG: Scrapbooks (includes photographs), 1917-1984

Series II: Aircraft Construction (Full size and models), 1917-1984 Subseries IIA: Large Drawings and Blueprints of Aircraft, 1935-1981 Subseries IIB: Aircraft Components and Accessories/General Pilot’s Manuals/ Theory of Aerodynamics, 1917-1971 Subseries IIC: Aircraft Colors and Insignia, 1920-1983 Subseries IID: Scale Models, 1930-1984

Series III: Aviation History, 1918-1985 Subseries IIIA: General Aviation History, 1928-1975 Subseries IIIB: Museums, Air Shows, and Aviation Collections, 1930-1985 Subseries IIIC: Aviation Book Sellers and Book Reviews, 1944-1982

MS-165: Peter B. Kline Papers 2 Subseries IIID: Aviation Organizations and Magazines/Aviation Magazines, 1934-1984 Subseries IIIE: Military Squadron, Unit, and Base Histories, 1929-1981 Subseries IIIF: People in Aviation, 1925-1980 Subseries IIIG: Aviation Stories, Poetry, Cartoons, and Movies, 1918-1981 Subseries IIIH: Aeronautical Charts, 1959-1967

Series IV: Personal Papers, 1948-1981

Series V: Photographs, 1914-1983 Subseries VA: Photographic prints (includes some negatives), 1914-1983 Subseries VB: Color slides, undated

Series VI: Aviation Art (primarily by Peter Kline), 1942-1944

Biographical/Historical Note: Peter Boyd Kline was born on May 12, 1918 in Whitesville, West Virginia to Boyd Harrison Kline and Charleen Texanna Megee. Peter’s father, Boyd Kline, was a salesman. Peter attended Pleasant Hill School in Waynesboro, Virginia eventually graduating from the Fishburne Military School in Waynesboro in 1937 at the age of 19. He immediately enrolled at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville and studied mechanical engineering. He studied at the University of Virginia until he was drafted into the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) in 1943 where he was stationed at Boca Raton Army Air Field in Florida. While in service, Peter earned his pilot’s license and worked on aircraft for the Army. Peter remained active duty until November 1945 when he was honorably discharged as a 2nd Lieutenant.

Peter’s previous education in mechanical engineering and new fondness for aircraft likely shaped his decision to transfer to the Virginia Polytechnic Institution in Blacksburg, Virginia to study aeronautical engineering. In June of 1947, he graduated with a bachelor’s of science in aeronautical engineering. His first job following graduation was in conduction flight research and development at Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio. He also married Janet Mary Forrestel during this time. Later, he moved to Patuxent, Maryland to work at the Naval Air Test Center. In 1952, four years after moving to Maryland, the couple relocated to Washington, D. C. and Peter continued to conduct research for the Navy in the Bureau of Aeronautics.

In 1953, Peter returned to Dayton, Ohio to work at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Peter and his wife remained in the area for the rest of their lives. Janet passed away on June 12, 1978 at the age of 55. Peter passed away on January 19, 1986.

This biographical note was creating using the limited number of family papers in this collection located in Series IV.

MS-165: Peter B. Kline Papers 3 Scope and Content Note: Aeronautical engineer Peter B. Kline collected articles, drawings, mechanical specifications, photographs, and research pertaining to a variety of aircraft and aviation topics. He specialized in materials about the WWI era and military aircraft, in general, but his collection covers a wide range of aviation subjects. Arranged into six series, the bulk of the collection is about aviation, but one small series of personal papers does provide a glimpse into Peter and his wife’s lives.

Series I: Aircraft Identification, contains files on a wide variety of aircraft spanning as early as 1913 up to the mid-1980s. The series is divided into subseries by categories of aircraft, such as aircraft by manufacturer, racers, war planes, U.S. aircraft, and international aircraft. Subseries IG: Scrapbooks, contains clippings, aircraft histories, descriptions, photographs, and 3-view drawings of aircraft, arranged by manufacturer. The scrapbooks in this series were removed from binders and foldered.

Series II: Aircraft Construction (full size and models), focuses on drawings and blueprints of aircraft, which are organized alphabetically by manufacturer. Series IIB: Aircraft Components and Accessories/General Pilot’s Manuals Theory of Aerodynamics (P. B. Kline’s class notes), includes notes and papers written by Kline as part of his coursework at the University of Virginia and Virginia Polytechnic Institution. Also included in this series are research files on aircraft colors and insignia, and scale models, many of which come from publications. The entire series spans 1917-1984.

Series III: Aviation History, 1918-1985 spans a wide scope of aviation history and sources of aviation history. Files on air shows; military squadron, unit, and base histories; and on aviators and aviation figures are included in this series. Aviation figures include the early Birds, WWI aviators, American Aces, and recognizable names such as Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart. Also included in this series are aviation materials reflected in popular culture such as aviation poems, songs, cartoons, lists of movies, and magazines like Dare-Devil Aces, a pulp magazine from the 1930s and 1940s.

Series IV: Personal Papers, 1822-1981, consists of just four folders, but it provides details into Peter Kline’s career as an aeronautical engineer, and some insight into his service during WWII, and includes a photograph of Kline in uniform, a few diary entries, his identification card as a 2nd Lt., and a letter written on Boca Raton Field stationary dated September, 1943. The series also provides some history on Janet Forrestel Kline, Peter’s wife. It includes the oldest item in the collection, a scrapbook from the family of Janet Forrestel Kline, dated 1844, containing news clippings about family members and of poetry. The clippings mostly refer to people living in the area of Saratoga, New York. Inside the front cover, which is completely detached, are loose pages from a ledger book with entries dated 1822-1832. Note that the scrapbook is very brittle and in poor condition. The cover and several pages are detached. Finally, an oversize charcoal portrait of Jeanette Forrestal Kline is also included in the series.

Series V: Photographs, contains black and white photos of aircraft arranged alphabetically by aircraft manufacturer. Following the manufacturers are photo scrapbooks, which are also photographs arranged alphabetically by manufacturer.

MS-165: Peter B. Kline Papers 4 Series VI: Aviation Art (primarily by Peter Kline), 1942-1944, contains six works of aviation art, five of which were created and signed by P.B. Kline. Of those five Kline works, four are of WWII aircraft and one features ink drawings of WWI fighter planes. The artwork is on acidic board and paper, but all are striking. They range in size from 10” x 14” to 15 ½” x 20 ½”. Also in this series is a color print with a poem titled “The Last Bouquet” by Gill Robb Wilson.

Subject Terms

Persons/Families Kline, Peter B., 1918-1986 Kline, Janet Forrestel, 1922-1978

Subjects (General) Aeronautics – History – 20th century Airplanes, Military World War, 1914-1918 – Aerial operations World War, 1914-1918 – Pictorial works World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations World War, 1939-1945 – Pictorial works Airplanes

Material Types Photographs Magazines (periodicals) Clippings (information artifacts) Scrapbooks Technical drawings

MS-165: Peter B. Kline Papers 5 Collection Inventory

Box File Description Date

Series I: First Series 1913-1985 Subseries IA: Aircraft Manufacturer (Alphabetical Order) 1917-1980 1 1 Albatros (German WWI Pursuit) 1959-1974 1 2 American Eagle (U.S. Commercial) 1962-1974 1 3 Arado (German) 1947-1969 1 4 Armstrong-Whitworth 1934-1963 1 5 Auster (British Commercial) 1950-1954 1 6 Austin Motor Company (British WWII) late 1940s 1 7 Avro (A.V. Roe, British, see also Hawker Siddeley) 1949-1969 1 8 Barling 1961 1 9 Beech 1930-1970 1 10 Beech 1930-1970 1 11 Beech 1930-1970 1 12 Beech 1930-1970 1 13 Beech 1930-1970 1 14 Bell Aerosystems, V/STOL 1965 1 15 Bell Aircraft Corporation 1945-1970s 1 16 Bell Helicopter Company 1948-1973 1 17 Bellanca circa 1930s-circa 1980s 1 18 Berliner-Joyce P-16 1970 1 19 Blackburn (British, see also Hawker Siddeley) 1936-1944 1 20 Bleriot circa 1960s

2 1 Boeing Commercial 1931-1967 2 2 Boeing Clipper circa 1939 2 3 Boeing Cruising Control Text circa 1943 2 4 Boeing History circa 1955-circa 1960s 2 5 Boeing Model 40 (U.S. Commercial/Mail) 1956 2 6 Boeing Model 100 (U.S. Commercial) 1929-circa 1954 2 7 Boeing Model 100 (U.S. Commercial) circa 1966-1979 2 8 Boeing 247 (Commercial) circa 1962-1966 2 9 Boeing 707 (Commercial) 1954-1958 2 10 Boeing General Military 1923-1967 2 11 Boeing B-9 (USAAC Bomber) 1971 2 12 Boeing B-17 circa 1944-1976

3 1 Boeing B-17G, Field Service Manual 1945 3 2 Boeing B-29 (U.S. WWII Bomber) 1945-1966 3 3 Boeing B-29, Airplane Commander Training Manual 1944

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3 4 Boeing B-29, Airplane Commander Training Manual 1945 (Revised) 3 5 Boeing B-29, Erection and Maintenance Instructions 1945 3 6 Boeing B-29, Erection and Maintenance Instructions 1945 3 7 Boeing B-29, Erection and Maintenance Instructions 1945 3 8 B-29 and B-29A, Flight Operating Instructions 1945

4 1 Boeing B-47 1950-1951 4 2 Boeing B-50 1950s 4 3 Boeing KC-135A 1960 4 4 Boeing Pilot’s Handbook for Model N2S-4 (U.S. circa 1940s Navy) 4 5 Boeing P-9 1930 4 6 Boeing P-12, “Philippine Island Summer 1942 – undated Tony Ulrich” 4 7 Boeing P-12 / F4B circa 1930-1931 4 8 Boeing P-12 / F4B circa 1932-1979 4 9 Boeing P-12C, drawing and notes by P.B. Kline 1934-1939 4 10 Boeing P-12C / F4B 1962-1975 4 11 Boeing P12E / F4B3, Cleveland model drawings 1933-1982 4 12 Boeing P-26, D-26A 1933-1974 4 13 Boeing PW-9, PN-9 circa 1960s-1970s 4 14 Boeing Vertol Division circa 1965 4 15 Breguet circa 1962 4 16 Brewster, F2A (U.S. Navy Fighter) circa 1920s-1965 4 17 Bristol, general 1938-circa 1966 4 18 Bristol, F2B Fighter (McCook Field, Ohio) 1921 4 19 Boulton Paul Aircraft Ltd. 1954-1955 4 20 Brunner-Winkle Bird circa 1974

5 1 Canadair, Military circa 1950s 5 2 Canberra B.MK.15 and B.MK.16, Pilot’s Notes 1961 5 3 Cessna (U.S. Commercial and Military) circa 1930s-1975 5 4 Columbia J2F6 (U.S. Navy) Handbook…for 1944 Structural Repair 5 5 Consolidated, Military (see also Convair) circa 1934-circa 1970s 5 6 Consolidated, Military (see also Convair) circa 1934-circa 1970s 5 7 Consolidated, Military (see also Convair) circa 1934-circa 1970s 5 8 Consolidated Vultee (Convair) circa 1943-1946

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6 1 Curtiss Commercial 1943-1946 6 2 Curtiss Military 1946-circa 1969 6 3 Curtiss F5L, Flying Boat Handbook (U.S. Navy) 1917-circa 1963 6 4 Curtiss Condor (Bombers) circa 1960s-1980 6 5 Curtiss F8C / O2C, SBC-3, “Helldiver”, F7C-1 circa 1932-1971 6 6 Curtiss JN4D “Jenny” 1918 Dec 6 7 Curtiss “1933 Pursuit Proposal for U.S. Army Air circa 1950s-1967 Corps” (includes photographs 6 8 Curtiss P-6E circa 1932-circa 1954 6 9 Curtiss P-36 “Hawk” 1917-1962 6 10 Curtiss PW-8A “Hawk” 1933 6 11 Curtiss P40 “Warhawk” 1923-circa 1930s 6 12 Curtiss Commercial circa 1940s-1969 6 13 Curtiss Military circa 1968 6 14 Curtiss F5L, Flying Boat Handbook (U.S. Navy) circa 1942-circa 1964 6 15 Curtiss P40B and P40C, Handbook of Operational 1942 Flight Instructions

7 1 Curtiss P-55 circa 1960s 7 2 Curtiss Seaplane-Scouts circa 1946 7 3 Curtiss Reid 1970 7 4 Darmstadt D-22 (German Sport-Trainer) 1936 7 5 Dayton-Wright Co. 1966 7 6 DeHavilland circa 1915-1970 7 7 Douglas History 1934-1961 7 8 Douglas DC-1 through DC-9 (Commercial) 1945-1971 (see McDonnell-Douglas for DC-10) 7 9 Douglas World Cruisers (Commercial) circa 1930s-1977 7 10 Douglas Military – Attack and Cargo circa 1930s-1977 7 11 Douglas Bombers circa 1944-circa 1966 7 12 Douglas Pursuit/Obs./Recon./ Misc. military 1943-circa 1960s 7 13 Douglas SB6-6 (U.S. Navy) 1944 7 14 Douglas C-47 / R4D circa 1950s-1967 7 15 Douglas C-5D Transport, Operating Instructions 1941 7 16 English Electric Company, “Cabrerra” 1951-1954 7 17 Fairchild 1950s-1970s 7 18 Fairey “Gannet” (British Royal Navy) 1953-1954 7 19 Fiat Aviation (Italian) circa 1950s or 1960s

8 1 Fokker (German) circa 1930s-1966 8 2 Ford Trimotor (U.S. Commercial, Island Airlines, 1929-circa 1980 Port Clinton, Ohio) 8 3 General Aviation 1963

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8 4 General Dynamics (Military) circa 1969s-1970s 8 5 Globe GC-1A “Swift” (U.S. Commercial) 1946 8 6 Gloster circa 1930s-1955 8 7 Great Lakes, General and Correspondence circa 1930s-1979 8 8 Great Lakes, Trainer circa 1930-1970 8 9 Grumman History and General 1948-circa 1967 8 10 Grumman “Mallard” 1975 8 11 Grumman Military circa 1939-circa 1970 8 12 Grumman F4F “Wildcat”/FM-2 (U.S. Navy) Pilot’s 1944 Handbook 8 13 Hall-Aluminum Aircraft Corporation Flying Boat circa 1930s-circa 1960s 8 14 Handley-Page (British) circa 1930s-1971 8 15 Hamilton Metal Plane Company 1950s-1960s 8 16 Hanriot 1961

9 1 Hawker (British Military) (see also Hawker Siddeley 1930s-1976 and its divisions) 9 2 Hawker (British Military) (see also Hawker Siddeley 1930s-1976 and its divisions) 9 3 Hawker (British Military) (see also Hawker Siddeley 1930s-1976 and its divisions) 9 4 Hawker (British Military) (see also Hawker Siddeley 1930s-1976 and its divisions) 9 5 Hawker Siddeley Aviation (see also Blackburn, circa 1960s DeHavilland, Folland, Hawker, Avro (A.V. Roe), Whitworth, Gloster) 9 6 Heinkel circa 1940-1967 9 7 Helio, STOL (U.S. Military and Commercial) 1960s 9 8 Hughes, Helicopter 1966 9 9 Junkers (German) 1924-1974 9 10 Junkers, Technical Report on JU-388 L-1 from 1946 USAAC, Wright Field 9 11 Keystone/Keystone-Loening circa 1930s-circa 1972 9 12 Lockheed, History, Commercial, “Constellation” 1930s-1969 9 13 Lockheed, History, Commercial, “Constellation” 1930s-1969 9 14 Lockheed, History, Commercial, “Constellation” 1930s-1969 9 15 Lockheed, History, Commercial, “Constellation” 1930s-1969

10 1 Lockheed Military 1938-1969 10 2 Lockheed Hudson III Recon.-Bomber Service circa 1941 Instructions

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10 3 Lockheed Hudson III Recon.-Bomber Service circa 1941 Instructions 10 4 Lockheed P-38 and F-5 Pilot’s Flight Operating 1944 Instructions 10 5 Lockheed P2V-4 Pilot’s Handbook 1951 10 6 Loening (see also Keystone for Keystone-Loening) circa 1920s-1967 10 7 Lysander 1964 10 8 Martin History, Commercial 1923-1950 10 9 Martin Military 1947-1970 10 10 Martin B-10 (USAAC Bomber) circa 1930s-1976 10 11 Martin M-130 1960s 10 12 Martin B-26 Pilot Training Manual circa 1944 10 13 Martin PBM-5 (U.S. Navy) Pilot’s Handbook 1948

11 1 Martinsyde 1968-1977 11 2 McDonnell/McDonnell-Douglas History 1964-1985 11 3 McDonnell/McDonnell-Douglas DC-10 1972 11 4 McDonnell/McDonnell-Douglas Military 1949-1972 11 5 McDonnell/McDonnell-Douglas F-4 Phantom 1961-circa 1970 11 6 McDonnell/McDonnell-Douglas F-4 Phantom 1961-circa 1970 11 7 McDonnell/McDonnell-Douglas F-4 Phantom 1961-circa 1970 11 8 Messerschmitt (includes ME 262 Maintenance circa 1930s-circa 1970 11 9 Messerschmitt (includes ME 262 Maintenance circa 1930s-circa 1970 11 10 Messerschmitt (includes ME 262 Maintenance circa 1930s-circa 1970 11 11 Monocoupe 1935-1980 11 12 Morane-Saulnier 1951-1967 11 13 Nieuport circa 1920-1978 11 14 Nieuport circa 1920-1978 11 15 Nieuport circa 1920-1978

12 1 North American Company Publications 1964-1967 12 2 North American Bombers circa 1945-1973 12 3 North American B-25 “Mitchell” Pilot Training 1940 Manual 12 4 North American B-25 “Mitchell” Flight Handbook 1943 12 5 North American Fighters and X-15, NA-16, O-47 1950-circa 1970s 12 6 North American Naval Aircraft 1948-circa 1950s 12 7 North American Pursuit circa 1940s-1968 12 8 North American P-51 “Mustang” Pilot Training 1945 Manual

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12 9 North American P-51D “Mustang” Flight Handbook circa 1957 12 10 North American T-6, T-28, T-39 1960-1962 12 11 North American T-6D Operating Manual 1951 12 12 North American T-39A Flight Manual 1962

13 1 Northrop 1943-1973 13 2 Orenco 1920s 13 3 Payne “Knight Twister” (“Vest-pocket” Pursuit Ship) circa 1932-1944 13 4 Pfalz (German WWI Scout) 1935-1976 13 5 Piper 1942-1954 13 6 Piper NE-1 pilot’s Handbook 1942 13 7 Polikarpov I-16 (Russian WWII Fighter) circa 1950s-1980s 13 8 Rearwin (sportster) 1939-circa 1960s 13 9 Republic/Seversky 1936-circa 1968 13 10 Rockwell International 1974-circa 1980s 13 11 “Roland” Aircraft (L.F.G. or Luftfahrzeueug- 1957 Gesellschaft Company) 13 12 Royal Aircraft Factory (British WWI) 1950-1978 13 13 Ryan/Teledyne Ryan 1927-1972 13 14 Ryan FR-1 (U.S. Navy) Pilot’s Handbook 1945 13 15 Seversky P-35 1940s 13 16 Sikorsky (History, Helicopter Pilot’s Handbook) 1945-circa 1973 13 17 Short Bros. (British) 1942-circa 1950s 13 18 Siemans-Schuckert D.IV 1956 13 19 Sopwith 1935-1972 13 20 S.P.A.D. (Bleriot) 510 C.1 (1933 French Air Force) Circa 1930s 13 21 S.P.A.D. XIII C.1 (French WWI Scout) 1918-circa 1970 13 22 Stearman circa 1920s-circa 1970s 13 23 Stinson Aircraft corporation (see also Convair) 1932-circa 1970s 13 24 Stinson-Vultee L-5 “Sentinel” Pilot Training Manual 1945 13 25 Supermarine (Vickers) circa 1950s-circa 1960s 13 26 Temco T-35 “Buckaroo” circa 1960s 13 27 Thomas-Morse 1966 13 28 Travel-Air 2000 and 4000 (U.S. Commercial) 1928-1980 13 29 Turner-Laird “Meteor” circa 1937 13 30 “Verville-type” Pusher circa 1920 13 31 Vickers (British Royal Air force, see also 1931-1969 Supermarine) 13 32 Vought (Military, General) circa 1930s-circa 1970s 13 33 Vought F4U “Corsair” Flight Handbook 1952

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13 34 Vultee BT-13A “Valiant”, Pilot’s Flight Handbook, 1943 (U.S. Army)

14 1 Waco (also Bede Aircraft of Springfield, Ohio) circa 1930s-1966 14 2 Westland (British WWI Seaplane) and 1946-circa 1960s Westland/Sikorsky Helicopter (1950s) 14 3 Weatherly “Colt” circa 1950s 14 4 Wing Aircraft Company “Derringer” (U.S. 1971 Commercial) 14 5 Wright Brothers/Wright Company (U.S. Pioneers) circa 1940s-1971

Subseries IB: Racers and Air Races 1929-1980 14 6 Caudron racer C-460 (French Commercial) circa 1930s-1963 14 7 Curtiss Racers 1936-circa 1950s 14 8 DeHavilland Racers (Comets, Tiger Moth) circa 1940-1976 14 9 Granville Brothers “Gee Bee” 1931-1959 14 10 Grumman “Gulfhawk” (Al Williams) circa 1930s-1950s 14 11 Howard Racers (“Mr. Mulligan”, “Pete”) circa late 1930s 14 12 Laird Speedwing “Super Solution) circa 1950s-circa 1960s 14 13 Wedell-Williams Racers (1933-1934) circa 1930s 14 14 Wedell-Williams Racers (1933-1934) circa 1930s 14 15 Miscellaneous Racers circa late 1930s-circa 1973 14 16 Aerial Acrobatics circa 1970s-1980s 14 17 Races and Exhibitions: All-American Flying Derby 1930 14 18 Races and Exhibitions: Festival of Britain National 1951 Air Races 14 19 Races and Exhibitions: Ford Air Tours 1973 14 20 Races and Exhibitions: circa 1930s-1940s Goodyear/Continental/Cleveland Air Races 14 21 Races and Exhibitions: Miami (Florida) Air Races 1932-1933 14 22 Races and Exhibitions: National Air Races, Official 1937-1938 Directories 14 23 Races and Exhibitions: Thompson Trophy Races circa 1930s-1970s 14 24 Races and Exhibitions: Miscellaneous Races 1929-1970

Subseries IC: War Planes and Aerial Warfare (Chronologically) 1909-1975 14 25 World War I: Articles on Balloons circa 1918 14 26 World War I: Articles on WWI circa 1918

15 1 World War I: WWI in Turkey and Egypt (2 chapters circa 1960s of a manuscript by Brian Flanagan)

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15 2 World War I: Reprints of “Out of Control” 1918 (newspaper published by 1st Pursuit Group in France) 15 3 World War I: WWI Aircraft circa 1918 15 4 World War I: Miscellaneous Articles and Pictures 1918-circa 1960s 15 5 World War I: Recognition Manuals (British and 1918-circa 1971 French on Allied and Enemy Aircraft) 15 6 World War I: WWI Aircraft (articles) 1917-1918 15 7 World War I: “Correspondence” Column from Flight 1950-1954 and Aeroplane 15 8 World War I: “Pictures for Scrapbook” (Allied and circa 1917-1918 German Aircraft) 15 9 World War I: Harborough Pictures circa 1930s 15 10 World War I: Stories, People, Battles, Count 1909-1975 Zeppelin 15 11 1928-1945: “Warplanes Past and Present” by Air circa 1960s Books 15 12 U.S. Military Aircraft Between WWI and WWII circa 1960s-1973 15 13 WWII: Photo Pack #1: 36 Fighting Planes of the circa 1940s-1950s Allied Nations 15 14 WWII: WWII Articles circa 1930s-1968 15 15 Korean War 1950-1971 15 16 Vietnam War 1965-1972 15 17 Israeli-Arab 6-Day War (June 1967) 1967 15 18 Aerial Warfare (Miscellaneous) 1966

Subseries ID: U.S. Aircraft Identifications (Mostly Military) 1913-1981 16 1 USAF Standard Aircraft Characteristics 1953-1965 16 2 USAF Standard Aircraft Characteristics 1953-1965 16 3 U.S. Military, Characteristics Summary “Black 1949-1968 Book” 16 4 U.S. Military, Characteristics Summary “Black 1949-1968 Book” 16 5 U.S. Military, Characteristics Summary “Black 1949-1968 Book” 16 6 USAAC Model Designation of Airplanes, 6th ed. 1937 16 7 Index of AF Serial Numbers Assigned to Aircraft 1961 1958 and prior, Part I: Numerical Listing 16 8 U.S. Army, Air Service Serial Numbers (1922-1932) 1975 16 9 Misc. Pictures from Naval Aviation News 1950-1951 16 10 Naval Aircraft: U.S., British, Canadian (Mostly from circa 1949-1969 Naval Aviation News) 16 11 U.S. Military Aircraft 1913-circa 1970s 16 12 Color Illustrations from AAHS Journal covers 1970-1981

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(Military and Commercial) 16 13 U.S. Non-Military Aircraft 1938-circa 1954

17 1 U.S. Navy Experimental Airplane Characteristics and 1946 Performance Data Sheets 17 2 U.S. Dept. of Defense Aircraft Recognition Manual 1949 17 3 USAAF Experimental Planes 1945 17 4 U.S. Navy, Model Designation of Naval Aircraft 17 5 U.S. Navy, Model Designation of Naval Aircraft and 1951 Guided Missiles Classified as Restricted 17 6 U.S. Army Aircraft Descriptions 1958 17 7 U.S. Dept. of Defense, Model Designation of 1962-1963 Military Aircraft 17 8 Navy and Marine Corps Air Units: Tail Code 1971 Projects 17 9 Model Designation of Military Aircraft, Rockets, and 1974 Guided Missiles 17 10 U.S. Army Aircraft Characteristics 1947

39 1 Army Aircraft Model Designation 1946 39 2 Army Aircraft Characteristics 1946 39 3 Performance Data from Tests made at Wright Field, 1930-1938 Dayton, Ohio (Bombers, Trainers, and Attack Aircraft) 39 4 Tactical Planning: Characteristics and Performance 1946 Chart

Subseries IE: Multinational Aircraft (Mostly Military) 1918-1985 18 1 British Aircraft circa 1918-circa 1960s 18 1a 60 Years of British Aircraft 1984-1985 18 2 British Aircraft: Farnborough Exhibition 1952-1962 18 2a Commercial Canadian Airlines Undated 18 3 French Aircraft circa 1960- circa 1972 18 4 German Aircraft (includes some U.S. aircraft) 1930s-1968 18 5 German Aircraft: WWII recognition booklets by U.S. 1942-1943 military 18 6 Japanese Aircraft: WWII circa 1930s-1969 18 7 Japanese Aircraft: WWII identification by U.S. circa 1918-circa military 1960s 18 7a Japanese Aircraft: WWII identification by U.S. 1944-1946 military

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18 8 Polish Aircraft 1944-1946 18 9 Soviet Aircraft 1957-1973 18 10 Multinational Aircraft (mostly warplanes) 1947-1974 18 11 “Aircraft Intelligence” (multinational aircraft circa 1918-circa 1972 identification from Flight) 18 12 Articles “Technical Gen…” from Royal Air Force 1953-1954 Flying Review (multinational aircraft identification) 18 13 Articles “Technical Gen…” from Royal Air Force 1944-1946 Flying Review (multinational aircraft identification) 18 14 Articles “Technical Gen…” from Royal Air Force 1957-1973 Flying Review (multinational aircraft identification)

19 1 Facts by Request (multinational aircraft 1964-1969 identification) 19 2 Mixed Pictures of Aircraft 1931-circa 1970s

Subseries IF: Aircraft Types 1920-1978 19 3 Airlines and Airmail (History) circa 1920s-1965 19 4 Amphibians/Flying Boats circa 1937 19 5 Autogiro (History) 1940-1961 19 6 Balloons and Rigid Lighter-than-Air-Ships circa 1960s 19 7 Counter-Insurgency (COIN) Aircraft (U.S. Military) 1964 19 8 Fighters-multinational circa 1940-circa 1976 19 9 “Fighter A to Z” from Air Enthusiast (A through D 1971-1978 only) 19 10 Helicopters 1949-1951 19 11 Lightplanes/Ultralights/Homebuilts circa 1930s-circa 1970s 19 12 Rare birds (Unusual Aircraft) 1931-1975 19 13 Rockets 1955 19 14 Trainers 1949-1962 19 15 Maintenance Information for Training-Type 1943 Airplanes 19 16 Articles from Air Trails about Aircraft types circa 1930s

Subseries IG: Scrapbooks (includes photographs) 1914-1983 Aircraft Manufacturer: A-D 20 1 Aeromarine through Avro 1917-1976 20 2 Beechcraft through Bloch circa 1930s-1978 20 3 Boeing circa 1930s-1967 20 4 Boeing circa 1930s-1979 20 5 Boulton-Paul through Burgess 1917-1973 20 6 Catalina through Curtiss 1918-1976

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20 7 Dart through Douglas circa 1943-1984

Aircraft by Manufacturer: F-N 21 1 Fairchild through Ford Trimotor 1917-1978 21 2 Gallaudet through Grumman 1917-1976 21 3 Handley Page through Huntington 1918-1972 21 4 Jaguar through Junkers 1928-circa 1957 21 5 Kawasaki through Knight Twister (Payne) circa 1950s-1960s 21 6 Lanzius through Lysander 1917-1974 21 7 Macchi through McDonnell 1917-1981 21 8 Messerschmitt 1943-circa 1960s 21 9 Mitsubishi through (Thomas) Morse 1918-1976 21 10 Nieuport 1917-1965 21 11 North American 1943-1979 21 12 Northrop 1962-1965

Aircraft by Manufacturer: O-Z 22 1 Orenco circa 1936 22 2 Pander through Potez 1930-1973 22 3 Rohrbach (Roland) through Ryan 1918-circa 1980 22 4 Salmson through Sikorsky 1917-1979 22 5 Sopwith 1917-circa 1950s 22 6 S.P.A.D. through Szekaly 1917-1980 22 7 Travel Air circa 1960s 22 8 Vickers/Vickers Armstrong through Vought circa 1930s-circa 1970s 22 9 Waco through Witteman-Lewis 1917-1975 Racers and Air Races 22 10 Cessna Racer circa 1930s 22 11 Curtis Racers circa 1960-1970 22 12 Deperdussin Racer (1912-1913) circa 1930s 22 13 Gee Bee Racers 1931-1979 22 14 Keith Rider R-6 Racer circa 1960s-1981 22 15 Roscoe Turner (Turner Special) circa 1930s-1970s 22 16 Wendell-Williams Racers 1932-circa 1964 22 17 Miscellaneous Racers circa 1935 22 18 National Air Races 1962 22 19 Thompson Trophy Race Winners circa 1930s-1960s 22 20 Miscellaneous Air Racing Articles circa 1965-circa 1975

Warplanes and Multinational Aircraft 23 1 WWII-First Atom Bombs circa late 1940s 23 2 Korean War circa 1950-1952

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23 3 Vietnam War 1965-1966 23 4 Vietnam War 1965-1966 23 5 Vietnam War 1965-1966 23 6 Vietnam War 1965-1966 23 7 U.S. Military Aircraft circa 1930s-1974 23 8 U.S. Spacecraft 1960s 23 9 Chinese Aircraft (1931-1960s) circa 1950s-1974 23 10 German Aircraft (WWI to 1960s) 1930s-1972 23 11 Soviet Aircraft circa 1959-circa 1963

24 1 Aircraft and Spacecraft Specifications (multinational) 1956-1965 24 2 Multinational Aircraft circa 1930s-circa 1970 24 3 Airlines 1918-1976 24 4 Fighters circa 1965 24 5 Helicopters circa 1950s-circa 1960s

Series II: Aircraft Construction (Full Size and Model) 1917-1984 Subseries IIA: Large Drawings and Blueprints of Aircraft 1935-1981 24 6 Boeing P-12 (by P.B. Kline) and YC-97A 1935-1947 24 7 Cessna LGA 37 1964 24 8 Convair F-106 1956 24 9 Curtiss circa 1947-1973 24 10 Fairchild C-123B, C-123 “Blackcrow System #1 1952-1967 24 11 Lockheed F-80, F94D 1944-1951 24 12 McDonnell F-4, markings and insignia 1963 24 13 McDonnell F-4, markings and insignia 1963

25 1 McDonnell F-4 and F-101B 1956-1966 25 2 Nieuport 11 and 28 circa 1950-1970 25 3 North American F-86 and T-39A 1953-1959 25 4 Republic F-84A 1947 25 5 Sopwith 5F.1 “Dolphin” 1964 25 6 Racers, drawn by W.F. Kerka 1972-1981 25 7 WWI Aeroplane drawings 1973-1974 25 8 Chanute’s glider (by P.B. Kline) 1939 25 9 George Francis Myers, Drawing of Aircraft circa 1935-1954 Inventions: “Helicopter Airplane”

Subseries IIB: Aircraft Components and Accessories/General 1917-1971 Pilot’s Manuals Theory of Aerodynamics (P. B. Kline’s class notes)

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25 10 Aircraft Engines 1932-1971 25 11 Aircraft Engines (WWI) 1917-1918 25 12 Wright Aircraft Engines: Whirlwind 1928-1930 (Installation/Maintenance Manual) 25 13 Wright Aircraft Engines: Engineering Officer’s 1941-1942 Handbook 25 14 Wright Aircraft Engines: Engineering Officer’s 1941-1942 Handbook 25 15 Wright Aircraft Engines: Cyclone 9GC, Instruction 1943 Book (for installation, operation, maintenance) 25 16 Wright Aircraft Engines: Curtiss: OX-5 Aircraft 1927-1929 Engine

26 1 Foreign Equipment Catalog 1946 26 2 Foreign Equipment Catalog 1946 26 3 Instrument Panels circa 1967 26 4 Aerial Recon. 1965 26 5 Aircraft Armament, History (includes booklet by 1942-1965 Curtiss-Wright Corporation) 26 6 “The Installation of Armament on Aircraft” by Peter circa 1942 B. Kline 26 7 Flight Test Procedure, U.S. Navy 1939 26 8 Student’s Manual: Advanced Single-Engine Flying circa 1940s 26 9 Student’s Manual: Advanced 2-Enginee Flying circa 1940s 26 10 Flying Safety 1943-1946 26 11 Evolution of Maintenance Engineering, 1907-1920 1960 by Royal D. Frey, Chapters 1-12 (includes photographs) 26 12 Evolution of Maintenance Engineering, 1907-1920 1960 by Royal D. Frey, Chapters 1-12 (includes photographs) 26 13 Evolution of Maintenance Engineering, 1907-1920 1960 by Royal D. Frey, Chapters 1-12 (includes photographs)

27 1 Evolution of Maintenance Engineering, 1907-1920, 1960 Chapters 13-18 and End Notes 27 2 Engineering/Aeronautics, Technical articles circa 1950s 27 3 “Notable Curtiss military Airplanes”, “Notable circa 1938 German Military Airplanes” by P.B. Kline 27 4 Aeronautics (Engineering 833) Exams, University of 1942 Jul - Aug Virginia 27 5 Air Loads (notes and problems), class ending March 1942-1947

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1947 at Virginia Polytechnical Institute, also 2 technical leaflets on Air Load Distribution and “Strength of Aircraft Elements” 27 6 Aerodynamics 411, 412, 422 (class notes and 1947 problems), Virginia Polytechnical Institute (VPI), also VPI Bulletin on the VPI Wind Tunnel 27 7 Practical Aerodynamics, notes (Reference: Elements 1947 of Practical Aerodynamics by Bradley Jones, 3rd ed.) 27 8 Aerodynamics Laboratory I and II (Aeronautical 1946-1947 Engineering), VPI, Blacksburg, Va. 27 9 Airplane propellers 413 (classnotes, problems), VPI, 1947 Winter 27 10 Airplane performance (Aeronautical Engineering), 1947 class notes, VPI, Spring Quarter 27 11 Airplane Structures (class notes and problems) circa 1947 27 12 “Airplane Design: Term Problem by P.B. Kline”, 1947 Jun 4 VPI

28 1 Power Plants I-III, class notes and handouts (Aircraft 1950 Mar-May Engine Theory), U.S. Navy Test Pilots’ Training School (USN TPT School), NATC, NAC Patuxent River, Md. 28 2 TPT-Aerodynamics (classnotes and problems), USN 1950 TPT School 28 3 “ATIC Performance Notes 1955” 1953-1955 28 4 Aerodynamics Notes (miscellaneous) and undated circa 1955 NACA Technical Note No. 1670: “Appreciation and Prediction of Flying Qualities” 28 5 “Limited Performance and Flying Qualities 1974 Evaluation of the USCG EU-16E Airborne Oil Surveillance System Test Aircraft” 28 6 Bulletin of the Airplane Engineering Department, 1918 Jul – 1918 Nov USA (title varies), Vol. 1, No. 2-4 and Vol. 2, No. 2 28 7 Bulletin of the Airplane Engineering Department, 1918 Jul – 1918 Nov USA (title varies), Vol. 1, No. 2-4 and Vol. 2, No. 2 28 8 Bulletin of the Airplane Engineering Department, 1918 Jul – 1918 Nov USA (title varies), Vol. 1, No. 2-4 and Vol. 2, No. 2 28 9 Bulletin of the Airplane Engineering Department, 1918 Jul – 1918 Nov USA (title varies), Vol. 1, No. 2-4 and Vol. 2, No. 2 28 10 National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics 1920-1921 (NACA) Reports: (Nos. 70, 96, 102, 103, 105, 118)

29 1 National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics 1921-1924 (NACA) Reports: (Nos. 119, 134, 135, 148, 153,

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155, 162, 167, 170, 193, 204) 29 2 National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics 1925-1928 (NACA) Reports: (Nos. 215, 225, 230, 236, 252, 254, 257, 263, 265, 283) 29 3 National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics 1928-1931 (NACA) Reports: (Nos. 284, 296, 304, 306, 314, 333, 364, 377) 29 4 National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics 1931-1934 (NACA) Reports: (Nos. 403, 405, 406, 414, 418, 434, 441, 442, 484) 29 5 National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics 1934-1943 (NACA) Reports: (Nos. 491, 494, 576, 592, 595, 596, 607, 630, 766) 29 6 National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics 1943-1949 (NACA) Reports: (Nos. 771, 816, 854, 859, 923, 948, 950) 29 7 National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics 1950-1956 (NACA) Reports: (Nos. 997, 1133, 1137, 1156, 1207, 1219, 1937, 1250, 1960, 1295)

Subseries IIC: Aircraft Colors and Insignia 1920-1983 30 1 History of Aircraft Insignia, Markings, and 1942 Camouflage 30 2 WWI Insignia circa 1930s-1970s 30 3 U.S. Army Air Corps Insignia (1919-1939) circa 1934-1983 30 4 WWII Insignia 1940-1982 30 5 U.S. Navy Insignia, WWI and Korean War (from 1950 NAV AV News) 30 6 U.S. Navy Insignia and Markings 1935-1971 30 7 International Military Insignia 1935-1968 30 8 Finishes and Markings of USAF Aircraft 1948-1973 30 9 Commercial Insignia 1936-1969 30 10 Aircraft Markings on Model Aviation News Covers circa 1930s (mostly WWI scenes) 30 11 Aircraft Markings on Popular Aviation Covers circa 1934-circa 1940s

31 1 U.S. Military Color, Finish, Marking Specifications circa 1930s-1967 31 2 USAF Color, Finish, Marking Specifications 1967-1983 31 3 Aircraft Fabric Coverings circa 1920s-1940s 31 4 Model Markings, Camouflage (HIS AIR DEC 1962-1966 NEWS) 31 5 USAF Camouflage Color Scheme (F-4D, F100F) 1965-1966

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31 5a USAF Camouflage 1933-1969 31 6 Army-Navy Aircraft Standard Colors (samples) 1945 31 7 Army-Navy Aircraft Camouflage Standard Colors 1943 (samples)

Subseries IID: Scale Models 1930-1984 31 8 Model Construction (no model plans, but includes circa 1930s-circa airfoils, parachutes, engines, guns, plastic 1964 construction) 31 9 Model Construction and Conversion Tips 1950s-1966 31 10 Finishing Model Aircraft (paints, cloth coverings, 1937-circa 1958 glues, color mix charts 31 11 Scale model catalogs and The ‘Squadron’ Magazine 1958-1984 31 12 Model Plan Catalogs: “Aeromodellers Plans Service” 1948-1953

40 8 Air Trails 1940

32 1 Sources for Aircraft Drawings and Misc. Scale 1944-1980 Drawings 32 2 Model Drawings from Flying Aces and Air Trails circa 1932-circa 1955 32 3 Cleveland model and Supply Co.: Scale Drawings circa 1930s (SE-1 through SE-24) 32 4 Paul Leaman-P.B. Kline Correspondence (about C.D. 1974 Packard of Cleveland Model Supply Co.) 32 5 Lindbergh Flying Scale Drawings (List of drawings 1973 in 1934-1937 Popular Aviation and in Cross and Cockade) 32 6 Scale Model Drawings by Philip L. Mates for Hawk circa 1933-circa 1940 Model Aeroplanes, WWI through 1930s) 32 7 Scale Models by Wylam: Book 1, William A. Wylam 1943 32 8 Scale Models by Wylam: Book 2 1945 32 9 Scale Models by Wylam: Book 3 1947 32 10 Model Collecting and Collections 1959-1961 32 11 Models (1914-1939) 1939-1976 32 12 WWII Models (U.S.) 1967-1971 32 13 WWII Models from “Battle of France” and “Battle of circa 1960s Britain” 32 14 Models of WWII multinational aircraft circa 1969 32 15 Models of Military, Commercial, and Private 1937-1977 Aircraft, since 1930s 32 16 Models from Air Fix Magazine 1964-1965

Series III: Aviation History 1918-1985

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Subseries IIIA: General Aviation History 1928-1975 33 1 Aviation History and Military Air Power circa 1929-circa 1975 33 2 Historical Aircraft Drawings and Art by Douglas circa 1949-circa 1955 Rolfe 33 3 50th Anniversary of Aviation 1953 33 4 Dayton Aviation History 1955 33 5 The Heritage of Kitty Hawk and Prelude to Kitty 1955-1956 Hawk 33 6 The Wilkins-Hearst Antarctic Expedition 1928-1929

40 1 Aviation Articles from Collier’s 1939-1956 40 2 Articles from Collier’s of the Space program 1952-1954 40 3 Aviation Articles from Saturday Evening Post 1931-1939 40 4 Misc. Articles from Saturday Evening Post 1954-1963 (including science fiction) 40 5 Air Power and Aviation special issue of Fortune 1941 Mar Magazine (includes many advertisements for aviation-related products) 40 6 Articles on WWII aviation from Life Magazine circa 1941 40 7 Reprint from Atlanta Journal on day of first mail 1928 May 2 flight from New York

Subseries IIIB: Museums, Air Shows, and Aviation Collections 1930-1985 33 7 Canadian-National Aeronautical Collection of the circa 1974 National Museum of Science and Technology 33 8 Miscellaneous Museums and Collections of Antique 1950-circa 1969 Aircraft 33 9 Miscellaneous Air Shows and Exhibits 1946-1967 33 10 Musee De L’Air, France (Article in AIR BRITAIN) circa 1960 33 11 RAF Museum, Hendon, England 1972 33 12 Smithsonian Institution, National Aircraft Collection circa 1930s-1973 33 13 U.S. Air Force Museum, Dayton, Ohio (articles, circa 1954-1985 pictures, cartoons, calendars) 33 14 U.S. Air Force Museum Catalogs of Aircraft 1965-circa 1971 Collections 33 15 U.S. Air Force Museum Catalogs of Aircraft circa 1976-circa 1980 Collections 33 16 Research Sources (Washington D.C., Delaware) 1973-1979 33 17 The National Aeronautical Collection Undated

Subseries IIIC: Aviation Book Sellers and Book Reviews 1944-1982 34 1 Airbooks 1944-1952 34 2 John W. Caler (“Aeronautica”, Aero-Space-Tech- 1965-1967

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Tronic Back-Files Co.) 34 3 Flightmasters “Scale News and Views” 1980-1982 34 4 Dr. S.H. Kleiser (correspondence about Kline’s 1964 purchase of signed copy of Lafayette Flying Corps by Nordhoff and Hall 34 5 Aviation Books. C.G.B. Stuart 1959 34 6 Wright-Patterson Technical Library 1965-1966 34 7 Book Reviews (mostly from AAHS Journal) circa 1960s-1973 34 8 Kline’s notes about Aviation Books 1968

Subseries IIID: Aviation Organizations and Magazines/Old 1934-1984 Aviation Magazines 34 9 Air Britain: National Association of Aviation 1959 Enthusiasts, Air Britain Digest 34 10 Air Force Historical Foundation, The Air Power 1959-1968 Historian (includes index for 1954-1965) 34 11 Air Pictorial 1955-1964 34 12 Antique Airplane Association, Antique Airplane 1960-1982 News 34 13 American Aviation Historical Society (AAHS) circa 1958-1967 34 14 AAHS Newsletters 1983-1984 34 15 American Air Racing Society Newsletter 1978-1981 34 16 Cross and Cockade, Ohio chapter: Newsletters and 1963 Minutes 34 17 Wingfoot Lighter-than-Air Society (Blimps) 1967 34 18 Magazine Indexes and Kline’s notes of article 1950s-1970s locations (mostly for drawings of aircraft)

35 1 Air Stories 1934 Dec 35 2 Air Stories 1938 Mar 35 3 Dare-Devil Aces 1940 Jan 35 4 Dare-Devil Aces 1941 Mar 35 5 Dare-Devil Aces 1941 Sept 35 6 Dare-Devil Aces 1942 Sept 35 7 Dare-Devil Aces 1943 May 35 8 Dare-Devil Aces 1942 May, 1942 Aug 35 9 Dare-Devil Aces 1937 Aug 35 10 Flying Aces 1935 Sept, 1936 Oct 35 11 War Birds 1934 Dec

Subseries IIIE: Military Squadron, Unit, and Base Histories 1929-1981 36 1 Squadron Histories: British RFC/RNAS 1952-1976 (Navy)/RAF, WWI

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36 2 Squadron Histories: British RAF, WWI through 1950-1974 WWII 36 3 Squadron Histories: British WWII 1945-1964 36 4 Squadron Histories: U.S. WWI through 1940 circa 1960-circa 1969 36 5 Squadron Histories: U.S., 135th Aero Squadron, 1939-1969 WWI 36 6 Squadron Histories: U.S. WWII and later 1971-1973 36 7 U.S. Air Force History 1956 36 8 U.S. Air Force Organizations, “Air Force Report/FY circa 1963-1981 1981” 36 9 U.S. Air Fields and Airports, Miscellaneous (Air 1942-circa 1973 Force, Navy, Army, Commercial) 36 10 Alaskan Command (1947-1967), ALSIB (1942- 1967-1972 1945), USAF 36 11 Kelly Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas (History) 1967-1972 36 12 Langley Air Force Base, Virginia (History) 1966 36 13 McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio (Engineering Division, circa 1950s USAAS) 36 14 Parks Air College, Instruction Books 1929-1930 36 15 Scampton Air Field, British RAF (History 1917- 1967 1967) 36 16 Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB), Dayton, Undated Ohio

37 1 WPAFB, WADC (Wright Air Development Center) 1952-1974 37 2 U.S. Navy, BuWeps 1965 37 3 Patuxent River Naval Air Station, (Test Pilot 1945-1950 Training School, Flight Test Division), [Peter B. Kline was employed as a civilian at Patuxent River NAS from 1948 to 1952. A group photo of the TPT School possibly includes Kline.]

Subseries IIIF: People in Aviation 1925-1980 37 4 Arnold, Henry (Hap) H.; General USAAF, WWI and 1946-1950 WWII, student of Wright Brothers 37 5 Baer, Paul F.; U.S. WWI Ace 1938-1968 37 6 Bridgeman, Leonard; Artist and WWI Ace 1960s 37 7 Campbell, Douglas; Letters to his parents (1917- circa 1968 1918), WWI 37 8 Collishaw, Raymond; British RAF Air Vice- circa 1964-circa 1969 Marshall, WWI and WWII 37 9 Doolittle, James H.; U.S. WWI and WWII 1925-circa 1976 37 10 Earhart, Amelia 1977

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37 11 Freeman, Richard S.; USAAC served 1930-1941 circa 1950s (Freeman Field, Seymour, Ind., named for him) 37 12 Gentile, Don S.; Capt. USAAF WWII Ace from 1944 Piqua, Ohio 37 13 Guynemer, Georges; Capt. French WWI Ace circa 1918-1963 37 14 Haizlip, James; Racer and WWI pilot 1932-1938 37 15 Hughes, Howard H. 1976 37 16 Lambert, William Carpenter; WWI Ace, American in 1968-1980 the RAF 37 17 Lindbergh, Charles A. 1964-1967 37 18 Loth, Carl C. “Rip”; Col. WWI, WWII; U.S. aviator 1963 37 19 Ordway, Frederick I.; WWI (27th Aero Squadron) 1964 and WWII 37 20 Parsons, Edwin C.; Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy 1919 37 21 Patterson, Frederick B.; WWI Aviator, NCR 1949-1965 Corporation, Dayton, Ohio 37 22 Reinburg, J. Hunter; Col. U.S. Marine Corps 1926-1977 Reserve, WWII Ace 37 23 Richardson, Roland W.; WWI (includes photo of 1964 model Nieuport 17 built by P.B. Kline 37 24 Rickenbacker, Eddie; Capt. U.S. Ace, WWI circa 1918-1973 37 25 Springs, Elliott White; Col. U.S. Ace WWI in Royal 1927-1959 Flying Corps and U.S. Air Service 37 26 Weaver, Truman C.; Aviation movies, Air racing, 1955-1982 aviation history, model planes 37 27 Whitehouse, Arch; WWI flyer, author, 22nd Squadron 1941-1957 RAF/RFC 37 28 Wright Brothers 1946-circa 1949

38 1 Aces, American (1917-1953) 1944-1962 38 2 Aces, European (WWII, mostly Russian) circa 1955-circa 1965 38 3 WWI Aviators, multinational 1947-circa 1969 38 4 Lafayette Escadrille 1928-1968 38 5 WWI Veterans at Reunion, June 1961, Dayton, Ohio 1961 38 6 WWI “Roster of War Birds” at British WWI Reunion 1968 38 7 WWII 1971 Fighter Ace Reunion 1971 38 8 Early Birds 1953 38 9 Miscellaneous People in Aviation 1927-1968

Subseries IIIG: Aviation Stories, Poetry, Cartoons, and Movies 1918-1981 38 10 WWI Stories by Elliott White Springs from Liberty circa 1918 and “War Birds”, Diary of an American Flyer (parts 7-15)

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38 11 WWI Aviation Films 1930-1967 38 12 WWII Aviation Films (includes photos) 1954-circa 1974 38 13 Miscellaneous Aviation Films 1970-1981 38 14 “Fall Guys” by Dick Grace (stunt aviator), and circa 1920-1965 program for “Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines 38 15 WWI Songs, Poems, and Cartoons circa 1950s 38 16 WWII Songs and Poems circa 1940s-circa 1960s 38 17 Poems and Cartoons circa 1950s-circa 1970s 38 18 Milton Caniff Cartoons 1947-1957 38 19 Vought (Corsair) Cartoons by R. Osborn 1949-1950

39 1-4 Contents Listed after Box 17, under Military Aircraft Identifications

40 1-7 Contents Listed after Box 32, File 4, under Magazine Articles Aviation History 40 8 Contents Listed with Box 31, under Model Construction

41 1 Oversized Milton Caniff Cartoon 1943

Subseries IIIH: Aeronautical Charts 1959-1967 41 2 Aeronautical Charts 1959-1967

Series IV: Personal Papers 1822-1981 41 3 Papers of Janet Forrestel Kline/Forrestel Family 1949-1981 41 4 Papers of Peter B. Kline, WWII and photographs circa 1942-1945 41 5 Papers of Peter B. Kline, Employment Records 1948-1956 41 6 Scrapbook from family of Janet Forrestel Kline, 1822-1884 including loose pages from a ledger book with entries dated 1822-1832. Scrapbook contains news clippings about family members and of poetry. The clippings mostly refer to people living in the area of Saratoga, New York. Note: scrapbook is very brittle and cover and several pages are detached. Oversize Charcoal portrait of Jeanette Forrestal Kline undated

Series V: Photographs 1914-1983 Subseries VA: Photographic Prints (includes some negatives) 1914-1983 Aircraft by Manufacturer (alphabetical order)

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42 1 Arado, Atlantic, Barling circa 1950s 42 2 Beech (SNB-5) circa 1949 42 3 Bell Aircraft Corporation/ Bell Helicopter Co. circa 1960s-1970s 42 4 Blackburn circa 1950s-1970s 42 5 Boeing P-12/F4B (see also slide in Folder 46.9) circa 1950s-1983 (one of the men in these photos may be P.B. Kline) 42 6 Boeing P-26, P-29 circa 1950s-circa 1970s 42 7 Boeing B-17, B-29, Chinook helicopter, Cargo circa 1960s planes 42 8 Boeing B-29 (in-flight refueling process) circa 1950 42 9 Boeing B-29 (mother ship for experimental craft) 1951 42 10 Boeing B-47 circa 1950s-1970s 42 11 Boeing B-50, B-52 and flight crews circa 1950s-circa 1960s 42 12 Breguet, Columbia, Consolidated, Consolidated 1947-circa 1950s Vultee, Convair

43 1 Curtiss, Miscellaneous circa 1950s-1970s 43 2 Curtiss, pursuit circa 1940s-1960s 43 3 Curtiss-Robin, Curtiss-Wright circa 1930s-circa 1950s 43 4 Dassault Mystere IV A circa 1950s-1960s 43 5 DeHavilland circa 1950s-circa 1970s 43 6 Douglas circa 1950s-circa 1970s 43 7 Douglas World Cruisers circa 1960s 43 8 Gloster, Gall circa 1950s-1960s 43 9 Fairchild circa 1948-1950s 43 10 Fisher, Fleetwing, Fokker, Focke-Wulf circa 1950s-circa 1970s 43 11 Ford 1967 43 12 Great Lakes Trainer circa 1950s-circa 1970s 43 13 Grumman circa 1949-1969 43 14 Handley Page circa 1930s-1970s 43 15 Junkers circa 1960s-1970s 43 16 Lockheed circa 1960s-1970s 43 17 Loening, Macchi circa 1950s-circa 1960s

44 1 Martin (except PBM) circa 1920s-circa

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1951 44 2 Martin PBM-5 (U.S. Navy Patrol Bomber) circa 1949 44 3 McDonnell circa 1950s-circa 1960s 44 4 McDonnell-Douglas YC15 1977 44 5 Messerschmitt circa 1960s-circa 1970s 44 6 Nieuport circa 1930s-circa 1970s 44 7 North American (except P-51 and F-51) circa 1940s-circa 1960s 44 8 North American “Mustang” P-51 and F-51 circa 1944-1961 44 9 North American X-15 1958-1959 44 10 North American Models of Experimental Aircraft circa 1950s including the North American X-15, Bell D-171, and Republic AP-76 44 11 North American XSN2J-1 1948 44 12 Northrop, Pitcairn 1965 44 13 Republic (and predecessor Seversky) 1940s-1970s 44 14 Rockwell International B-1 prototype circa 1975 44 15 Ryan B-5, Sikorsky helicopter circa 1950s-1970s 44 16 S.P.A.D. circa 1970s 44 17 Temco Aircraft Corporation circa 1960s 44 18 Thomas-Morse circa 1930s-circa 1960s 44 19 Timm, Vought, Vultee circa 1920s-circa 1970s 44 20 Waco 1960s 44 21 Wright Brothers/Wright Company circa 1960s

45 1 Photo Scrapbooks: Part I (Aeronca-Douglas) circa 1930s-circa 1960s 45 2 Photo Scrapbooks: Part II (Douglas-Sikorsky) circa 1930s-circa 1960s 45 3 Photo Scrapbooks: Part III (Sikorsky-Waco and circa 1930s-1960s unknown)

45 4 Air Force Museum, Aircraft on Exhibit (part 1) 1957-1959 45 5 Air Force Museum, Aircraft on Exhibit (part 2) 1957-1959 45 6 Drawing and photos of Aircraft from Aircraft Year 1950s-1987 Books of the late 1920s and early 1930s (prints and negatives) 45 7 Trading cards of USN and USAAC aircraft circa early 1940s

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45 8 U.S. military aircraft circa 1960s 45 9 USAF Historical Aircraft, Photo package No. 2 1971 45 10 Air Shows, WPAFB 1958-circa 1960s 45 11 Racers circa 1930s-circa 1970s 45 12 Laird Super Solution Historical Album 1980 45 13 Gliders circa 1960s 45 14 Armament/Communications circa 1950s 45 15 Engines of Aircraft circa 1950s 45 16 Aircraft Colors and Insignia, Squadron Insignia circa 1950s-1983

46 1 Aircraft Line Drawings and Cartoons on Printers’ 1961 Kodalith film 46 2 “Summary of Air Information” (Mar.-Sep. 1918), 1962 AEF (WWI) 46 3 Dardanellen-Flieger by Kapitanleutnantz D. 1965 Liebmann, published in Berlin, 1918. pp. 3-128 plus pictures 46 4 Squadrons circa 1918 46 5 Selfridge Field, Michigan circa 1930s 46 6 Coffeyville AAF Field, Kansas (2nd Lt. P.B. Kline circa 1944-1945 was stationed at Coffeyville circa March 1944-April 1945 as Engineering Officer of aircraft maintenance on P-38s and B-25s) 46 7 People in Aviation circa 1950s-circa 1970s 46 8 Butcher, Percy E.; British WWI, RFC/RAF circa 1914-circa 1960s

Subseries VB: Color Slides undated 46 9 Air Force Museum 35mm color slides of aircraft (8) undated

Series VI: Aviation Art (primarily by Peter Kline) 1942-1944 oversize “Gloster Gladiator, Fleet Air Arm Fighter” Royal 1942 Navy 3711 on tail, signed by P.B. Kline oversize Aircraft in flight - pink sky, signed by P.B. Kline 1942 oversize “Curtiss-Wright A.T.-9 U.S.A.A.F.” tail # 17530, 1943 signed by P.B. Kline oversize North American AT-6 “Texans” signed by P.B. Kline 1943 oversize Color print of aircraft in flight with poem “The Last 1944 Bouquet” by Gill Robb Wilson oversize Some Famous Fighter Planes of World War I (ink 1944 drawings of 9 planes) signed by P.B. Kline

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