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This article from the Wichita Eagle details the features of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress. The B-29, the most powerful U.S. bomber during World War II, put Wichita on the map and provided the city with the tremendous influx of money and people that were required to build the airplane.
Creator: Wichita Eagle
Date: June 15, 1944
This article can be used in conjunction with other material on Boeing and the B-29 to help students appreciate the significance of both the airplane and the company to the U.S. war effort during World War II.
KS: 11th: 2.4.: understands the role of Kansas aviation companies in World War II
Item Number: 213702
Call Number: K 629.13, vol. 4, Aviation Clippings
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 213702
Business and Industry - Aviation - Production - Boeing
Collections - Library
Curriculum - 11th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - 1930-1945 (Kansas_Benchmark 2) - Aviation companies in World War II (Indicator 4)
Date - 1940s - 1944
Military - Wars - World War II - Homefront
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Newspaper - clipping
Places - Cities and towns - Wichita
Places - Counties - Sedgwick
Thematic Time Period - World War II, 1939 - 1945
Transportation - Air Travel - Aeroplanes
Transportation - Air Travel - Companies - Boeing
Type of Material - Newspapers - Clippings
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