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This article, published in the October 15, 1944 edition of the Wichita Eagle, details the significant expenses related to the design, testing, and production of the B-29 Superfortresses built in Wichita, Kansas.
Creator: Wichita Eagle
Date: October 15, 1944
This article can be combined with other material on Boeing to help students appreciate the enormous costs and difficulties associated with producing B-29 aircraft.
KS: 11th: 2.4.: understands the role of Kansas aviation companies in World War II
Item Number: 213708
Call Number: K 629.13, vol. 4, Aviation Clippings
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 213708
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 - Aeronautics
Type of Material - Newspapers - Clippings
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