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This article from the Wichita Evening Eagle details the enormous contributions of Kansas aviation companies to World War II and their impact throughout the globe in both military and non-military roles. The articles' author, Captain Jack Hardwick, explains that he trained in Wichita-built airplanes and witnessed Kansas-made airplanes "in every state in the country and in every theater of war." In addition, Hardwick recalls seeing Wichita-built airplanes being used for a variety of purposes, including crop-dusting and training foreign aviators that helped secure the Allied victory in World War II.
Creator: Wichita Eagle
Date: January 18, 1946
This article can be used to help students appreciate the worldwide impact of airplanes manufactured in Kansas during World War II.
KS: 11th: 2.4.: understands the role of Kansas aviation companies in World War II
Item Number: 213720
Call Number: K 629.13, vol. 4, Avaition Clippings
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 213720
Business and Industry - Aviation - Production - Beech
Business and Industry - Aviation - Production - Beechcraft
Business and Industry - Aviation - Production - Boeing
Business and Industry - Aviation - Production - Culver
Business and Industry - Aviation - Production - Stearman
Collections - Library
Curriculum - 11th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - 1930-1945 (Kansas_Benchmark 2) - Aviation companies in World War II (Indicator 4)
Date - 1940s - 1946
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 - Beech
Transportation - Air Travel - Companies - Beechcraft
Transportation - Air Travel - Companies - Boeing
Transportation - Air Travel - Companies - Culver
Transportation - Air Travel - Companies - Stearman
Type of Material - Newspapers - Clippings
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