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This letter details the Boeing Airplane Companies completion of the 1,000th B-29 Superfortress and the 10,346th Kaydet primary training airplane. In the letter, Boeing Vice President J. Earl Schaefer asks Governor Andrew Schoeppel of Kansas if he would be able to attend the unveiling of the two aircraft.
Creator: Schaefer, Julius Earl
Date: February 9, 1945
This letter can be used to help students appreciate how significant the contributions of the Boeing company were 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: 213856
Call Number: Governor's Records, Schoeppel, Correspondence, Box 46, Folder 5
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 213856
Business and Industry - Aviation - Production - Boeing
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - Schoeppel, Andrew Frank
Curriculum - 11th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - 1930-1945 (Kansas_Benchmark 2) - Aviation companies in World War II (Indicator 4)
Date - 1940s - 1945
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Schoeppel, Andrew Frank
Military - Wars - World War II - Homefront
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Schoeppel, Andrew Frank, 1894-1962
People - Notable People - Schaefer, Julius Earl
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Cities and towns - Wichita
Places - Counties - Sedgwick
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - World War II, 1939 - 1945
Transportation - Aeronautics
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/213856