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A postcard with a drawing of two Boeing B-29 Superfortresses built in Wichita, Kansas. The two planes were purchased in bond drives by Boeing employees. 'Eddie Allen', named for America's leading test pilot and aviation pioneer, and '293', named for the bomber lost in the first B-29 raid over Japan.
Creator: Hollabaugh, Jack
Date: Between 1944 and 1945
Item Number: 223861
Call Number: TL500 Boe.A B29 *13
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 223861
Business and Industry - Aviation - Production - Boeing
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1940s
Military - Equipment - Aircraft
Military - Wars - World War II
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Postcard
Places - Cities and towns - Wichita
Places - Counties - Sedgwick
Thematic Time Period - World War II, 1939 - 1945
Transportation - Air Travel - Aeroplanes - Boeing
Type of Material - Postcards
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