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This letter, from Boeing Vice President J. Earl Schaefer to Major W.E. Treadway of the Selective Service, details the Boeing Airplane Company's complaints with the way personnel were selected for either military service or service in the defense industry. Schaefer explains to Treadway that people taken from Boeing for military service only hamper the company's effort to build B-29s to meet the U.S. Army Air Force's insatiable demand for heavy bombers.
Creator: Schaefer, Julius Earl
Date: March 27, 1944
This letter can be used to help students understand the tremendous logistical issues that Boeing dealt with as it worked to meet the demand for airplanes during World War II.
KS: 2.4.: understands the role of Kansas aviation companies in World War II
Item Number: 213847
Call Number: Governor's records, Schoeppel, Box 46, Folder 5
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 213847
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 - 1944
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Schoeppel, Andrew Frank
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
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 - Air Travel - Aeroplanes
Transportation - Air Travel - Companies - Boeing
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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