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MS-165: Peter B. Kline Papers

Collection Number: MS-165

Title: Peter B. Kline Papers

Dates: 1822-1986 (bulk 1917-1986)

Creator: Kline, Peter B., 1918-1986

Summary/Abstract: The Peter B. Kline Papers is a large collection of files and information on a

wide variety of aviation subjects. Kline was an Aeronautical Engineer at Wright-Patterson Air

Force Base and a collector of aviation materials. The collection contains clippings, journal

articles, photographs, mechanical specifications, illustrations, and miscellaneous information

about particular aircraft. The papers also includes technical manuals, correspondence with other

aviation collectors and book dealers, information on aircraft and military insignia, aviation

ephemera, scrapbooks, and a small amount of family and personal papers.

Quantity/Physical Description: 20 linear feet

Language(s): English

Repository:

Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, Wright State University, Dayton, OH

45435-0001, (937) 775-2092

Restrictions on Access: There are no restrictions on accessing material in this collection.

Restrictions on Use:

Copyright restrictions may apply. Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright.

Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright

holder.

Preferred Citation:

[Description of item, Date, Box #, Folder #], MS-165, Peter B. Kline Papers, Special Collections

and Archives, University Libraries, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio.

Acquisition: The Peter B. Kline Papers were accessioned by Wright State University Archives

and Special Collections in 1986.

Other Finding Aid:

The finding aid is available on the Special Collections & Archives, Wright State University

Libraries web site at https://www.libraries.wright.edu/special/collectionguides/files/ms165.pdf. It

is also available in the OhioLINK Finding Aid Repository at http://ead.ohiolink.edu/xtf-ead/.

http://ead.ohiolink.edu/xtf-ead/


Related Material:

MS-344 Walter Matthews Jefferies Aviation Collection

(https://libraries.wright.edu/special/collectionguides/files/ms344.pdf)

MS-353 Robert L. Cavanagh Aviation Collection


MS-376 Robert E. William Aviation Collection


MS-412 Hans Dam Aviation Collection


Separated Material: Many books were cataloged and separated to the reading room at the time

of processing. One folder of aviation art and a sketch of Jeanette Kline was separated to oversize

flat files (staff will find locations in the Oversize Database).

Processed by: Kathleen Spray in August 1987.

Revisions:

Finding aid revised according to DACS standards, including the writing of a biography and

scope and content note, by Alyssa Stark and Toni Vanden Bos, February 2019.

Arrangement: The Peter B. Kline Papers are arranged into six series.

Series I: Aircraft Identification, 1913-1985

Subseries IA: Aircraft by Manufacturer, 1917-1980

Subseries IB: Racers and Air Races, 1929-1980

Subseries IC: War Planes and Aerial Warfare, 1909-1975

Subseries ID: U.S. Aircraft Identifications (mostly military), 1913-1981

Subseries IE: Multinational Aircraft (mostly military), 1918-1985

Subseries IF: Aircraft Types, 1920-1978

Subseries IG: Scrapbooks (includes photographs), 1917-1984

Series II: Aircraft Construction (Full size and models), 1917-1984

Subseries IIA: Large Drawings and Blueprints of Aircraft, 1935-1981

Subseries IIB: Aircraft Components and Accessories/General Pilot’s Manuals/

Theory of Aerodynamics, 1917-1971

Subseries IIC: Aircraft Colors and Insignia, 1920-1983

Subseries IID: Scale Models, 1930-1984

Series III: Aviation History, 1918-1985

Subseries IIIA: General Aviation History, 1928-1975

Subseries IIIB: Museums, Air Shows, and Aviation Collections, 1930-1985

Subseries IIIC: Aviation Book Sellers and Book Reviews, 1944-1982

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Subseries IIID: Aviation Organizations and Magazines/Aviation Magazines, 1934-1984

Subseries IIIE: Military Squadron, Unit, and Base Histories, 1929-1981

Subseries IIIF: People in Aviation, 1925-1980

Subseries IIIG: Aviation Stories, Poetry, Cartoons, and Movies, 1918-1981

Subseries IIIH: Aeronautical Charts, 1959-1967

Series IV: Personal Papers, 1948-1981

Series V: Photographs, 1914-1983

Subseries VA: Photographic prints (includes some negatives), 1914-1983

Subseries VB: Color slides, undated

Series VI: Aviation Art (primarily by Peter Kline), 1942-1944

Biographical/Historical Note:

Peter Boyd Kline was born on May 12, 1918 in Whitesville, West Virginia to Boyd Harrison

Kline and Charleen Texanna Megee. Peter’s father, Boyd Kline, was a salesman. Peter attended

Pleasant Hill School in Waynesboro, Virginia eventually graduating from the Fishburne Military

School in Waynesboro in 1937 at the age of 19. He immediately enrolled at the University of

Virginia in Charlottesville and studied mechanical engineering. He studied at the University of

Virginia until he was drafted into the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) in 1943 where he

was stationed at Boca Raton Army Air Field in Florida. While in service, Peter earned his pilot’s

license and worked on aircraft for the Army. Peter remained active duty until November 1945

when he was honorably discharged as a 2nd Lieutenant.

Peter’s previous education in mechanical engineering and new fondness for aircraft likely shaped

his decision to transfer to the Virginia Polytechnic Institution in Blacksburg, Virginia to study

aeronautical engineering. In June of 1947, he graduated with a bachelor’s of science in

aeronautical engineering. His first job following graduation was in conduction flight research

and development at Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio. He also married Janet Mary Forrestel during

this time. Later, he moved to Patuxent, Maryland to work at the Naval Air Test Center. In 1952,

four years after moving to Maryland, the couple relocated to Washington, D. C. and Peter

continued to conduct research for the Navy in the Bureau of Aeronautics.

In 1953, Peter returned to Dayton, Ohio to work at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Peter and

his wife remained in the area for the rest of their lives. Janet passed away on June 12, 1978 at the

age of 55. Peter passed away on January 19, 1986.

This biographical note was creating using the limited number of family papers in this collection

located in Series IV.


Scope and Content Note:

Aeronautical engineer Peter B. Kline collected articles, drawings, mechanical specifications,

photographs, and research pertaining to a variety of aircraft and aviation topics. He specialized in

materials about the WWI era and military aircraft, in general, but his collection covers a wide

range of aviation subjects. Arranged into six series, the bulk of the collection is about aviation,

but one small series of personal papers does provide a glimpse into Peter and his wife’s lives.

Series I: Aircraft Identification, contains files on a wide variety of aircraft spanning as early as

1913 up to the mid-1980s. The series is divided into subseries by categories of aircraft, such as

aircraft by manufacturer, racers, war planes, U.S. aircraft, and international aircraft. Subseries

IG: Scrapbooks, contains clippings, aircraft histories, descriptions, photographs, and 3-view

drawings of aircraft, arranged by manufacturer. The scrapbooks in this series were removed from

binders and foldered.

Series II: Aircraft Construction (full size and models), focuses on drawings and blueprints of

aircraft, which are organized alphabetically by manufacturer. Series IIB: Aircraft Components

and Accessories/General Pilot’s Manuals Theory of Aerodynamics (P. B. Kline’s class notes),

includes notes and papers written by Kline as part of his coursework at the University of Virginia

and Virginia Polytechnic Institution. Also included in this series are research files on aircraft

colors and insignia, and scale models, many of which come from publications. The entire series

spans 1917-1984.

Series III: Aviation History, 1918-1985 spans a wide scope of aviation history and sources of

aviation history. Files on air shows; military squadron, unit, and base histories; and on aviators

and aviation figures are included in this series. Aviation figures include the early Birds, WWI

aviators, American Aces, and recognizable names such as Charles Lindbergh and Amelia

Earhart. Also included in this series are aviation materials reflected in popular culture such as

aviation poems, songs, cartoons, lists of movies, and magazines like Dare-Devil Aces, a pulp

magazine from the 1930s and 1940s.

Series IV: Personal Papers, 1822-1981, consists of just four folders, but it provides details into

Peter Kline’s career as an aeronautical engineer, and some insight into his service during WWII,

and includes a photograph of Kline in uniform, a few diary entries, his identification card as a 2nd

Lt., and a letter written on Boca Raton Field stationary dated September, 1943. The series also

provides some history on Janet Forrestel Kline, Peter’s wife. It includes the oldest item in the

collection, a scrapbook from the family of Janet Forrestel Kline, dated 1844, containing news

clippings about family members and of poetry. The clippings mostly refer to people living in the

area of Saratoga, New York. Inside the front cover, which is completely detached, are loose

pages from a ledger book with entries dated 1822-1832. Note that the scrapbook is very brittle

and in poor condition. The cover and several pages are detached. Finally, an oversize charcoal

portrait of Jeanette Forrestal Kline is also included in the series.

Series V: Photographs, contains black and white photos of aircraft arranged alphabetically by

aircraft manufacturer. Following the manufacturers are photo scrapbooks, which are also

photographs arranged alphabetically by manufacturer.


Series VI: Aviation Art (primarily by Peter Kline), 1942-1944, contains six works of aviation

art, five of which were created and signed by P.B. Kline. Of those five Kline works, four are of

WWII aircraft and one features ink drawings of WWI fighter planes. The artwork is on acidic

board and paper, but all are striking. They range in size from 10” x 14” to 15 ½” x 20 ½”. Also

in this series is a color print with a poem titled “The Last Bouquet” by Gill Robb Wilson.

Subject Terms

Persons/Families

Kline, Peter B., 1918-1986

Kline, Janet Forrestel, 1922-1978

Subjects (General)

Aeronautics – History – 20th century

Airplanes, Military

World War, 1914-1918 – Aerial operations

World War, 1914-1918 – Pictorial works

World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations

World War, 1939-1945 – Pictorial works

Airplanes

Material Types

Photographs

Magazines (periodicals)

Clippings (information artifacts)

Scrapbooks

Technical drawings


Collection Inventory

Box File Description Date

Series I: First Series 1913-1985

Subseries IA: Aircraft Manufacturer (Alphabetical Order) 1917-1980

1 1 Albatros (German WWI Pursuit) 1959-1974

1 2 American Eagle (U.S. Commercial) 1962-1974

1 3 Arado (German) 1947-1969

1 4 Armstrong-Whitworth 1934-1963

1 5 Auster (British Commercial) 1950-1954

1 6 Austin Motor Company (British WWII) late 1940s

1 7 Avro (A.V. Roe, British, see also Hawker Siddeley) 1949-1969

1 8 Barling 1961

1 9 Beech 1930-1970

1 10 Beech 1930-1970

1 11 Beech 1930-1970

1 12 Beech 1930-1970

1 13 Beech 1930-1970

1 14 Bell Aerosystems, V/STOL 1965

1 15 Bell Aircraft Corporation 1945-1970s

1 16 Bell Helicopter Company 1948-1973

1 17 Bellanca circa 1930s-circa

1980s

1 18 Berliner-Joyce P-16 1970

1 19 Blackburn (British, see also Hawker Siddeley) 1936-1944

1 20 Bleriot circa 1960s

2 1 Boeing Commercial 1931-1967

2 2 Boeing Clipper circa 1939

2 3 Boeing Cruising Control Text circa 1943

2 4 Boeing History circa 1955-circa

1960s

2 5 Boeing Model 40 (U.S. Commercial/Mail) 1956

2 6 Boeing Model 100 (U.S. Commercial) 1929-circa 1954

2 7 Boeing Model 100 (U.S. Commercial) circa 1966-1979

2 8 Boeing 247 (Commercial) circa 1962-1966

2 9 Boeing 707 (Commercial) 1954-1958

2 10 Boeing General Military 1923-1967

2 11 Boeing B-9 (USAAC Bomber) 1971

2 12 Boeing B-17 circa 1944-1976

3 1 Boeing B-17G, Field Service Manual 1945

3 2 Boeing B-29 (U.S. WWII Bomber) 1945-1966

3 3 Boeing B-29, Airplane Commander Training Manual 1944



3 4 Boeing B-29, Airplane Commander Training Manual

(Revised)

1945

3 5 Boeing B-29, Erection and Maintenance Instructions 1945



3 8 B-29 and B-29A, Flight Operating Instructions 1945

4 1 Boeing B-47 1950-1951

4 2 Boeing B-50 1950s

4 3 Boeing KC-135A 1960

4 4 Boeing Pilot’s Handbook for Model N2S-4 (U.S.

Navy)

circa 1940s

4 5 Boeing P-9 1930

4 6 Boeing P-12, “Philippine Island Summer 1942 –

Tony Ulrich”

undated

4 7 Boeing P-12 / F4B circa 1930-1931

4 8 Boeing P-12 / F4B circa 1932-1979

4 9 Boeing P-12C, drawing and notes by P.B. Kline 1934-1939

4 10 Boeing P-12C / F4B 1962-1975

4 11 Boeing P12E / F4B3, Cleveland model drawings 1933-1982

4 12 Boeing P-26, D-26A 1933-1974

4 13 Boeing PW-9, PN-9 circa 1960s-1970s

4 14 Boeing Vertol Division circa 1965

4 15 Breguet circa 1962

4 16 Brewster, F2A (U.S. Navy Fighter) circa 1920s-1965

4 17 Bristol, general 1938-circa 1966

4 18 Bristol, F2B Fighter (McCook Field, Ohio) 1921

4 19 Boulton Paul Aircraft Ltd. 1954-1955

4 20 Brunner-Winkle Bird circa 1974

5 1 Canadair, Military circa 1950s

5 2 Canberra B.MK.15 and B.MK.16, Pilot’s Notes 1961

5 3 Cessna (U.S. Commercial and Military) circa 1930s-1975

5 4 Columbia J2F6 (U.S. Navy) Handbook…for

Structural Repair

1944

5 5 Consolidated, Military (see also Convair) circa 1934-circa

1970s


1970s


1970s

5 8 Consolidated Vultee (Convair) circa 1943-1946



6 1 Curtiss Commercial 1943-1946

6 2 Curtiss Military 1946-circa 1969

6 3 Curtiss F5L, Flying Boat Handbook (U.S. Navy) 1917-circa 1963

6 4 Curtiss Condor (Bombers) circa 1960s-1980

6 5 Curtiss F8C / O2C, SBC-3, “Helldiver”, F7C-1 circa 1932-1971

6 6 Curtiss JN4D “Jenny” 1918 Dec

6 7 Curtiss “1933 Pursuit Proposal for U.S. Army Air

Corps” (includes photographs

circa 1950s-1967

6 8 Curtiss P-6E circa 1932-circa 1954

6 9 Curtiss P-36 “Hawk” 1917-1962

6 10 Curtiss PW-8A “Hawk” 1933

6 11 Curtiss P40 “Warhawk” 1923-circa 1930s

6 12 Curtiss Commercial circa 1940s-1969

6 13 Curtiss Military circa 1968

6 14 Curtiss F5L, Flying Boat Handbook (U.S. Navy) circa 1942-circa 1964

6 15 Curtiss P40B and P40C, Handbook of Operational

Flight Instructions

1942

7 1 Curtiss P-55 circa 1960s

7 2 Curtiss Seaplane-Scouts circa 1946

7 3 Curtiss Reid 1970

7 4 Darmstadt D-22 (German Sport-Trainer) 1936

7 5 Dayton-Wright Co. 1966

7 6 DeHavilland circa 1915-1970

7 7 Douglas History 1934-1961

7 8 Douglas DC-1 through DC-9 (Commercial)

(see McDonnell-Douglas for DC-10)

1945-1971

7 9 Douglas World Cruisers (Commercial) circa 1930s-1977

7 10 Douglas Military – Attack and Cargo circa 1930s-1977

7 11 Douglas Bombers circa 1944-circa 1966

7 12 Douglas Pursuit/Obs./Recon./ Misc. military 1943-circa 1960s

7 13 Douglas SB6-6 (U.S. Navy) 1944

7 14 Douglas C-47 / R4D circa 1950s-1967

7 15 Douglas C-5D Transport, Operating Instructions 1941

7 16 English Electric Company, “Cabrerra” 1951-1954

7 17 Fairchild 1950s-1970s

7 18 Fairey “Gannet” (British Royal Navy) 1953-1954

7 19 Fiat Aviation (Italian) circa 1950s or 1960s

8 1 Fokker (German) circa 1930s-1966

8 2 Ford Trimotor (U.S. Commercial, Island Airlines,

Port Clinton, Ohio)

1929-circa 1980

8 3 General Aviation 1963



8 4 General Dynamics (Military) circa 1969s-1970s

8 5 Globe GC-1A “Swift” (U.S. Commercial) 1946

8 6 Gloster circa 1930s-1955

8 7 Great Lakes, General and Correspondence circa 1930s-1979

8 8 Great Lakes, Trainer circa 1930-1970

8 9 Grumman History and General 1948-circa 1967

8 10 Grumman “Mallard” 1975

8 11 Grumman Military circa 1939-circa 1970

8 12 Grumman F4F “Wildcat”/FM-2 (U.S. Navy) Pilot’s

Handbook

1944

8 13 Hall-Aluminum Aircraft Corporation Flying Boat circa 1930s-circa

1960s

8 14 Handley-Page (British) circa 1930s-1971

8 15 Hamilton Metal Plane Company 1950s-1960s

8 16 Hanriot 1961

9 1 Hawker (British Military) (see also Hawker Siddeley

and its divisions)

1930s-1976


and its divisions)

1930s-1976


and its divisions)

1930s-1976


and its divisions)

1930s-1976

9 5 Hawker Siddeley Aviation (see also Blackburn,

DeHavilland, Folland, Hawker, Avro (A.V. Roe),

Whitworth, Gloster)

circa 1960s

9 6 Heinkel circa 1940-1967

9 7 Helio, STOL (U.S. Military and Commercial) 1960s

9 8 Hughes, Helicopter 1966

9 9 Junkers (German) 1924-1974

9 10 Junkers, Technical Report on JU-388 L-1 from

USAAC, Wright Field

1946

9 11 Keystone/Keystone-Loening circa 1930s-circa

1972

9 12 Lockheed, History, Commercial, “Constellation” 1930s-1969




10 1 Lockheed Military 1938-1969

10 2 Lockheed Hudson III Recon.-Bomber Service

Instructions

circa 1941



10 3 Lockheed Hudson III Recon.-Bomber Service

Instructions

circa 1941

10 4 Lockheed P-38 and F-5 Pilot’s Flight Operating

Instructions

1944

10 5 Lockheed P2V-4 Pilot’s Handbook 1951

10 6 Loening (see also Keystone for Keystone-Loening) circa 1920s-1967

10 7 Lysander 1964

10 8 Martin History, Commercial 1923-1950

10 9 Martin Military 1947-1970

10 10 Martin B-10 (USAAC Bomber) circa 1930s-1976

10 11 Martin M-130 1960s

10 12 Martin B-26 Pilot Training Manual circa 1944

10 13 Martin PBM-5 (U.S. Navy) Pilot’s Handbook 1948

11 1 Martinsyde 1968-1977

11 2 McDonnell/McDonnell-Douglas History 1964-1985

11 3 McDonnell/McDonnell-Douglas DC-10 1972

11 4 McDonnell/McDonnell-Douglas Military 1949-1972

11 5 McDonnell/McDonnell-Douglas F-4 Phantom 1961-circa 1970



11 8 Messerschmitt (includes ME 262 Maintenance circa 1930s-circa

1970


1970


1970

11 11 Monocoupe 1935-1980

11 12 Morane-Saulnier 1951-1967

11 13 Nieuport circa 1920-1978



12 1 North American Company Publications 1964-1967

12 2 North American Bombers circa 1945-1973

12 3 North American B-25 “Mitchell” Pilot Training

Manual

1940

12 4 North American B-25 “Mitchell” Flight Handbook 1943

12 5 North American Fighters and X-15, NA-16, O-47 1950-circa 1970s

12 6 North American Naval Aircraft 1948-circa 1950s

12 7 North American Pursuit circa 1940s-1968

12 8 North American P-51 “Mustang” Pilot Training

Manual

1945



12 9 North American P-51D “Mustang” Flight Handbook circa 1957

12 10 North American T-6, T-28, T-39 1960-1962

12 11 North American T-6D Operating Manual 1951

12 12 North American T-39A Flight Manual 1962

13 1 Northrop 1943-1973

13 2 Orenco 1920s

13 3 Payne “Knight Twister” (“Vest-pocket” Pursuit Ship) circa 1932-1944

13 4 Pfalz (German WWI Scout) 1935-1976

13 5 Piper 1942-1954

13 6 Piper NE-1 pilot’s Handbook 1942

13 7 Polikarpov I-16 (Russian WWII Fighter) circa 1950s-1980s

13 8 Rearwin (sportster) 1939-circa 1960s

13 9 Republic/Seversky 1936-circa 1968

13 10 Rockwell International 1974-circa 1980s

13 11 “Roland” Aircraft (L.F.G. or Luftfahrzeueug-

Gesellschaft Company)

1957

13 12 Royal Aircraft Factory (British WWI) 1950-1978

13 13 Ryan/Teledyne Ryan 1927-1972

13 14 Ryan FR-1 (U.S. Navy) Pilot’s Handbook 1945

13 15 Seversky P-35 1940s

13 16 Sikorsky (History, Helicopter Pilot’s Handbook) 1945-circa 1973

13 17 Short Bros. (British) 1942-circa 1950s

13 18 Siemans-Schuckert D.IV 1956

13 19 Sopwith 1935-1972

13 20 S.P.A.D. (Bleriot) 510 C.1 (1933 French Air Force) Circa 1930s

13 21 S.P.A.D. XIII C.1 (French WWI Scout) 1918-circa 1970

13 22 Stearman circa 1920s-circa

1970s

13 23 Stinson Aircraft corporation (see also Convair) 1932-circa 1970s

13 24 Stinson-Vultee L-5 “Sentinel” Pilot Training Manual 1945

13 25 Supermarine (Vickers) circa 1950s-circa

1960s

13 26 Temco T-35 “Buckaroo” circa 1960s

13 27 Thomas-Morse 1966

13 28 Travel-Air 2000 and 4000 (U.S. Commercial) 1928-1980

13 29 Turner-Laird “Meteor” circa 1937

13 30 “Verville-type” Pusher circa 1920

13 31 Vickers (British Royal Air force, see also

Supermarine)

1931-1969

13 32 Vought (Military, General) circa 1930s-circa

1970s

13 33 Vought F4U “Corsair” Flight Handbook 1952



13 34 Vultee BT-13A “Valiant”, Pilot’s Flight Handbook,

(U.S. Army)

1943

14 1 Waco (also Bede Aircraft of Springfield, Ohio) circa 1930s-1966

14 2 Westland (British WWI Seaplane) and

Westland/Sikorsky Helicopter (1950s)

1946-circa 1960s

14 3 Weatherly “Colt” circa 1950s

14 4 Wing Aircraft Company “Derringer” (U.S.

Commercial)

1971

14 5 Wright Brothers/Wright Company (U.S. Pioneers) circa 1940s-1971

Subseries IB: Racers and Air Races 1929-1980

14 6 Caudron racer C-460 (French Commercial) circa 1930s-1963

14 7 Curtiss Racers 1936-circa 1950s

14 8 DeHavilland Racers (Comets, Tiger Moth) circa 1940-1976

14 9 Granville Brothers “Gee Bee” 1931-1959

14 10 Grumman “Gulfhawk” (Al Williams) circa 1930s-1950s

14 11 Howard Racers (“Mr. Mulligan”, “Pete”) circa late 1930s

14 12 Laird Speedwing “Super Solution) circa 1950s-circa

1960s

14 13 Wedell-Williams Racers (1933-1934) circa 1930s

14 14 Wedell-Williams Racers (1933-1934) circa 1930s

14 15 Miscellaneous Racers circa late 1930s-circa

1973

14 16 Aerial Acrobatics circa 1970s-1980s

14 17 Races and Exhibitions: All-American Flying Derby 1930

14 18 Races and Exhibitions: Festival of Britain National

Air Races

1951

14 19 Races and Exhibitions: Ford Air Tours 1973

14 20 Races and Exhibitions:

Goodyear/Continental/Cleveland Air Races

circa 1930s-1940s

14 21 Races and Exhibitions: Miami (Florida) Air Races 1932-1933

14 22 Races and Exhibitions: National Air Races, Official

Directories

1937-1938

14 23 Races and Exhibitions: Thompson Trophy Races circa 1930s-1970s

14 24 Races and Exhibitions: Miscellaneous Races 1929-1970

Subseries IC: War Planes and Aerial Warfare (Chronologically) 1909-1975

14 25 World War I: Articles on Balloons circa 1918

14 26 World War I: Articles on WWI circa 1918

15 1 World War I: WWI in Turkey and Egypt (2 chapters

of a manuscript by Brian Flanagan)

circa 1960s



15 2 World War I: Reprints of “Out of Control”

(newspaper published by 1st Pursuit Group in France)

1918

15 3 World War I: WWI Aircraft circa 1918

15 4 World War I: Miscellaneous Articles and Pictures 1918-circa 1960s

15 5 World War I: Recognition Manuals (British and

French on Allied and Enemy Aircraft)

1918-circa 1971

15 6 World War I: WWI Aircraft (articles) 1917-1918

15 7 World War I: “Correspondence” Column from Flight

and Aeroplane

1950-1954

15 8 World War I: “Pictures for Scrapbook” (Allied and

German Aircraft)

circa 1917-1918

15 9 World War I: Harborough Pictures circa 1930s

15 10 World War I: Stories, People, Battles, Count

Zeppelin

1909-1975

15 11 1928-1945: “Warplanes Past and Present” by Air

Books

circa 1960s

15 12 U.S. Military Aircraft Between WWI and WWII circa 1960s-1973

15 13 WWII: Photo Pack #1: 36 Fighting Planes of the

Allied Nations

circa 1940s-1950s

15 14 WWII: WWII Articles circa 1930s-1968

15 15 Korean War 1950-1971

15 16 Vietnam War 1965-1972

15 17 Israeli-Arab 6-Day War (June 1967) 1967

15 18 Aerial Warfare (Miscellaneous) 1966

Subseries ID: U.S. Aircraft Identifications (Mostly Military) 1913-1981

16 1 USAF Standard Aircraft Characteristics 1953-1965

16 2 USAF Standard Aircraft Characteristics 1953-1965

16 3 U.S. Military, Characteristics Summary “Black

Book”

1949-1968


Book”

1949-1968


Book”

1949-1968

16 6 USAAC Model Designation of Airplanes, 6th ed. 1937

16 7 Index of AF Serial Numbers Assigned to Aircraft

1958 and prior, Part I: Numerical Listing

1961

16 8 U.S. Army, Air Service Serial Numbers (1922-1932) 1975

16 9 Misc. Pictures from Naval Aviation News 1950-1951

16 10 Naval Aircraft: U.S., British, Canadian (Mostly from

Naval Aviation News)

circa 1949-1969

16 11 U.S. Military Aircraft 1913-circa 1970s

16 12 Color Illustrations from AAHS Journal covers 1970-1981



(Military and Commercial)

16 13 U.S. Non-Military Aircraft 1938-circa 1954

17 1 U.S. Navy Experimental Airplane Characteristics and

Performance Data Sheets

1946

17 2 U.S. Dept. of Defense Aircraft Recognition Manual 1949

17 3 USAAF Experimental Planes 1945

17 4 U.S. Navy, Model Designation of Naval Aircraft

17 5 U.S. Navy, Model Designation of Naval Aircraft and

Guided Missiles Classified as Restricted

1951

17 6 U.S. Army Aircraft Descriptions 1958

17 7 U.S. Dept. of Defense, Model Designation of

Military Aircraft

1962-1963

17 8 Navy and Marine Corps Air Units: Tail Code

Projects

1971

17 9 Model Designation of Military Aircraft, Rockets, and

Guided Missiles

1974

17 10 U.S. Army Aircraft Characteristics 1947

39 1 Army Aircraft Model Designation 1946

39 2 Army Aircraft Characteristics 1946

39 3 Performance Data from Tests made at Wright Field,

Dayton, Ohio (Bombers, Trainers, and Attack

Aircraft)

1930-1938

39 4 Tactical Planning: Characteristics and Performance

Chart

1946

Subseries IE: Multinational Aircraft (Mostly Military) 1918-1985

18 1 British Aircraft circa 1918-circa

1960s

18 1a 60 Years of British Aircraft 1984-1985

18 2 British Aircraft: Farnborough Exhibition 1952-1962

18 2a Commercial Canadian Airlines Undated

18 3 French Aircraft circa 1960- circa

1972

18 4 German Aircraft (includes some U.S. aircraft) 1930s-1968

18 5 German Aircraft: WWII recognition booklets by U.S.

military

1942-1943

18 6 Japanese Aircraft: WWII circa 1930s-1969

18 7 Japanese Aircraft: WWII identification by U.S.

military

circa 1918-circa

1960s

18 7a Japanese Aircraft: WWII identification by U.S.

military

1944-1946



18 8 Polish Aircraft 1944-1946

18 9 Soviet Aircraft 1957-1973

18 10 Multinational Aircraft (mostly warplanes) 1947-1974

18 11 “Aircraft Intelligence” (multinational aircraft

identification from Flight)

circa 1918-circa 1972

18 12 Articles “Technical Gen…” from Royal Air Force

Flying Review (multinational aircraft identification)

1953-1954



1944-1946



1957-1973

19 1 Facts by Request (multinational aircraft

identification)

1964-1969

19 2 Mixed Pictures of Aircraft 1931-circa 1970s

Subseries IF: Aircraft Types 1920-1978

19 3 Airlines and Airmail (History) circa 1920s-1965

19 4 Amphibians/Flying Boats circa 1937

19 5 Autogiro (History) 1940-1961

19 6 Balloons and Rigid Lighter-than-Air-Ships circa 1960s

19 7 Counter-Insurgency (COIN) Aircraft (U.S. Military) 1964

19 8 Fighters-multinational circa 1940-circa 1976

19 9 “Fighter A to Z” from Air Enthusiast (A through D

only)

1971-1978

19 10 Helicopters 1949-1951

19 11 Lightplanes/Ultralights/Homebuilts circa 1930s-circa

1970s

19 12 Rare birds (Unusual Aircraft) 1931-1975

19 13 Rockets 1955

19 14 Trainers 1949-1962

19 15 Maintenance Information for Training-Type

Airplanes

1943

19 16 Articles from Air Trails about Aircraft types circa 1930s

Subseries IG: Scrapbooks (includes photographs) 1914-1983

Aircraft Manufacturer: A-D

20 1 Aeromarine through Avro 1917-1976

20 2 Beechcraft through Bloch circa 1930s-1978

20 3 Boeing circa 1930s-1967

20 4 Boeing circa 1930s-1979

20 5 Boulton-Paul through Burgess 1917-1973

20 6 Catalina through Curtiss 1918-1976



20 7 Dart through Douglas circa 1943-1984

Aircraft by Manufacturer: F-N

21 1 Fairchild through Ford Trimotor 1917-1978

21 2 Gallaudet through Grumman 1917-1976

21 3 Handley Page through Huntington 1918-1972

21 4 Jaguar through Junkers 1928-circa 1957

21 5 Kawasaki through Knight Twister (Payne) circa 1950s-1960s

21 6 Lanzius through Lysander 1917-1974

21 7 Macchi through McDonnell 1917-1981

21 8 Messerschmitt 1943-circa 1960s

21 9 Mitsubishi through (Thomas) Morse 1918-1976

21 10 Nieuport 1917-1965

21 11 North American 1943-1979

21 12 Northrop 1962-1965

Aircraft by Manufacturer: O-Z

22 1 Orenco circa 1936

22 2 Pander through Potez 1930-1973

22 3 Rohrbach (Roland) through Ryan 1918-circa 1980

22 4 Salmson through Sikorsky 1917-1979

22 5 Sopwith 1917-circa 1950s

22 6 S.P.A.D. through Szekaly 1917-1980

22 7 Travel Air circa 1960s

22 8 Vickers/Vickers Armstrong through Vought circa 1930s-circa

1970s

22 9 Waco through Witteman-Lewis 1917-1975

Racers and Air Races

22 10 Cessna Racer circa 1930s

22 11 Curtis Racers circa 1960-1970

22 12 Deperdussin Racer (1912-1913) circa 1930s

22 13 Gee Bee Racers 1931-1979

22 14 Keith Rider R-6 Racer circa 1960s-1981

22 15 Roscoe Turner (Turner Special) circa 1930s-1970s

22 16 Wendell-Williams Racers 1932-circa 1964

22 17 Miscellaneous Racers circa 1935

22 18 National Air Races 1962

22 19 Thompson Trophy Race Winners circa 1930s-1960s

22 20 Miscellaneous Air Racing Articles circa 1965-circa 1975

Warplanes and Multinational Aircraft

23 1 WWII-First Atom Bombs circa late 1940s

23 2 Korean War circa 1950-1952



23 3 Vietnam War 1965-1966

23 4 Vietnam War 1965-1966

23 5 Vietnam War 1965-1966

23 6 Vietnam War 1965-1966

23 7 U.S. Military Aircraft circa 1930s-1974

23 8 U.S. Spacecraft 1960s

23 9 Chinese Aircraft (1931-1960s) circa 1950s-1974

23 10 German Aircraft (WWI to 1960s) 1930s-1972

23 11 Soviet Aircraft circa 1959-circa 1963

24 1 Aircraft and Spacecraft Specifications (multinational) 1956-1965

24 2 Multinational Aircraft circa 1930s-circa

1970

24 3 Airlines 1918-1976

24 4 Fighters circa 1965

24 5 Helicopters circa 1950s-circa

1960s

Series II: Aircraft Construction (Full Size and Model) 1917-1984

Subseries IIA: Large Drawings and Blueprints of Aircraft 1935-1981

24 6 Boeing P-12 (by P.B. Kline) and YC-97A 1935-1947

24 7 Cessna LGA 37 1964

24 8 Convair F-106 1956

24 9 Curtiss circa 1947-1973

24 10 Fairchild C-123B, C-123 “Blackcrow System #1 1952-1967

24 11 Lockheed F-80, F94D 1944-1951

24 12 McDonnell F-4, markings and insignia 1963

24 13 McDonnell F-4, markings and insignia 1963

25 1 McDonnell F-4 and F-101B 1956-1966

25 2 Nieuport 11 and 28 circa 1950-1970

25 3 North American F-86 and T-39A 1953-1959

25 4 Republic F-84A 1947

25 5 Sopwith 5F.1 “Dolphin” 1964

25 6 Racers, drawn by W.F. Kerka 1972-1981

25 7 WWI Aeroplane drawings 1973-1974

25 8 Chanute’s glider (by P.B. Kline) 1939

25 9 George Francis Myers, Drawing of Aircraft

Inventions: “Helicopter Airplane”

circa 1935-1954

Subseries IIB: Aircraft Components and Accessories/General

Pilot’s Manuals Theory of Aerodynamics (P. B. Kline’s class

notes)

1917-1971



25 10 Aircraft Engines 1932-1971

25 11 Aircraft Engines (WWI) 1917-1918

25 12 Wright Aircraft Engines: Whirlwind

(Installation/Maintenance Manual)

1928-1930

25 13 Wright Aircraft Engines: Engineering Officer’s

Handbook

1941-1942

25 14 Wright Aircraft Engines: Engineering Officer’s

Handbook

1941-1942

25 15 Wright Aircraft Engines: Cyclone 9GC, Instruction

Book (for installation, operation, maintenance)

1943

25 16 Wright Aircraft Engines: Curtiss: OX-5 Aircraft

Engine

1927-1929

26 1 Foreign Equipment Catalog 1946

26 2 Foreign Equipment Catalog 1946

26 3 Instrument Panels circa 1967

26 4 Aerial Recon. 1965

26 5 Aircraft Armament, History (includes booklet by

Curtiss-Wright Corporation)

1942-1965

26 6 “The Installation of Armament on Aircraft” by Peter

B. Kline

circa 1942

26 7 Flight Test Procedure, U.S. Navy 1939

26 8 Student’s Manual: Advanced Single-Engine Flying circa 1940s

26 9 Student’s Manual: Advanced 2-Enginee Flying circa 1940s

26 10 Flying Safety 1943-1946

26 11 Evolution of Maintenance Engineering, 1907-1920

by Royal D. Frey, Chapters 1-12 (includes

photographs)

1960



photographs)

1960



photographs)

1960

27 1 Evolution of Maintenance Engineering, 1907-1920,

Chapters 13-18 and End Notes

1960

27 2 Engineering/Aeronautics, Technical articles circa 1950s

27 3 “Notable Curtiss military Airplanes”, “Notable

German Military Airplanes” by P.B. Kline

circa 1938

27 4 Aeronautics (Engineering 833) Exams, University of

Virginia

1942 Jul - Aug

27 5 Air Loads (notes and problems), class ending March 1942-1947



1947 at Virginia Polytechnical Institute, also 2

technical leaflets on Air Load Distribution and

“Strength of Aircraft Elements”

27 6 Aerodynamics 411, 412, 422 (class notes and

problems), Virginia Polytechnical Institute (VPI),

also VPI Bulletin on the VPI Wind Tunnel

1947

27 7 Practical Aerodynamics, notes (Reference: Elements

of Practical Aerodynamics by Bradley Jones, 3rd ed.)

1947

27 8 Aerodynamics Laboratory I and II (Aeronautical

Engineering), VPI, Blacksburg, Va.

1946-1947

27 9 Airplane propellers 413 (classnotes, problems), VPI,

Winter

1947

27 10 Airplane performance (Aeronautical Engineering),

class notes, VPI, Spring Quarter

1947

27 11 Airplane Structures (class notes and problems) circa 1947

27 12 “Airplane Design: Term Problem by P.B. Kline”,

VPI

1947 Jun 4

28 1 Power Plants I-III, class notes and handouts (Aircraft

Engine Theory), U.S. Navy Test Pilots’ Training

School (USN TPT School), NATC, NAC Patuxent

River, Md.

1950 Mar-May

28 2 TPT-Aerodynamics (classnotes and problems), USN

TPT School

1950

28 3 “ATIC Performance Notes 1955” 1953-1955

28 4 Aerodynamics Notes (miscellaneous) and undated

NACA Technical Note No. 1670: “Appreciation and

Prediction of Flying Qualities”

circa 1955

28 5 “Limited Performance and Flying Qualities

Evaluation of the USCG EU-16E Airborne Oil

Surveillance System Test Aircraft”

1974

28 6 Bulletin of the Airplane Engineering Department,

USA (title varies), Vol. 1, No. 2-4 and Vol. 2, No. 2

1918 Jul – 1918 Nov



1918 Jul – 1918 Nov



1918 Jul – 1918 Nov



1918 Jul – 1918 Nov

28 10 National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

(NACA) Reports: (Nos. 70, 96, 102, 103, 105, 118)

1920-1921


(NACA) Reports: (Nos. 119, 134, 135, 148, 153,

1921-1924



155, 162, 167, 170, 193, 204)


(NACA) Reports: (Nos. 215, 225, 230, 236, 252,

254, 257, 263, 265, 283)

1925-1928


(NACA) Reports: (Nos. 284, 296, 304, 306, 314,

333, 364, 377)

1928-1931


(NACA) Reports: (Nos. 403, 405, 406, 414, 418,

434, 441, 442, 484)

1931-1934


(NACA) Reports: (Nos. 491, 494, 576, 592, 595,

596, 607, 630, 766)

1934-1943


(NACA) Reports: (Nos. 771, 816, 854, 859, 923,

948, 950)

1943-1949


(NACA) Reports: (Nos. 997, 1133, 1137, 1156,

1207, 1219, 1937, 1250, 1960, 1295)

1950-1956

Subseries IIC: Aircraft Colors and Insignia 1920-1983

30 1 History of Aircraft Insignia, Markings, and

Camouflage

1942

30 2 WWI Insignia circa 1930s-1970s

30 3 U.S. Army Air Corps Insignia (1919-1939) circa 1934-1983

30 4 WWII Insignia 1940-1982

30 5 U.S. Navy Insignia, WWI and Korean War (from

NAV AV News)

1950

30 6 U.S. Navy Insignia and Markings 1935-1971

30 7 International Military Insignia 1935-1968

30 8 Finishes and Markings of USAF Aircraft 1948-1973

30 9 Commercial Insignia 1936-1969

30 10 Aircraft Markings on Model Aviation News Covers

(mostly WWI scenes)

circa 1930s

30 11 Aircraft Markings on Popular Aviation Covers circa 1934-circa

1940s

31 1 U.S. Military Color, Finish, Marking Specifications circa 1930s-1967

31 2 USAF Color, Finish, Marking Specifications 1967-1983

31 3 Aircraft Fabric Coverings circa 1920s-1940s

31 4 Model Markings, Camouflage (HIS AIR DEC

NEWS)

1962-1966

31 5 USAF Camouflage Color Scheme (F-4D, F100F) 1965-1966



31 5a USAF Camouflage 1933-1969

31 6 Army-Navy Aircraft Standard Colors (samples) 1945

31 7 Army-Navy Aircraft Camouflage Standard Colors

(samples)

1943

Subseries IID: Scale Models 1930-1984

31 8 Model Construction (no model plans, but includes

airfoils, parachutes, engines, guns, plastic

construction)

circa 1930s-circa

1964

31 9 Model Construction and Conversion Tips 1950s-1966

31 10 Finishing Model Aircraft (paints, cloth coverings,

glues, color mix charts

1937-circa 1958

31 11 Scale model catalogs and The ‘Squadron’ Magazine 1958-1984

31 12 Model Plan Catalogs: “Aeromodellers Plans Service” 1948-1953

40 8 Air Trails 1940

32 1 Sources for Aircraft Drawings and Misc. Scale

Drawings

1944-1980

32 2 Model Drawings from Flying Aces and Air Trails circa 1932-circa 1955

32 3 Cleveland model and Supply Co.: Scale Drawings

(SE-1 through SE-24)

circa 1930s

32 4 Paul Leaman-P.B. Kline Correspondence (about C.D.

Packard of Cleveland Model Supply Co.)

1974

32 5 Lindbergh Flying Scale Drawings (List of drawings

in 1934-1937 Popular Aviation and in Cross and

Cockade)

1973

32 6 Scale Model Drawings by Philip L. Mates for Hawk

Model Aeroplanes, WWI through 1930s)


32 7 Scale Models by Wylam: Book 1, William A. Wylam 1943

32 8 Scale Models by Wylam: Book 2 1945

32 9 Scale Models by Wylam: Book 3 1947

32 10 Model Collecting and Collections 1959-1961

32 11 Models (1914-1939) 1939-1976

32 12 WWII Models (U.S.) 1967-1971

32 13 WWII Models from “Battle of France” and “Battle of

Britain”

circa 1960s

32 14 Models of WWII multinational aircraft circa 1969

32 15 Models of Military, Commercial, and Private

Aircraft, since 1930s

1937-1977

32 16 Models from Air Fix Magazine 1964-1965

Series III: Aviation History 1918-1985



Subseries IIIA: General Aviation History 1928-1975

33 1 Aviation History and Military Air Power circa 1929-circa 1975

33 2 Historical Aircraft Drawings and Art by Douglas

Rolfe


33 3 50th Anniversary of Aviation 1953

33 4 Dayton Aviation History 1955

33 5 The Heritage of Kitty Hawk and Prelude to Kitty

Hawk

1955-1956

33 6 The Wilkins-Hearst Antarctic Expedition 1928-1929

40 1 Aviation Articles from Collier’s 1939-1956

40 2 Articles from Collier’s of the Space program 1952-1954

40 3 Aviation Articles from Saturday Evening Post 1931-1939

40 4 Misc. Articles from Saturday Evening Post

(including science fiction)

1954-1963

40 5 Air Power and Aviation special issue of Fortune

Magazine (includes many advertisements for

aviation-related products)

1941 Mar

40 6 Articles on WWII aviation from Life Magazine circa 1941

40 7 Reprint from Atlanta Journal on day of first mail

flight from New York

1928 May 2

Subseries IIIB: Museums, Air Shows, and Aviation Collections 1930-1985

33 7 Canadian-National Aeronautical Collection of the

National Museum of Science and Technology

circa 1974

33 8 Miscellaneous Museums and Collections of Antique

Aircraft

1950-circa 1969

33 9 Miscellaneous Air Shows and Exhibits 1946-1967

33 10 Musee De L’Air, France (Article in AIR BRITAIN) circa 1960

33 11 RAF Museum, Hendon, England 1972

33 12 Smithsonian Institution, National Aircraft Collection circa 1930s-1973

33 13 U.S. Air Force Museum, Dayton, Ohio (articles,

pictures, cartoons, calendars)

circa 1954-1985

33 14 U.S. Air Force Museum Catalogs of Aircraft

Collections

1965-circa 1971

33 15 U.S. Air Force Museum Catalogs of Aircraft

Collections


33 16 Research Sources (Washington D.C., Delaware) 1973-1979

33 17 The National Aeronautical Collection Undated

Subseries IIIC: Aviation Book Sellers and Book Reviews 1944-1982

34 1 Airbooks 1944-1952

34 2 John W. Caler (“Aeronautica”, Aero-Space-Tech- 1965-1967



Tronic Back-Files Co.)

34 3 Flightmasters “Scale News and Views” 1980-1982

34 4 Dr. S.H. Kleiser (correspondence about Kline’s

purchase of signed copy of Lafayette Flying Corps

by Nordhoff and Hall

1964

34 5 Aviation Books. C.G.B. Stuart 1959

34 6 Wright-Patterson Technical Library 1965-1966

34 7 Book Reviews (mostly from AAHS Journal) circa 1960s-1973

34 8 Kline’s notes about Aviation Books 1968

Subseries IIID: Aviation Organizations and Magazines/Old

Aviation Magazines

1934-1984

34 9 Air Britain: National Association of Aviation

Enthusiasts, Air Britain Digest

1959

34 10 Air Force Historical Foundation, The Air Power

Historian (includes index for 1954-1965)

1959-1968

34 11 Air Pictorial 1955-1964

34 12 Antique Airplane Association, Antique Airplane

News

1960-1982

34 13 American Aviation Historical Society (AAHS) circa 1958-1967

34 14 AAHS Newsletters 1983-1984

34 15 American Air Racing Society Newsletter 1978-1981

34 16 Cross and Cockade, Ohio chapter: Newsletters and

Minutes

1963

34 17 Wingfoot Lighter-than-Air Society (Blimps) 1967

34 18 Magazine Indexes and Kline’s notes of article

locations (mostly for drawings of aircraft)

1950s-1970s

35 1 Air Stories 1934 Dec

35 2 Air Stories 1938 Mar

35 3 Dare-Devil Aces 1940 Jan

35 4 Dare-Devil Aces 1941 Mar

35 5 Dare-Devil Aces 1941 Sept

35 6 Dare-Devil Aces 1942 Sept

35 7 Dare-Devil Aces 1943 May

35 8 Dare-Devil Aces 1942 May, 1942 Aug

35 9 Dare-Devil Aces 1937 Aug

35 10 Flying Aces 1935 Sept, 1936 Oct

35 11 War Birds 1934 Dec

Subseries IIIE: Military Squadron, Unit, and Base Histories 1929-1981

36 1 Squadron Histories: British RFC/RNAS

(Navy)/RAF, WWI

1952-1976



36 2 Squadron Histories: British RAF, WWI through

WWII

1950-1974

36 3 Squadron Histories: British WWII 1945-1964

36 4 Squadron Histories: U.S. WWI through 1940 circa 1960-circa 1969

36 5 Squadron Histories: U.S., 135th Aero Squadron,

WWI

1939-1969

36 6 Squadron Histories: U.S. WWII and later 1971-1973

36 7 U.S. Air Force History 1956

36 8 U.S. Air Force Organizations, “Air Force Report/FY

1981”

circa 1963-1981

36 9 U.S. Air Fields and Airports, Miscellaneous (Air

Force, Navy, Army, Commercial)

1942-circa 1973

36 10 Alaskan Command (1947-1967), ALSIB (1942-

1945), USAF

1967-1972

36 11 Kelly Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas (History) 1967-1972

36 12 Langley Air Force Base, Virginia (History) 1966

36 13 McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio (Engineering Division,

USAAS)

circa 1950s

36 14 Parks Air College, Instruction Books 1929-1930

36 15 Scampton Air Field, British RAF (History 1917-

1967)

1967

36 16 Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB), Dayton,

Ohio

Undated

37 1 WPAFB, WADC (Wright Air Development Center) 1952-1974

37 2 U.S. Navy, BuWeps 1965

37 3 Patuxent River Naval Air Station, (Test Pilot

Training School, Flight Test Division), [Peter B.

Kline was employed as a civilian at Patuxent River

NAS from 1948 to 1952. A group photo of the TPT

School possibly includes Kline.]

1945-1950

Subseries IIIF: People in Aviation 1925-1980

37 4 Arnold, Henry (Hap) H.; General USAAF, WWI and

WWII, student of Wright Brothers

1946-1950

37 5 Baer, Paul F.; U.S. WWI Ace 1938-1968

37 6 Bridgeman, Leonard; Artist and WWI Ace 1960s

37 7 Campbell, Douglas; Letters to his parents (1917-

1918), WWI

circa 1968

37 8 Collishaw, Raymond; British RAF Air Vice-

Marshall, WWI and WWII


37 9 Doolittle, James H.; U.S. WWI and WWII 1925-circa 1976

37 10 Earhart, Amelia 1977



37 11 Freeman, Richard S.; USAAC served 1930-1941

(Freeman Field, Seymour, Ind., named for him)

circa 1950s

37 12 Gentile, Don S.; Capt. USAAF WWII Ace from

Piqua, Ohio

1944

37 13 Guynemer, Georges; Capt. French WWI Ace circa 1918-1963

37 14 Haizlip, James; Racer and WWI pilot 1932-1938

37 15 Hughes, Howard H. 1976

37 16 Lambert, William Carpenter; WWI Ace, American in

the RAF

1968-1980

37 17 Lindbergh, Charles A. 1964-1967

37 18 Loth, Carl C. “Rip”; Col. WWI, WWII; U.S. aviator 1963

37 19 Ordway, Frederick I.; WWI (27th Aero Squadron)

and WWII

1964

37 20 Parsons, Edwin C.; Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy 1919

37 21 Patterson, Frederick B.; WWI Aviator, NCR

Corporation, Dayton, Ohio

1949-1965

37 22 Reinburg, J. Hunter; Col. U.S. Marine Corps

Reserve, WWII Ace

1926-1977

37 23 Richardson, Roland W.; WWI (includes photo of

model Nieuport 17 built by P.B. Kline

1964

37 24 Rickenbacker, Eddie; Capt. U.S. Ace, WWI circa 1918-1973

37 25 Springs, Elliott White; Col. U.S. Ace WWI in Royal

Flying Corps and U.S. Air Service

1927-1959

37 26 Weaver, Truman C.; Aviation movies, Air racing,

aviation history, model planes

1955-1982

37 27 Whitehouse, Arch; WWI flyer, author, 22nd Squadron

RAF/RFC

1941-1957

37 28 Wright Brothers 1946-circa 1949

38 1 Aces, American (1917-1953) 1944-1962

38 2 Aces, European (WWII, mostly Russian) circa 1955-circa 1965

38 3 WWI Aviators, multinational 1947-circa 1969

38 4 Lafayette Escadrille 1928-1968

38 5 WWI Veterans at Reunion, June 1961, Dayton, Ohio 1961

38 6 WWI “Roster of War Birds” at British WWI Reunion 1968

38 7 WWII 1971 Fighter Ace Reunion 1971

38 8 Early Birds 1953

38 9 Miscellaneous People in Aviation 1927-1968

Subseries IIIG: Aviation Stories, Poetry, Cartoons, and Movies 1918-1981

38 10 WWI Stories by Elliott White Springs from Liberty

and “War Birds”, Diary of an American Flyer (parts

7-15)

circa 1918



38 11 WWI Aviation Films 1930-1967

38 12 WWII Aviation Films (includes photos) 1954-circa 1974

38 13 Miscellaneous Aviation Films 1970-1981

38 14 “Fall Guys” by Dick Grace (stunt aviator), and

program for “Those Magnificent Men in their Flying

Machines

circa 1920-1965

38 15 WWI Songs, Poems, and Cartoons circa 1950s

38 16 WWII Songs and Poems circa 1940s-circa

1960s

38 17 Poems and Cartoons circa 1950s-circa

1970s

38 18 Milton Caniff Cartoons 1947-1957

38 19 Vought (Corsair) Cartoons by R. Osborn 1949-1950

39 1-4 Contents Listed after Box 17, under Military Aircraft

Identifications

40 1-7 Contents Listed after Box 32, File 4, under Magazine

Articles Aviation History

40 8 Contents Listed with Box 31, under Model

Construction

41 1 Oversized Milton Caniff Cartoon 1943

Subseries IIIH: Aeronautical Charts 1959-1967

41 2 Aeronautical Charts 1959-1967

Series IV: Personal Papers 1822-1981

41 3 Papers of Janet Forrestel Kline/Forrestel Family 1949-1981

41 4 Papers of Peter B. Kline, WWII and photographs circa 1942-1945

41 5 Papers of Peter B. Kline, Employment Records 1948-1956

41 6 Scrapbook from family of Janet Forrestel Kline,

including loose pages from a ledger book with entries

dated 1822-1832. Scrapbook contains news clippings

about family members and of poetry. The clippings

mostly refer to people living in the area of Saratoga,

New York. Note: scrapbook is very brittle and cover

and several pages are detached.

1822-1884

Oversize Charcoal portrait of Jeanette Forrestal Kline undated

Series V: Photographs 1914-1983

Subseries VA: Photographic Prints (includes some negatives) 1914-1983

Aircraft by Manufacturer (alphabetical order)



42 1 Arado, Atlantic, Barling circa 1950s

42 2 Beech (SNB-5) circa 1949

42 3 Bell Aircraft Corporation/ Bell Helicopter Co. circa 1960s-1970s

42 4 Blackburn circa 1950s-1970s

42 5 Boeing P-12/F4B (see also slide in Folder 46.9)

(one of the men in these photos may be P.B. Kline)

circa 1950s-1983

42 6 Boeing P-26, P-29 circa 1950s-circa

1970s

42 7 Boeing B-17, B-29, Chinook helicopter, Cargo

planes

circa 1960s

42 8 Boeing B-29 (in-flight refueling process) circa 1950

42 9 Boeing B-29 (mother ship for experimental craft) 1951

42 10 Boeing B-47 circa 1950s-1970s

42 11 Boeing B-50, B-52 and flight crews circa 1950s-circa

1960s

42 12 Breguet, Columbia, Consolidated, Consolidated

Vultee, Convair

1947-circa 1950s

43 1 Curtiss, Miscellaneous circa 1950s-1970s

43 2 Curtiss, pursuit circa 1940s-1960s

43 3 Curtiss-Robin, Curtiss-Wright circa 1930s-circa

1950s

43 4 Dassault Mystere IV A circa 1950s-1960s

43 5 DeHavilland circa 1950s-circa

1970s

43 6 Douglas circa 1950s-circa

1970s

43 7 Douglas World Cruisers circa 1960s

43 8 Gloster, Gall circa 1950s-1960s

43 9 Fairchild circa 1948-1950s

43 10 Fisher, Fleetwing, Fokker, Focke-Wulf circa 1950s-circa

1970s

43 11 Ford 1967

43 12 Great Lakes Trainer circa 1950s-circa

1970s

43 13 Grumman circa 1949-1969

43 14 Handley Page circa 1930s-1970s

43 15 Junkers circa 1960s-1970s

43 16 Lockheed circa 1960s-1970s

43 17 Loening, Macchi circa 1950s-circa

1960s

44 1 Martin (except PBM) circa 1920s-circa



1951

44 2 Martin PBM-5 (U.S. Navy Patrol Bomber) circa 1949

44 3 McDonnell circa 1950s-circa

1960s

44 4 McDonnell-Douglas YC15 1977

44 5 Messerschmitt circa 1960s-circa

1970s

44 6 Nieuport circa 1930s-circa

1970s

44 7 North American (except P-51 and F-51) circa 1940s-circa

1960s

44 8 North American “Mustang” P-51 and F-51 circa 1944-1961

44 9 North American X-15 1958-1959

44 10 North American Models of Experimental Aircraft

including the North American X-15, Bell D-171, and

Republic AP-76

circa 1950s

44 11 North American XSN2J-1 1948

44 12 Northrop, Pitcairn 1965

44 13 Republic (and predecessor Seversky) 1940s-1970s

44 14 Rockwell International B-1 prototype circa 1975

44 15 Ryan B-5, Sikorsky helicopter circa 1950s-1970s

44 16 S.P.A.D. circa 1970s

44 17 Temco Aircraft Corporation circa 1960s

44 18 Thomas-Morse circa 1930s-circa

1960s

44 19 Timm, Vought, Vultee circa 1920s-circa

1970s

44 20 Waco 1960s

44 21 Wright Brothers/Wright Company circa 1960s

45 1 Photo Scrapbooks: Part I (Aeronca-Douglas) circa 1930s-circa

1960s

45 2 Photo Scrapbooks: Part II (Douglas-Sikorsky) circa 1930s-circa

1960s

45 3 Photo Scrapbooks: Part III (Sikorsky-Waco and

unknown)

circa 1930s-1960s

45 4 Air Force Museum, Aircraft on Exhibit (part 1) 1957-1959

45 5 Air Force Museum, Aircraft on Exhibit (part 2) 1957-1959

45 6 Drawing and photos of Aircraft from Aircraft Year

Books of the late 1920s and early 1930s (prints and

negatives)

1950s-1987

45 7 Trading cards of USN and USAAC aircraft circa early 1940s



45 8 U.S. military aircraft circa 1960s

45 9 USAF Historical Aircraft, Photo package No. 2 1971

45 10 Air Shows, WPAFB 1958-circa 1960s

45 11 Racers circa 1930s-circa

1970s

45 12 Laird Super Solution Historical Album 1980

45 13 Gliders circa 1960s

45 14 Armament/Communications circa 1950s

45 15 Engines of Aircraft circa 1950s

45 16 Aircraft Colors and Insignia, Squadron Insignia circa 1950s-1983

46 1 Aircraft Line Drawings and Cartoons on Printers’

Kodalith film

1961

46 2 “Summary of Air Information” (Mar.-Sep. 1918),

AEF (WWI)

1962

46 3 Dardanellen-Flieger by Kapitanleutnantz D.

Liebmann, published in Berlin, 1918. pp. 3-128 plus

pictures

1965

46 4 Squadrons circa 1918

46 5 Selfridge Field, Michigan circa 1930s

46 6 Coffeyville AAF Field, Kansas (2nd Lt. P.B. Kline

was stationed at Coffeyville circa March 1944-April

1945 as Engineering Officer of aircraft maintenance

on P-38s and B-25s)

circa 1944-1945

46 7 People in Aviation circa 1950s-circa

1970s

46 8 Butcher, Percy E.; British WWI, RFC/RAF circa 1914-circa

1960s

Subseries VB: Color Slides undated

46 9 Air Force Museum 35mm color slides of aircraft (8) undated

Series VI: Aviation Art (primarily by Peter Kline) 1942-1944

oversize “Gloster Gladiator, Fleet Air Arm Fighter” Royal

Navy 3711 on tail, signed by P.B. Kline

1942

oversize Aircraft in flight - pink sky, signed by P.B. Kline 1942

oversize “Curtiss-Wright A.T.-9 U.S.A.A.F.” tail # 17530,

signed by P.B. Kline

1943

oversize North American AT-6 “Texans” signed by P.B. Kline 1943

oversize Color print of aircraft in flight with poem “The Last

Bouquet” by Gill Robb Wilson

1944

oversize Some Famous Fighter Planes of World War I (ink

drawings of 9 planes) signed by P.B. Kline

1944

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