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Peter B. Kline Papers

MS – 165

Wright State University

Special Collections and Archives

Processed by:

Kathleen L. Spray

August 1987

Introduction

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

Special Collections in 1986. Aeronautical engineer Peter B. Kline collected the papers and books

and magazines pertaining to aviation. His large collection of books is also held by the Wright

State Archives. Kline specialized in materials about the WWI era and military aircraft, in

general, but his collection covers a wide range of aviation subjects.

The time span covered by the collection is 1822 to 1986, but the bulk if the materials are

concentrated from 1917 to 1986.

Contained in over 46 Hollinger boxes, three of which are oversize, the collection fills 20

linear feet.

There are no restrictions on the use of these materials. However, due to the many

copyrighted items in the collection, consideration of copyrights is the responsibility of the user.

Series Description

The Kline Papers are divided into seven series, as follows:

Series I: Aircraft Identification

Subseries 1 – Aircraft by Manufacturer

Subseries 2 – Racers and Air Races

Subseries 3 – War Planes and Aerial Warfare

Subseries 4 – U.S. Aircraft Identifications (mostly military)

Subseries 5 – Multinational Aircraft (mostly military)

Subseries 6 – Scrapbooks (includes photographs)

Series II: Aircraft Construction (Full size and models)

Subseries 1 – Large Drawings and Blueprints of Aircraft

Subseries 2 – Aircraft Components and Accessories/General Pilot’s Manuals/

Theory of Aerodynamics

Subseries 3 – Aircraft Colors and Insignia

Subseries 4 – Scale Models

Series III: Aviation History

Subseries 1 – General Aviation History

Subseries 2 – Museums, Air Shows, and Aviation Collections

Subseries 3 – Aviation Book Sellers and Book Reviews

Subseries 4 – Aviation Organizations and Magazines/ Old Aviation Magazines

Subseries 5 – Military Squadron, Unit, and Base Histories

Subseries 6 – People in Aviation

Subseries 7 – Aviation Stories, Poetry, Cartoons, and Movies

Subseries 8 – Aeronautical Charts

Series IV: Personal Papers

Series V: Photographs

Subseries 1 – Photographic prints (includes some negatives)

Subseries 2 – Movies and Color slides

Series VI: Aviation Art (to be processed)

Series VII: File Cards (to be processed)

Oversize Material – Loc 11, Folder 4

Container Listing

Series I: Aircraft Identification

Subseries 1: Aircraft by Manufacturer (alphabetical order)

Box File Description Date

1 1 Albatros (German WWI Pursuit) 1959-1974

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

3 Arado (German) 1947-1969

4 Armstrong-Whitworth 1934-1963

5 Auster (British Commercial) 1950-1954

6 Austin Motor Company (British WWII) ca. late 1940s

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

8 Barling 1961

9-13 Beech 1930s-1970

14 Bell Aerosystems, V/STOL 1965

15 Bell Aircraft Corporation 1945-ca. 1970s

16 Bell Helicopter Company 1948-1973

17 Bellanca ca. 1930s-ca. 1980s

18 Berliner-Joyce P-16 1970

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

20 Bleriot ca. 1960s

Boeing:

2 1 Commercial 1931-1967

2 Clipper ca. 1939

3 Cruising Control Text ca. 1943

4 History ca. 1955-ca. 1960s

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

6 Model 100 (U.S. Commercial) 1929-ca. 1954

7 Model 100 (U.S. Commercial) ca. 1966-1979

8 247 (Commercial) ca. 1962-1966

9 707 (Commercial) 1954-1958

10 General Military 1923-1967

11 B-9 (USAAC Bomber) 1971

12 B-17 ca. 1944-1976

3 1 B-17G, Field Service Manual 1945

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

3 B-29, Airplane Commander Training Manual 1944

4 B-29, Airplane Commander Training Manual (Revised) 1945

5-7 B-29, Erection and Maintenance Instructions 1945

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

4 1 B-47 1950-1951

2 B-50 1950s


4 3 KC-135A 1960

4 Pilot’s Handbook for Model N2S-4 (U.S. Navy) ca. 1940s

5 P-9 1930

6 P-12, “Philippine Island Summer 1942 – Tony Ulrich” n.d.

7 P-12 / F4B ca. 1930-1931

8 P-12 / F4B ca. 1932-1979

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

10 P-12C / F4B 1962-1975

11 P12E / F4B3, Cleveland model drawings 1933-1982

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

13 PW-9, PN-9 ca. 1960s-1970s

14 Vertol Division ca. 1965

15 Breguet ca. 1962

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

17 Bristol, general 1938-ca. 1966

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

19 Boulton Paul Aircraft Ltd. 1954-1955

20 Brunner-Winkle Bird ca. 1974

5 1 Canadair, Military ca. 1950s

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

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

4 Columbia J2F6 (U.S. Navy) Handbook…for Structural Repair 1944

5-7 Consolidated, Military (see also Convair) ca. 1934-ca. 1970s

8 Consolidated Vultee (Convair) ca. 1943-1946

6 1 Consolidated Vultee (Convair) 1943-1946

2 Convair (see also Consolidated, Consolidates Vultee, Stinson) 1946-ca.1969

3 Curtiss/Curtiss-Wright, History and misc.

(see also Aircraft Armament, Box 26)

1917-ca. 1963

Curtiss:

6 4 Commercial ca. 1960s-1980

5 Military ca. 1932-1971

6 F5L, Flying Boat Handbook (U.S. Navy) Dec. 1918

7 Condor (Bombers) ca. 1950s-1967

8 F8C / O2C, SBC-3, “Helldiver”, F7C-1 ca. 1932-ca. 1954

9 JN4D “Jenny” 1917-1962

10 “1933 Pursuit Proposal for U.S. Army Air

Corps” (includes photographs

1933

11 P-6E 1923-ca. 1930s

12 P-36 “Hawk” ca. 1940s-1969

13 PW-8A “Hawk” ca. 1968

14 P40 “Warhawk” ca. 1942-ca. 1964


6 15 P40B and P40C, Handbook of Operational Flight

Instructions

1942

7 1 Curtiss P-55 ca. 1960s

2 Curtiss Seaplane-Scouts ca. 1946

3 Curtiss Reid 1970

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

5 Dayton-Wright Co. 1966

6 DeHavilland ca. 1915-1970

Douglas:

7 7 History 1934-1961

8 DC-1 through DC-9 (Commercial)

(see McDonnell-Douglas for DC-10)

1945-1971

9 World Cruisers (Commercial) ca. 1930s-1977

10 Military – Attack and Cargo ca. 1930s-1977

11 Bombers ca. 1944-ca. 1966

12 Pursuit/Obs./Recon./ Misc. military 1943-ca. 1960s

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

14 C-47 / R4D ca. 1950s-1967

15 C-5D Transport, Operating Instructions 1941

16 English Electric Company, “Cabrerra” 1951-1954

17 Fairchild 1950s-1970s

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

19 Fiat Aviation (Italian) ca. 1950s or 1960s

8 1 Fokker (German) ca. 1930s-1966

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

Clinton, Ohio)

1929-ca. 1980

3 General Aviation 1963

4 General Dynamics (Military) ca. 1969s-1970s

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

6 Gloster ca. 1930s-1955

7 Great Lakes, General and Correspondence ca. 1930s-1979

8 Great Lakes, Trainer ca. 1930-1970

Grumman:

8 9 History and General 1948-ca. 1967

10 “Mallard” 1975

11 Military ca. 1939-ca. 1970

12 F4F “Wildcat”/FM-2 (U.S. Navy) Pilot’s Handbook 1944

13 Hall-Aluminum Aircraft Corporation Flying Boat ca. 1930s-ca. 1960s

14 Handley-Page (British) ca. 1930s-1971

15 Hamilton Metal Plane Company 1950s-1960s


8 16 Hanriot 1961

9 1-4 Hawker (British Military) (see also Hawker Siddeley

and its divisions)

1930s-1976

5 Hawker Siddeley Aviation

(see also Blackburn, DeHavilland, Folland,

Hawker, Avro (A.V. Roe), Whitworth, Gloster)

ca. 1960s

6 Heinkel ca. 1940-1967

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

8 Hughes, Helicopter 1966

9 Junkers (German) 1924-1974

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

USAAC, Wright Field

1946

11 Keystone/Keystone-Loening ca. 1930s-ca. 1972

12-15 Lockheed, History, Commercial, “Constellation” 1930s-1969

Lockheed:

10 1 Military 1938-1969

2-3 Hudson III Recon.-Bomber Service Instructions ca. 1941

4 P-38 and F-5 Pilot’s Flight Operating Instructions 1944

5 P2V-4 Pilot’s Handbook 1951

6 Loening (see also Keystone for Keystone-Loening) ca. 1920s-1967

7 Lysander 1964

Martin:

10 8 History, Commercial 1923-1950

9 Military 1947-1970

10 B-10 (USAAC Bomber) ca. 1930s-1976

11 M-130 1960s

12 B-26 Pilot Training Manual ca. 1944

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

11 1 Martinsyde 1968-1977

McDonnell/McDonnell-Douglas:

11 2 History 1964-1985

3 DC-10 1972

4 Military 1949-1972

5-7 F-4 Phantom 1961-ca. 1970

8-10 Messerschmitt (includes ME 262 Maintenance

Handbook, Report on ME 163, by USAAC)

ca. 1930s-ca.1970

11 Monocoupe 1935-1980

12 Morane-Saulnier 1951-1967

13-15 Nieuport ca. 1920-1978


North American:

12 1 Company Publications 1964-1967

2 Bombers ca. 1945-1973

3 B-25 “Mitchell” Pilot Training Manual 1940

4 B-25 “Mitchell” Flight Handbook 1943

5 Fighters and X-15, NA-16, O-47 1950-ca. 1970s

6 Naval Aircraft 1948-ca. 1950s

7 Pursuit ca. 1940s-1968

8 P-51 “Mustang” Pilot Training Manual 1945

9 P-51D “Mustang” Flight Handbook ca. 1957

10 T-6, T-28, T-39 1960-1962

11 T-6D Operating Manual 1951

12 T-39A Flight Manual 1962

13 1 Northrop 1943-1973

2 Orenco 1920s

3 Payne “Knight Twister” (“Vest-pocket” Pursuit Ship) ca. 1932-1944

4 Pfalz (German WWI Scout) 1935-1976

5 Piper 1942-1954

6 Piper NE-1 pilot’s Handbook 1942

7 Polikarpov I-16 (Russian WWII Fighter) ca. 1950s-1980s

8 Rearwin (sportster) 1939-ca. 1960s

9 Republic/Seversky 1936-ca. 1968

10 Rockwell International 1974-c. 1980s

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

Gesellschaft Company)

1957

12 Royal Aircraft Factory (British WWI) 1950-1978

13 Ryan/Teledyne Ryan 1927-1972

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

15 Seversky P-35 1940s

16 Sikorsky (History, Helicopter Pilot’s Handbook) 1945-ca. 1973

17 Short Bros. (British) 1942-ca. 1950s

18 Siemans-Schuckert D.IV 1956

19 Sopwith 1935-1972

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

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

22 Stearman ca. 1920s-ca. 1970s

23 Stinson Aircraft corporation (see also Convair) 1932-ca. 1970s

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

25 Supermarine (Vickers) ca. 1950s-ca. 1960s

26 Temco T-35 “Buckaroo” ca. 1960s

27 Thomas-Morse 1966

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

29 Turner-Laird “Meteor” ca. 1937


13 30 “Verville-type” Pusher ca. 1920

31 Vickers (British Royal Air force, see also Supermarine) 1931-1969

32 Vought (Military, General) ca. 1930s-ca. 1970s

33 Vought F4U “Corsair” Flight Handbook 1952

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

(U.S. Army)

1943

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

2 Westland (British WWI Seaplane) and

Westland/Sikorsky Helicopter (1950s)

1946-ca. 1960s

3 Weatherly “Colt” ca. 1950s

4 Wing Aircraft Company “Derringer” (U.S. Commercial) 1971

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

Subseries 2: Racers and Air Races


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

7 Curtiss Racers 1936-ca. 1950s

8 DeHavilland Racers (Comets, Tiger Moth) ca. 1940-1976

9 Granville Brothers “Gee Bee” 1931-1959

10 Grumman “Gulfhawk” (Al Williams) ca. 1930s-1950s

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

12 Laird Speedwing “Super Solution) ca. 1950s-ca. 1960s

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

15 Miscellaneous Racers ca. late 1930s-ca. 1973

16 Aerial Acrobatics ca. 1970s-1980s

Races and Exibitions:

14 17 All-American Flying Derby 1930

18 Festival of Britain National Air Races 1951

19 Ford Air Tours 1973

20 Goodyear/Continental/Cleveland Air Races ca. 1930s-1940s

21 Miami (Florida) Air Races 1932-1933

22 National Air Races, Official Directories 1937-1938

23 Thompson Trophy Races ca. 1930s-1970s

24 Miscellaneous Races 1929-1970

Subseries 3: War Planes and Aerial Warfare (Chronologically)


World War I:

14 25 Articles on Balloons ca. 1918

26 Articles on WWI ca. 1918


15 1 WWI in Turkey and Egypt (2 chapters of a

manuscript by Brian Flanagan)

ca. 1960s

2 Reprints of “Out of Control” (newspaper

published by 1st Pursuit Group in France)

1918

3 WWI Aircraft ca. 1918

4 Miscellaneous Articles and Pictures 1918-ca. 1960s

5 Recognition Manuals (British and French on

Allied and Enemy Aircraft)

1918-ca. 1971

6 WWI Aircraft (articles) 1917-1918

7 “Correspondence” Column from Flight and

Aeroplane

1950-1954

8 “Pictures for Scrapbook” (Allied and German

Aircraft)

ca. 1917-1918

9 Harborough Pictures ca. 1930s

10 Stories, People, Battles, Count Zeppelin 1909-1975

11 1928-1945: “Warplanes Past and Present” by Air Books ca. 1960s

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

WWII:

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

Nations

ca. 1940s-1950s

14 WWII Articles ca. 1930s-1968

15 Korean War 1950-1971

16 Vietnam War 1965-1972

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

18 Aerial Warfare (Miscellaneous) 1966

Subseries 4: U.S. Aircraft Identifications (Mostly Military)


16 1-2 USAF Standard Aircraft Characteristics 1953-1965

3-5 U.S. Military, Characteristics Summary “Black Book” 1949-1968

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

7 Index of AF Serial Numbers Assigned to Aircraft 1958

and prior, Part I: Numerical Listing

1961

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

9 Misc. Pictures from Naval Aviation News 1950-1951

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

Naval Aviation News)

ca. 1949-1969

11 U.S. Military Aircraft 1913-ca. 1970s

12 Color Illustrations from AAHS Journal covers (Military

and Commercial)

1970-1981

13 U.S. Non-Military Aircraft 1938-ca. 1954


17 1 U.S. Navy Experimental Airplane Characteristics and

Performance Data Sheets

1946

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

3 USAAF Experimental Planes 1945

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

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

Guided Missiles Classified as Restricted

1951

6 U.S. Army Aircraft Descriptions 1958

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

Aircraft

1962-1963

8 Navy and Marine Corps Air Units: Tail Code Projects 1971

9 Model Designation of Military Aircraft, Rockets, and

Guided Missiles

1974

10 U.S. Army Aircraft Characteristics 1947

Additional Military Aircraft Identifications can be found in Oversize Box 39, as follows:

1 Army Aircraft Model Designation 1946

2 Army Aircraft Characteristics 1946

3 Performance Data from Tests made at Wright Field,

Dayton, Ohio (Bombers, Trainers, and Attack Aircraft)

1930-1938

4 Tactical Planning: Characteristics and Performance Chart 1946

Subseries 5: Multinational Aircraft (mostly military)


18 1 British Aircraft ca. 1918-ca. 1960s

1a 60 Years of British Aircraft 1984-1985

2 British Aircraft: Farnborough Exhibition 1952-1962

2a Commercial Canadian Airlines

3 French Aircraft ca. 1960- ca. 1972

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

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

military

1942-1943

6 Japanese Aircraft: WWII ca. 1930s-1969

7-7a Japanese Aircraft: WWII identification by U.S. military 1944-1946

8 Polish Aircraft 1957-1973

9 Soviet Aircraft 1947-1974

10 Multinational Aircraft (mostly warplanes) ca. 1918-ca. 1972

11 “Aircraft Intelligence” (multinational aircraft

identification from Flight)

1953-1954

12-14 Articles “Technical Gen…” from Royal Air Force Flying

Review (multinational aircraft identification)

1955-1960


19 1 Facts by Request (multinational aircraft identification) 1964-1969

2 Mixed Pictures of Aircraft 1931-ca. 1970s

Subseries 6: Aircraft Types


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

4 Amphibians/Flying Boats ca. 1937

5 Autogiro (History) 1940-1961

6 Balloons and Rigid Lighter-than-Air-Ships ca. 1960s

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

8 Fighters-multinational ca. 1940-ca. 1976

9 “Fighter A to Z” from Air Enthusiast (A through D only) 1971-1978

10 Helicopters 1949-1951

11 Lightplanes/Ultralights/Homebuilts ca. 1930s-ca. 1970s

12 Rare birds (Unusual Aircraft) 1931-1975

13 Rockets 1955

14 Trainers 1949-1962

15 Maintenance Information for Training-Type Airplanes 1943

16 Articles from Air Trails about Aircraft types ca. 1930s

Subseries 7: Scrapbooks (includes photographs)


(Aircraft by Manufacturer: A-D)

20 1 Aeromarine through Avro 1917-1976

2 Beechcraft through Bloch ca. 1930s-1978

3 Boeing ca. 1930s-1967

4 Boeing ca. 1930s-1979

5 Boulton-Paul through Burgess 1917-1973

6 Catalina through Curtiss 1918-1976

7 Dart through Douglas ca. 1943-1984

(Aircraft by manufacturer: F-N)

21 1 Fairchild through Ford Trimotor 1917-1978

2 Gallaudet through Grumman 1917-1976

3 Handley Page through Huntington 1918-1972

4 Jaguar through Junkers 1928-ca. 1957

5 Kawasaki through Knight Twister (Payne) ca. 1950s-1960s

6 Lanzius through Lysander 1917-1974

7 Macchi through McDonnell 1917-1981

8 Messerschmitt 1943-ca. 1960s

9 Mitsubishi through (Thomas) Morse 1918-1976

10 Nieuport 1917-1965


21 11 North American 1943-1979

12 Northrop 1962-1965

(Aircraft by Manufacturer: O-Z)

22 1 Orenco ca. 1936

2 Pander through Potez 1930-1973

3 Rohrbach (Roland) through Ryan 1918-ca. 1980

4 Salmson through Sikorsky 1917-1979

5 Sopwith 1917-ca. 1950s

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

7 Travel Air ca. 1960s

8 Vickers/Vickers Armstrong through Vought ca. 1930s-ca. 1970s

9 Waco through Witteman-Lewis 1917-1975

(Racers and Air Races)

22 10 Cessna Racer ca. 1930s

11 Curtis Racers ca. 1960-1970

12 Deperdussin Racer (1912-1913) ca. 1930s

13 Gee Bee Racers 1931-1979

14 Keith Rider R-6 Racer ca. 1960s-1981

15 Roscoe Turner (Turner Special) ca. 1930s-1970s

16 Wendell-Williams Racers 1932-ca. 1964

17 Miscellaneous Racers ca. 1935

18 National Air Races 1962

19 Thompson Trophy Race Winners ca. 1930s-1960s

20 Miscellaneous Air Racing Articles ca. 1965-ca. 1975

(Warplanes/multinational aircraft)

23 1 WWII-First Atom Bombs ca. late 1940s

2 Korean War ca. 1950-1952

3-6 Vietnam War 1965-1966

7 U.S. Military Aircraft ca. 1930s-1974

8 U.S. Spacecraft 1960s

9 Chinese Aircraft (1931-1960s) ca. 1950s-1974

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

11 Soviet Aircraft ca. 1959-ca. 1963

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

2 Multinational Aircraft ca. 1930s-ca. 1970

3 Airlines 1918-1976

4 Fighters ca. 1965

5 Helicopters ca. 1950s-ca. 1960s

Series II: Aircraft construction (Full Size and Models)

Subseries 1: Large Drawings and Blueprints of Aircraft


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

7 Cessna LGA 37 1964

8 Convair F-106 1956

9 Curtiss ca. 1947-1973

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

11 Lockheed F-80, F94D 1944-1951

12-13 McDonnell F-4, markings and insignia 1963

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

2 Nieuport 11 and 28 ca. 1950-1970

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

4 Republic F-84A 1947

5 Sopwith 5F.1 “Dolphin” 1964

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

7 WWI Aeroplane drawings 1973-1974

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

9 George Francis Myers, Drawing of Aircraft Inventions:

“Helicopter Airplane”

ca. 1935-1954

Subseries 2: Aircraft Components and Accessories/General Pilot’s Manuals/

Theory of Aerodynamics (P.B. Kline’s class notes)


25 10 Aircraft Engines 1932-1971

11 Aircraft Engines (WWI) 1917-1918

Wright Aircraft Engines:

25 12 Whirlwind (Installation/Maintenance Manual) 1928-1930

13-14 Engineering Officer’s Handbook 1941-1942

15 Cyclone 9GC, Instruction Book (for installation,

operation, maintenance)

1943

16 Curtiss: OX-5 Aircraft Engine (1927-1929)

26 1-2 Foreign Equipment Catalog 1946

3 Instrument Panels ca. 1967

4 Aerial Recon. 1965

5 Aircraft Armament, History (includes booklet by Curtiss-

Wright Corporation)

1942-1965

6 “The Installation of Armament on Aircraft” by Peter B.

Kline

ca. 1942

7 Flight Test Procedure, U.S. Navy 1939

8 Student’s Manual: Advanced Single-Engine Flying ca. 1940s


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

10 Flying Safety 1943-1946

11-13 Evolution of Maintenance Engineering, 1907-1920 by

Royal D. Frey, Chapters 1-12 (includes photographs)

1960

27 1 Evolution of Maintenance Engineering, 1907-1920,

Chapters 13-18 and End Notes

1960

2 Engineering/Aeronautics, Technical articles ca. 1950s

3 “Notable Curtiss military Airplanes”, “Notable German

Military Airplanes” by P.B. Kline

ca. 1938

4 Aeronautics (Engineering 833) Exams, University of

Virginia

Jul.-Aug. 1942

5 Air Loads (notes and problems), class ending March

1947 at Virginia Polytechnical Institute, also 2

technical leaflets on Air Load Distribution and

“Strength of Aircraft Elements”

1942-1947

6 Aerodynamics 411, 412, 422 (class notes and problems),

Virginia Polytechnical Institute (VPI), also VPI

Bulletin on the VPI Wind Tunnel

1947

7 Practical Aerodynamics, notes (Reference: Elements of

Practical Aerodynamics by Bradley Jones, 3rd ed.)

1947

8 Aerodynamics Laboratory I and II (Aeronautical

Engineering), VPI, Blacksburg, Va.

1946-1947

9 Airplane propellers 413 (classnotes, problems), VPI, Winter 1947

10 Airplane performance (Aeronautical Engineering), class

notes, VPI, Spring Quarter

1947

11 Airplane Structures (class notes and problems) ca. 1947

12 “Airplane Design: Term Problem by P.B. Kline”, VPI June 4, 1947

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.

Mar.-May 1950

2 TPT-Aerodynamics (classnotes and problems), USN

TPT School

1950

3 “ATIC Performance Notes 1955” 1953-1955

4 Aerodynamics Notes (miscellaneous) and undated

NACA Technical Note No. 1670: “Appreciation

and Prediction of Flying Qualities”

ca. 1955

5 “Limited Performance and Flying Qualities Evaluation of

the USCG EU-16E Airborne Oil Surveillance

System Test Aircraft”

1974

6-9 Bulletin of the Airplane Engineering Department, USA

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

Jul. 1918-Nov. 1918


National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) Reports:

28 10 (Nos. 70, 96, 102, 103, 105, 118) 1920-1921

29 1 (Nos. 119, 134, 135, 148, 153, 155, 162, 167, 170, 193, 204) 1921-1924

2 (Nos. 215, 225, 230, 236, 252, 254, 257, 263, 265, 283) 1925-1928

3 (Nos. 284, 296, 304, 306, 314, 333, 364, 377) 1928-1931

4 (Nos. 403, 405, 406, 414, 418, 434, 441, 442, 484) 1931-1934

5 (Nos. 491, 494, 576, 592, 595, 596, 607, 630, 766) 1934-1943

6 (Nos. 771, 816, 854, 859, 923, 948, 950) 1943-1949

7 (Nos. 997, 1133, 1137, 1156, 1207, 1219, 1937, 1250, 1960,

1295)

1950-1956

Subseries 3: Aircraft Colors and Insignia


30 1 History of Aircraft Insignia, Markings, and Camouflage 1942

2 WWI Insignia ca. 1930s-1970s

3 US Army Air Corps Insignia (1919-1939) ca. 1934-1983

4 WWII Insignia 1940-1982

5 US Navy Insignia, WWI and Korean War (from NAV AV

News)

1950

6 US Navy Insignia and Markings 1935-1971

7 International Military Insignia 1935-1968

8 Finishes and Markings of USAF Aircraft 1948-1973

9 Commercial Insignia 1936-1969

10 Aircraft Markings on Model Aviation News Covers (mostly

WWI scenes)

ca. 1930s

11 Aircraft Markings on Popular Aviation Covers ca. 1934-ca. 1940s

31 1 US Military Color, Finish, Marking Specifications ca. 1930s-1967

2 USAF Color, Finish, Marking Specifications 1967-1983

3 Aircraft Fabric Coverings ca. 1920s-1940s

4 Model Markings, Camouflage (HIS AIR DEC NEWS) 1962-1966

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

5a USAF Camouflage 1933-1969

6 Army-Navy Aircraft Standard Colors (samples) 1945

7 Army-Navy Aircraft Camouflage Standard Colors (samples) 1943

Subseries 4: Scale Models


31 8 Model Construction (no model plans, but includes airfoils,

parachutes, engines, guns, plastic construction)

ca. 1930s-ca. 1964

9 Model Construction and Conversion Tips 1950s-1966


(Additional Model Construction Articles from Air Trails (1940) can be found in Oversize Box

40, File 8)

31 10 Finishing Model Aircraft (paints, cloth coverings, glues,

color mix charts

1937-ca. 1958

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

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

32 1 Sources for Aircraft Drawings and Misc. Scale Drawings 1944-1980

2 Misc. Model Drawings from Flying Aces and Air Trails ca. 1932-ca. 1955

3 Cleveland model and Supply Co.: Scale Drawings (SE-1

through SE-24)

ca. 1930s

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

Packard of Cleveland Model Supply Co.)

1974

5 Lindbergh Flying Scale Drawings (List of drawings in

1934-1937 Popular Aviation and in Cross and Cockade

1973

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

Aeroplanes, WWI through 1930s)

ca. 1933-ca. 1940

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

8 Scale Models by Wylam: Book 2 1945

9 Scale Models by Wylam: Book 3 1947

10 Model Collecting and Collections 1959-1961

11 Models (1914-1939) 1939-1976

12 WWII Models (US) 1967-1971

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

Britain”

ca. 1960s

14 Models of WWII multinational aircraft ca. 1969

15 Models of Military, Commercial, and Private Aircraft,

since 1930s

1937-1977

16 Models from Air Fix Magazine 1964-1965

Series III: Aviation History

Subseries 1: General Aviation History


33 1 Aviation History and Military Air Power ca. 1929-ca. 1975

2 Historical Aircraft Drawings and Art by Douglas Rolfe ca. 1949-ca. 1955

3 50th Anniversary of Aviation 1953

4 Dayton Aviation History 1955

5 The Heritage of Kitty Hawk and Prelude to Kitty Hawk 1955-1956

6 The Wilkins-Hearst Antarctic Expedition 1928-1929

Additional Magazine articles on Aviation History can be found in Oversize Box 40, Files 1-7,

as follows:)


40 1 Aviation Articles from Collier’s 1939-1956

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

3 Aviation Articles from Saturday Evening Post 1931-1939

4 Misc. Articles from Saturday Evening Post

(including science fiction)

1954-1963

5 Air Power and Aviation special issue of Fortune

Magazine (includes many advertisements for

aviation-related products)

March 1941

6 Articles on WWII aviation from Life Magazine ca. 1941

7 Reprint from Atlanta Journal on day of first mail

flight from New York

May 2, 1928

Subseries 2: Museums, Air Shows, and Aviation Collections


33 7 Canadian-National Aeronautical Collection of the National

Museum of Science and Technology

ca. 1974

8 Miscellaneous Museums and Collections of Antique

Aircraft

1950-ca. 1969

9 Miscellaneous Air Shows and Exhibits 1946-1967

10 Musee De L’Air, France (Article in AIR BRITAIN) ca. 1960

11 RAF Museum, Hendon, England 1972

12 Smithsonian Institution, National Aircraft Collection ca. 1930s-1973

13 US Air Force Museum, Dayton, Ohio (articles, pictures,

cartoons, calendars)

ca. 1954-1985

14 US Air Force Museum Catalogs of Aircraft Collections 1965-ca. 1971

15 US Air Force Museum Catalogs of Aircraft Collections ca. 1976-ca. 1980

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

17 The National Aeronautical Collection n.d.

Subseries 3: Aviation Book Sellers and Book Reviews


34 1 Airbooks 1944-1952

2 John W. Caler (“Aeronautica”, Aero-Space-Tech-Tronic

Back-Files Co.)

1965-1967

3 Flightmasters “Scale News and Views” 1980-1982

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

of signed copy of Lafayette Flying Corps by

Nordhoff and Hall

1964

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

6 Wright-Patterson Technical Library 1965-1966

7 Book Reviews (mostly from AAHS Journal) ca. 1960s-1973

8 Kline’s notes about Aviation Books 1968

Subseries 4: Aviation Organizations and Magazines/Old Aviation Magazines


34 9 Air Britain: National Association of Aviation Enthusiasts,

Air Britain Digest

1959

10 Air Force Historical Foundation, The Air Power Historian

(includes index for 1954-1965)

1959-1968

11 Air Pictorial 1955-1964

12 Antique Airplane Association, Antique Airplane News 1960-1982

13 American Aviation Historical Society (AAHS) ca. 1958-1967

14 AAHS Newsletters 1983-1984

15 American Air Racing Society Newsletter 1978-1981

16 Cross and Cockade, Ohio chapter: Newsletters and Minutes 1963

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

18 Magazine Indexes and Kline’s notes of article locations

(mostly for drawings of aircraft)

1950s-1970s

Old Aviation Magazines:

35 1-2 Air Stories Sep. 1935, Oct. 1936

3 Dare Devil Aces Dec. 1934

4 Dare Devil Aces Mar. 1938

5 Dare Devil Aces Jan. 1940

6 Dare Devil Aces Mar. 1941

7 Dare Devil Aces Sept. 1941

8 Dare Devil Aces Sept. 1942

9 Dare Devil Aces May 1943

10 Flying Aces May 1942, Aug. 1942

11 War Birds Aug. 1937

Subseries 5: Military Squadron, Unit, and Base Histories


Squadron Histories:

36 1 British RFC/RNAS (Navy)/RAF, WWI 1952-1976

2 British RAF, WWI through WWII 1950-1974

3 British WWII 1945-1964

4 US WWI through 1940 ca. 1960-ca. 1969

5 US, 135th Aero Squadron, WWI 1939-1969

6 US WWII and later 1971-1973

7 US Air Force History 1956

8 US Air Force Organizations, “Air Force Report/FY 1981” ca. 1963-1981

9 US Air Fields and Airports, Miscellaneous (Air Force,

Navy, Army, Commercial)

1942-ca. 1973

10 Alaskan Command (1947-1967), ALSIB (1942-1945),

USAF

1967-1972

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


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

13 McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio (Engineering Division,

USAAS)

ca. 1950s

14 Parks Air College, Instruction Books 1929-1930

15 Scampton Air Field, British RAF (History 1917-1967) 1967

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

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

2 US Navy, BuWeps 1965

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 6: People in Aviation


Alphabetical Order:

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

WWII, student of Wright Brothers

1946-1950

5 Baer, Paul F.; US WWI Ace 1938-1968

6 Bridgeman, Leonard; Artist and WWI Ace 1960s

7 Campbell, Douglas; Letters to his parents (1917-1918), WWI ca. 1968

8 Collishaw, Raymond; British RAF Air Vice-Marshall,

WWI and WWII

ca. 1964-ca. 1969

9 Doolittle, James H.; US WWI and WWII 1925-ca. 1976

10 Earhart, Amelia 1977

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

Field, Seymour, Ind., named for him)

ca. 1950s

12 Gentile, Don S.; Capt. USAAF WWII Ace from Piqua, Ohio 1944

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

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

15 Hughes, Howard H. 1976

16 Lambert, William Carpenter; WWI Ace, American in the RAF 1968-1980

17 Lindbergh, Charles A. 1926-1977

18 Loth, Carl C. “Rip”; Col. WWI, WWII; US aviator 1964-1967

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

WWII

1963

20 Parsons, Edwin C.; Rear Admiral, US Navy 1964

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

Dayton, Ohio

1919

22 Reinburg, J. Hunter; Col. US Marine Corps Reserve,

WWII Ace

1949-1965


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

Nieuport 17 built by P.B. Kline

1964

24 Rickenbacker, Eddie; Capt. US Ace, WWI ca. 1918-1973

25 Springs, Elliott White; Col. US Ace WWI in Royal Flying

Corps and US Air Service

1927-1959

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

history, model planes

1955-1982

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

RAF/RFC

1941-1957

28 Wright Brothers 1946-ca. 1949

Other People in Aviation:

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

2 Aces, European (WWII, mostly Russian) ca. 1955-ca. 1965

3 WWI Aviators, multinational 1947-ca. 1969

4 Lafayette Escadrille 1928-1968

5 WWI Veterans at Reunion, June 1961, Dayton, Ohio ca. 1961

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

7 WWII 1971 Fighter Ace Reunion ca. 1971

8 Early Birds 1953

9 Miscellaneous People in Aviation 1927-1968

Subseries 7: Aviation Stories, Poetry, Cartoons, and Movies


38 10 WWI Stories by Elliott White Springs from Liberty and

“War Birds”, Diary of an American Flyer (parts 7-15)

ca. 1918

11 WWI Aviation Films 1930-1967

12 WWII Aviation Films (includes photos) 1954-ca. 1974

13 Miscellaneous Aviation Films 1970-1981

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

“Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines

ca. 1920-1965

15 WWI Songs, Poems, and Cartoons ca. 1950s

16 WWII Songs and Poems ca. 1940s-ca. 1960s

17 Poems and Cartoons ca. 1950s-ca. 1970s

18 Milton Caniff Cartoons 1947-1957

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

39 1-4 (Listed after Box 17 – Military Aircraft Identifications)

40 1-7 (Listed after Box 32, File 4 – Magazine Articles on

Aviation History)

8 (Listed with Box 31 – Model Construction)


Cartoons (continued):

41 1 Oversize Milton Caniff Cartoon 1943

Subseries 8: Aeronautical Charts


41 2 Aeronautical Charts 1959-1967

Series IV: Personal Papers


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

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

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

6 Scrapbook from family of Janet Forrestel Kline, including

loose pages from a ledger book with entries dated

1825-1832. Scrapbook contains news clippings

about family members and poetry, dated 1850s to

ca. 1950. The clippings mostly refer to people

living in the area of Saratoga, New York.

Series V: Photographs

Subseries 1: Photographic prints


Aircraft by Manufacturer (alphabetical order):

42 1 Arado, Atlantic, Barling ca. 1950s

2 Beech (SNB-5) ca. 1949

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

4 Blackburn ca. 1950s-1970s

Boeing:

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

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

ca. 1950s-1983

6 P-26, P-29 ca. 1950s-ca. 1970s

7 B-17, B-29, Chinook helicopter, Cargo planes ca. 1960s

8 B-29 (in-flight refueling process) ca. 1950

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

10 B-47 ca. 1950s-1970s

11 B-50, B-52 and flight crews ca. 1950s-ca. 1960s

12 Breguet, Columbia, Consolidated, Consolidated Vultee,

Convair

1947-ca. 1950s


43 1 Curtiss, Miscellaneous ca. 1950s-1970s

2 Curtiss, pursuit ca. 1940s-1960s

3 Curtiss-Robin, Curtiss-Wright ca. 1930s-ca. 1950s

4 Dassault Mystere IV A ca. 1950s-1960s

5 DeHavilland ca. 1950s-ca. 1970s

6 Douglas ca. 1950s-ca. 1970s

7 Douglas World Cruisers ca. 1960s

8 Gloster, Gall ca. 1950s-1960s

9 Fairchild ca. 1948-1950s

10 Fisher, Fleetwing, Fokker, Focke-Wulf ca. 1950s-ca. 1970s

11 Ford 1967

12 Great Lakes Trainer ca. 1950s-ca. 1970s

13 Grumman ca. 1949-1969

14 Handley Page ca. 1930s-1970s

15 Junkers ca. 1960s-1970s

16 Lockheed ca. 1960s-1970s

17 Loening, Macchi ca. 1950s-ca. 1960s

44 1 Martin (except PBM) ca. 1920s-ca. 1951

2 Martin PBM-5 (US Navy Patrol Bomber) ca. 1949

3 McDonnell ca. 1950s-ca. 1960s

4 McDonnell-Douglas YC15 1977

5 Messerschmitt ca. 1960s-ca. 1970s

6 Nieuport ca. 1930s-ca. 1970s

North American:

44 7 North American (except P-51 and F-51) ca. 1940s-ca. 1960s

8 “Mustang” P-51 and F-51 ca. 1944-1961

9 X-15 1958-1959

10 Models of Experimental Aircraft including the

North American X-15, Bell D-171, and Republic

AP-76

ca. 1950s

11 XSN2J-1 1948

12 Northrop, Pitcairn 1965

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

14 Rockwell International B-1 prototype ca. 1975

15 Ryan B-5, Sikorsky helicopter ca. 1950s-1970s

16 S.P.A.D. ca. 1970s

17 Temco Aircraft Corporation ca. 1960s

18 Thomas-Morse ca. 1930s-ca. 1960s

19 Timm, Vought, Vultee ca. 1920s-ca. 1970s

20 Waco 1960s

21 Wright Brothers/Wright Company ca. 1960s


Photo Scrapbooks:

45 1 Part I (Aeronca-Douglas) ca. 1930s-ca. 1960s

2 Part II (Douglas-Sikorsky) ca. 1930s-ca. 1960s

3 Part III (Sikorsky-Waco and unknown) ca. 1930s-1960s

Other Photographic Prints:

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

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

6 Drawing and photos of Aircraft from Aircraft Year

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

negatives)

1950s-1987

7 Trading cards of USN and USAAC aircraft ca. early 1940s

8 US military aircraft ca. 1960s

9 USAF Historical Aircraft, Photo package No. 2 1971

10 Air Shows, WPAFB 1958-ca. 1960s

11 Racers ca. 1930s-ca. 1970s

12 Laird Super Solution Historical Album 1980

13 Gliders ca. 1960s

14 Armament/Communications ca. 1950s

15 Engines of Aircraft ca. 1950s

16 Aircraft Colors and Insignia, Squadron Insignia ca. 1950s-1983

46 1 Aircraft Line Drawings and Cartoons on Printers’

Kodalith film

1961

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

AEF (WWI)

1962

3 Dardanellen-Flieger by Kapitanleutnantz D.

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

128 plus pictures

1965

4 Squadrons ca. 1918

5 Selfridge Field, Michigan ca. 1930s

6 Coffeyville AAF Field, Kansas

(2nd Lt. P.B. Kline was stationed at Coffeyville ca.

March 1944-April 1945 as Engineering Officer of

aircraft maintenance on P-38s and B-25s)

ca. 1944-1945

7 People in Aviation ca. 1950s-ca. 1970s

8 Butcher, Percy E.; British WWI, RFC/RAF ca. 1914-ca. 1960s

Movies and Color Slides:

46 9 35mm movies of landing/take-off tests at Patuxent River

NAS (P.B. Kline, engineer), and color slides of aircraft

1949-1983

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