MS-165: Peter B. Kline Papers

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1 MS-165: Peter B. Kline Papers Collection Number: MS-165 Title: Peter B. Kline Papers Dates: (bulk ) Creator: Kline, Peter B., 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 , (937) 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 Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright.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 Other Finding Aid: The finding aid is available on the Special Collections & Archives, Wright State University Libraries web site at It is also available in the OhioLINK Finding Aid Repository at MS-165: Peter B. Kline Papers 1

2 Related Material: MS-344 Walter Matthews Jefferies Aviation Collection ( 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 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 Arrangement: The Peter B. Kline Papers are arranged into six series. Series I: Aircraft Identification, Subseries IA: Aircraft by Manufacturer, Subseries IB: Racers and Air Races, Subseries IC: War Planes and Aerial Warfare, Subseries ID: U.S. Aircraft Identifications (mostly military), Subseries IE: Multinational Aircraft (mostly military), Subseries IF: Aircraft Types, Subseries IG: Scrapbooks (includes photographs), Series II: Aircraft Construction (Full size and models), Subseries IIA: Large Drawings and Blueprints of Aircraft, Subseries IIB: Aircraft Components and Accessories/General Pilot s Manuals/ Theory of Aerodynamics, Subseries IIC: Aircraft Colors and Insignia, Subseries IID: Scale Models, Series III: Aviation History, Subseries IIIA: General Aviation History, Subseries IIIB: Museums, Air Shows, and Aviation Collections, Subseries IIIC: Aviation Book Sellers and Book Reviews, MS-165: Peter B. Kline Papers 2

3 Subseries IIID: Aviation Organizations and Magazines/Aviation Magazines, Subseries IIIE: Military Squadron, Unit, and Base Histories, Subseries IIIF: People in Aviation, Subseries IIIG: Aviation Stories, Poetry, Cartoons, and Movies, Subseries IIIH: Aeronautical Charts, Series IV: Personal Papers, Series V: Photographs, Subseries VA: Photographic prints (includes some negatives), Subseries VB: Color slides, undated Series VI: Aviation Art (primarily by Peter Kline), 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 2 nd 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, This biographical note was creating using the limited number of family papers in this collection located in Series IV. MS-165: Peter B. Kline Papers 3

4 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 Series III: Aviation History, 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, , 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 2 nd Lt., and a letter written on Boca Raton Field stationary dated September, 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 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. MS-165: Peter B. Kline Papers 4

5 Series VI: Aviation Art (primarily by Peter Kline), , 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., Kline, Janet Forrestel, Subjects (General) Aeronautics History 20 th century Airplanes, Military World War, Aerial operations World War, Pictorial works World War, Aerial operations World War, Pictorial works Airplanes Material Types Photographs Magazines (periodicals) Clippings (information artifacts) Scrapbooks Technical drawings MS-165: Peter B. Kline Papers 5

6 Collection Inventory Series I: First Series Subseries IA: Aircraft Manufacturer (Alphabetical Order) Albatros (German WWI Pursuit) American Eagle (U.S. Commercial) Arado (German) Armstrong-Whitworth Auster (British Commercial) Austin Motor Company (British WWII) late 1940s 1 7 Avro (A.V. Roe, British, see also Hawker Siddeley) Barling Beech Beech Beech Beech Beech Bell Aerosystems, V/STOL Bell Aircraft Corporation Bell Helicopter Company Bellanca circa 1930s-circa 1980s 1 18 Berliner-Joyce P Blackburn (British, see also Hawker Siddeley) Bleriot circa 2 1 Boeing Commercial Boeing Clipper circa Boeing Cruising Control Text circa Boeing History circa 1955-circa 2 5 Boeing Model 40 (U.S. Commercial/Mail) Boeing Model 100 (U.S. Commercial) 1929-circa Boeing Model 100 (U.S. Commercial) circa Boeing 247 (Commercial) circa Boeing 707 (Commercial) Boeing General Military Boeing B-9 (USAAC Bomber) Boeing B-17 circa Boeing B-17G, Field Service Manual Boeing B-29 (U.S. WWII Bomber) Boeing B-29, Airplane Commander Training Manual 1944 MS-165: Peter B. Kline Papers 6

7 3 4 Boeing B-29, Airplane Commander Training Manual 1945 (Revised) 3 5 Boeing B-29, Erection and Maintenance Instructions Boeing B-29, Erection and Maintenance Instructions Boeing B-29, Erection and Maintenance Instructions B-29 and B-29A, Flight Operating Instructions Boeing B Boeing B s 4 3 Boeing KC-135A Boeing Pilot s Handbook for Model N2S-4 (U.S. circa 1940s Navy) 4 5 Boeing P Boeing P-12, Philippine Island Summer 1942 undated Tony Ulrich 4 7 Boeing P-12 / F4B circa Boeing P-12 / F4B circa Boeing P-12C, drawing and notes by P.B. Kline Boeing P-12C / F4B Boeing P12E / F4B3, Cleveland model drawings Boeing P-26, D-26A Boeing PW-9, PN-9 circa Boeing Vertol Division circa Breguet circa Brewster, F2A (U.S. Navy Fighter) circa 1920s Bristol, general 1938-circa Bristol, F2B Fighter (McCook Field, Ohio) Boulton Paul Aircraft Ltd Brunner-Winkle Bird circa Canadair, Military circa 1950s 5 2 Canberra B.MK.15 and B.MK.16, Pilot s Notes Cessna (U.S. Commercial and Military) circa 1930s Columbia J2F6 (U.S. Navy) Handbook for 1944 Structural Repair 5 5 Consolidated, Military (see also Convair) circa 1934-circa 5 6 Consolidated, Military (see also Convair) circa 1934-circa 5 7 Consolidated, Military (see also Convair) circa 1934-circa 5 8 Consolidated Vultee (Convair) circa MS-165: Peter B. Kline Papers 7

8 6 1 Curtiss Commercial Curtiss Military 1946-circa Curtiss F5L, Flying Boat Handbook (U.S. Navy) 1917-circa Curtiss Condor (Bombers) circa Curtiss F8C / O2C, SBC-3, Helldiver, F7C-1 circa Curtiss JN4D Jenny 1918 Dec 6 7 Curtiss 1933 Pursuit Proposal for U.S. Army Air circa 1950s-1967 Corps (includes photographs 6 8 Curtiss P-6E circa 1932-circa Curtiss P-36 Hawk Curtiss PW-8A Hawk Curtiss P40 Warhawk 1923-circa 1930s 6 12 Curtiss Commercial circa 1940s Curtiss Military circa Curtiss F5L, Flying Boat Handbook (U.S. Navy) circa 1942-circa Curtiss P40B and P40C, Handbook of Operational Flight Instructions Curtiss P-55 circa 7 2 Curtiss Seaplane-Scouts circa Curtiss Reid Darmstadt D-22 (German Sport-Trainer) Dayton-Wright Co DeHavilland circa Douglas History Douglas DC-1 through DC-9 (Commercial) (see McDonnell-Douglas for DC-10) 7 9 Douglas World Cruisers (Commercial) circa 1930s Douglas Military Attack and Cargo circa 1930s Douglas Bombers circa 1944-circa Douglas Pursuit/Obs./Recon./ Misc. military 1943-circa 7 13 Douglas SB6-6 (U.S. Navy) Douglas C-47 / R4D circa 1950s Douglas C-5D Transport, Operating Instructions English Electric Company, Cabrerra Fairchild 1950s Fairey Gannet (British Royal Navy) Fiat Aviation (Italian) circa 1950s or 8 1 Fokker (German) circa 1930s Ford Trimotor (U.S. Commercial, Island Airlines, 1929-circa 1980 Port Clinton, Ohio) 8 3 General Aviation 1963 MS-165: Peter B. Kline Papers 8

9 8 4 General Dynamics (Military) circa 1969s- 8 5 Globe GC-1A Swift (U.S. Commercial) Gloster circa 1930s Great Lakes, General and Correspondence circa 1930s Great Lakes, Trainer circa Grumman History and General 1948-circa Grumman Mallard Grumman Military circa 1939-circa Grumman F4F Wildcat /FM-2 (U.S. Navy) Pilot s 1944 Handbook 8 13 Hall-Aluminum Aircraft Corporation Flying Boat circa 1930s-circa 8 14 Handley-Page (British) circa 1930s Hamilton Metal Plane Company 1950s Hanriot Hawker (British Military) (see also Hawker Siddeley 1930s-1976 and its divisions) 9 2 Hawker (British Military) (see also Hawker Siddeley 1930s-1976 and its divisions) 9 3 Hawker (British Military) (see also Hawker Siddeley 1930s-1976 and its divisions) 9 4 Hawker (British Military) (see also Hawker Siddeley 1930s-1976 and its divisions) 9 5 Hawker Siddeley Aviation (see also Blackburn, circa DeHavilland, Folland, Hawker, Avro (A.V. Roe), Whitworth, Gloster) 9 6 Heinkel circa Helio, STOL (U.S. Military and Commercial) 9 8 Hughes, Helicopter Junkers (German) Junkers, Technical Report on JU-388 L-1 from 1946 USAAC, Wright Field 9 11 Keystone/Keystone-Loening circa 1930s-circa Lockheed, History, Commercial, Constellation 1930s Lockheed, History, Commercial, Constellation 1930s Lockheed, History, Commercial, Constellation 1930s Lockheed, History, Commercial, Constellation 1930s Lockheed Military Lockheed Hudson III Recon.-Bomber Service circa 1941 Instructions MS-165: Peter B. Kline Papers 9

10 10 3 Lockheed Hudson III Recon.-Bomber Service circa 1941 Instructions 10 4 Lockheed P-38 and F-5 Pilot s Flight Operating 1944 Instructions 10 5 Lockheed P2V-4 Pilot s Handbook Loening (see also Keystone for Keystone-Loening) circa 1920s Lysander Martin History, Commercial Martin Military Martin B-10 (USAAC Bomber) circa 1930s Martin M Martin B-26 Pilot Training Manual circa Martin PBM-5 (U.S. Navy) Pilot s Handbook Martinsyde McDonnell/McDonnell-Douglas History McDonnell/McDonnell-Douglas DC McDonnell/McDonnell-Douglas Military McDonnell/McDonnell-Douglas F-4 Phantom 1961-circa McDonnell/McDonnell-Douglas F-4 Phantom 1961-circa McDonnell/McDonnell-Douglas F-4 Phantom 1961-circa Messerschmitt (includes ME 262 Maintenance circa 1930s-circa Messerschmitt (includes ME 262 Maintenance circa 1930s-circa Messerschmitt (includes ME 262 Maintenance circa 1930s-circa Monocoupe Morane-Saulnier Nieuport circa Nieuport circa Nieuport circa North American Company Publications North American Bombers circa North American B-25 Mitchell Pilot Training 1940 Manual 12 4 North American B-25 Mitchell Flight Handbook North American Fighters and X-15, NA-16, O circa 12 6 North American Naval Aircraft 1948-circa 1950s 12 7 North American Pursuit circa 1940s North American P-51 Mustang Pilot Training Manual 1945 MS-165: Peter B. Kline Papers 10

11 12 9 North American P-51D Mustang Flight Handbook circa North American T-6, T-28, T North American T-6D Operating Manual North American T-39A Flight Manual Northrop Orenco 1920s 13 3 Payne Knight Twister ( Vest-pocket Pursuit Ship) circa Pfalz (German WWI Scout) Piper Piper NE-1 pilot s Handbook Polikarpov I-16 (Russian WWII Fighter) circa 1950s-1980s 13 8 Rearwin (sportster) 1939-circa 13 9 Republic/Seversky 1936-circa Rockwell International 1974-circa 1980s Roland Aircraft (L.F.G. or Luftfahrzeueug Gesellschaft Company) Royal Aircraft Factory (British WWI) Ryan/Teledyne Ryan Ryan FR-1 (U.S. Navy) Pilot s Handbook Seversky P s Sikorsky (History, Helicopter Pilot s Handbook) 1945-circa Short Bros. (British) 1942-circa 1950s Siemans-Schuckert D.IV Sopwith S.P.A.D. (Bleriot) 510 C.1 (1933 French Air Force) Circa 1930s S.P.A.D. XIII C.1 (French WWI Scout) 1918-circa Stearman circa 1920s-circa Stinson Aircraft corporation (see also Convair) 1932-circa Stinson-Vultee L-5 Sentinel Pilot Training Manual Supermarine (Vickers) circa 1950s-circa Temco T-35 Buckaroo circa Thomas-Morse Travel-Air 2000 and 4000 (U.S. Commercial) Turner-Laird Meteor circa Verville-type Pusher circa Vickers (British Royal Air force, see also Supermarine) Vought (Military, General) circa 1930s-circa Vought F4U Corsair Flight Handbook 1952 MS-165: Peter B. Kline Papers 11

12 13 34 Vultee BT-13A Valiant, Pilot s Flight Handbook, (U.S. Army) Waco (also Bede Aircraft of Springfield, Ohio) circa 1930s Westland (British WWI Seaplane) and 1946-circa Westland/Sikorsky Helicopter (1950s) 14 3 Weatherly Colt circa 1950s 14 4 Wing Aircraft Company Derringer (U.S Commercial) 14 5 Wright Brothers/Wright Company (U.S. Pioneers) circa 1940s-1971 Subseries IB: Racers and Air Races Caudron racer C-460 (French Commercial) circa 1930s Curtiss Racers 1936-circa 1950s 14 8 DeHavilland Racers (Comets, Tiger Moth) circa Granville Brothers Gee Bee Grumman Gulfhawk (Al Williams) circa 1930s-1950s Howard Racers ( Mr. Mulligan, Pete ) circa late 1930s Laird Speedwing Super Solution) circa 1950s-circa Wedell-Williams Racers ( ) circa 1930s Wedell-Williams Racers ( ) circa 1930s Miscellaneous Racers circa late 1930s-circa Aerial Acrobatics circa -1980s Races and Exhibitions: All-American Flying Derby Races and Exhibitions: Festival of Britain National 1951 Air Races Races and Exhibitions: Ford Air Tours Races and Exhibitions: circa 1930s-1940s Goodyear/Continental/Cleveland Air Races Races and Exhibitions: Miami (Florida) Air Races Races and Exhibitions: National Air Races, Official Directories Races and Exhibitions: Thompson Trophy Races circa 1930s Races and Exhibitions: Miscellaneous Races Subseries IC: War Planes and Aerial Warfare (Chronologically) World War I: Articles on Balloons circa World War I: Articles on WWI circa World War I: WWI in Turkey and Egypt (2 chapters of a manuscript by Brian Flanagan) circa MS-165: Peter B. Kline Papers 12

13 15 2 World War I: Reprints of Out of Control 1918 (newspaper published by 1 st Pursuit Group in France) 15 3 World War I: WWI Aircraft circa World War I: Miscellaneous Articles and Pictures 1918-circa 15 5 World War I: Recognition Manuals (British and 1918-circa 1971 French on Allied and Enemy Aircraft) 15 6 World War I: WWI Aircraft (articles) World War I: Correspondence Column from Flight and Aeroplane 15 8 World War I: Pictures for Scrapbook (Allied and circa German Aircraft) 15 9 World War I: Harborough Pictures circa 1930s World War I: Stories, People, Battles, Count Zeppelin : Warplanes Past and Present by Air circa Books U.S. Military Aircraft Between WWI and WWII circa WWII: Photo Pack #1: 36 Fighting Planes of the circa 1940s-1950s Allied Nations WWII: WWII Articles circa 1930s Korean War Vietnam War Israeli-Arab 6-Day War (June 1967) Aerial Warfare (Miscellaneous) 1966 Subseries ID: U.S. Aircraft Identifications (Mostly Military) USAF Standard Aircraft Characteristics USAF Standard Aircraft Characteristics U.S. Military, Characteristics Summary Black Book 16 4 U.S. Military, Characteristics Summary Black Book 16 5 U.S. Military, Characteristics Summary Black Book 16 6 USAAC Model Designation of Airplanes, 6 th ed Index of AF Serial Numbers Assigned to Aircraft and prior, Part I: Numerical Listing 16 8 U.S. Army, Air Service Serial Numbers ( ) Misc. Pictures from Naval Aviation News Naval Aircraft: U.S., British, Canadian (Mostly from circa Naval Aviation News) U.S. Military Aircraft 1913-circa Color Illustrations from AAHS Journal covers MS-165: Peter B. Kline Papers 13

14 (Military and Commercial) U.S. Non-Military Aircraft 1938-circa U.S. Navy Experimental Airplane Characteristics and 1946 Performance Data Sheets 17 2 U.S. Dept. of Defense Aircraft Recognition Manual USAAF Experimental Planes U.S. Navy, Model Designation of Naval Aircraft 17 5 U.S. Navy, Model Designation of Naval Aircraft and 1951 Guided Missiles Classified as Restricted 17 6 U.S. Army Aircraft Descriptions U.S. Dept. of Defense, Model Designation of Military Aircraft 17 8 Navy and Marine Corps Air Units: Tail Code 1971 Projects 17 9 Model Designation of Military Aircraft, Rockets, and 1974 Guided Missiles U.S. Army Aircraft Characteristics Army Aircraft Model Designation Army Aircraft Characteristics Performance Data from Tests made at Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio (Bombers, Trainers, and Attack Aircraft) 39 4 Tactical Planning: Characteristics and Performance Chart 1946 Subseries IE: Multinational Aircraft (Mostly Military) British Aircraft circa 1918-circa 18 1a 60 Years of British Aircraft British Aircraft: Farnborough Exhibition a Commercial Canadian Airlines Undated 18 3 French Aircraft circa circa German Aircraft (includes some U.S. aircraft) 1930s German Aircraft: WWII recognition booklets by U.S military 18 6 Japanese Aircraft: WWII circa 1930s Japanese Aircraft: WWII identification by U.S. circa 1918-circa military 18 7a Japanese Aircraft: WWII identification by U.S. military MS-165: Peter B. Kline Papers 14

15 18 8 Polish Aircraft Soviet Aircraft Multinational Aircraft (mostly warplanes) Aircraft Intelligence (multinational aircraft circa 1918-circa 1972 identification from Flight) Articles Technical Gen from Royal Air Force Flying Review (multinational aircraft identification) Articles Technical Gen from Royal Air Force Flying Review (multinational aircraft identification) Articles Technical Gen from Royal Air Force Flying Review (multinational aircraft identification) Facts by Request (multinational aircraft identification) 19 2 Mixed Pictures of Aircraft 1931-circa Subseries IF: Aircraft Types Airlines and Airmail (History) circa 1920s Amphibians/Flying Boats circa Autogiro (History) Balloons and Rigid Lighter-than-Air-Ships circa 19 7 Counter-Insurgency (COIN) Aircraft (U.S. Military) Fighters-multinational circa 1940-circa Fighter A to Z from Air Enthusiast (A through D only) Helicopters Lightplanes/Ultralights/Homebuilts circa 1930s-circa Rare birds (Unusual Aircraft) Rockets Trainers Maintenance Information for Training-Type 1943 Airplanes Articles from Air Trails about Aircraft types circa 1930s Subseries IG: Scrapbooks (includes photographs) Aircraft Manufacturer: A-D 20 1 Aeromarine through Avro Beechcraft through Bloch circa 1930s Boeing circa 1930s Boeing circa 1930s Boulton-Paul through Burgess Catalina through Curtiss MS-165: Peter B. Kline Papers 15

16 20 7 Dart through Douglas circa Aircraft by Manufacturer: F-N 21 1 Fairchild through Ford Trimotor Gallaudet through Grumman Handley Page through Huntington Jaguar through Junkers 1928-circa Kawasaki through Knight Twister (Payne) circa 1950s Lanzius through Lysander Macchi through McDonnell Messerschmitt 1943-circa 21 9 Mitsubishi through (Thomas) Morse Nieuport North American Northrop Aircraft by Manufacturer: O-Z 22 1 Orenco circa Pander through Potez Rohrbach (Roland) through Ryan 1918-circa Salmson through Sikorsky Sopwith 1917-circa 1950s 22 6 S.P.A.D. through Szekaly Travel Air circa 22 8 Vickers/Vickers Armstrong through Vought circa 1930s-circa 22 9 Waco through Witteman-Lewis Racers and Air Races Cessna Racer circa 1930s Curtis Racers circa Deperdussin Racer ( ) circa 1930s Gee Bee Racers Keith Rider R-6 Racer circa Roscoe Turner (Turner Special) circa 1930s Wendell-Williams Racers 1932-circa Miscellaneous Racers circa National Air Races Thompson Trophy Race Winners circa 1930s 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 MS-165: Peter B. Kline Papers 16

17 23 3 Vietnam War Vietnam War Vietnam War Vietnam War U.S. Military Aircraft circa 1930s U.S. Spacecraft 23 9 Chinese Aircraft (1931-) circa 1950s German Aircraft (WWI to ) 1930s Soviet Aircraft circa 1959-circa Aircraft and Spacecraft Specifications (multinational) Multinational Aircraft circa 1930s-circa Airlines Fighters circa Helicopters circa 1950s-circa Series II: Aircraft Construction (Full Size and Model) Subseries IIA: Large Drawings and Blueprints of Aircraft Boeing P-12 (by P.B. Kline) and YC-97A Cessna LGA Convair F Curtiss circa Fairchild C-123B, C-123 Blackcrow System # Lockheed F-80, F94D McDonnell F-4, markings and insignia McDonnell F-4, markings and insignia McDonnell F-4 and F-101B Nieuport 11 and 28 circa North American F-86 and T-39A Republic F-84A Sopwith 5F.1 Dolphin Racers, drawn by W.F. Kerka WWI Aeroplane drawings Chanute s glider (by P.B. Kline) George Francis Myers, Drawing of Aircraft Inventions: Helicopter Airplane circa Subseries IIB: Aircraft Components and Accessories/General Pilot s Manuals Theory of Aerodynamics (P. B. Kline s class notes) MS-165: Peter B. Kline Papers 17

18 25 10 Aircraft Engines Aircraft Engines (WWI) Wright Aircraft Engines: Whirlwind (Installation/Maintenance Manual) Wright Aircraft Engines: Engineering Officer s Handbook Wright Aircraft Engines: Engineering Officer s Handbook Wright Aircraft Engines: Cyclone 9GC, Instruction 1943 Book (for installation, operation, maintenance) Wright Aircraft Engines: Curtiss: OX-5 Aircraft Engine Foreign Equipment Catalog Foreign Equipment Catalog Instrument Panels circa Aerial Recon Aircraft Armament, History (includes booklet by Curtiss-Wright Corporation) 26 6 The Installation of Armament on Aircraft by Peter circa 1942 B. Kline 26 7 Flight Test Procedure, U.S. Navy Student s Manual: Advanced Single-Engine Flying circa 1940s 26 9 Student s Manual: Advanced 2-Enginee Flying circa 1940s Flying Safety Evolution of Maintenance Engineering, by Royal D. Frey, Chapters 1-12 (includes photographs) Evolution of Maintenance Engineering, by Royal D. Frey, Chapters 1-12 (includes photographs) Evolution of Maintenance Engineering, by Royal D. Frey, Chapters 1-12 (includes photographs) Evolution of Maintenance Engineering, , 1960 Chapters and End Notes 27 2 Engineering/Aeronautics, Technical articles circa 1950s 27 3 Notable Curtiss military Airplanes, Notable circa 1938 German Military Airplanes by P.B. Kline 27 4 Aeronautics (Engineering 833) Exams, University of 1942 Jul - Aug Virginia 27 5 Air Loads (notes and problems), class ending March MS-165: Peter B. Kline Papers 18

19 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 1947 problems), Virginia Polytechnical Institute (VPI), also VPI Bulletin on the VPI Wind Tunnel 27 7 Practical Aerodynamics, notes (Reference: Elements 1947 of Practical Aerodynamics by Bradley Jones, 3 rd ed.) 27 8 Aerodynamics Laboratory I and II (Aeronautical Engineering), VPI, Blacksburg, Va Airplane propellers 413 (classnotes, problems), VPI, 1947 Winter Airplane performance (Aeronautical Engineering), 1947 class notes, VPI, Spring Quarter Airplane Structures (class notes and problems) circa Airplane Design: Term Problem by P.B. Kline, VPI 1947 Jun Power Plants I-III, class notes and handouts (Aircraft 1950 Mar-May Engine Theory), U.S. Navy Test Pilots Training School (USN TPT School), NATC, NAC Patuxent River, Md TPT-Aerodynamics (classnotes and problems), USN 1950 TPT School 28 3 ATIC Performance Notes Aerodynamics Notes (miscellaneous) and undated circa 1955 NACA Technical Note No. 1670: Appreciation and Prediction of Flying Qualities 28 5 Limited Performance and Flying Qualities 1974 Evaluation of the USCG EU-16E Airborne Oil Surveillance System Test Aircraft 28 6 Bulletin of the Airplane Engineering Department, 1918 Jul 1918 Nov USA (title varies), Vol. 1, No. 2-4 and Vol. 2, No Bulletin of the Airplane Engineering Department, 1918 Jul 1918 Nov USA (title varies), Vol. 1, No. 2-4 and Vol. 2, No Bulletin of the Airplane Engineering Department, 1918 Jul 1918 Nov USA (title varies), Vol. 1, No. 2-4 and Vol. 2, No Bulletin of the Airplane Engineering Department, 1918 Jul 1918 Nov USA (title varies), Vol. 1, No. 2-4 and Vol. 2, No National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) Reports: (Nos. 70, 96, 102, 103, 105, 118) National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) Reports: (Nos. 119, 134, 135, 148, 153, MS-165: Peter B. Kline Papers 19

20 155, 162, 167, 170, 193, 204) 29 2 National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) Reports: (Nos. 215, 225, 230, 236, 252, 254, 257, 263, 265, 283) 29 3 National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) Reports: (Nos. 284, 296, 304, 306, 314, 333, 364, 377) 29 4 National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) Reports: (Nos. 403, 405, 406, 414, 418, 434, 441, 442, 484) 29 5 National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) Reports: (Nos. 491, 494, 576, 592, 595, 596, 607, 630, 766) 29 6 National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) Reports: (Nos. 771, 816, 854, 859, 923, 948, 950) 29 7 National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) Reports: (Nos. 997, 1133, 1137, 1156, 1207, 1219, 1937, 1250, 1960, 1295) Subseries IIC: Aircraft Colors and Insignia History of Aircraft Insignia, Markings, and 1942 Camouflage 30 2 WWI Insignia circa 1930s U.S. Army Air Corps Insignia ( ) circa WWII Insignia U.S. Navy Insignia, WWI and Korean War (from 1950 NAV AV News) 30 6 U.S. Navy Insignia and Markings International Military Insignia Finishes and Markings of USAF Aircraft Commercial Insignia Aircraft Markings on Model Aviation News Covers circa 1930s (mostly WWI scenes) Aircraft Markings on Popular Aviation Covers circa 1934-circa 1940s 31 1 U.S. Military Color, Finish, Marking Specifications circa 1930s USAF Color, Finish, Marking Specifications Aircraft Fabric Coverings circa 1920s-1940s 31 4 Model Markings, Camouflage (HIS AIR DEC NEWS) 31 5 USAF Camouflage Color Scheme (F-4D, F100F) MS-165: Peter B. Kline Papers 20

21 31 5a USAF Camouflage Army-Navy Aircraft Standard Colors (samples) Army-Navy Aircraft Camouflage Standard Colors (samples) 1943 Subseries IID: Scale Models Model Construction (no model plans, but includes airfoils, parachutes, engines, guns, plastic circa 1930s-circa 1964 construction) 31 9 Model Construction and Conversion Tips 1950s Finishing Model Aircraft (paints, cloth coverings, 1937-circa 1958 glues, color mix charts Scale model catalogs and The Squadron Magazine Model Plan Catalogs: Aeromodellers Plans Service Air Trails Sources for Aircraft Drawings and Misc. Scale Drawings 32 2 Model Drawings from Flying Aces and Air Trails circa 1932-circa Cleveland model and Supply Co.: Scale Drawings circa 1930s (SE-1 through SE-24) 32 4 Paul Leaman-P.B. Kline Correspondence (about C.D Packard of Cleveland Model Supply Co.) 32 5 Lindbergh Flying Scale Drawings (List of drawings 1973 in Popular Aviation and in Cross and Cockade) 32 6 Scale Model Drawings by Philip L. Mates for Hawk Model Aeroplanes, WWI through 1930s) circa 1933-circa Scale Models by Wylam: Book 1, William A. Wylam Scale Models by Wylam: Book Scale Models by Wylam: Book Model Collecting and Collections Models ( ) WWII Models (U.S.) WWII Models from Battle of France and Battle of circa Britain Models of WWII multinational aircraft circa Models of Military, Commercial, and Private Aircraft, since 1930s Models from Air Fix Magazine Series III: Aviation History MS-165: Peter B. Kline Papers 21

22 Subseries IIIA: General Aviation History Aviation History and Military Air Power circa 1929-circa Historical Aircraft Drawings and Art by Douglas circa 1949-circa 1955 Rolfe th Anniversary of Aviation Dayton Aviation History The Heritage of Kitty Hawk and Prelude to Kitty Hawk 33 6 The Wilkins-Hearst Antarctic Expedition Aviation Articles from Collier s Articles from Collier s of the Space program Aviation Articles from Saturday Evening Post Misc. Articles from Saturday Evening Post (including science fiction) 40 5 Air Power and Aviation special issue of Fortune 1941 Mar Magazine (includes many advertisements for aviation-related products) 40 6 Articles on WWII aviation from Life Magazine circa Reprint from Atlanta Journal on day of first mail flight from New York 1928 May 2 Subseries IIIB: Museums, Air Shows, and Aviation Collections Canadian-National Aeronautical Collection of the circa 1974 National Museum of Science and Technology 33 8 Miscellaneous Museums and Collections of Antique 1950-circa 1969 Aircraft 33 9 Miscellaneous Air Shows and Exhibits Musee De L Air, France (Article in AIR BRITAIN) circa RAF Museum, Hendon, England Smithsonian Institution, National Aircraft Collection circa 1930s U.S. Air Force Museum, Dayton, Ohio (articles, circa pictures, cartoons, calendars) U.S. Air Force Museum Catalogs of Aircraft 1965-circa 1971 Collections U.S. Air Force Museum Catalogs of Aircraft circa 1976-circa 1980 Collections Research Sources (Washington D.C., Delaware) The National Aeronautical Collection Undated Subseries IIIC: Aviation Book Sellers and Book Reviews Airbooks John W. Caler ( Aeronautica, Aero-Space-Tech MS-165: Peter B. Kline Papers 22

23 Tronic Back-Files Co.) 34 3 Flightmasters Scale News and Views Dr. S.H. Kleiser (correspondence about Kline s 1964 purchase of signed copy of Lafayette Flying Corps by Nordhoff and Hall 34 5 Aviation Books. C.G.B. Stuart Wright-Patterson Technical Library Book Reviews (mostly from AAHS Journal) circa Kline s notes about Aviation Books 1968 Subseries IIID: Aviation Organizations and Magazines/Old Aviation Magazines 34 9 Air Britain: National Association of Aviation 1959 Enthusiasts, Air Britain Digest Air Force Historical Foundation, The Air Power Historian (includes index for ) Air Pictorial Antique Airplane Association, Antique Airplane News American Aviation Historical Society (AAHS) circa AAHS Newsletters American Air Racing Society Newsletter Cross and Cockade, Ohio chapter: Newsletters and 1963 Minutes Wingfoot Lighter-than-Air Society (Blimps) Magazine Indexes and Kline s notes of article locations (mostly for drawings of aircraft) 1950s 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 Flying Aces 1935 Sept, 1936 Oct War Birds 1934 Dec Subseries IIIE: Military Squadron, Unit, and Base Histories Squadron Histories: British RFC/RNAS (Navy)/RAF, WWI MS-165: Peter B. Kline Papers 23

24 36 2 Squadron Histories: British RAF, WWI through WWII 36 3 Squadron Histories: British WWII Squadron Histories: U.S. WWI through 1940 circa 1960-circa Squadron Histories: U.S., 135 th Aero Squadron, WWI 36 6 Squadron Histories: U.S. WWII and later U.S. Air Force History U.S. Air Force Organizations, Air Force Report/FY circa U.S. Air Fields and Airports, Miscellaneous (Air 1942-circa 1973 Force, Navy, Army, Commercial) Alaskan Command ( ), ALSIB ( ), USAF Kelly Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas (History) Langley Air Force Base, Virginia (History) McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio (Engineering Division, circa 1950s USAAS) Parks Air College, Instruction Books Scampton Air Field, British RAF (History ) Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB), Dayton, Ohio Undated 37 1 WPAFB, WADC (Wright Air Development Center) U.S. Navy, BuWeps 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 A group photo of the TPT School possibly includes Kline.] Subseries IIIF: People in Aviation Arnold, Henry (Hap) H.; General USAAF, WWI and WWII, student of Wright Brothers 37 5 Baer, Paul F.; U.S. WWI Ace Bridgeman, Leonard; Artist and WWI Ace 37 7 Campbell, Douglas; Letters to his parents (1917- circa ), WWI 37 8 Collishaw, Raymond; British RAF Air Vice- circa 1964-circa 1969 Marshall, WWI and WWII 37 9 Doolittle, James H.; U.S. WWI and WWII 1925-circa Earhart, Amelia 1977 MS-165: Peter B. Kline Papers 24

25 37 11 Freeman, Richard S.; USAAC served circa 1950s (Freeman Field, Seymour, Ind., named for him) Gentile, Don S.; Capt. USAAF WWII Ace from 1944 Piqua, Ohio Guynemer, Georges; Capt. French WWI Ace circa Haizlip, James; Racer and WWI pilot Hughes, Howard H Lambert, William Carpenter; WWI Ace, American in the RAF Lindbergh, Charles A Loth, Carl C. Rip ; Col. WWI, WWII; U.S. aviator Ordway, Frederick I.; WWI (27 th Aero Squadron) 1964 and WWII Parsons, Edwin C.; Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy Patterson, Frederick B.; WWI Aviator, NCR Corporation, Dayton, Ohio Reinburg, J. Hunter; Col. U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, WWII Ace Richardson, Roland W.; WWI (includes photo of 1964 model Nieuport 17 built by P.B. Kline Rickenbacker, Eddie; Capt. U.S. Ace, WWI circa Springs, Elliott White; Col. U.S. Ace WWI in Royal Flying Corps and U.S. Air Service Weaver, Truman C.; Aviation movies, Air racing, aviation history, model planes Whitehouse, Arch; WWI flyer, author, 22 nd Squadron RAF/RFC Wright Brothers 1946-circa Aces, American ( ) Aces, European (WWII, mostly Russian) circa 1955-circa WWI Aviators, multinational 1947-circa Lafayette Escadrille WWI Veterans at Reunion, June 1961, Dayton, Ohio WWI Roster of War Birds at British WWI Reunion WWII 1971 Fighter Ace Reunion Early Birds Miscellaneous People in Aviation Subseries IIIG: Aviation Stories, Poetry, Cartoons, and Movies WWI Stories by Elliott White Springs from Liberty and War Birds, Diary of an American Flyer (parts 7-15) circa 1918 MS-165: Peter B. Kline Papers 25

26 38 11 WWI Aviation Films WWII Aviation Films (includes photos) 1954-circa Miscellaneous Aviation Films Fall Guys by Dick Grace (stunt aviator), and circa program for Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines WWI Songs, Poems, and Cartoons circa 1950s WWII Songs and Poems circa 1940s-circa Poems and Cartoons circa 1950s-circa Milton Caniff Cartoons Vought (Corsair) Cartoons by R. Osborn Contents Listed after Box 17, under Military Aircraft Identifications 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 Aeronautical Charts Series IV: Personal Papers Papers of Janet Forrestel Kline/Forrestel Family Papers of Peter B. Kline, WWII and photographs circa Papers of Peter B. Kline, Employment Records Scrapbook from family of Janet Forrestel Kline, including loose pages from a ledger book with entries dated 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 Oversize Charcoal portrait of Jeanette Forrestal Kline undated Series V: Photographs Subseries VA: Photographic Prints (includes some negatives) Aircraft by Manufacturer (alphabetical order) MS-165: Peter B. Kline Papers 26

27 42 1 Arado, Atlantic, Barling circa 1950s 42 2 Beech (SNB-5) circa Bell Aircraft Corporation/ Bell Helicopter Co. circa Blackburn circa 1950s Boeing P-12/F4B (see also slide in Folder 46.9) circa 1950s-1983 (one of the men in these photos may be P.B. Kline) 42 6 Boeing P-26, P-29 circa 1950s-circa 42 7 Boeing B-17, B-29, Chinook helicopter, Cargo circa planes 42 8 Boeing B-29 (in-flight refueling process) circa Boeing B-29 (mother ship for experimental craft) Boeing B-47 circa 1950s Boeing B-50, B-52 and flight crews circa 1950s-circa Breguet, Columbia, Consolidated, Consolidated Vultee, Convair 1947-circa 1950s 43 1 Curtiss, Miscellaneous circa 1950s Curtiss, pursuit circa 1940s Curtiss-Robin, Curtiss-Wright circa 1930s-circa 1950s 43 4 Dassault Mystere IV A circa 1950s DeHavilland circa 1950s-circa 43 6 Douglas circa 1950s-circa 43 7 Douglas World Cruisers circa 43 8 Gloster, Gall circa 1950s Fairchild circa s Fisher, Fleetwing, Fokker, Focke-Wulf circa 1950s-circa Ford Great Lakes Trainer circa 1950s-circa Grumman circa Handley Page circa 1930s Junkers circa Lockheed circa Loening, Macchi circa 1950s-circa 44 1 Martin (except PBM) circa 1920s-circa MS-165: Peter B. Kline Papers 27

28 Martin PBM-5 (U.S. Navy Patrol Bomber) circa McDonnell circa 1950s-circa 44 4 McDonnell-Douglas YC Messerschmitt circa -circa 44 6 Nieuport circa 1930s-circa 44 7 North American (except P-51 and F-51) circa 1940s-circa 44 8 North American Mustang P-51 and F-51 circa North American X North American Models of Experimental Aircraft circa 1950s including the North American X-15, Bell D-171, and Republic AP North American XSN2J Northrop, Pitcairn Republic (and predecessor Seversky) 1940s Rockwell International B-1 prototype circa Ryan B-5, Sikorsky helicopter circa 1950s S.P.A.D. circa Temco Aircraft Corporation circa Thomas-Morse circa 1930s-circa Timm, Vought, Vultee circa 1920s-circa Waco Wright Brothers/Wright Company circa 45 1 Photo Scrapbooks: Part I (Aeronca-Douglas) circa 1930s-circa 45 2 Photo Scrapbooks: Part II (Douglas-Sikorsky) circa 1930s-circa 45 3 Photo Scrapbooks: Part III (Sikorsky-Waco and unknown) circa 1930s Air Force Museum, Aircraft on Exhibit (part 1) Air Force Museum, Aircraft on Exhibit (part 2) Drawing and photos of Aircraft from Aircraft Year 1950s-1987 Books of the late 1920s and early 1930s (prints and negatives) 45 7 Trading cards of USN and USAAC aircraft circa early 1940s MS-165: Peter B. Kline Papers 28