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Curtiss Falcon Lindbergh Special and Curtiss XF8C-4 Helldiver Maintenance Records [Wehler]

Summary

Collection ID:
NASM.2018.0067
Creators:
Curtiss-Wright Corporation
Dates:
1929, 1930
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
0.05 Cubic feet
1 folder
Repository:
Henry Wehler (1899-1961) was an employee of the Assembly Department at the Garden City, New York Curtiss-Wright Corporation factory. During his time there, he worked on repairs to the Curtiss Falcon Lindbergh Special and was also the lead on the assembly of the Curtiss XF8C-4 Helldiver. This collection consists of correspondence relating to Henry Wehler's work.

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
This collection consists of correspondence relating to Henry Wehler's work in the Assembly Department at Curtiss-Wright's Garden City factory. There is a memo from R. D. Carlton, Project Engineer, to Wehler detailing repairs that need to be made on the Curtiss Falcon Lindbergh Special. This memo is dated September 23, 1929. The collection also contains a memo, dated January 7, 1930 and sent from W. W. Young (Foreman), which details work procedures for the Assembly Department and lists the lead person assigned to various aircraft assembly projects. Henry Wehler is listed as the lead for the Curtiss XF8C-4 Helldiver. Finally, there are two copies of a detailed checklist of items to be completed on the Curtiss XF8C-4 Helldiver. Both copies are extensively hand-annotated.

Arrangement

Arrangement
Collection is in chronological order.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Henry Wehler (1899-1961) was an employee of the Assembly Department at the Garden City, New York Curtiss-Wright Corporation factory. During his time there, he worked on repairs to the Curtiss Falcon Lindbergh Special and was also the lead on the assembly of the Curtiss XF8C-4 Helldiver.

Administration

Author
Jessamyn Lloyd
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Diana Scalise, Gift, 2018, NASM.2018.0067
Processing Information
Arranged and described (2018) and encoded (2020) by Jessamyn Lloyd.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Use
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Preferred Citation
Curtiss Falcon Lindbergh Special and Curtiss XF8C-4 Helldiver Maintenance Records [Wehler], NASM.2018.0067, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

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