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Douglas Aircraft Company

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Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

A-26 Invader, Undated

 Item
Identifier: 1000-152-210
Scope and Contents

A slide showing A-26 Invaders being moved to the line after assembly. The slide says “Douglas ‘Let’s Go North’ layout.”

Dates: Other: Undated

B-17F, Undated

 Item
Identifier: 1000-152-211
Scope and Contents

A slide showing a flight of Boeing B-17F Flying Fortresses parked on the ramp at the Douglas air force plant no. 3 in Tulsa.

Dates: Other: Undated

B-24 Liberator, Undated

 Item
Identifier: 1000-152-213
Scope and Contents

A slide showing a Douglas built B-24 being readied for flight.

Dates: Other: Undated

Bus lines, 1943-01-05

 Item
Identifier: 2006.012 OVRSZ 5
Scope and Contents

B & B Transportation Co. public notice of a new bus service to Douglas and Spartan beginning Tuesday, Jan 5 [circa 1940].

Dates: Other: 1943-01-05

Dougas Aircraft Company

 File
Identifier: 2006.012.17
Scope and Contents From the File: An artificial collection that consists of materials pertaining to Oklahoma and Oklahomans in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and is not part of any other collection.The Oklahoma Collection subsumes the old Oklahoma Ephemera, Oklahoma Historical Photos and Docs and Oklahoma Maps collections. Ephemera was a remnant of the McFarlin Reference Department's vertical files, the larger portion having been sent to the Tulsa City-County Library, which was kept during the late 1940s...
Dates: 1864 - 1991

Inside Douglas, Undated

 Item
Identifier: 1000-152-212
Scope and Contents

A slide showing the interior of the Douglas air force plant no. 3in Tulsa. B-24 Liberators are being assembled.

Dates: Other: Undated

Stratojet, Undated

 Item
Identifier: 1000-152-209
Scope and Contents

A slide showing the last of the B-47 Stratojets built at the Douglas air force plant no. 3in Tulsa. Over 250 of these jet bombers were built in the Tulsa Plant.

Dates: Other: Undated

Tulsamerican, 1944-07

 Item
Identifier: 1000-152-208
Scope and Contents

A slide showing the last B-24 Liberator built at the Douglas air force plant no. 3in Tulsa, the Tulsamerican, 42-51430. This aircraft flew in the 765th Squadron of the 461st Bombardment Group, and flew her last mission to occupied Poland on 17 December 1944. On the return trip she crashed into the Adriatic off the coast of Croatia.

Dates: Other: 1944-07

Visit to Douglas, 1942-08-15

 Item
Identifier: 1000-152-214
Scope and Contents

A slide showing the opening of the Douglas air force plant no. 3 in Tulsa. On the left is Donald Douglas, owner of Douglas Aircraft Company; the center is Major General Henry H. “Hap” Arnold. The third man is Harry O. Williams, the plant manager.

Dates: Other: 1942-08-15

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A-24 (Bomber) -- Design and construction -- History 1
A-26 (Bomber) -- Design and construction -- History 1
B-24 (Bomber) -- Design and construction -- History 1
B-47 (Bomber) -- Design and construction -- History 1
Transportation -- Oklahoma -- Tulsa. 1