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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.
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.
NASM.2018.0067
Curtiss-Wright Corporation
1929, 1930
Diana Scalise, Gift, 2018, NASM.2018.0067
0.05 Cubic feet (1 folder)
National Air and Space Museum Archives
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.
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Curtiss Falcon Lindbergh Special and Curtiss XF8C-4 Helldiver Maintenance Records [Wehler], NASM.2018.0067, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Aeronautics
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Correspondence