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 Summary

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.

 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.

 Identifier

NASM.2018.0067

Creator

Curtiss-Wright Corporation

Date

1929, 1930

Provenance

Diana Scalise, Gift, 2018, NASM.2018.0067

Extent

0.05 Cubic feet (1 folder)

Archival Repository

National Air and Space Museum Archives

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 note

Collection is in chronological order.

Rights

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Restrictions

No restrictions on access

Citation

Curtiss Falcon Lindbergh Special and Curtiss XF8C-4 Helldiver Maintenance Records [Wehler], NASM.2018.0067, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

Topics

Aeronautics

Aircraft industry

Airplanes

Type

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Correspondence