Julius A. Barr Clippings

Title

Julius A. Barr Clippings

Description

The Julius A. Barr Clippings contain a small collection of newspaper clippings related to Barr's time at Boeing and his death. Julius Augustus Barr (1905-1939) had a varied flight career as a transcontinental air mail pilot, a test pilot, a military aircraft demonstrator, and a personal transport pilot. He served, either by choice or detainment (reports vary), as the personal pilot for Zhang Xueliang. After being released from Zhang's service, he became one of the personal pilots for Chiang Kai-shek. Barr joined the Boeing Aircraft Company in 1938 as an engineer and test pilot. He was killed in 1939 during a flight test of the Boeing 307 Stratoliner, which suffered engine failure and crashed near Alder, Washington.

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Date

1938-1939

Language

English

Rights Holder

The Museum of Flight Archives

Rights

Permission to publish material from the Julius A. Barr Clippings must be obtained from The Museum of Flight Archives.

Bibliographic Citation

The Julius A. Barr Clippings/The Museum of Flight

Identifier

2018-00-00-3

Collection Organization

Collection Items

[Obituary for Earl A. Ferguson]
Newspaper clipping from unidentified newspaper, circa March 1939. Photograph and brief obituary for Boeing test pilot and engineer Earl A. Ferguson, who died in a test flight crash of a Boeing Model 307 Stratoliner on March 18, 1939

J. A. Barr, Stratoliner victim, flew Madame Chiang's plane [Newspaper clipping]
Newspaper clipping, "J. A. Barr, Stratoliner Victim, Flew Madam Chiang's Plane," from unidentified newspaper, circa March 1939. Obituary for Julius A. Barr, who died in a test flight crash of a Boeing Model 307 Stratoliner on March 18, 1939. The…

Stratoliner in 1st test flight [Newspaper clipping]
Newspaper clipping, "Stratoliner in 1st Test Flight," from unidentified newspaper, circa December 1938 or January 1939. The article describes the first test flight of the Boeing Model 307 Stratoliner, piloted by Edmund "Eddie" Allen with Julius Barr,…

[Newspaper clippings about Julius Barr]
Newspaper clippings about Julius A. Barr glued to a piece of board, circa 1938-1939. Articles include two obituaries and a clipping about the first flight of the Boeing Model 307 Stratoliner.

[Newspaper photo of Stratoliner passengers]
Newspaper photograph from an underdetermined newspaper, showing passengers and crew onboard a Boeing Model 307 Stratoliner, circa 1939. An inscription labels the pilot as "Ray."
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