Gerald Schackman B-17 Fundraising Collection

The Gerald Schackman B-17 Fundraising Collection consists of one black-and-white photo of B-17F "Spirit of Woodside/Sunnyside" and a copy of the newspaper Woodside Herald for Feb. 26, 1943 that has an article about the Woodside/Sunnyside Bomber Fundraising campaign. This photograph and article are examples of media produced for fundraising for planes that never actually existed. The photographed had been doctored to look like a plane was named for the town, but in fact no plane had actually been named for it.

Printed caption on the back of the photograph reads: "This is the Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress, latest model of this famous high-altitude daylight precision bomber which is operating in war theatres throughout the world. The Boeing Flying Fortress has four engines and a wing span of approximately 104 feet. It has a top speed well in excess of 300 miles an hour, carries a bomb load up to ten tons, has a service ceiling considerably above 35,000 feet, is heavily armed and is capable of operating over a long range. The Flying Fortress was designed and developed by the Boeing Aircraft Company, with plants located in Seattle and Renton, Wash., Wichita, Kans., and Vancouver, B.C."

Newspaper items include: Woodside Herald of Long Island City, New York, Feb. 26, 1943, Vol. XVII, No. 17, pages 1-8; newspaper clipping, presumably from Woodside Herald, of article "Bond Drive to Finance 30 Flying Fortresses."

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