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[Memorial program for Boeing 307 Stratoliner crash victims, March 22, 1939]
Program for a memorial service honoring the victims of a Boeing 307 Stratoliner crash, March 22, 1939. The crash occurred on March 18, 1939 during a test flight in Washington State. The program lists the ten victims: Julius Augustus Barr, Albert G. von Baumhauer, Ralph L. Cram, William C. Doyle, Earl A. Ferguson, Pieter Guillonard, Harlan Hull, John Kylstra, Benjamin J. Pearson, and Harry T. West.…
[Telegram to William H. Cook, Sr. from William H. Cook, Jr., March 19, 1939]
Telegram to William H. Cook, Sr. from his son, William H. Cook, Jr., March 19, 1939. Responds to Cook, Sr.'s previous telegram about the crash of a Boeing 307 Stratoliner during a test flight on March 18, 1939. Cook, Jr. states that he is okay, as he was not on the flight, but that his boss, William Doyle, was killed. He also references two "KLM men" that took his spot on the flight, likely…