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Leonard S. Reinhart Personal Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SDASM-SC-10217

Abstract

Leonard Sylvester Reinhart was born November 22, 1919 in Bascom, Ohio. Leonard had six siblings and they all grew up and were schooled in Ohio. Leonard enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Forces on December 18, 1942, and was trained to maintain the B-17 aircraft, serving the majority of his military time at Amarillo Field, Amarillo, Texas. The materials in this collection were gathered during his military service. He was a farmer and worked in machine shops in his non- military years. He married Mildred M. Schmitz and they had three children. He passed away at age 55 on December 2, 1974 in Kane, Pennsylvania.

Dates

  • Majority of material found within 1919 - 1974

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open to research, some restriction apply.

Biographical / Historical

Leonard Sylvester Reinhart was born November 22, 1919 in Bascom, Ohio. Leonard had six siblings and they all grew up and were schooled in Ohio. Leonard enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Forces on December 18, 1942, and was trained to maintain the B-17 aircraft, serving the majority of his military time at Amarillo Field, Amarillo, Texas. The materials in this collection were gathered during his military service. He was a farmer and worked in machine shops in his non- military years. He married Mildred M. Schmitz and they had three children. He passed away at age 55 on December 2, 1974 in Kane, Pennsylvania.

Extent

.33 Cubic Feet (Content notes: The collection contains items reflecting Mr. Reinhart's time in the military, and primarily relate to his maintenance work on the B-17 aircraft and other related airplanes. Included are maintenance manuals, airplane specification reports, materials created by Mr. Reinhart during training classes, diagrams and miscellaneous military notes and correspondence.) ; The collection consists of one gray archival box, 12 x 5 x 10-1/2 inches.

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The collection was donated to the Museum.

Physical Description

Description: The collection consists of one gray archival box, 12 x 5 x 10-1/2 inches. Content notes: The collection contains items reflecting Mr. Reinhart's time in the military, and primarily relate to his maintenance work on the B-17 aircraft and other related airplanes. Included are maintenance manuals, airplane specification reports, materials created by Mr. Reinhart during training classes, diagrams and miscellaneous military notes and correspondence.

Title
The Descriptive Finding Guide for Leonard S. Reinhart Personal Papers
Author
AR
Date
2018
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the San Diego Air and Space Museum Library and Archives Repository

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