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William F. Losch, Jr. Douglas Aircraft letters, 1941.
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Title:
William F. Losch, Jr. Douglas Aircraft letters, 1941Losch letters
Creator/Contributor:
Losch, William F., creatorAbstract:
Two letters from William F. Losch, Jr. to Thomas A. Rommel talking about Losch's employment at Douglas Aircraft Co. (one on
Douglas stationary), two sheets of typed material, and numerous photos of Losch, Rommel, and a man named Pierson. Losch and
Rommel had been classmates at Washington State College.
Date:
1941 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caRommel, Thomas A
Douglas Aircraft Company.
Note:
William F. Losch Jr. went to work for the Douglas Aircraft Company in Santa Monica California after his 1940 graduation from
Washington State College. An engineer assigned to Douglas' Production Engineering Group, Losch became involved with fuselage
production for the C-47 at the company's Long Beach plant.
Thomas A. Rommel (c1917-1982) lived in Seattle after graduating from Washington State College and worked for the Boeing Company.
Douglas Aircraft Company was founded by aviator Donald Wills Douglas in Santa Monica, California in 1921. The company built
many commercial airliners, among them the legendary DC-3, the larger DC-6 and DC-7, and the turbine-powered DC-8. Douglas
also built large numbers of military aircraft, among them an adaptation of the DC-3 known as the C-47. In 1967 Douglas merged
with the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation to form McDonnell Douglas, which was acquired by Boeing thirty years later.
Losch letters.
Unrestricted. Please credit California State Library.
Physical Description:
print
1 manuscript box; 15 1/4 x 11 3/4 x 3in.
Language:
English
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CaliforniaCopyright Note:
Unrestricted. Please credit California State Library.