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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
San Diego Air and Space Museum Library and Archives
Title: Leonard S. Reinhart Personal Papers
Identifier/Call Number: SDASM.SC.10217
Physical Description:
.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.
Date (bulk): bulk
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.
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.
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.
The collection is open to research, some restriction apply.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The collection was donated to the Museum.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Amarillo Army Air Field
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Family
Reinhart, Leonard