Register of the Willy Achim Fiedler papers
Finding aid prepared by Frances Heldt
Hoover Institution Library and Archives
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Title: Willy Achim Fiedler papers
Date (inclusive): 1933-1998
Collection Number: 95009
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In English and German
Physical Description:
16 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 4 oversize folders
(9.2 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, writings, notes, memoranda, technical reports, patent applications, clippings, other printed matter, video
tape, sound recording, and photographs relating to the German missile development program during World War II, including the
"V1," and to postwar American missile development programs, especially the Polaris missile and other submarine launched ballistic
missiles.
Creator:
Fiedler, Willy Achim, 1908-1998
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Access
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or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
Use
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1995.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Willy Achim Fiedler papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical Note
German-American engineer; chief scientist, Lockheed Missiles and Space Company.
1908 January 23 |
Born, Freudenstadt, Black Forest, Germany |
1934 June 1 |
Received Diplom-Ingenieur (Master of Engineering) from the Technical University, Stuttgart |
1935-1936 |
Designer for the British Aircraft Manufacturing Co. Ltd. in Feltham, England |
1937 November 16 |
Received the title of Flugbaumeister (aeronautical engineer) from the Institute for Aviation Research (Deutsche Versuchsanstalt
für Luftfahrt, DVL) in Berlin
|
1938-1944 |
Designer and test pilot at the Gerhard Fieseler Aircraft Works in Kassel, Germany |
1942-1944 |
Tester of the "V1" missile for Gerhard Fieseler in Peenemünde, Germany |
1945 January-May |
Co-owner and technical director for the Bachem Company in Waldsee, Germany |
1945 October-1948 May |
Owner and manager of Ingenieurbureau Fiedler in Nabern, Germany |
1948-1956 |
Worked at the U.S. Naval Air Missile Test Center (NAMTC) in Point Mugu, California, as part of Operation Paperclip |
1954 January 27 |
Received the Distinguished Civilian Service Award from the U.S. Navy |
1956 |
Began work at Lockheed Missiles and Space Company in Sunnyvale, California |
1958 |
Became chief scientist at Lockheed Missiles and Space Company |
1973 |
Retired from Lockheed Missiles and Space Company |
1998 January 17 |
Died, Los Altos Hills, California |
Scope and Content of Collection
Correspondence, scientific writings, experiment notes, memoranda, technical reports, patent applications, clippings, other
printed matter, video tape, sound recording, and photographs relating to the German missile development program during World
War II, including the "V1," and to postwar American missile development programs, especially the Polaris missile and other
submarine launched ballistic missiles. The bulk of the collection relates to these and various other scientific studies and
experiments that Fiedler conducted in the decades after his immigration to the United States, organized into a Career File.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations
Engineers
Nuclear weapons
Weapons systems
Polaris (Missile)
United States. Navy
Lockheed Missiles and Space Company
Biographical File
1937-1998
box 1, folder 1
Identification cards
1957-1958
box 1, folder 2
Drawing of Fiedler
undated
box 1, folder 3
Family tree
undated
Language of Material: German.
box 1, folder 4
"Black Forest Love Song,"
undated
Scope and Contents
Arranged and translated into English by Fiedler.
box 1, folder 5
Resumes and academic papers
1937-1995
Scope and Contents
Includes photographs of Fiedler's Diplomarbeit, an entry for "Who's Who in Science and Engineering," and his personal notes
on his fleet ballistic missile development experience. In English and German.
box 1, folder 7
Legal documents
1948-1954
Language of Material: German.
box 1, folder 8
Oxnard house design
1948-1956
Scope and Contents
Financial and legal materials, and notes, related to the design and construction of Fiedler's home in Oxnard, California.
See also: Oversize Materials/Large blueprints.
box 1, folder 9
Memorial programs and obituary
1998
box 1, folder 10
Newspaper clippings
1952-1986
Scope and Contents
In English and German.
box 1, folder 11
Miscellaneous personal notes
1956-1986
Scope and Contents
In English and German.
box 1, folder 12-16
Appointment books
1960-1965
box 2, folder 1-8
Appointment books
1966-1973
box 2, folder 9
Not written to or by Fiedler
1948-1966, undated
Scope and Contents
In English and German.
box 2, folder 10
Unidentified
1948-1949
Language of Material: German.
box 2, folder 11-12
General
1948-1959, undated
Scope and Contents
In English and German.
box 3, folder 1-2
General
1961-1995
Scope and Contents
In English and German.
box 3, folder 3
Akademische Fliedergruppe Stuttgart
1982-1993
Language of Material: German.
box 3, folder 4
Bachem, Erich
1948-1956, undated
Language of Material: German.
box 3, folder 5
Barker, Lawrence Jr.
1987-1989
box 3, folder 6
Barker, William A.
1987-1992
box 3, folder 7
Baur, Isolde
1991-1994
Language of Material: German.
box 3, folder 8
Baur, Karl
1948-1955
Language of Material: German.
box 3, folder 9
Behrenbeck
1948-1951, undated
Language of Material: German.
box 3, folder 12
Brown, Robert E.
1953-1954
box 3, folder 13
Bussenius-Kraft, Ruth
1949-1960
Language of Material: German.
box 3, folder 15
De Roos, Willem
1993-1994
box 3, folder 16
Diehl, Walter S.
1948-1952
box 3, folder 17
Ehemaligen Peenemünder
1980
Language of Material: German.
box 3, folder 18
Eiss, Liselotte
1948-1951, undated
Language of Material: German.
box 3, folder 19
Erb, Theo
1951
Language of Material: German.
box 3, folder 20
Fiedler, Gertrud
1989-1994, undated
Language of Material: German.
box 3, folder 21
Fiedler, Herbert and Tilly
1991-1992, undated
Language of Material: German.
box 3, folder 22
Fiedler, Karl
1950-1951
Language of Material: German.
box 3, folder 23
Fiedler, Monika
1991-1992, undated
Language of Material: German.
box 3, folder 24
Fiedler, Petra
1990-1994
Language of Material: German.
box 3, folder 25
Fieseler, Gerhard
1967-1977
Language of Material: German.
box 3, folder 26
Flessner, Heinz
1979
Language of Material: German.
box 3, folder 27
Freitag, Robert F.
1955-1994
box 3, folder 28
Griehl, Manfred
1987
Language of Material: German.
box 3, folder 29
Grimm, Hans
1989-1992
Language of Material: German.
box 3, folder 30
Guter, Frank
undated
Language of Material: German.
box 3, folder 31
Helga and Ernst
1992
Language of Material: German.
box 3, folder 32
Hellmold, Wilhelm
1980-1993
Language of Material: German.
box 3, folder 33
Hensel, Manfred
1979-1986
Language of Material: German.
Scope and Contents
See also: photograph of Fiedler and Hensel in Box 16/Folder 12.
box 3, folder 34
Hirth, Wolf
1949-1951
Language of Material: German.
box 3, folder 35
Hoerner, Sighard F.
1949-1969
Language of Material: German.
box 3, folder 36
Hohmann, B. A.
1950
Language of Material: German.
box 3, folder 37
Hutzel, Hans
1987-1988
Language of Material: German.
box 3, folder 38
Ilse
1954-1955
Language of Material: German.
box 3, folder 39
Jones, Walter R.
1953-1956
box 3, folder 41
Kitchen, Larry O.
1986, undated
box 3, folder 42
Klaus
1991-1993
Language of Material: German.
Scope and Contents
Includes letter to Fiedler's wife, Grete.
box 3, folder 43
Klein, Gerald
1986-1988
Language of Material: German.
box 3, folder 44
Knapp, Werner
1994
Language of Material: German.
box 3, folder 45
Kössler, Karl
1988-1993
Language of Material: German.
box 3, folder 46
Krauss, Hanns
1946-1950
Language of Material: German.
box 3, folder 47
Lahde, Reinhard and Hildegard
1993, undated
Language of Material: German.
box 3, folder 48
Leo
1984
Language of Material: German.
box 3, folder 49
Lutz-Fiedler, Hedwig
1945-1992
Language of Material: German.
Scope and Contents
Includes letters from Fiedler's wife, Grete.
box 3, folder 50
Marquardt, Karen and Jana
1991-1993
box 3, folder 51
Mayer, Max
1995
Language of Material: German.
box 3, folder 52
Middelmann-Motz, J. J. and Astrid V.
1991-1993
Language of Material: German.
box 3, folder 54
National Air and Space Museum
1974-1984
box 4, folder 1
Niethammer, Hellmut
1987-1991
Language of Material: German.
box 4, folder 2
Northrup Aircraft, Inc.
1951-1955
box 4, folder 3
Petrikat, Kurt
1948-1950
Language of Material: German.
box 4, folder 4
Priewe, Gerd D.
1980
Language of Material: German.
box 4, folder 5
Proppe, Tasso
1948-1994
Scope and Contents
In English and German.
box 4, folder 6
Quenzler, H. H. W.
1988-1991
Language of Material: German.
box 4, folder 7
Rathjen, Walter
1985
Language of Material: German.
box 4, folder 8
Rees, Eberhard F. M.
1948-1952
Language of Material: German.
box 4, folder 9
Riedel, Peter
1985
Language of Material: German.
box 4, folder 10
Röhm, Ludwig
1948-1953
Language of Material: German.
box 4, folder 12
Schemp, Martin
1949-1950
Language of Material: German.
box 4, folder 13
Segebrecht, Willfried
1948-1949
Language of Material: German.
box 4, folder 14
Steuer, Herbert
1949-1951
Language of Material: German.
box 4, folder 15
Steurer, Heike
1992, undated
Language of Material: German.
box 4, folder 16
Steurer, Martin
1991-1992, undated
Language of Material: German.
box 4, folder 17
Steurer, Rudolf
1948-1950, undated
Language of Material: German.
box 4, folder 18
Stüwe, Botho
1987
Language of Material: German.
box 4, folder 19
Von Köhn, Siegfried D.
1982
box 4, folder 20
Walter, Wilhelm
1948-1953
Language of Material: German.
Projects
Scope and Contents
Notes, studies, experiments, drafts, graphs, figures, technical reports, memos, and secondary printed material related to
the various construction and research projects Fiedler was involved in, grouped by place of employment.
box 4, folder 21
British Aircraft Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
1936
Scope and Contents
See also: Oversize Material/Large blueprints.
box 4, folder 22
Maps of grounds
undated
Language of Material: German.
box 4, folder 23
Unknown projects
1937-1940, undated
Language of Material: German.
box 4, folder 24
Fi 156 "Storch,"
1938-1994
Scope and Contents
In English and German.
box 4, folder 25
Fi 99 "Jung-Tiger,"
1938
Language of Material: German.
box 4, folder 26
Fi 256 "Super-Storch,"
1981-1990
Language of Material: German.
Scope and Contents
See also: photograph in Box 16/Folder 12.
box 4, folder 27
Fi 103 "V-1,"
1945-1994, undated
Scope and Contents
In English and German.
box 4, folder 28
Reichenberg Project
1945-1985
Scope and Contents
See also: Oversize Material/Large diagrams. In English and German.
box 4, folder 29
Bachem Werke
1978-1985, undated
Scope and Contents
Material about the Bachem Ba 349A "Natter." In German and Italian.
box 4, folder 30
Ingenieurbureau Fiedler
1947-1954
Language of Material: German.
Scope and Contents
Ledgers, bills, and other papers related to the running of Fiedler's furniture business and its merge with Kombi-Möbel in
1948.
Naval Air Missile Test Center (NAMTC)
box 4, folder 31
Employment
1948-1959
Scope and Contents
Includes invitee list for NAMTC 50th anniversary reunion in 1991.
box 4, folder 32
Projects
1948-1955
Scope and Contents
Includes materials on Project CROW, the Loon Missile, and Regulus I. See also: photographs of the Loon and Regulus missiles
in Box 16/Folder 6.
box 4, folder 33
Pacific Missile Range Advisory Board
1958-1959
box 5, folder 2
Northrup Aircraft, Inc.
1951-1954
Scope and Contents
See also: Oversize Material/Box 17/Folder 4.
box 5, folder 3
U.S. Civil Service Commission
1956
Lockheed Missiles and Space Company
box 5, folder 4
Employment
1956-1985
Scope and Contents
Includes retirement papers. See also: Oversize Material/Box 17/Folder 6.
box 5, folder 5
Development
1955-1962
Scope and Contents
See also: Photographs/Box 16/Folder 10, and Oversize Material/Box 17/Folder 1.
box 5, folder 7
Histories
1961-1986
Scope and Contents
In English and German.
box 5, folder 9
Development
1962-1965
Scope and Contents
Includes Institute of Defense Analyses employment paperwork.
box 5, folder 11
Reference articles
1960-1966
box 5, folder 12
Sub designs and studies
1965-1971
Scope and Contents
See also: Oversize Material/Box 17/Folders 1 and 4, and Oversize Material/Large diagrams.
box 5, folder 14-15
Development
1966-1968
Scope and Contents
See also: Oversize Material/Box 17/Folder 5, and Oversize Material/Large diagrams.
box 6, folder 1
Underwater long-range missile systems (ULMS)
1966-1968
Scope and Contents
See also: Oversize Material/Large diagrams.
box 6, folder 3
Power sources for propulsion
1966-1975
Scope and Contents
Includes reference articles from 1961 and 1962.
box 6, folder 4
Underwater shock
1967
Scope and Contents
See also: Oversize Material/Box 17/Folder 5.
box 6, folder 5
SSBN studies/weapon systems
1967-1973
Scope and Contents
Includes reference articles from 1965. See also: Oversize Material/Box 17/Folder 1.
box 6, folder 6
Modular multipurpose missile (MMM)
1971
Scope and Contents
See also: Oversize Material/Box 17/Folders 1 and 4, and Oversize Material/Large blueprints.
box 6, folder 7
Underwater launch
1971
Scope and Contents
See also: Oversize Material/Box 17/Folder 1.
box 6, folder 8
Three tube - S5G concept
1971
Scope and Contents
See also: Oversize Material/Large diagrams.
box 6, folder 9
Shelf deployment
1971-1978
Scope and Contents
See also: Oversize Material/Box 17/Folder 5.
box 6, folder 11-12
Trident II
1972-1975
Scope and Contents
See also: Oversize Material/Box 17/Folder 4.
box 7, folder 1
"Water Tunnel Tests of Hydrodynamic Control Devices for Trident II,"
1975
box 7, folder 2
Alternate SLBM basing
1973
box 7, folder 3
Miscellaneous missile development
1967-1974
Scope and Contents
See also: Oversize Material/Box 17/Folder 1.
box 7, folder 4
Newsletters and press releases
1956-1975
box 7, folder 5-9
Printed matter
1964-1994
Scope and Contents
Includes
Lockheed Life magazine, 1977-1983.
box 7, folder 14
Life support and manning
1974
box 8, folder 1
Battery barge concepts
undated
box 8, folder 2
Missile capsules
1974-1975
Scope and Contents
See also: Oversize Material/Box 17/Folder 4.
box 8, folder 4
Strategic Systems Study
1974
box 8, folder 5
Defense Science Board
1974
Engine study
Scope and Contents
Fiedler had originally placed the papers for this study into a series of different colored folders. The list of folder titles
with their corresponding colors appears at the beginning of the first folder. Not all of the folders were found, but for those
that were, the original order and folder titles have been retained. The original color of each folder appears in brackets.
box 8, folder 6
Controller types [Green]
1976-1979
box 8, folder 7
Preliminary studies I [Red]
1975-1976
box 8, folder 8
Preliminary studies II [Red]
1976-1978
box 8, folder 9
Stratified charge [Red]
1976
box 8, folder 10
Controller A tests [Yellow]
1976
box 8, folder 11
Controller B tests [Yellow]
1977
box 8, folder 12
Controller C tests [Yellow]
1977-1978
box 8, folder 13
Fuelmeter and vacuum drive tests [Yellow]
1976-1977
box 8, folder 14
Related system studies [Beige]
1975-1980
box 9, folder 1-2
Container aircraft
1980-1981
box 9, folder 3
Employment
1989-1991
Scope and Contents
Includes stocks paperwork and right of first refusal agreement.
box 9, folder 4
Test methods and results
1987-1989
Scope and Contents
See also: Oversize Material/Box 17/Folder 5.
box 9, folder 5-6
Projects
1988-1992
Scope and Contents
Studies and experiments related to alpha decay. See also: Oversize Material/Box 17/Folders 2-3.
box 9, folder 7
Unidentified projects
1991, undated
Scope and Contents
In English and German.
box 9, folder 8
Unidentified notes
undated
Patents
Scope and Contents
Includes patent applications, drafts, amendments, correspondence, allowances, certificates, and printed patents, arranged
chronologically.
box 9, folder 9
Split Aircraft Wing
1952-1956
Scope and Contents
See also: Photographs/Box 16/Folder 4.
box 9, folder 10
Bettsessel
1953
Language of Material: German.
box 9, folder 11
Jet Direction Control Device
1955-1957
box 9, folder 12
Induced Pitch Launcher Device
1956-1958
box 9, folder 14
Miscellaneous patents
1956-1965
Scope and Contents
Patents include: Jet-Ignited Tracking Flare, Aerodynamic Optic Collector, Holdback Device for Missile Launching, Externally
Mounted Jet-Ignited Tracking Flare, Self-Contained Data Recorder, and Deep Submergence Underwater Vehicle.
Fuel Control of Internal Combustion Engines
box 9, folder 15
Original application
1975 December
box 9, folder 16
First examiner response
1976 September
box 10, folder 1
First amendment
1976 December
box 10, folder 2
Second examiner response
1977 April
box 10, folder 3
Second amendment
1977 July
box 10, folder 5
Awarded patent
1978 January
box 10, folder 6
Fluiddynamic Control of Otto-Cycle Engines
1978-1981
Fuel Distribution in Internal Combustion Engines
box 10, folder 8
Examiner and amendment
1977-1979
Fuel Control and Injection System for Internal Combustion Engines
box 10, folder 11
Awarded patent, industry contacts
1981
box 10, folder 12
Aerodynamically Controlled Fuel Injection
1979-1981
box 10, folder 13
Increasing Alpha Decay Rates Through the Use of Static and Time Varying Electric Fields and Magnetic Fields
1988-1990
Speeches and Writings
1958-1992
box 10, folder 14
"The Launching of Large Missiles,"
1958 October 6
box 10, folder 15
"Alternatives for Sea-Based Missile Forces,"
1974 April 1
Scope and Contents
Co-authored by G. Aubert, J. Ericson, R. Could, J. Hurley, N. Kfoury, J. Mullin, F. Parry, and B. Werle.
"Fluiddynamic Fuel Control,"
1975 September 23
"Aerodynamic Computation of Air Fuel Ratios"
box 11, folder 1
Proposals and drafts
1978
box 11, folder 3
Conference paper
1980 February 25-29
Scope and Contents
Society of Automotive Engineers Congress and Exposition in Detroit. Includes some correspondence from 1981.
box 11, folder 4
"Altering Natural Alpha Decay Rates,"
1990
Scope and Contents
Abstract, drafts, and data. Co-authored by William A. Barker.
box 11, folder 5
"Alpha and Fusion Power Generation,"
1992 January 13
Scope and Contents
Co-authored by William A. Barker.
Writings by Others
1933-1993
box 11, folder 6
Unidentified
undated
Language of Material: German.
box 11, folder 8
G-K
1944-1980
Scope and Contents
In English and German.
box 11, folder 9
L-W
1958-1969
Scope and Contents
In English and German.
box 11, folder 10
Aerojet-General Corporation, "Capsule Feasibility Study,"
1963 June
box 11, folder 11
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) annual meeting papers
1964-1978
box 11, folder 12
Arentzen, E. S. and Philip Mandel, "Naval Architectural Aspects of Submarine Design,"
1960
box 12, folder 1
Gates, David M., "Nuclear Power,"
Energy and Ecology
1985
box 12, folder 2
Greil, Karl, "The Development of the Guided Anti Aircraft Rocket 'Oerlikon' in Switzerland,"
1951
Scope and Contents
In English and German.
box 12, folder 3
Jacobs, Eastman N.
1933-1937
Scope and Contents
"The Characteristics of 78 Related Airfoil Sections from Tests in the Variable-Density Wind Tunnel," 1933, and "Airfoil Section
Characteristics as Affected by Variations of the Reynolds Number," 1937.
box 12, folder 4
Members of Congress for Peace through Law, "Report on ULMS,"
1972 April 10
box 12, folder 5
Office of Naval Research papers
1975
box 12, folder 6
Proppe, Tasso
1975-1993
Scope and Contents
In English and German.
box 12, folder 7
Schneider, M. H. and E. E. Cook, "Study of a Deep Submergence Missile Capsule - Titanium (U),"
1963 June
box 12, folder 8
Surface Effect Ships for Ocean Commerce (SESOC) Advisory Committee, "Final Report on a Study of the Technological Problems,"
1966 February
box 12, folder 9
Wormeer, E. M., "Launching the A4 (V2) Rocket Missile at Sea,"
1946 August 7
box 12, folder 10
Ziegler, et. al., "Hochleistungssegelflugzeug FS 18,"
1938
Language of Material: German.
Scope and Contents
Co-authored by Bälz, Körber, Läpple, and Söhne.
Alte Rechliner
Language of Material: German.
box 12, folder 11
Membership and newsletters
1964-1992
box 12, folder 12-13
"Rechliner Briefe," volumes 1 and 2
undated
box 13, folder 1-2
"Rechliner Briefe," volumes 3 and 4
1978 September - 1982 August
box 13, folder 3
Altherrenschaft
1951
Language of Material: German.
box 13, folder 4-5
Writings
1987-1992
Scope and Contents
Includes biographical note.
box 13, folder 6-7
Theories
1982
Scope and Contents
Contains two lists of original folder titles related to William Barker's scientific projects. Not all folders were found,
but those that were have retained their original titles and order. See also: Oversize Material/Box 17/Folder 5.
box 13, folder 9
Electrostatic Voltage Excitation Process and Apparatus
1990
box 14, folder 1
Electrostatic Voltage Excitation Process and Apparatus
1990
box 14, folder 2
Method for Enhancing Alpha Decay in Radioactive Materials
1991
box 14, folder 3
Equipment/symbols
1987, undated
box 14, folder 4
Guidance computers
1961-1966
box 14, folder 5
Motorsegler
1978-1992
Scope and Contents
Includes materials on the European Motorsegler Championships. In English and German.
box 14, folder 7
Reitsch, Hanna
1954-1992
Scope and Contents
In English and German.
box 14, folder 8
Sailplanes
1951-1985
Scope and Contents
See also: Oversize Material/Box 17/Folders 4 and 6.
box 14, folder 9
Schempp-Hirth Kirchheim-Teck
1943-1954
Language of Material: German.
box 14, folder 10
Society of Automotive Engineers
1980
Scope and Contents
Notes, correspondence, brochure, and conference paper for the Aerospace Congress and Exposition, 1980.
Instructional material
Language of Material: German.
box 14, folder 11
"Bauvorschriften für Flugzeuge,"
1933 April
box 14, folder 12-13
"Bauvorschriften für Segelflugzeuge,"
1939 August - 1940 February
box 14, folder 14-15
"Vorlesungen über Flugzeugbau,"
1941 October - 1942 January
box 14, folder 16
Informational material
1949-1968
Scope and Contents
Informational brochures for a camera store owned by Fiedler's family in Freudenstadt, the U.S. Navy's fleet ballistic missile
program, WWII suicide bombs, and fallout shelters. In English and German.
box 15, folder 1
Informational material
1975-1994
Scope and Contents
Informational brochures for the U.S. Navy's fleet ballistic missile program and the Naval Air Weapons Station in Point Mugu,
California, and catalogues for experiment equipment.
box 15, folder 2
Ultra-Lite Aircraft Journal
1978-1980
box 15, folder 3
Foreign Affairs
1968 July - 1969 October
box 15, folder 4
Scientific American
1969 August - 1970 January
box 15, folder 5
High Frontier
1991 October - 1992 August
box 15, folder 6
Die Rakete
1981-1984
Language of Material: German.
box 15, folder 7
Miscellaneous newsletters
1973-1993
box 15, folder 8
Conference program
1988 August 29 - September 2
Language of Material: German.
Scope and Contents
Militärgeschichtliches Forschungsamt conference in Freiburg, titled "Der Internationalen Wissenschaftlichen Tagung," with
the subject: "Luftkriegführung im Zweiten Weltkrieg. Ein Internationaler Vergleich."
box 15, folder 9
Newspaper clippings
1960-1992
Scope and Contents
In English and German.
box 15, folder 10-11
Magazine articles
1938-1994
Scope and Contents
In English and German.
box 15
Sound Recording
undated
Scope and Contents note
One untitled compact sound cassette.
box 15
Videorecording
1993 September 10
Access
DVD access copy of this video is available in the Archives reading room. Use copy reference number: 95009_0001_r2015
Scope and Contents note
"A Conversation with Willie Fiedler," VHS videocassette.
Photographs
1953-1959, undated
Naval Air Missile Test Center (NAMTC)
box 16, folder 1
Miscellaneous award ceremonies
1953-1956
box 16, folder 2
Distinguished Civilian Service Award ceremony
1954 February 23
box 16, folder 3
U.S. citizenship ceremony
1954 December 10
box 16, folder 4
Split Aircraft Wing patent
1956 April 19
Scope and Contents
See also: Career File/Patents/Split Aircraft Wing.
box 16, folder 5
Navy's Superior Accomplishment Award ceremony
1957 April 29
box 16, folder 6
Missiles
1954-1957
Scope and Contents
Includes Loon and Regulus missiles.
Lockheed Missiles and Space Company
box 16, folder 9
Equipment
1959 June 9-July 20, undated
box 16, folder 10
Missiles
undated
Scope and Contents
Includes the Polaris Missile.
box 16, folder 11
Miscellaneous
undated
Scope and Contents
Includes portraits of Fiedler and photographs of the Lockheed grounds.
box 16, folder 12-13
Miscellaneous
undated
Scope and Contents
Folder 12 includes photos of the Fi 256 plane, a group of WWII German officers, the John J. Montgomery award ceremony, and
Fiedler with Manfred Hensel. Folder 13 includes photos of various unidentified planes and missiles.
Oversize Material
1936-1988, undated
box 17, folder 1
Blueprints
1956-1970
undated
Scope and Contents
Related to the development of Polaris, Modular Multipurpose Missiles, underwater launch, weapons systems, and sub designs.
See also: Career File/Projects/Lockheed Missiles and Space Company.
map_case case
Blueprints
1956-1970
undated
box 17, folder 2-3
Experiment charts
1988
Scope and Contents
Data charts on alpha decay for projects conducted with William Barker of Altran Corporation. See also: Career File/Projects/Altran
Corporation.
box 17, folder 4
Diagrams
1980, undated
Scope and Contents
Related to the development of missile capsules, sub designs, Trident II, and Modular Multipurpose Missiles. See also: Career
File/Projects/Northrup Aircraft Inc., Lockheed Missiles and Space Company, and Missile Capsules.
box 17, folder 5
Graphs and charts
1987-1988, undated
Scope and Contents
Related to projects on shelf deployment, STRAT-X, and alpha decay. See also: Career File/Projects/Lockheed Missiles and Space
Company and Altran Corporation, and Subject File/William A. Barker.
box 17, folder 6
Miscellaneous
1962-1974
Scope and Contents
Includes a periodic table of elements, organizational charts of Lockheed's leadership, and a historical map titled, "Segelflug
auf der Wasserkuppe." In English and German.
map_case case
Large blueprints
1936-1950s
Scope and Contents
See also: Biographical File/Oxnard House Design, and Career File/Projects/British Aircraft Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
map_case case
Large diagrams
1960s-1980s
Scope and Contents
See also: Career File/Projects/Gerhard Fieseler Werke and Lockheed Missiles and Space Company. In English and German.