The "Ken Jungeberg Collection" Preserved For History

AirCorps Aviation acquired what is knowns as the "Ken Jungberg Collection" ... original North American Aviation engineering drawings, hand-drawn in pencil on tracing vellum, which was used to develop and build the P-51, B-25, T-6, P-82, and many more.

The collection had been stored in the archives of North American’s Columbus, OH factory until 1988. The company was planning to burn their original engineering drawings and technical manuals, but fortunately for us, one man decided that wasn't going to happen. That man was Ken Jungeberg.

According to an AirCorps Aviation Facebook post, the materials to be burned included many historically important items, such as the 73X (or X73) drawings, that were used to develop the P-51 Mustang in 120 days! Ken was able to save these hand drawn original technical drawings that will help change what we know about these airplanes and how they came to be.

After working with Ken for months, AirCorps has taken ownership of Ken's materials, and is calling it the "Ken Jungeberg Collection".

AirCorps Aviation will be working to organize, sort, and catalog the drawings in the collection, so that they will be available to WWII enthusiasts for artistic value and technical research.

(Image from Facebook post)

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