Accelerated Service Test Branch and Modification Activities, Vandalia, Ohio , 1943-1944

The collection documents the Northwest Vandalia Modification Center in Vandalia, Ohio, during World War II, with the bulk of the materials dating from 1943 to 1944. World War II era materials include: a detailed listing of the plant’s project activities (including aircraft serial numbers, arrival and departure dates, and descriptions of what was done to each); parts and projects lists; a photograph of the plant exterior; housing information, including a floorplan sketch and lease agreement; telephone directories for both the Modification Center and Wright Field/Patterson Field; and blank forms for Modification Center activities. The collection also includes correspondence dated 2000 recording some of Schneider’s later recollections, as well as his wife’s Rike-Kumler charge card (metal card with carrying case).