Word: egtvedt
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Died. Clairmont L. Egtvedt, 83, former president and board chairman of the Boeing Co.; of pneumonia; in Seattle. Starting as a draftsman in the company's two-story frame factory in 1917, the shy, University of Washington-trained engineer became Boeing's president in 1933 and served as chairman from 1939 until 1966. Determined to create a "superweapon of the air," he spurred creation of the first B-17 Flying Fortress in 1935. By the war's end 12,731 Flying Fortresses had been built for the Allies and had dropped more than 640,000 tons...