MemoRe Richard Douglas Shinn Boeing employment background (Sub 572)26 April 19741 page
memoLegibility: high

Part 115, page 140

DB Cooper-52616Serials SE 164-81, SE 164-81-C226

Document date 26 April 1974

Open in FBI Vault (Part 115, page 140 of the PDF)

FBI 164-81, Vault Part 115 p. 140 (DB Cooper-52616), Memo, dated 26 Apr 1974, serial SE 164-81-C226 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-115/pages/140

Transcript

The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.

SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) (P) April 26, 1974

SA [REDACTED] Sub 572 b6 b7C NORJAK OO: SEATTLE

Re: RICHARD DOUGLAS SHINN Sub 572

---

On April 17, 1974, [REDACTED] the Boeing Company, Seattle, Washington, advised that SHINN is currently employed at Plant Number 2, the Boeing Company, having been employed at Boeing since May of 1957. He currently holds a "secret" clearance and is an engineering aide. She furnished his personnel file, a review of which revealed the following information of a background nature:

Name: RICHARD DOUGLAS SHINN Date of Birth: November 3, 1921 Place of Birth: Crawford, Nebraska SSAN: 519-05-0649 Father: BEN SHINN Mother: DOROTHEA CAROLINE SHINN, nee GOERTLER Present Address: 2304 A Street Southeast, Auburn, Washington

---

According to his application for employment dated May 15, 1957, he obtained a high school diploma from Twin Falls, Idaho, and shows a wife as RETHA ELAINE SHINN, nee WHITTAKER, who was born in Twin Falls, Idaho. It further shows he has a heart condition from typhoid fever contracted in 1943. His military status was listed as 4-F. He previously worked for Morrison Knutsen in Boise, Idaho.

---

[REDACTED] furnished a photograph of SHINN stating it need not be returned. It is unknown on what date this photograph was taken and is being attached as 1-A. Sub-572

---

164-81-C226 SEARCHED...........INDEXED............... SERIALIZED....ASt..FILED...at........ APR 26 1974 FBI-SEATTLE

---

JWM:jgm (3)

---

DB COOPER-52616