About Susan
Susan Krob: B-25 History Project Digital Archivist: Is a fairly normal wife and mom, living in suburban KC. She grew up in rural Kansas. The only thing she knew about airplanes is that crop-dusters fly really low, and if anything else is flying low enough to hear, look up, it's unusual. All the typical rural Kansas stuff applies. She grew up working on the family farm, being active in 4-H, attending church anytime the doors were unlocked.
After graduating high school, she worked as a childcare provider and live-in mother's helper before attending Sterling College for my Elementary Education degree. While there, she met her current husband, Andrew. After they had been married and living in Arkansas for a while, they attended a Bikes, Blues, and Bombers event (in conjunction with the famous Bikes, Blues and BBQ Event in Fayetteville, Arkansas) where they were first introduced to the Commemorative Air Force. Fifi (B-29) and Bucket of Bolts (C-45) were both there. Her husband enjoyed photographing the planes.
A couple years later, a change in jobs brought them to Kansas City where they started visiting the Commemorative Air Force - Heart of America wing's free monthly events, as well as attending their annual airshow. Her husband joined the wing first and enjoys the great opportunities he has to perfect his photography skills. A year later, she was talked into joining as well. She went for her member ride in the Stearman (PT-13) and was hooked. She is not a plane buff. As such, may never be able to tell you all the features of different types of planes, but she loves the history and the stories behind the planes as well as the people who built and fly them. She enjoys tagging along to Airshows with her husband and their son as well as working the kids table or in the kitchen at Heart of America wing events.
Responding to a call for volunteers, the B-25 History Project asked if she would help by being the digital archivist. Her main task is to comb through the digital version of the WWII era publication "The North Ameri-Kansan" and read the stories as well as create a database of every employee name mentioned. In short, she gets to help preserve just a bit of history. Her job with us is one of the most significant projects we have undertaken. Over the next few years, she will spend countless hours documenting the names of the over 59,000 plant employees. This database will be cross referenced to the newsletter publication located in, giving us the unprecedented ability to research an individual employee at the plant simply by knowing their name.