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His resting place and monument are in Brookside Cemetery, Tecumseh, Michigan.
By Nydia Meyers, Ph.D. (Mrs. Allen H. Meyers) 1986
References:    Most of this material was obtained from discussions with Al Meyers, coworkers, and his personal papers.

 A file on Al Meyers' work and life is now in five museums:
1.                National Air & Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., 20560.
2.                Bentley Historical Museum. University of Michigan, North Campus, 1150 Beal Ave., Ann Arbor MI 48109-2113.
3.                Pioneer Aviation Museum, in the San Diego Aerospace Museum, 200l Pan American Plaza Balboa Park, San Diego, CA 92101.
4.                Experimental Aircraft Association Museum, (EAA), Whittman Airfield, Oshkosh, WI 54903-3065. His personal biplane, Meyers OTW, one of many manufactured at his plant in Tecumseh, Michigan is here.
5.                Yankee Air Force Museum, Willow Run Airport, P.O. Box 1100, Ypsilanti, Michigan 48197.
    

Al Meyers received many awards from, among others, the Exp erimental Aircraft Association, and the OX-5 Aviation Pioneers Club. He was inducted into the OX-5 Pioneer Aviation Hall of Fame in 1974. In 1985, Al Meyers was designated Airman of the Year by the National Committee of the Yankee Air Force, Willow Run Airport.

 Other reports are:
SPORTS PLANES ANNUAL, "Meyers OTW: Great Airplane, "Great Man", E. Payette and K. Smith, Winter, p.42, Winter Issue (1973)
AVIATION NEWS, "Allen H. Meyers Thoroughbreds", As Told by Gid Miller, September, Vol. 8, No. 9, p.27, (1976) WHO'S WHO IN AVIATION 1942-43 p.290
A Directory of Living Men And Women Who Have Contributed To The Growth Of Aviation In The United States.
Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, Chicago and New York
It is notable that Al Meyers had already founded Meyers Aircraft Company in 1936 at the age of 28 and was in Who's Who in 1942.    

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