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[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.0776]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Aerial photo of an airfield with two of two side-by-side hangars, bunkers going to the bottom from the hangers, an adminstation building/house at the lower left, crowd of cars on the center right, and more.)"
Date: November 1, 1941
Creator: Johnson, Bill
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.0777]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Latest addition to the state's growing list of air corps fields is the new primary training center at Chickasha, opened to the public for inspection Sunday afternoon. This aerial picture by Bill Johnson, Daily Oklahoman photographer, shows the building area, looking north toward the flying field. At the right are one of the two hangars, cadet barracks and ground school buildings. Left foreground is the cadet mess, kitche… more
Date: November 1, 1941
Creator: Johnson, Bill
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.0774]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "On the line at the Ponca City airport, nine British boys, in their R.A.F. uniforms and flying suits, head back to the hangar. The names could be those of Oklahomans, but their accents and ways are British, as Ponca has learned. From the left: E. H. Collins, H. C. Holmes, D. S. Pinks, A. W. J Londors, R. N. Leutscher, L. Partridge, A. J. Adams, T. C. Dawson, P. J. Quigley."
Date: November 10, 1941
Creator: Thomas, Gene
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.0780]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "On this 160-acre tract three miles east and one mile south of Yukon, civilian instructors of the Oklahoma air college under supervision of the army air corps training detachment will began training future pilots March 24. Fifty men will make up the intial complement, with others sent in each five weeks. The training period is 10 weeks, after which students move on to one of three army fields for advanced work. Upper left… more
Date: March 17, 1941
Creator: Thomas, Gene
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.0773]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Student pilots with newly-won wings were a familiar sight during the war years at Cimarron field, where hundreds of new fliers received their primary training for World War II."
Date: 1941
Creator: Turner, John H.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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