Image Number

N049493

1943

Collection

General collection

Geographic Term

Europe
United States

Air pilots, Military
Gunners
Armed Forces
Propellers, Aerial
Military uniforms
World War, 1939-1945
World War II
WWII
Airplanes, Military--United States
Government aircraft
Propeller-driven aircraft

Personal Subjects

Breece, David S., Lt. Col
Ramseur, C. W
Welch

United States--Army Air Forces

1 photonegative - b&w - 4 x 5 in.

General Note

Pilot David S. Breece trained at Dorr Field, named after pilot Stephen Dorr Jr., which was located 11 miles east of Arcadia, Florida. It was established during WWI to support flight training operations at nearby Carlstrom Field and subsequently closed at the end of the war. Dorr Field was reopened in 1942 by John Riddle and operated as a civilian contract school for training Army aviators. It was one square mile and had no runways. After WWII, both Carlstrom and Dorr Fields were sold to the State of Florida for a dollar. The site of Dorr Field was later reused as the site of the minimum security DeSoto County Correctional Institution.