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Listen: The Blues ProgramArmy Air Service personnel starting an Army "Jenny" plane during training at Carlstrom Field near Arcadia.
Image Number
Photographer
Date
Rights
Collection
Michael Drake collection
Subject Term
Armed Forces--Training of
World War, 1914-1918
Aviation, Military
World War I
WWI
Military education
Aeronautics, Military--Study and teaching
Flight training
Government aircraft
Airplanes, Military--Motors--Ignition
Propeller-driven aircraft
Multiplanes
Biplanes
Curtiss aircraft
Curtiss JN-4 (Training plane)
Soldiers
Air pilots, Military
Training planes
Corporate Subject
Physical Description
General Note
"The donor, Michael J. Drake, received this photo from Dale Aylward of Sarasota."
Accompanying note: "Carlstrom Field and nearby Dorr Field were established in early 1918 as training centers for the U.S. Army Air Service. Carlstrom Field was later upgraded for service during World War II. The facility was eventually converted into the G. Pierce Wood Memorial Hospital."
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