Aircraft - airplanes photograph collection. 1908-ca. 1970.

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Aircraft - airplanes photograph collection. 1908-ca. 1970.

Contains the following type of materials: photographs. Covers the following time period: 1908-1970s. General description of the collection: The Aircraft - airplanes photograph collection was published as several series by the United States (U.S.) Air Force and is an historical and chronological look at military aircraft from the Wright flyer in 1908 to modern jet fighters of the 1970s. Photographs of airplanes were added to the Air Force series from other miscellaneous collections at the U.S. Army Military History Institute that would be best filed with this group.

1 box (120 photographs)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7631400

U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center

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At Harris Neck, Georgia, in the remote northern reaches of McIntosh County, the United States government, in the fall of 1942, confiscated the lands along the South Newport and Barbour Island Rivers. Paved runways were constructed for aircraft, and Harris Neck became an air reconnaissance base for the United States Army Air Force during World War II. A number of support buildings were constructed at the Harris Neck Air Base, such as barracks for personnel, an officers club, and PX, to serve the ...