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This black and white photograph shows a view from the control tower over looking the United States Army airfield in Dodge City, Kansas. The facility was used to train the Women Airforce Service Pilots, (WASP), the Royal Air Force pilots, and the Free French pilots during World War II.
Date: January 26, 1943
Item Number: 221982
Call Number: FK2. F2 D.8 DCAAF *4
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 221982
Built Environment - Areas of Significance - Military
Built Environment - Function - Defense - Air Facility
Business and Industry - Aviation
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1940s - 1943
Military - Facilities - Air bases
Military - Wars
Military - Wars - World War II - Homefront
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Cities and towns - Dodge City
Places - Counties - Ford
Thematic Time Period - World War II, 1939 - 1945
Type of Material - Photographs
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