19th Aviation Squadron album

Collection

Identifier: urn:taro:utexas.cah.01417

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection includes photographs of the 19th Aviation Squadron at Aviation Ground School in Austin, Texas, in September and November of 1917, and at Thanksgiving in Sarasota, Florida in 1918. In between are photographs of the squadron on the ground and in the air at bases in Texas, Mississippi, Alabama and Pennsylvania. Emphasis is on aerial views, flying formations, crashes, repair shops, pilots, and the airplanes themselves, including the Thomas-Morse Scout SC-4.

Dates

Creation: 1917 - 1918

Creator

19th Aviation Squadron (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

There are no use restrictions on this collection. Publisher is responsible for complying with copyright law.

Extent

2 inches

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Photograph album documenting the 19th Aviation Squadron in Austin, Texas, Sarasota, Florida, and various other bases during the period from 1917 to 1918.

Accession Number(s)

1989-335

Processing Information

Basic processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with funds from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) for the Briscoe Center’s History Revealed: Bringing Collections to Light project, 2009-2011.