- Collection:
- Kenneth Rogers Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Chatham Air Force Base
- Creator:
- Rogers, Kenneth, 1907-1989
- Date of Original:
- 1945-06-03
- Subject:
- Air forces--United States
Air bases--United States
Military air pilots--United States
Fighter pilots--United States
Air warfare--United States
Bombers--United States
Airplanes--1940-1950
Military uniforms--1940-1950
Nose art
United States. Air Force. 8th Air Force
World War, 1939-1945--Military personnel--United States
World War, 1939-1945
Chatham Air Force Base (Savannah, Ga.)
Savannah/Hilton International Airport (Savannah, Ga.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah, 32.08354, -81.09983
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of members of the 8th Air Force at the Chatham Air Force Base (now Savannah/Hilton Head international Airport) in front of a B-24 airplane, in Savannah, Georgia.
Chatham Field was used as a bomber and crew training base for B-24's and other fighter aircraft until the end of World War II. Chatham Field is now the Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 82.278.02
ahc082278002a.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/Rogers/id/1726
- Extent:
- 4 x 5 in. black and white negative
- Original Collection:
- Kenneth Rogers Photographs, Atlanta History Center
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
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