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Title
Wright
Field
Aerial
Photograph
Subject
Transportation
Military Ohio
Science and Technology
Flight
Air bases
Flight testing
Airplanes
Aeronautics
Place
Dayton (Ohio)
Montgomery County (Ohio)
Description
This
8
"
x
10
"
(20.32
x
25.4
cm)
aerial
photograph
,
dated
August
2
,
1939
,
shows
the
buildings
and
airfields
at
Wright
Field
in
Dayton
,
Ohio
.
Activated
on
October
12
,
1927
,
Wright
Field
replaced
the
smaller
McCook
field
as the
nation's
premier
center
for
military
aviation
research
and
development
. At
Wright
Field
,
altitude
and
speed
records
were
set
,
aircraft
flying
characteristics
were
studied
,
improved
fuels
and
power-plants
were
tested
and
new
aircraft
instruments
were
developed
during
the
1920s
and
1930s
.
After
Pearl
Harbor
and the
United
States
'
entry
into
World
War
II
, the
flight
test
mission
of
Wright
Field
made
the
facility
even
more
crucial
to the
nation's
war
effort
.
American
and
allied
aircraft
were
brought
to
Wright
Field
and
put
through
test
programs
to
improve
their
performance
.
Captured
enemy
aircraft
were
evaluated
by
Wright
Field's
expert
pilots
and
flight
engineers
to
uncover
weaknesses
and
strengths
in their
designs
.
After
World
War
II
,
Wright
Field
continued
to
play
a
major
part
in
flight
research
and
development
.
Growth
of
residential
areas
around
Wright
Field
forced
officials
to
limit
flight
test
operations
in
1951
and
transfer
the
Flight
Test
Division
to
Area
C
at
Wright-Patterson
Air
Force
Base
.
Creator
United States. Army. Air Corps.
Date of Original
August
02
,
1939
Source
Audiovisual material
AR.1999.106
Submitting Institution
National Museum of the United States Air Force
Rights
For rights and reproduction requests, go to the Ohio Historical Society's Audiovisual and Graphic Reproduction Services page at
http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html;
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to
http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type
StillImage
File Name
Om2677_1965875_001.tif
Image Height
2047
Image Width
2704
File Size
491.909 KB
Format
picture
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