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Fighters of Mitchel Field Show New York Air Defense Pace
The Mitchel Field squadron at New York's head of the First U S Air Force trains young pilots in Curtis P-40 fighters as part of intensified eastern aerial defense. Pilots, mostly 20s, live in Bachelor Officers’ Quarters, receive uniforms and gear, and practice 8 a.m. to afternoon sorties to defend New York and nearby industrial hubs against potential enemy raids.
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Mitchel Field
Manhattan
Atlantic
Army
New York
U. S. Air Force
London
Berlin
Belgrade
Uncle Sam
America
First Air Force
James E. Chaney
Mississippi
Canada
Tennessee
North Carolina
Seventh Pursuit Wing
John C. McDonnell
Connecticut
Field Hangar No. 1
Kid Brothers
Robert Waugh
Edwardsville
Arthur Rush
Chicago
James C. Stewart
Corona
Cal
Gordon Seeberg
Ansonia
Air Service
Flying Corps
Corps
Randolph
Mitchel
Air Corps
Ansonia,Conn