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Johnston Air Field in Patton Township in the 1940s

ca. 1930-1950

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Johnston Air Field in Patton Township in the 1940s
  • Title
  • Johnston Air Field in Patton Township in the 1940s
  • Date
  • ca. 1930-1950
  • Identifier
  • 20110202-hpicmonroeville-0151
  • Source Identifier
  • 106
  • Description
  • Patton Township’s airports served as flight schools during the 1940s and many fledgling pilots went on to serve in World War II. Teresa James of Wilkinsburg, the first woman to fly from Bohinski’s Field, had a distinguished flying career in the Woman’s Auxiliary Flying Squadron and later, the U.S. Air Force, retiring as a Major. After the war, air shows were resumed at Johnston Airfield and they would continue right into the late 1950s.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Airplanes--Pennsylvania--Monroeville.
    Airports--Pennsylvania--Monroeville
    Monroeville (Pa.)--History.
  • Source
  • hpicmonroeville
  • Contributor
  • Monroeville Historical Society
  • Collection
  • Monroeville Historical Society Collection
  • Rights Information
  • No Copyright - United States. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.
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