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Title: Mather Field, Sacramento, California, Airstrip and Planes
Date Created and/or Issued: 1942
Contributing Institution: Sacramento Public Library
Collection: Sacramento Room Postcards
Rights Information: This image may be protected by Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.). Copyright restrictions applying to the reproduction and use of this image are available from the Sacramento Public Library.
Description: Pictured in 1942 is Mather Field's flightline, filled with several North American T-6 Texan trainers. Mather received its first delivery of Texans from North American's Inglewood, California, plant in October 1941. Established as a flight school in 1918, during World War II, Mather provided training in single and double engine planes, navigation, and bombardiering.
Type: image
Identifier: BBSAC755
http://sacroom.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15248coll2/id/1654
Subject: Airports
Military Facilities
Military Personnel
Airplanes

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