Newspaper clipping showing Commander E. M. Pace, Henry H. Wetzel, Rear-Admiral W. A. Moffett, Captain A. H. Woodbine and Lieutenant E. B. Koger, Santa Monica, circa 1931
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Photograph printed in news clipping shows, from left to right, Commander Ernest M. Pace, Henry H. Wetzel, Rear-Admiral William A. Moffett, Captain Alonzo H. Woodbine and Lieutenant Esten B. Koger posing during a visit to the Douglas Aircraft Company at Clover Field. The group stands in a row at center. W. A. Moffett, A. H. Woodbine and E. B. Koger all don their military uniforms. The group stands in front of a United States Coast Guard airplane. Partial newspaper clipping of the article, ""Naval Men Inspect Planes Being Built Here: DRIVE ORGANIZED FOR BASE Congress to Be Asked for $2,000,000 Camp Kearny Fund, Rear-Admiral Moffett Reveals," Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 1931: A10 For accompanying photograph, see Item Ark 21198/zz002cx0vp Text from newspaper caption: At Douglas Aircraft Plant Left to right--Commander E. M. Pace, naval aircraft inspector; W. [sic] H. Wetzel, general manager Douglas Aircraft Company, Inc.; Rear-Admiral W. A. Moffett, chief of Naval Bureau of Aeronautics; Capt. A. H. Woodbine, commandant Eleventh District Naval Reserves, and Lieut. E. B. Kager [sic], commander Naval Air Station, Long Beach. [Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 1931: A10] Text from negative sleeve: Moffet, W.A. Adm. [handwritten:] Moffett, W.A. Adm X
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uclamss_1429_6736i ark:/21198/zz002cx0w6
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Airplanes--American--California--Santa Monica Military officers--American--California--Santa Monica Aeronautics--California--Santa Monica Visits of state--American--California--Santa Monica Woodbine, Alonzo H. (Alonzo Henry), 1878-1932 Douglas Aircraft Company Wetzel, Harry H., 1889-1938 Koger, Esten B., 1881-1941 Moffett, William A. (William Adger), 1869-1933 Santa Monica Municipal Airport Pace, Ernest M. (Ernest Milton)
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Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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