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[Airplanes Flying Over Austin]

Photograph of C-47 airplanes flying over Austin in 1940.

Date: 1940

[Basketball Team]

Photograph of a basketball team. Five men stand in the back row, four kneel in the front row, and the coach sits on the ground holding a basketball in front of them.

Date: [1940..1959]

[Flying Over Highland Lakes]

Photograph of a plane flying over Highland Lakes.

Date: 1940~/1950~

[Group of Military Personnel]

Photograph of a group of US Army Air Force personnel, standing next to a wire fence.

Date: [1940..1947]

[Men Preparing for Tokyo Raid]

Photograph of Lt. Hank Potter, Lt. Colonel James Doolittle, and their flight crew preparing a Tokyo raid.

Date: 1940~/1949~

Photograph of Elmer R. Jackson preparing to taxi the plane he's in, called "Boomerang", out to join the 316th Troop Carrier Group for its flight to Egypt in November 1942. Jackson lost his life during the invasion of Sicily.

Date: November 1942

[Base Headquarters]

Photograph of the Bergstrom Air Force Base headquarters. An American flag is positioned in front of the building.

Date: 1943

[Men Fixing Plane Propeller]

Photograph of mechanics working on a C-47 radial engine in 1943. One of them stands on stairs, and the other stands on the ground and looks up at the propeller.

Date: 1943

[Men in Lounge]

Photograph of men sitting in a lounge. Three men sit around a table in the center, while another plays a piano to the left. Chairs are lined up against the right wall. An American flag is in the foreground.

Date: 1943~

[People at the Post Exchange]

Photograph of people at the post exchange in 1943.

Date: 1943

[Personnel on Phones in the Central Tower]

Photograph of two men, left, and a woman on phones in the central tower at Bergstrom Air Force Base.

Date: 1943

[Man Driving Truck]

Photograph of Frank Adams, in uniform, driving a truck.

Date: October 1946

[Bergstrom Main Gate]

Photograph of the Bergstrom main gate, and a guard house. The future site of the "roundagon" is visible in the background.

Date: 1948~

[The 27th Fighter Escort Wing]

Photograph of the 27th Fighter Escort Wing, identified as Cooper, Gibson, Fritz, and Thatcher.

Date: 1950~/1959~

[27th Korea Plane]

Photograph of a 27th Korea plane during night time.

Date: 1950

[Building Under Construction]

Photograph of a building under construction at the Bergstrom Air Force Base.

Date: 1950

[Maintenance Men With P-80]

Photograph of maintenance men cleaning a P-80 Shooting Star just before the second leg of a record breaking flight.

Date: [1950..1955]

[Men Training in 1950's]

Photograph of men training in the 1950's in a hilly outdoor area. Most of the men are seated on the ground aiming guns, while three other men stand behind them, watching.

Date: 1950~/1959~