Name/Title
Sherman Air Field, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, Construction Photos (3), 1940Entry/Object ID
P1998.43.19Description
Sherman Air Field, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, Construction Photos (3), 1940. b/w. Three aerial photographs showing the construction of perhaps 10 buildings at Army Air Corps base on the grounds of Fort Leavenworth. Similar to 2018.25.24 views. These are dated as below:
A = 10-29-40: Marked (O156-546C-3S) (10-29-40-11:A) (12-550')
B = Dec. 10, 1940 (dated on back) Proj. "A" stared Sept. 1, Proj. "B" started Nov. 1.
C = 9-13-40: Marked (0127-546C-3SS) (9-13-40-10.30A) (12-450)
(wikipedia)
Sherman Army Airfield (IATA: FLV, ICAO: KFLV) is an airport located at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, in Leavenworth County, Kansas. Although the airport is within the confines of a United States Army Post, it has agreement with the city of Leavenworth, Kansas to permit civilian use at all hours.
It derives its codes from Fort Leavenworth. ...The airfield is named for an early Army Aviation pioneer Major William Carrington Sherman (1888–1927) who died in 1927 at Ft Leavenworth while there as an instructor.. William Sherman wrote the Army's first airplane tactics manual (in 1921) -- "Air Tactics" as well as several other army airplane manuals and histories.
From its beginning, the primary and almost exclusive function of Sherman Army Airfield at Fort Leavenworth was to provide flying facilities for the Command and General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth. Most of its use was for proficiency flights by pilots assigned to the school as students or instructors.
Early in the war (World War II) when bases were scarce Sherman AAF was pressed into service for training purposes. In September and October 1941 two National Guard units, the 124th and 127th Observation Squadrons, were sent there to train. They left in April 1942. Royal Netherlands Air Force cadets were given primary flight instruction there in 1942 by the 671st School Squadron. Otherwise the mission of the base continued to be to provide facilities for proficiency flying by faculty and students at the Command and General Staff School, for administrative flights, and for transients.
Original digital scan located on History CD 20.Made/Created
Artist
U.S. Army Air CorpsDate made
1940Place
City
LeavenworthState/Province
KansasLexicon
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Lehr Construction Company, World War II, Army Air Corps, Sherman Air Field, Fort LeavenworthDimensions
Dimension Notes
Printsize: "8" x 10"
affixed to linen backingProvenance
Notes
Photos taken by Lehr Construction Company of building sites from their company. Donated by Jim Lehr, a fourth generation owner.
