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Interracial group of naval aviation cadets discuss flight operations, July 1, 1950, Whiting Field, Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida

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Title	Interracial group of naval aviation cadets discuss flight operations, July 1, 1950, Whiting Field, Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida
Description	Official U.S. Navy photograph showing a group of naval aviation cadets during training at Naval Auxiliary Air Station, Whiting Field, Pensacola, Florida. The group includes two unidentified African-Americans. The back of the photograph contains the following caption: "NAVAL AVIATION CADETS LEROY YOUNG (left) AND MAX PRITCHETT, JR., (right), discuss the day's flight operations with fellow students and instructor Lieutenant L.M. Ellefson, USN, at Basic Training Unit -- One, Naval Auxiliary Air Station, Whiting Field, Florida. BTU-1 is the beginning of 29 weeks of flight training in the Basic Training Command. It is climaxed by the students flying from home base to an aircraft carrier at sea where they land and take off six times to successfully complete carrier qualification and go on to Advanced Training at Naval Air Station, Corpus Christi, Texas."
Keyword	Air pilots -- American -- 1950-1960; African American air pilots
Geographic subject	Naval Air Station Pensacola (Fla.)
Coverage date	1950-07-01
Photographer	U.S. Navy Photo
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	1950-07-01
Type	images
Format (aacr2)	1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
Format (aat)	photographs
Other format (imt)	image/tiff
Call number	scl-mss064-0266
Legacy record ID	scl-m0266
Part of collection	Charlotta Bass / California Eagle Photograph Collection, 1880-1986
References	preferred citation: [Identification of item], Charlotta Bass / California Eagle Photograph Collection, Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research, Los Angeles
Rights	Copyright has not been assigned to the Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research
Access conditions	Researchers may make single copies of images solely for the purpose of private study. Copies for any other purpose must be requested in writing from the director of Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research at the address or e-mail given (phone (323) 759-6063; fax (323) 759-2252). When the Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research gives permission for publication, it is as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained. USC may provide high-resolution images and/or prints for purposes other than private study only with written permission from the Southern California Library.
Repository name	Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research
Repository address	6120 South Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90044
Repository email	archives@socallib.org
Filename	scl-mss064-0266~1; scl-mss064-0266~2

Title	Page 1
Other format (imt)	image/tiff
Archival file	sclcbegl_Volume19/scl-mss064-0266~1.tiff

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