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| Title | Army Air Corps Dawn Patrol pilot inspects the interior of plane, Paine Field, Everett, 1942 |
| Photographer | Staff Photographer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Date | 1942 |
| Caption | The first flights of the day by naval and air force aviators, including pre-flight inspections as well as briefings, conducted in early morning hours, are known as Dawn Patrol.
In 1941 the Army Air Corps formally acquired the Snohomish County Airport and named it after Everett native Lt. Topliff O. Paine. At the end of World War II the airport reverted back to Snohomish County control and civilian use. |
| Notes | Written on sleeve: Everett, Wash., Paine Field "Dawn Patrol" U.S. pilots from sleep to air
Caption information source: www.painefield.com
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): March 21, 1942 |
| Subjects | Air pilots, Military--United States--Washington
Airplanes, Military--United States--Washington
Life preservers
Military uniforms--American
World War II |
| Places | Snohomish County Airport
United States--Washington (State)--Everett |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1986.5.2561.3 |
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| Credit Line | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Photograph Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI). |
| Repository Collection | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Photograph Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 acetate negative: b&w; 4 x 5 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from film positive as 4350 pixel TIFF image in 16-bit grayscale, resized to 700 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS4. |
