The Snapshots in Time Collection
Ruby O'Kelly and Dot Hutcheson at the Civilian Flying Service Field
Civilian personnel at a Navy-contracted flying field: Ruby O'Kelly, who ran the field's coffee shop, and Dot Hutcheson, photographed alongside light training aircraft. Snapshots like these, preserved in a Navy V-5 cadet's personal album, illustrate the everyday community that surrounded wartime elimination-training fields, where civilian staff worked side by side with cadets preparing for naval flight training. Project: 218571