The Snapshots in Time Collection
Gallery: MATHER FIELD
Squadron portraits from Mather Field near Sacramento document the U.S. Army Air Service personnel who trained there in 1918, several dated precisely to September 25 of that year. Formal four-row musters, biplane trainers, wooden barracks, and candid shirt-sleeve groupings record a wartime flight training program that the Armistice would end within weeks.
U.S. Army Air Service Personnel Formation with Biplane Trainer, Mather Field, California, 1918
U.S. Army Air Service Formation with Trainer Aircraft and Barracks, Mather Field, California, 1918
U.S. Army Air Service Squadron Formation with Two Biplane Trainers, Mather Field, California, 1918
Squadron 'E' Group Portrait, Mather Field, California, September 25, 1918
Squadron Group Portrait with Studio Imprint, Mather Field, California, September 25, 1918
Group Portrait of a U.S. Army Air Service Squadron, Mather Field, California, ca. 1918
Group Portrait of a U.S. Army Air Service Unit in Shirt-Sleeve Order, Mather Field, California, ca. 1918
Group Portrait of a U.S. Army Air Service Detachment, Mather Field, California, ca. 1918
Group Portrait of a U.S. Army Air Service Detachment, Mather Field, California, ca. 1918
