Naval Air Technical Training Center, Millington, Tennessee, 1944

Creators

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Source Collection

World War II collection, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries

Identifier

sc.0502.004_unf.008

Description

Men assembled for an address by British Ambassador Lord Halifax in March 1943, N.A.T.T.C., Millington, Tennessee. During World War II, Naval Air Station Memphis was a primary flight training center for aviators. It had a training capacity of about 600 flight cadets, and could support up to 10,000 cadets for ground crew training. In 1943, the training facility was designated as the Naval Air Technical Training Center.

Date Created

7-22-2021

Date

1944

Recommended Citation

"Naval Air Technical Training Center, Millington, Tennessee, 1944" (2021). NATTC, Memphis, images. 11.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-wwtwo1/11