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.030

Description

A crew of students re-arming a F6F "Hellcat" mock-up, Naval Air Technical Training Center, Millington, Tennessee, 1944. 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 N.A.T.T.C.

Date Created

7-23-2021

Date

1944

Recommended Citation

"Naval Air Technical Training Center, Millington, Tennessee, 1944" (2021). NATTC, Memphis, images. 39.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-wwtwo1/39