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Matagorda Gunnery Ranges, Matagorda Island, Texas
Wings Over America

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Published: Army and Navy Publishing Company of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1943

This item shows scenes from Matagorda Peninsula and Port O'Connor, Texas.


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Item: 000491

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Categories:

  • Gunnery
  • Pilots
  • Training
  • Class Books

Class/Unit Number:

  • 1004th Quartermaster: 1004th Quartermaster Company
  • 856th Gunnery: 856th Single Engine Gunnery Training Squadron
  • 857th Gunnery: 857th Single Engine Gunnery Training Squadron
  • 858th Gunnery: 858th Single Engine Gunnery Training Squadron
  • 859th Gunnery: 859th Single Engine Gunnery Training Squadron
  • 908th Quartermaster: 908th Quartermaster Company

Special Features:

  • History of Base - Includes a history of the base or facility

Locations:

  • Matagorda Gunnery Ranges; Matagorda Island, Texas, USA
  • Port O'Connor, Texas, USA
  • Foster Field; Victoria, Texas, USA

Contributors:

  • Ben Guttery

Repositories:

  • Private Collection

Collections:

  • Wings Over America

Added: November 29, 2013

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Army Air Forces Collection, "Matagorda Gunnery Ranges, Matagorda Island, Texas: Wings Over America" (item 000491), AAF Collection, https://AAFCollection.info/items/list.php?item=000491 (accessed 28 March 2024).

000491-01-00.pdf Class book for gunnery training squadrons at the Matagorda Gunnery Ranges, and Foster Field, Victoria, Texas.

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900001-01-01.pdf Pages common to all publications in the "Wings Over America" series.

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[1] L Allen (13-Apr-2014 01:29 AM)

I have this book in very good condition. My father gave it to me because he is in this book. Thanks for saving it to pdf in case my copy is lost or destroyed.

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