Mitchel Field Memories

Read the text of Colonel Robert F. Schirmer, U.S.AF. (Retired),
'A Pictorial History of Mitchel Field 1918 - 1947
& Mitchel Air Force Base 1947 - 1961'

Click on any of the images below for full screen enlargements.


John Purroy Mitchel

Cradle of Aviation


Construction Progress: 1939


Aerial Shots: 1939 - 1940

1937-1941

1959 -1961

Miscellaneous

NCC Master Plan - March 1970

Then & Now:

Main Gate


1937

1940

2002

Bradley Hall


1961


2002

Building 102


1961

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Building 104


1961

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Mess Hall


1961

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Dining Hall


1961

2002

Gymnasium


1961

2002

Hospital


1961

2002

Non-Commissioned Officers' Quarters


1961

2002

Officers' Quarters


1961

2002

Hangers 1 & 2


1961

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Operations Building


1941

1960

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Runway Fire House


1961

2002

Commanding Officer's Quarters


1996

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NCC Bookstore / Sign Shop / WHPC


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Miscellaneous


2002

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1996

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Long Island Rail Road Trains at Mitchell Field


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Roosevelt Field & Environs


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