Genealogical research into Record Group 18 at the National Archives at Atlanta. Textual records are available to the public for research at the National Archives at Atlanta, 5780 Jonesboro Rd, Morrow, GA 30260, 770-968-2100, www.archives.gov/southeast.
Record Group (RG) 18 offers the records of the Army Air Forces (AAF) from 1903 to1964. The bulk of the documents are from 1917 to1947. The Atlanta records, 28, 188 cu. ft., provide information on the training and the administrative support to army air personnel.
The Atlanta records are of air fields, aviation schools, and air bases. Candidates request for transfer into the Army Air Forces, telegrams, family identification notice forms, and rejection lists are among the textual records. Check with the area archives with specific requests. Correspondence covers the following schools, posts, and fields:
Aerial Photography School, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1918; Aerial Photography School, Rochester, NY, 1918; Albrook Field, Balboa, CZ, 1932-39; Americus Air Intermediate Depot, Americus, GA, 1921-22; Barksdale Field, Shreveport, LA, 1933-39; Barron Field, Everman, TX, 1917-21; Bolling Field, Washington, DC, 1918-39; Brindley Field, Commack, Long Island, NY, 1918; Brook Field, San Antonio, TX, 1918-22, 1929-39; Call Field, Wichita Falls, TX, 1917-19; Carlstrom Field, Arcadia, FL, 1918-21; Chapman Field, Miami, FL, 1918-19; Collegiate Balloon School, Macon, GA, 1918; Dorr Field, Arcadia, FL, 1918-19; Henry J. Damm Field, Babylon, Long Island, NY, 1918; March Field, Riverside, CA, 1918-39; Mather Field, Sacramento, CA, 1918-23; Maxwell Field, Montgomery, AL, 1925-40; Park Field, Millington, TN, 1917-20; Payne Field, West Point, MS, 1918-19; Pope Field, Fayettville, NC, 1918-1919; Post Field, Fort Sill, OK, 1918-19; School of Military Aeronautics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1917-19; School of Military Aeronautics, Georgia School of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 1917-18; School of Military Cinematography, Columbia University, New York, NY, 1917-18; Souther Field, Americus, GA, 1918-20; U.S. Army Balloon School, Lee Hall, VA, 1918-20.
Examples include:
- Richard S. Wilson telegram from father, request for leave, approval of request for leave
- Curtis H. Bryant notification form for next of kin
- Frank J. McGuire court martial with sentence
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