Photos Taken in California | World War II Database

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United States Navy coaling station, Tiburon, California, 1930s.	German aviator Ernst Udet and British actress Lilian Harvey at an air show, Los Angeles, California, United States, 1933	Captain Ira Eaker of US 34th Pursuit Squadron with a P-12 fighter, March Field, California, United States, 1934	USS West Virginia entering San Francisco Bay during the 1930s

Flight line at Mines Field, Inglewood, California, mid-1930s. Note all five of the early hangars at Mines Field.	USS Lawrence in San Diego harbor, California, United States, 1935; photographed from destroyer tender USS Dobbin	USS Saratoga (foreground), USS Langley (center), USS Lexington (background) and other warships off San Pedro, California, United States, 1930s	USS Marblehead underway in San Diego harbor, California, United States, 10 Jan 1935

USS San Francisco at anchor, off San Pedro, California, United States, 22 Apr 1935	The five hangars at Mines Field, Inglewood, California, 21 Jun 1935. The runway is 3,500 feet of decomposed granite and oil.	Destroyers Smith and Preston under construction at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, 1 Jul 1935	Leahy aboard USS West Virginia, Long Beach, California, United States, Sep 1935

USS Houston off San Diego, California, United States in Oct 1935, with US President Franklin Roosevelt on board; note she was flying an admiral's four-star flag at her foremast peak and the Presidential flag at her mainmast peak	A-17 aircraft of USAAC 7th Bombardment Group, March Field, Moreno Valley, California, United States, 1930s	Control tower at Mines Field, Inglewood, California between Hangars 2 and 3, 1930s. Hangar No. 1 is beyond with flag flying from its tower. Biplanes of the Moreland Aircraft Company sit on the ramp.	Mines Filed, Inglewood, California in the mid-1930s. Hangars No. 1 through 5 can be seen, Hangar No. 1 is on the right. The control tower is between Hangars No. 2 and 3.

The Goodyear blimp passing behind Hangar No. 1 at Mines Field, Inglewood, California, 7 Feb 1930. Hangar No. 1 was built and operated by the Curtiss-Wright Flying Service.	Brigadier General Henry Arnold with base commander LtCol Clarence L Tinker in front of a Martin B-12 bomber, Hamilton Field, Novato (listed at the time as San Rafael), California, United States, 10 Jan 1936.	Submarine Pompano and destroyer Henley under construction at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, 16 Apr 1936	Smith and Preston at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, 21 Sep 1936