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Dorr Field
Former US military airfield in DeSoto County, Florida / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dorr Field is a former military airfield, located 12 miles (19 km) east of Arcadia, Florida. The airfield was one of thirty-two Air Service training camps established in 1917 after the United States entry into World War I.[1]
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Dorr Field | |
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Part of Army Air Force Training Command | |
DeSoto County, east of Arcadia, Florida | |
![]() Aerial photograph of Dorr Field, Florida, 1942. Note the World War I layout of buildings and hangars along the top of the photo; the World War II expansion of the facility into a flight training school in the center. Several World War I hangars remain along with the new hangars built as part of the Embry-Riddle Flight School in the center. The large, grassy flying field remains | |
Coordinates | 27°12′26″N 81°40′12″W |
Type | Army Airfield |
Site information | |
Controlled by | ![]() ![]() |
Condition | DeSoto Correctional Institution (open) |
Site history | |
Built | 1917 |
In use | 1917–1918; 1941–1944 |
Battles/wars | ![]() World War I World War II |
Garrison information | |
Garrison | Training Section, Air Service (World War I) Army Air Force Training Command (World War I) |
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