Pilots of North American A-36A Mustangs, return from a gunnery training mission, 1943. Behind we can see a A-36A Mustang aircraft of a training squadron at Harding Field, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States. The new Harding Army Air Field were opened on 27 September 1941, in the last days before World War II. It was used by the United States Army Air Forces Technical Service Command as a maintenance and supply base, and during the war, hundreds of flyers received flight training in the city. Harding Field Lieutenant Colonel Cornelius O'Connor was credited with the first official landing at Harding Field. In reality, the first plane had landed there the day before when foggy conditions at the Downtown Airport on Goodwood Blvd. forced Lt. J. B. Thomas to divert to Harding Field. The Harding Army Air Field would be renamed Ryan Airport in 1954.
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