Brookley Air Force Base

Brookley Air Force Base

The interior of the commissary, or PX, at Brookley Air Force Base. Construction of the air force base began in August 1940. It was named for Wendell Holsworth Brookley, an Army Air Service pilot, who was killed when his bi-plane went down over Pennsylvania in 1934. The base closed in 1969.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: U.S. Air Force
Format: Electronic
Published: University of South Alabama Archives, McCall Library
Subjects:
Mobile
Online Access:http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/usa01/id/738
format Electronic
collection Eric Overbey Collection
building University of South Alabama Archives, McCall Library
publisher University of South Alabama Archives, McCall Library
topic Mobile
spellingShingle Mobile
Brookley Air Force Base
U.S. Air Force
fulltopic Mobile
Government and Politics;
Brookley Field, military, grocery stores, grocery markets, food stores, food markets, cookies, bases, commissaries, PXs, cash registers, women
Alabama; Mobile; Military Bases;
Brookley (Mobile, Ala.); Military exchanges
description The interior of the commissary, or PX, at Brookley Air Force Base. Construction of the air force base began in August 1940. It was named for Wendell Holsworth Brookley, an Army Air Service pilot, who was killed when his bi-plane went down over Pennsylvania in 1934. The base closed in 1969.
spelling Brookley Air Force BaseGovernment and Politics;Brookley Field, military, grocery stores, grocery markets, food stores, food markets, cookies, bases, commissaries, PXs, cash registers, womenThe interior of the commissary, or PX, at Brookley Air Force Base. Construction of the air force base began in August 1940. It was named for Wendell Holsworth Brookley, an Army Air Service pilot, who was killed when his bi-plane went down over Pennsylvania in 1934. The base closed in 1969.U.S. Air ForceThe Doy Leale McCall Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of South Alabamac. 1950ImagejpegBrookley-AFB-1U.S. Air Forceeng.Mobile, AlabamaU.S. and international copyright laws may apply to this digital image. Use of this image without the prior permission of The McCall Library is prohibited. Please contact The McCall Library for permission to use this image.Alabama; Mobile; Military Bases;Brookley (Mobile, Ala.); Military exchangeshttp://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/usa01/id/738
title Brookley Air Force Base
titleStr Brookley Air Force Base
author U.S. Air Force
author_facet U.S. Air Force
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