Colonel Oveta Hobby (right) speaking with Auxiliary Margaret Peterson and Captain Elizabeth Gilbert at Mitchel Field, New York, United States, 1943

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Caption     Colonel Oveta Hobby (right) speaking with Auxiliary Margaret Peterson and Captain Elizabeth Gilbert at Mitchel Field, New York, United States, 1943 ww2dbase
WW2-Era Location Name Garden City, New York, United States
Date  1943
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Identification Code   LC-USZ62-118263
 
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1. Commenter identity confirmed David Stubblebine says:
28 Jun 2015 10:43:04 AM

The aircraft is a Cessna UC-78 Bobcat and the vehicle is an aircraft tug. Note Col. Hobby’s cap piece. In US military tradition, the cap piece identifies the branch of service first and then officer or enlisted second. The fact that Col. Hobby’s cap piece is quite different from the regular Army officer’s cap piece is driven by the gender bias of the time signifying that Col. Hobby may be Army, but never quite “real” Army. The practice was corrected shortly after the war.

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