Geiger during World War 2

ID: 5578 ~ Source: L2003-21.1 The Eastern Washington State Historical Society, Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture ~ Date: 1940s
This file appears in: The Evolution of Sunset Field

During the Second World War, Geiger Field served as a training base for new B-17 Bomber crews.

This file appears in: The Evolution of Sunset Field

By Dylan Steele
In 1938 a growing Spokane County decided to develop a local commercial airfield and acquired land on the West Plains where “Sunset Field” was born. Sunset Field ran commercially until 1941 when it was purchased by the War Department. By 1942 it…