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Charles Lindbergh's Souther Field: Then and Now
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Souther Field, ca. 1920Souther Field, ca. 1918JN-4 "Jenny" BiplaneWorld War I-Era HangarSouther Field, ca. 1942Souther Field TodayWorld War II-Era HangarsTrain Depot TodaySouther Field Historical MarkerCharles Lindbergh Monument
Souther Field would have looked identical to this composite aerial photograph when Charles Lindbergh arrived

Courtesy of Georgia Archives, Office of the Secretary of State, and South Georgia Technical College
Souther Field, ca. 1920

Souther Field would have looked identical to this composite aerial photograph when Charles Lindbergh arrived in 1923. Running horizontally along the top is Souther Road; the structure on the left is the train depot. Lining Souther Road are administrative buildings and barracks for army personnel. Fourteen hangars and two additional structures border the administrative buildings and the grassy field where Lindbergh practiced his take-offs and landings. Lindbergh slept in one of these hangars during his three weeks at the field, and his JN-4 Jenny biplane would have been assembled in one. During World War I Souther Field was home to 1,400 army personnel.

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