Behind The Name

A historical poster about The Hawthorne School of Aeronautics from 1941 to 1945, featuring aerial photos, a classroom scene, and an aircraft, with text describing its role in military pilot training during WWII.

Behind The Name

During WWII, Hawthorne School of Aeronautics was a flying school and airport located 5 miles south of Orangeburg, South Carolina. Closed in 1945, the Hawthorne School of Aeronautics was a World War II civilian flying school, contracted by the United States Army Air Forces to conduct primary pilot training for aviation cadets. The school was under the supervision of the 58th Flying Training Detachment, Eastern Flight Training Center, Army Air Forces Training Command. The president of Hawthorne was Beverly "Bevo" Howard, who had learned to fly at the age of 16. The military designation of the Hawthorne school was the 2162nd Army Air Force Base Unit.

A man in a jumpsuit with a patch on the chest and wearing sunglasses, shaking hands with a boy who is sitting on a bench near an airplane.
Black and white historical photo of an airplane with a biplane silhouette on the tail, parked on an airfield with a group of people gathered nearby, possibly during an aviation event or at an airport.
A black-and-white photo of women working at desks in an office, some using typewriters, in a classroom or office setting.
Black and white vintage photograph of two pilots in a biplane. The pilots are wearing leather jackets, goggles, and headsets, seated in the open cockpit, with the plane's wing above them.
Black and white photograph of five individuals standing in front of an airplane, dressed in vintage flight gear including leather jackets, goggles, and parachutes, suggesting a historical aviation setting.
A vintage military training poster showing a biplane with cadet training information, classroom scenes, and physical training exercises.
Black and white photo of a small vintage biplane airplane crashed in a field, with a large '38' painted on its side and a circle on the tail, surrounded by overgrown plants and trees in the background.
A vintage military aircraft with a rounded nose and single propeller, seen from a slightly low angle.
A vintage black and white photograph of a biplane aircraft flying in the sky, with the nose pointing slightly upward, and the number 2 visible on the side of the fuselage.