Football History of the Mitchel Field Aviators
(AKA the Mineola Aviators)
Also Camp Mills, Garden City Air Service Camp, Hempstead Aviation Camp & Hazeltine Field.
Camp Mills
1917
11/11 Company K (from Oregon) 6 - 0 Company I (Washington State)
1918
11/9 L 6-55 U.S.S. Granite State, at St. Paul's School, Garden City 15,000
11/16 W 2-0 St. John's College S.A.T.C. (Bklyn.), at St. Paul's Field, Garden City 3,000 [ended early due to darkness]
11/23 L 0-39 at Camp Upton, Brigade Field (3-39?)
11/28 canceled Brooklyn Navy Yard, at Ohio Field, NYU
1919
10/15 L 0-33 U.S.S. Pennsylvania, at Garden City
Garden City Air Service Camp Aviators
1918
10/26 T 0-0 Camp Upton
11/9 W 47-0 Bensonhurst Naval Base, at Roosevelt Field, Mineola ["Air Services Dept."] This might belong in Mitchel Field records.
11/16 ? New London Naval Station, at St. Paul's School Field, Garden City
11/20 W 16-6 Brooklyn Navy Yard Armed Guard (H), at Field #2
11/23 L 0-21 Camp Devins (Ayer, Mass.), at Ebbets Field
11/28 W 21-0 at Lafayette College
Hazelhurst Field (north of Mitchel Field)
1918
11/28 no game? St. John's College S.A.T.C. (Bklyn.), at Ebbets Field [prob. not played]
Hempstead Aviation Camp (pos. same as Mineola Aviators)
1918
11/17 postponed Camp Dix, at Ebbets Field
11/24 L 0-12 Camp Dix, at Ebbets Field
Mitchel Field
(Mineola Aviation School through 11/6/1917)
colors: orange & blue/orange & blue
1916
. L 6-12 Fordham (not varsity)
1917 (5-0-1) [New York Army League/Post Lg.]
. W
. W 7-0 Fordham (not varsity)
11/6 W 9-7 Fort Totten, at Travers Island (NYAC Field) 3,000
11/29 W 14-7 Pelham Bay Naval Station, at The Polo Grounds
Post League Championship:
12/2 T 0-0 Fort Slocum, at Travers Island
12/8 W 13-0 Fort Slocum, at St. Paul's School Field, Garden City
1918
Mineola Aviators, Mitchel Field Aviators Wing, Officers Flying Corps
9/28 L 0-20 at Army (West Point)
10/5 canceled Springfield YMCA
10/19 no game Camp Devers at Springfield, Mass.
11/2 L 0-6 Camp Upton, at the Polo Grounds
11/10 L 0-13 at American Chain Company of Bridgeport
11/17 postponed Camp Dix, at Ebbets Field
11/24 L 0-12 Camp Dix, at Ebbets Field [see Hempstead Aviation Camp above]
11/28 ? St. John's College S.A.T.C. (Bklyn.), at Ebbets Field [prob. not played] [Hazelhurst Field Aviators, see above]
12/1 L 0-20 at American Chain Company of Bridgeport
12/7 canceled at Fordham
12/7 L 0-26 at Boston College, at Braves Field
. ? Fort Hancock [mentioned tentatively in Ft. Hancock Bulletin fror Nov., Dec. issue is lost]
1919
9/30 T 6-6 Owl Athletic Club (H)
10/4 L 0-28 at Long Island Aggies (NY Aggies, Farmingdale)
. W 12-0 Fordham (not var.)
. W 13-0 at Holy Cross F.B.C., Plainfield, NJ
11/2 L 0-3 Receiving Ship of New York, at Crescent A.C. Field, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn
11/9 L 0-33 Stapleton F.C. (Stapes)
11/27 L 7-13 at Holy Cross, Plainfield 7-12?
1920
. W 6-0 at Long Island Aggies
, L 0-35 College Point FBC
11/13 W -0 Long Island Aggies (H)
12/2 ? Fort Totten (H)
1921 [as Lafayette Club]
10/22 ? Fort Jay (Governors Island) (H)
10/29 L 0-48 at Long Island Aggies
11/2 ? Fort Slocum (H)
11/5 ? Fort Totten (H)
11/5 L 0-22 at Camp Vail
11/12 canceled Mineola Aviators (Mitchel Field) (H)
11/19 ? Camp Vail (H)
1922
10/18 L 0-19 at Long Island Aggies [practice game]
10/25 L Long Island Aggies (H)
. Cooper Union Night School
. L Long Island Aggies
11/11 ? at Flushing Triangles, Kaim's Oval [newspaper missing}
. Fort Totten
. Camp Vail
. Fort Jay
. Fort Slocum
![[ad] FOOTBALL/Flushing Triangles vs. Army Aviators (of Mitchel Field)/at Kaim's Oval/ Jamaica and Sinclair Ave/Game called at 3 P.M.](http://www.luckyshow.org/football/pics/KalmsOval2.jpg) |
| Flushing Evening Journal, November 11, 1922. |
1923 Coach: Captain Frank Kice
. W 20-7 Long Island Aggies
10/14 W 32-0 Iroquois of Bayonne (H) [prob. same as: "W 50-0 v Bayonne Invaders"]
10/19 ? at 2nd Squadron, West Point
10/24 L 0-19 Hempstead High School
10/28 L 0-46 at Stapleton F.B.C. (Stapes), East Shore Oval
11/29 W 9-0 at Freeport Field Club (semi-pro)
1924
10/19 L 0-19 Fort Totten
. W Camp Merritt
10/26 L 0-29 at College Point F.B.C., Ahrco Field 2,000
11/2 L 0-26 at North Shore Indians/Redskins, Elk Park, Port Richmond
11/10 L 2-3 Long Island Aggies 11/8?
1925
10/24 no game? at Long Island Aggies
1926
10/24 postp. at Hempstead Pros/All-Stars (semi-pro) at Hempstead Oval [postponed]
11/7 W 9-0 at Company I (Flushing Militia) May be Hempstead Pros v. Co. I
1934
. W
10/7 L 0-26 at Locust Valley Yellow Jackets (semi-pro)
10/14 L 0-25 at Valley Stream Red Riders, Firemen's Field (semi-pro)
10/21 L 0-6 Fort Jay (H)
10/28 L 7-18 at Hempstead Alumni (semi-pro)
11/4 ? Rockville Centre Boys Club (amateur) (H)
11/11 L 0-24 at Western Front of Glen Cove (semi-pro)
11/18 L 19-25 Glen Cove AC (semi-pro) (H)
11/29 L 0-30 at Flushing F.B.C., Memorial Field [benefit]
1935
9/28 scrimmage Nassau Collegiate Centre (H)
9/29 canceled at Tau Omega (semi-pro), at Freeport Municipal Stadium
10/5 scrimmage Nassau Collegiate Centre
11/9 ? at Fort Jay, Governors Island
1945 (4-2-3) Air Forces Football League
1st Army Air Force “Aces” Head Coach- Jesse Yarborough
9/22 T 7-7 at Air Transport Command, Nashville 6,000
9/29 W 19-7 at Fort Pierce Amphibians, at Miami [non-Lg. game] 16,658
10/7 L 0-18 at 3rd Air Force Gremlins, at Columbia, South Carolina 14,000 (0-19?)
10/13 L 0-7 Personnel Distribution Command (Greensboro), at Albuquerque, N.M.
10/21 T 7-7 Air Transport Command Rockets, at Holyoke, Mass. 10,000
10/28 T 6-6 4th Air Force (March Field, Ca.), at Baltimore
Brooklyn Bond Bowl
11/11 W 24-6 Fort Worth MF Training Command Skymaster, at Ebbets Field 12,575
11/18 W 15-0 2nd Air Force Ft. Worth Superbombers, Freeport Municipal Stadium 3,500 [benefit]
11/25 canceled at Cherry Point Marines (North Carolina) [non-lg.]
12/2 W 7-0 Eastern Flying Training Command Eagles (Montgomery, Ala. ), Freeport Municipal Stadium
1946
1st Air Force Aces
. T 7-7 Air Transport Command
10/18 T 7-7 Air Transport Command, at MacKenzie Stadium, Holyoke, Mass.
10/28 T 6-6 4th Air Force, at Baltimore
11/11 W 24-6 Training Command Skymasters, at Ebbets Field 12,000
11/18 W 15-0 2nd Air Force Superbombers, at Freeport Municipal Stadium [benefit]
Mitchel Field All-Stars
11/25 W 26-6 at Long Island Anthonians (semi-pro), Freeport Stadium 2,000
1947
Aviators
10/12 L 2-24 Westbury Field Club
10/22 W 25-0 at Huntington American Legion Crusaders, Hecksher Field att: 200
10/26 L 0-40 at Fort Monmouth 4,500
1954
1955 (7-1-0)
Home Field: Old International Polo Field
AFB Commanders
9/10 scrimmage Hofstra College
9/24 W 57-0 Quonset Navy (H) 2,000
10/2 W 19-14 at Fort Dix 69th Infantry
10/7 W 32-14 at Brainbridge Navy (Md.) (N)
10/15 W 28-0 Hanscom AFB Comets (H ?)
10/21 L 12-28 at Little Creek (Va.) Navy Gators (N)
10/29 W 48-7 Norfolk Naval Base (H)
11/12 W 40-0 at Cape May Coast Guard
11/19 W 44-0 Anacosta Naval Receiving Station (H)
11/27 no game at Keesler AFB (Miss.) [players vote down this post-season game]
Note: International Polo Field, Meadow Brook Country Club, opened 1886
1956 (2-7-0)
AFB Commanders
9/15 L 13-44 Bainbridge NTC (H) 3,000
9/22 L 7-54 Bolling AFB Generals (H) 5,000+
9/29 L 13-19 Fort Dix (H) 2,000
10/7 W 28-6 at Kindley AFB, Bermuda
10/13 L 0-54 at Shaw AFB (Va.) (night) [sched. as Langley AFB]
10/20 L 14-33 Little Creek Naval Base U.S. Navy Amphibins (Va.) (H)
10/27 W 19-6 at Fort Monmouth 19-0? 19-7?
11/3 L at Norfolk AFB
11/10 L 0-19 Fort Belvoir Engineers (Va.) (H)
1957 (1-7-0)
CONAC Volunteers
9/20 L 0-20 Charleston AFB (H) (night)
9/29 L 0-49 at Fort Dix
10/4 L 7-41 at Fort Belvoir (night)
10/11 L 6-13 C.W. Post (H) (night) 2,000
10/19 L 7-19 at Newport Naval Station (Va.)
10/26 L 0-13 at Kindley AFB, Bermuda
11/1 W 19-6 Fort Monmouth Signaleers (H) (night)
11/8 L 0-7 Fort Myers (H) (night)
1958 (9-1-0)
AFB CONAC Volunteers
9/9 scrimmage C.W. Post (H)
9/13 L 6-7 at Norfolk Naval Base
9/19 W 62-0 at Antilles AFB, Puerto Rico
9/26 W 20-0 Fort Belvoir (Va.) (H) (night) 6,649 26-0?
10/3 W 27-0 Kindley AFB Skyliners (Bermuda) (H) (night) 3,500
10/10 W 33-20 Fort Dix (H) (night)
10/18 W 14-0 at Fort Myer (Va.)
10/24 W 50-0 Newport NAS (H) (night) 4,000
11/1 W 62-0 at Dover AFB
11/9 W 27-6 at Moody AFB, Valdosta, Georgia (night) 11/8?
11/14 W 50-20 Quonset Naval Station (H) 4,500
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1959 (6-2-1) (7-2-1?)(5-3-0?)
Continental Air Command Volunteers
9/11 W 2-0 at Pensacola NAS (night)
9/18 W 16-6 at Fort Belvoir (night)
9/25 L 9-13 Fort Campbell (Ky.) (H) (night) 7,000
10/2 L 7-29 Hamilton AFB (Ca.) (H) (night)
10/11 W 20-6 at Fort Dix 5,000
10/23 W 12-7 Camp LeJeune Marines (H) (night) 2,800 ch 7-12?
10/30 T 21-21 Norfolk Navy (Va.) (H) (night) ch 2-21?
11/6 W 12-6 Fort Meade Generals (H) att: 500
11/14 W 36-8 at Quonset Point NAS, at Newport, R.I.
1960 (6-2-1) 7-2-1?
9/16 W 20-9 Fort Lee (Va.) (H) (night)
9/25 T 14-14 at Norfolk Navy (Va.)
10/1 W 9-6 at Hamilton AFB (Ca.)
10/7 W 7-0 Fort Dix (H) 5,000
10/14 W 39-8 Fort Belvoir (H) 5,000+
10/22 L 14-21 at Fort Cambell 101st Airborne Screaming Eagles
10/28 W 12-8 Fort Eustis (H) (night)
11/5 L 6-23 at Camp LeJeune
11/11 W 20-6 Quonset Naval (H)
| History: | |
| •1917 - New Army aviation field south of Hazelton Field for training and storage |
| •July 18, 1917 - Field #2 renamed for John Purroy Mitchel, mayor of New York killed in U.S. Air Service training in Louisiana. |
| •Host to National Air Races 1920 and 1925. |
| •Home to many Observation, Fighter & Bombardment corps. |
| •1st Air Corp base between World Wars. |
| •Main Air Defense base for New York City during World War Two. |
| •Air Defense Command, 1st Air Force & Continental Air Command from 1945. |
| •Used by 514th Troop Carrier Wing “Flying Boxcars”. |
| •A P-47 crash into Hofstra University's Barnard dormitory led to the bases closure. |
| •Closed 1961 |
| •Today, home to Nassau Community College, the Cradle of Aviation museum, and Nassau Coliseum. |
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