- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Bainbridge Army Air Field historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Decatur County
Airports--Georgia--Bainbridge - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Decatur County, 30.87834, -84.57907
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: U.S. 27 at Bainbridge Industrial Park 4 miles north of Bainbridge
Text of marker: "BAINBRIDGE ARMY AIR FIELD. IN AUGUST, 1942, ON THIS 2,053 ACRE TRACT, THE U.S. ARMY CONSTRUCTED A BASIC FLIGHT TRAINING FIELD. IT REMAINED OPEN UNTIL 1945. AT ITS PEAK 9600 OFFICERS, ENLISTED MEN, TRAINEES AND WACS WERE STATIONED HERE; THERE WERE 700 CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES, SEVERAL HUNDRED WW II GERMAN P.O.W.s WERE IMPRISONED HERE. IN 1951 SOUTHERN AIRWAYS SCHOOL, A PRIVATE COMPANY, CONTRACTED WITH THE U.S.A.F. TO TRAIN ITS PILOTS. THE BASE CLOSED IN 1961 AND BECAME AN INDUSTRIAL PARK. ERECTED BY THE HISTORIC CHATTAHOOCHEE COMMISSION AND THE DECATUR COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY 1980 J.J.JAXON CO. - EUFAULA, AL." - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_bainbridge-army-air-field
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_bainbridge-army-air-field
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Please contact markers@davidseibert.com about commercial reproduction and use
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
-
