Freeman Field
Activated December 1942 as U.S. Army Air Forces advanced training school for World War II twin engined pilots; graduated over 4000 by February
1945. Construction of 413 structures and four 5,500-foot runways supervised by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; named for Indiana pilot Captain Richard
S. Freeman (1907-1941). Deactivated in 1948.
Marker is at the intersection of West Tipton Street (U.S. 50) and South Airport Road, on the left when traveling east on West Tipton Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
