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 South Walnut Avenue (Indiana Route 11) and B. Avenue East, on the right when traveling south on South Walnut Avenue.
Courtesy hmdb.org
