Bainbridge Army Air Field
Historical Marker
Located on US 27 at Bainbridge Industrial
Park 4 miles north of Bainbridge, Ga.
(Text)
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.
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