Carlstrom Field was named after 1st Lieutenant Victor Carlstrom. He was born in Sweden on April 13, 1890. He migrated to the United States through Ellis Island in 1904 when he was 14. He moved to North Park, Colorado where his uncles Andrew Carlstrom and William Norell Carlstrom had established cattle ranches. Carlstrom was killed in an aircraft accident in Newport News, Virginia, who had made many "first" flights and set many altitude and distance records. On 9 May 1917, Carlstrom and a student pilot were killed when the wing of the aircraft he was piloting failed in flight.
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| - Carlstrom Field was named after 1st Lieutenant Victor Carlstrom. He was born in Sweden on April 13, 1890. He migrated to the United States through Ellis Island in 1904 when he was 14. He moved to North Park, Colorado where his uncles Andrew Carlstrom and William Norell Carlstrom had established cattle ranches. Carlstrom was killed in an aircraft accident in Newport News, Virginia, who had made many "first" flights and set many altitude and distance records. On 9 May 1917, Carlstrom and a student pilot were killed when the wing of the aircraft he was piloting failed in flight.
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| - Training Section, Air Service Army Air Force Training Command
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| - A 1942 photo of a Major George Ola in a PT-17 Stearman biplane trainer over Carlstrom Field
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| - Desoto County Juvenile Correctional Complex
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| - DeSoto County, near Arcadia, Florida
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| - Carlstrom Field was named after 1st Lieutenant Victor Carlstrom. He was born in Sweden on April 13, 1890. He migrated to the United States through Ellis Island in 1904 when he was 14. He moved to North Park, Colorado where his uncles Andrew Carlstrom and William Norell Carlstrom had established cattle ranches. Carlstrom was killed in an aircraft accident in Newport News, Virginia, who had made many "first" flights and set many altitude and distance records. On 9 May 1917, Carlstrom and a student pilot were killed when the wing of the aircraft he was piloting failed in flight.
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