Freeman Army Airfield is an inactive United States Army Air Forces base. It is located south-southwest of Seymour, Indiana. The base was established in 1942 as a pilot training airfield. It was also the first military helicopter pilot training airfield. In 1944, black bomber pilots were trained at Freeman, and it was the scene of a racial incident that outraged many Americans and led to the military re-evaluating its racial policies. After the war, captured German, Italian and Japanese aircraft were brought to the base for evaluation and testing. It was closed in 1946.
Attributes | Values |
---|
rdf:type
| |
rdfs:label
| |
rdfs:comment
| - Freeman Army Airfield is an inactive United States Army Air Forces base. It is located south-southwest of Seymour, Indiana. The base was established in 1942 as a pilot training airfield. It was also the first military helicopter pilot training airfield. In 1944, black bomber pilots were trained at Freeman, and it was the scene of a racial incident that outraged many Americans and led to the military re-evaluating its racial policies. After the war, captured German, Italian and Japanese aircraft were brought to the base for evaluation and testing. It was closed in 1946.
|
sameAs
| |
Mark
| |
dcterms:subject
| |
foaf:homepage
| |
dbkwik:military/pr...iPageUsesTemplate
| |
lon deg
| |
Built
| |
Label
| |
lat sec
| |
float
| |
lon sec
| |
Name
| |
Type
| |
Caption
| - Location of Freeman Army Airfield, Indiana
- Freeman Army Airfield, 1946
|
Width
| |
marksize
| |
lon dir
| |
lat dir
| |
used
| |
lat min
| |
lon min
| |
lat deg
| |
Position
| |
Location
| - Located near: Seymour, Indiana
|
abstract
| - Freeman Army Airfield is an inactive United States Army Air Forces base. It is located south-southwest of Seymour, Indiana. The base was established in 1942 as a pilot training airfield. It was also the first military helicopter pilot training airfield. In 1944, black bomber pilots were trained at Freeman, and it was the scene of a racial incident that outraged many Americans and led to the military re-evaluating its racial policies. After the war, captured German, Italian and Japanese aircraft were brought to the base for evaluation and testing. It was closed in 1946.
|