Bainbridge Army Air Field-HCC-Decatur Co
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N 30° 58.688 W 084° 36.863
16R E 727828 N 3429620
US 27 4 mi N of Bainbridge at Bainbridge Industrial Park
Waymark Code: WMBW0H
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 06/25/2011
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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
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: None
Date: 1980
Sponsor: Historic Chattahoochee Commission and the Decatur County Historical Society
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