Bowman Field-East
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DougK
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This Kentucky historical marker is located on the north side Sidney Park Drive, just off the intersection with Cannons Lane in Louisville, Kentucky. It was placed in 1992.
Waymark Code: WMCV7H
Location: Kentucky, United States
Date Posted: 10/13/2011
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This Kentucky historical marker is located on the north side Sidney Park Drive, just off the intersection with Cannons Lane in Louisville, Kentucky. It was placed in 1992. The plaque has different text on each of the two sides.
On the east side, the plaque reads:
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BOWMAN FIELD-EAST
The east side of Bowman Field
airport was expanded in 1940 to
become the Bowman Field Air Base.
It was a training facility with 124
buildings used by the U.S. Army
Air Force throughout World War II.
One hangar survives. Bowman Field
was first used to train bomber
crews and later was assigned to
the first troop carrier command.
Presented by WWII Flight Nurses Assoc., Inc.
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On the west side, the plaque reads:
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BOWMAN FIELD-EAST
Troop carrier units were organized
and combat glider pilots trained
at Bowman Field. Only school of Air
Evacuation in Air Force here,
1942-44. It taught surgeons, flight
nurses, and medical technicians
the procedures for the care of
patients in the air. Some gave
their lives caring for sick and
wounded soldiers worldwide.
Presented by WWII Flight Nurses Assoc., Inc.
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