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View of a C-46 cockpit with a crewmember, and a cockpit view looking at both controls. A C-46 on the ramp at Atterbury Army Air Base and over the wing of one C-46 looking at another one. An interior view of the C-46's cargo area. These 1951 photographs courtesy of Norman LaMaster, Columbus, Indiana. Click on photographs for full size view Iced up C46 crash lands at Bakalar Air Force Base.
C-46 lands short at Bakalar Air Force Base and hits railroad tracks. According to reports the C-46 had about two inches of ice on the wings and on final did not quite make the runway.
Reports state that the C-46 crew sort of bounced out of the cockpit through the broken nose but were mostly unhurt except for their dignity.
The C-46 Curtiss "Commando" aircraft the same type the pilot broke on landing at Bakalar Air Force Base in the mid 1950's. C-46
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The first 1949 photo is of Brigadier General Lacy Murrow, 434th Troop Carrier Wing Commander and LTC Howard Cloud, Jr. at a Fort Benjamin Harrison 10th Air Force reception. The middle photo is of BG Lacy Murrow, his brother, famed newsman Edward R. Murrow and Colonel Ronan at the Atterbury Air Base and the photo on the left is of BG Murrow and Edward R. Murrow with an unknown officer in the background. LTC Cloud and Colonel Ronan were at one time, Atterbury Air Base commanders.
December 1955 air photo of Bakalar Air Force Base. Note the C-46 aircraft on the ramp. If you notice the rail road tracks near the bottom of the photographs, these are the ones that the C-46 crash landed on pictured at the top of this page.
T-152 lighted wind direction indicator at Bakalar Air Force Base photo taken in1955. You can locate the wind-T's location on the air photo of the base. It is the small gray object just in front of the C-46's on the ramp and to the left of the runway.
Building T-93 Hanger with a 434th C-46 inside.
These C-46 photographs are from the Atterbury-Bakalar Air Museum historical files but are not currently identified as from the former air base. Can you help us identify the people, location and dates? We figured out who the guy with the beard is, in the third photograph but need help for the others. Also, can you identify the aircraft types in the background of the first photograph. There is an AT-6 and other types.
These photographs were taken around 1960 and were provided by Norman LaMaster. LaMaster pictured next to the cargo door of a C-47. A C-47 on the ramp at Bakalar Air Force Base. James Lile and Fred Farness in the maintenance hanger.
Tail view of a C-47 with Fred Mathis and Boyles. Mathis & Boyles at the cargo door and a C-47 on the ramp at Bakalar Air Force Base.
There were two C-45 aircraft assigned to the air base according to former base staff. During the 1950's, 900 C-45's were rebuilt for the Air Force, received new serial numbers and were designated C-45G's and C-45H's. The C-45's were used for administrative and light cargo duties. This is the military version of the Beechcraft Model 18. They had two Pratt & Whitney R-985, 450 hp engines with a cruising speed of 150 mph.
West Virginia Air National Guard P-51's of the 167th Fighter Squadron on the ramp at Atterbury Army Air Base during a training exercise. During August 24 through September 4, 1948, the 167th Fighter Squadron held their first field training at Atterbury Army Air Base, Columbus, Indiana. The 167th Kentucky and West Virginia Air National Guard and the West Virginia detachment of the 223rd Air Service Group attended this training. As the 123rd Fighter Group with its squadrons from Kentucky and West Virginia completed the first "summer camp," as special "Governor's Day" was staged. The luncheon was held at Columbus, Indiana, with Governor Earle C. Clements (Kentucky), Ralph F. Gates (Indiana), and Clarence W. Meadows (West Virginia) as guests. Air Guardsmen encamped at Atterbury Field numbered about 600, the adjutants general of the states including Major General Roscoe L. Murray of Kentucky, and invited guests including the commander of the 1st Air Force, Major General Robert M. Webster, the head of National Guard Bureau, Major General Kenneth F. Cramer, and Brigadier General E. H. Zistel, commander of the parent 55th Fighter Wing.
F-51's from the 123 Fighter Group that trained at Atterbury Army Air Field during the summer of 1948. Museum Volunteer, Ernie Schorr was an F-51 pilot and F86 Sabre Jet pilot with the Kentucky Air National Guard after his service as a P-47 fighter pilot during WWII.
Here are some articles from the May 27, 1957 The Wing Script newspaper published by the 2466th Air Reserve Flying Center, Bakalar Air Force Base. Copies of this publication are very rare. Click on the articles for best reading.
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