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Original Atterbury Army Air Field-Bakalar Air Force Base Buildings

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Department of the Air Force Continental Air Command Basic Layout Plan Bakalar Air Force Base April 1956. You can click on the layout plan and scroll to view the building locations. Layout plan on the left is of the T-895 Hanger area on the West side of the base and plan on the right is of the main cantonment area of the air base. If you view Tent Area A and locate building 40 that is just next to the Atterbury-Bakalar Air Museum today

Department of the Air Force October 1955 Photographs

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1955 Aerial Photograph of Bakalar Air Force Base

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Building T115 Storage Shed and interior view. Buildings T117 and T118 were of similar construction. Note the vintage automobiles to the rear of Building T115

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Building T116 Warehouse Bulk Supply and interior view. Check out the car in the building

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Building T123 Water, Potable, Pump Station and interior view. Note the coal in the coal bin. Many buildings had pot belly stoves.

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Building T124 Water, Potable, Storage Tank. Building T128 Sanitary Sewer, disposal.

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Building T134 Supply and Issue, IAE and interior view. Note the Government Issue pot belly stove.

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Building T156 AACS UHF DF and interior view.

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Building T56 Hobby Shop and interior view.

 

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Building T79 Administration Personnel Processing and interior view. Building T90 Administration, Records, Processing interior view.

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Building T24 Dormitory, Airmen which was used as the Legal and Claims Office. Building T29 T58 Dining Hall Airmen and interior view of the Dining Hall.

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Interior view of Building T50 Dormitory, Airmen. Building T146 Recreational Gymnasium and interior view. The photo on the right is a may 1951 photo of the Base Gym with Charles Olson a former base airman, on the stairs. 

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Building T110 Shop Field Maintenance General Purpose and interior view. 

Special Note: Building T110 was demolished in May 2004. Photo on the right shows the demolition in progress with Hanger Building T111 next to it.

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Building T66 Base Infirmary and another view of the Infirmary with the Base Gym to the rear. Note the C46 on the ramp and the vintage automobiles in the parking lot. An interior hallway view of the Infirmary.

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Building T98 Paint Shop and Building T92 Administration Maintenance.

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Building T102 Auto Shop and Building T135 Bulk Warehouse. Doesn't that look like a barn to you?

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Building T111 Reserve Hanger and interior view. Note the 434th's C-46 in the hanger. Special Note: Building T111 is on the schedule to be demolished.

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Building T93 Reserve Hanger and interior view. Note the C-46 being worked on in the hanger.

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Building T149 and 150 Radio Radar Shop, Warehouse Bulk Supply.

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Building T32 with other building type information in photograph. T136 Lumber Unloading Platform. The T32 style building was used for the BX, Snack Bar, Barber Shop, Clothing Sales and similar functions.

 

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