Freeman Army Airfield
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freeman-army-airfield-275-4975610
title:
Freeman Army Airfield
text:
Freeman Army Airfield is an inactive United States Army Air Forces base. It is located 2.6 miles (4.2 km) 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
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Former US military facility
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeman_Army_Airfield
date created:
date modified:
2024-02-10T11:28:50Z
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fields total:
13
integrity:
15