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Freeman Army Airfield
: ''For the civil use of this facility after 1946, see Freeman Municipal Airport ''
Freeman Army Airfield is an inactive United States Army Air Forces base. It is located 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 Japanese aircraft were brought to the base for evaluation and testing. It was closed in 1946.
==History==
Freeman Army Airfield was named in honor or Captain Richard S. Freeman. A native of Indiana and 1930 graduate of West Point, he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, was awarded the Mackay Trophy, and was one of the pioneers of the Army Air Mail Service. Captain Freeman was killed on 6 February 1941 in the crash of a B-17 Flying Fortress (B-17B 38-216) near Lovelock, Nevada while en route to Wright Field, Ohio. The aircraft was equipped with the top secret Norden bombsight and sabotage was suspected as the cause of the crash, but never was proven.〔( History of Freeman Army Airfield )〕〔Thole, Lou (2001), Forgotten Fields Of America Volume 2. Pictorial Histories Publishing, Missoula ASIN: B001KS2PLS〕
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