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Site of Old Midland Army Flying School |
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FM 217 off FM 1788, at Midland County Airport, Midland,
TX,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
31° 56' 19.58412000012",
-102° 12' 27.1537300008"
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Texas State
Historical Marker |
Old Sloan Field, built 1931, in 1942 became Midland Army Flying School, for bombardier cadets. At one time it was called largest bombardier training center in the world. One of over 25 World War II airfields in Texas, its cadets flew 861,510 hours in Beech AT-11 aircraft, dropping 1,245,107 bombs. Last class of cadets graduated in Jan. 1945. The field was used as an Army Air Forces instructor school (bombardier) until World War II ended later that year. After military phase-out, 1947, commercial field opened 1950.
This page last updated: 7/15/2008 |
Site of Old Midland Army Flying School Historical Marker Location Map, Texas
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