Frederick I. Eglin Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army Air Corps |
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1937, Valparaiso Range was renamed Eglin Field in honor of Lieutenant Colonel
Frederick I. Eglin, a member of the ACTS who had been killed in a plane
crash. Also in 1937, Eglin became the designated sub-post of Maxwell
Field.
Eglin Air Force Base Name: Named in honor of Lt Col Frederick Irving
Eglin (1891-1937). First rated as a military aviator in 1917, he helped
train other flyers during World War I. On 1 January 1937, while assigned
to General Headquarters, Air Force, Langley Field, Virginia, Colonel
Eglin was killed in the crash of his Northrop A-17 pursuit aircraft on
a flight from Langley to Maxwell Field, Alabama.
Posted: 21 July 2001 Updated: 5 March 2003 |
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