Logan Field (Maryland)
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A September 1938 aerial view of Logan Field (courtesy of the National Archives, photo # 18-LMU-V1-850G).
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| Serves | Baltimore, Maryland | ||||||||||||||||||
| Built | 1920 | ||||||||||||||||||
| In use | 1920-1945 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°14′57″N 076°31′10″W / 39.24917°N 76.51944°WCoordinates: 39°14′57″N 076°31′10″W / 39.24917°N 76.51944°W | ||||||||||||||||||
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Logan Field, also known as Dundalk Flying Field, is a former airport located in the town of Dundalk, Maryland, northeast of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, near Baltimore.
Although Logan Field was originally named the Dundalk Flying Field, it was almost immediately renamed. On July 5, 1920, Army Lt. Patrick H. Logan was fatally injured after his aircraft, a World War I vintage French Nieuport 28 nicknamed the "Red Devil," crashed at the field's inaugural air show. In response to the tragedy, the airfield was renamed in Logan's honor during the closing ceremonies of the air show during which he died.
Logan Field consisted of three landing strips of turf-and-cinder construction: a 3,000-foot runway and two 2,000-foot runways. The field had a number of small clapboard buildings to handle passengers and mail, as well as simple hangar facilities, including military facilities for the Maryland National Guard's 104th Observation Squadron.
Opened in 1920, Logan Field was a 100-acre tract located at the intersection of Dundalk Avenue and Belclare Road in southeast Baltimore County. It lay on the Patapsco Neck peninsula, which jutted out into the Chesapeake Bay between the Patapsco River on the south and Back River on the north. The airport lay near small suburban communities that would later grow extensively after the Second World War (1941-1945), including Dundalk, Essex, and Middle River. Closer to Baltimore were the neighborhoods of Highlandtown and Canton, which bordered closely on the new airport and future harbor port facilities.
Beginning in 1921, Logan Field was the home base of the Maryland National Guard's newly organized aerial unit, the 104th Observation Squadron, just after the first experiences of combat aviation in World War I (1917-1918).
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