Logan Field (Maryland)

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.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.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).It also hosted regular air meets and was visited by such aviation luminaries as Charles Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart and Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan.Instead, civil aviation moved to the newer, more modern and expansive facilities at the Baltimore Municipal Airport, which had been constructed adjacent to Logan Field beginning in 1929, and featured a 1930s Art Deco-style passenger terminal.
A 1930 photo of MD National Guard 104th Observation Squadron pilots in front of one of the unit's O-11 Falcons at the unit's home station, Logan Field.
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