Ladd Field

Address Unknown, Fairbanks, Alaska. County/parish: Fairbanks North Star.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places February 04, 1985. NRIS 85002730.

14 contributing buildings. 10 contributing structures.

Also known as:

  • Fort Wainwright

From Wikipedia:

Ladd Army Airfield

Ladd Army Airfield (IATA: FBK, ICAO: PAFB, FAA LID: FBK) is the military airfield located at Fort Wainwright in Fairbanks, Alaska. It was originally called Fairbanks Air Base, but was renamed Ladd Field on 1 December 1939, in honor of Major Arthur K. Ladd, a pilot in the U.S. Army Air Corps who died in a plane crash near Dale, South Carolina on 13 December 1935.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75325295

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