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Air Force History

Verdelle Louis Payne: Ithaca’s Tuskegee Airman

December 2, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

a new york minute in history podcastIn the latest episode of A New York Minute In History, Devin Lander and Lauren Roberts tell the story of Verdelle Louis Payne from Ithaca in Tompkins County, who joined the Army Air Forces during the Second World War and became a pilot.

During the war, Payne served in the 99th Fighter Squadron, which became part of the legendary Tuskegee Airmen, an all-Black group of pilots serving in the then still-segregated U.S. Army. [Read more…] about Verdelle Louis Payne: Ithaca’s Tuskegee Airman

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Air Force History, Black History, Ithaca, Military History, Podcasts, Tompkins County, World War Two

A World War Two Bomber’s Final Flight

August 31, 2022 by Guest Contributor Leave a Comment

Franklin L Darrell Jr photo provided by his familyResidents of an alpine valley in Northern Italy still hail as heroes two American pilots of a crippled U.S. plane who crashed into the side of a mountain rather than release their bombs onto the villages below during a World War II mission.

Both pilots died, but they bought enough time for the five other crew members aboard their crippled B-25 Mitchell bomber to bail out. One of them, 1st Lt. Franklin Lloyd Darrell Jr., the bombardier-navigator, lived for a time during and after the war in Saratoga County, as did his parents. [Read more…] about A World War Two Bomber’s Final Flight

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, History Tagged With: Air Force History, Aviation History, Corinth, International Paper, Italian History, Military History, Saratoga County, World War Two

B-52s Were Ready to Fly in Central New York

March 4, 2022 by Bob Cudmore 1 Comment

The Historians LogoThis week on The Historians Podcast Jim Coulthart, an amateur aviation historian, tells airplane tales based on a collection of aircraft incidents, and accidents dating back to the Second World War with ties to Central New York.

Coulthart spent a year and a half curating family accounts, newspaper clippings, online resources, and official reports to develop a program on local aviation history. Griffiss Air Force Base in Rome, NY, was in use from 1942 until 1995 when the federal government closed the base. At one point B 52 bombers were assigned to Griffiss which is now the Griffiss Business and Technology Park. [Read more…] about B-52s Were Ready to Fly in Central New York

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History, Mohawk Valley, Western NY Tagged With: Air Force History, Aviation History, Griffiss Air Force Base, Military History, Oneida County, Podcasts, Rome, World War Two

Griffiss Air Force Base Subject of Video Series

January 28, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Griffiss AFB courtesy Rome Historical SocietyOn January 18th, 2022 Rome Historical Society (RHS) announced a new video series called The Griffiss Experience. Throughout 2022 RHS will release four videos on YouTube, featuring members of the community and their memories of Griffiss Air Force Base. [Read more…] about Griffiss Air Force Base Subject of Video Series

Filed Under: History, Mohawk Valley, Western NY Tagged With: Air Force History, Aviation History, Black History, Griffiss Air Force Base, Military History, Oneida County, Rome, Rome Historical Society

Sampson State Park’s Remarkable Military, Education & Public Health History

July 11, 2021 by Bill Orzell 1 Comment

Sampson Boot sculpture by Felix W. de WeldonThe site of the present Sampson State Park in Romulus, Seneca County, NY was formerly the site of the Sampson Navy Base. As the United States found itself at war following the attack on Pearl Harbor in late 1941, the U.S. Navy had an immediate need for sailors. Basic training bases, or boot camps, were constructed across the country to meet this emergency requirement. [Read more…] about Sampson State Park’s Remarkable Military, Education & Public Health History

Filed Under: History, Western NY Tagged With: Air Force History, Aviation History, Finger Lakes, Korean War, Maritime History, Military History, Naval History, Navy, Nelson Rockefeller, Sampson State Park, sculpture, Seneca County, State Parks, tuberculosis, World War Two

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