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Antigo, WI army plane crash, Oct 1942
Posted February 21st, 2009 by Tim Taugher
Texan Fatally Burned
MILWAUKEE, Wis., Oct. 2 (AP). - Pvt. C. W. Stanford, 21, of Farmersville, Texas, student at the preliminary glider school at Antigo, Wis., died Friday of burns received when a plane crashed.
Dallas Morning News, Dallas, TX 3 Oct 1942
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Army Flier Killed In Antigo Crash
Antigo, Wis. - (UP) - The first serious accident since a prliminary glider training school was established here June 1, resulted in the death of Pvt. C. W. Stanford, Farmersville, Tex., this week.
He suffered burns Oct. 1 from which he died when the plane he was piloting crashed on the Joe Frisch farm near Antigo. Capt. Ross M. Clem of the school said that the cause of the crash had not been determined.
Frisch at two other farmers pulled Stanford from the flaming wreckage of his plane after watching it crash. The flyer was said to have been on a routine training flight.
The Sheboygan Press, Sheboygan, WI 3 Oct 1942
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air base or school near antigo
I live in antigo and I am actually researching finding info on the glider school and supposedly there was a air base here also, but noone seems to know where either was located, please if you have any info let me know.
Air Base near Antigo
Sorry I hadn't replied before now...I don't know if I've ever checked any of the responses to my posts (and several articles have been commented on). Unfortunately, I don't have any additional information on the airfield. All I usually do is transcribe the articles, I don't find them myself.
I'm sure you've exhausted many possible sources of information in your search. Here are a couple you may not have thought of:
1. Old topographic maps, if they were from the correct time period, would show the airfield. The only place I know that has older topographic maps is Carroll College in Waukesha (I was a student of geography there). Otherwise, the Robinson Map Library in Science Hall at UW-Madison may have old topographic maps.
2. Old aerial photographs. Again, the map library at UW-Madison has a great collection from the entire state. For most counties they have complete sets of aerials that were taken in the late 1930s to 1941. In addition, your local USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) office will likely have a few sets of old aerial photographs. You could contact them, I imagine they have an office in Antigo.
Also, the "airfield" may just have been what is now the Antigo County Airport.
Good luck on your search.
Tim
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Radar Base
The place you are looking for is the old Radar base off of Cty. Rd. H(west side) between State Hwy 52 and Bear Lake road. I think there is a small trailer park back there now and the place is is probably private property. Google maps will give a nice overhead view.
Antigo Air Force Base
I don't know for sure if the glider base was there but the Antigo Air Force Base was west of Anwia. Take 52 west from 45, then go north on, looks like it is called county road HH. It was a big cold war Radar station out there, looks like there was a landing strip out there also. Just a few years ago it was still easy to get in there and look around but it is posted and watched now as far as I know.