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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

On April 16th, 2009 Brandon Fredericks (not verified) says:

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

On September 4th, 2009 Tim Taugher says:

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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