Patte Owings brought in this WW2 photo recently. It is just identified as "836th AAFSD."
We don't know what that abbreviation stands for;
we don't know the building (maybe a Marion County college?);
we don't know the exact year.
One of the officers in the front row may be Col. Frank Hills.
Anyone have any more info about this unit and photo??
sorry if this is a duplicate but didnt seem to post. The picture is in front of the girls 4-H dorm on the grounds of the Indiana State Fair.
ReplyDeletehttps://iuidigital.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/ISFEC/id/12165
Army Air Force Specialized Depot took over a portion of the state fairground during wwii to store aircraft parts. found a couple of articles on newspapers.com one of them mentions Frank Hills
ReplyDeletehttps://www.newspapers.com/article/the-indianapolis-star/168722972/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-indianapolis-star-aafsd-2/168722873/