434th Troop Carrier Wing Korean War Era
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Pictured here is Doctor Paul Muller, who was the 434th Wing Surgeon at Atterbury Air Force Base 1949 to May 1951.
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The Base and Wing Commander at the time was Lacey V. Murrow, brother of the famous newsman Edward R. Murrow, with an inscription to Dr. Muller.
BG Murrow, an unknown officer, and Dr. Muller on the right
This collection of photographs featured below was donated to the museum by Charles "Phil" Peabody of Chatham, IL, who was stationed at the Atterbury Air Base during 1951. The collection of photographs shows the daily life of the airman.
Additional photos donated are from the Frank Sutter collection. Frank was assigned as a Stenographic Specialist to the Personnel Section in Wing Headquarters. He also became the Headquarters Squadron reporter and wrote several articles for the base newspaper.
Additional photos donated are from the Frank Sutter collection. Frank was assigned as a Stenographic Specialist to the Personnel Section in Wing Headquarters. He also became the Headquarters Squadron reporter and wrote several articles for the base newspaper.
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Atterbury Air Base Airman Phil Peabody pictured here in 1951 on a two-day exercise at Camp Atterbury. Phil said that about half of his Squadron from the air base were sent to Camp Atterbury so an Army Division from Pennsylvania could try to capture them while the division was having field maneuvers. They were not captured so Phil and the four other Airmen pitched their pup tents in a thicket and spent the night. During that time, he said most everything they had were Army hand-me-downs, including foot lockers, blankets, socks, winter ODs, and other such items.
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Atterbury Air Base airmen on leave during 1952 in Tennessee: Frank Sutter, Eddie Duncan, and Phil Peabody. Note the now vintage Studebaker they are sitting on.
Atterbury Air Base airmen Jerry Pauli and Phil Peabody on leave during 1952.
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Airman Jerry Pauli doing some ironing in the barracks at the base.
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A 1951 photo of the 434th Troop Carrier Wing Headquarters building.
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The photo on the far right is of the Headquarters Squadron barracks during 1951. Note the flower boxes on the windows.
The Atterbury Air Base wooden Control Tower in 1951 that was replaced with a steel structure around 1954, which still stands today and is in active use.
Some of the air base barracks looking toward a tent area.
The airmen in barracks #52 are L-R Jerry Pauli, unknown airman, Frank Sutter, and Airman James W. Riley. (Thanks to James Riley Jr. for identifying his father in the photo.)
Another photo of Jerry Pauli, unknown airman, and Frank Sutter.
Frank Sutter in Zaharakos, a well-known place for food, candy, and ice cream in Columbus, Indiana.
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Jerry Pauli of Evansville, Indiana sits on the steps of a barracks.
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Charlie Tubb, from Ohio, on the steps of Barracks #52.
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Frank Sutter, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, in back of barracks #52.
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Frank Sutter heads to the latrine from the barracks. The base latrines were in separate buildings.
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Jim Rice, from Arkansas, was a talented artist and was always sketching and drawing.
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Pat O'Conner works on barracks #52 to keep it in shape.
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Airman James W. "Bill" Riley in a more formal photo.
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A row of Atterbury Air Base buildings in 1951.
An Air Force AT-6 on the flight line.
The Headquarters building as it was in 1951.
The cartoon drawn by fellow airman Jim Rice is a humorous look at Phil Peabody's duty at Atterbury Air Base in 1952 and his transfer to Lawson Air Force Base in 1952.
Atterbury Air Base hosted many types of aircraft
Atterbury Air Base hosted many types of aircraft during the Korean War era as pictured here. The 434th C-46 aircraft on the ramp, a B-26 on the flight line and a Navy fighter parked on the ramp with the C-46s seen in the background.
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Here is a great photo taken in 1951 on the ramp at Atterbury Air Force Base of a B-25, a follow-me jeep with 434th C-46s in the background. According to Phil Peabody, an airman at the base, the color of the follow me jeep was kind of light, dull yellow.
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