port VIEW STORY BY KATHY BERGREN SMITH Short Life of Dundalk Airfi eld Included Early Tragedy ogan Field, once located across the street from what here in 1930, it became the home of the newly formed Aviation is now Dundalk Marine Terminal, was an airfi eld with Division of the Maryland National Guard and hosted aviation L a short but spectacular history that is all but forgotten luminaries such as Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart. today. Built in 1920, it was originally called the Dundalk Meanwhile, the Baltimore Municipal Airport was being Flying Field, but by the end of the opening day air show on July 5 constructed at what is now Dundalk Marine Terminal, with a of that same year, the name was changed to Logan Field. large Art Deco passenger terminal. As the newer airport became That day, Army Lt. Patrick Logan was performing in his World more active during World War II, Logan Field was converted into War I French plane, the Red Devil, when he crashed on the fi eld a prisoner-of-war camp housing German and some Italian soldiers in front of hundreds of spectators. He died there and organizers who were sent to work on local farms. quickly rededicated the fi eld in his honor. After the war, the airfi eld was converted to a residential Logan Field was a busy airfi eld during the 1920s, offering neighborhood called Logan Village. regular air service to New York, Atlantic City and Miami. Shown The above photograph is provided courtesy of the Baltimore Museum of Industry and is part of the museum’s BGE collection. Visit the Baltimore Museum of Industry at 1415 Key Highway on the south side of the Inner Harbor; check out their website at www.thebmi.org; or call 410-727-4808. The museum is open Tuesday through Sunday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. [44] The Port of Baltimore ■ January/February 2014 To subscribe or renew, visit www.marylandports.com.