Colonel Michael Norman Wright McCoy and Mayor J. Rolfe Davis at Pinecastle Air Force Base
Dublin Core
Title
Colonel Michael Norman Wright McCoy and Mayor J. Rolfe Davis at Pinecastle Air Force Base
Alternative Title
Col. McCoy and Mayor Davis at Pinecastle AFB
Subject
Orlando (Fla.)
Air Force
Description
Colonel Michael Norman Wright McCoy (1905-1957), commanding officer of Pinecastle Air Force Base, with J. Rolfe Davis (1904-1988), who served as Mayor of Orlando from 1953 to 1956, at Pinecastle AFB in Orlando, Florida. Col. McCoy died in a flight demonstration of a Boeing B-47 Stratojet. The bomber had a faulty wing and crashed north of Orlando. As a result, Pinecastle Air Force Base became, McCoy Air Force Base to honor the memory of Col. McCoy. In 1974, McCoy AFB officially closed. What used to be McCoy Air Force Base is now Orlando International Airport. Some of the base property went to private companies for research purposes.
Source
Original black and white photograph: Orlando Remembered Exhibit, Orlando City Hall, Orlando, Florida.
Date Created
ca. 1954-1956
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original black and white photograph.
Is Part Of
Orlando Remembered Exhibit, Orlando City Hall, Orlando, Florida.
Orlando City Hall Collection, Orlando Remembered Collection, Orlando Collection, Orange County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Format
image/jpg
Extent
179 KB
Medium
1 black and white photograph
Language
eng
Type
Still Image
Coverage
Pinecastle Air Force Base, Orlando, Florida
Accrual Method
Donation
Mediator
History Teacher
Civics/Government Teacher
Geography Teacher
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by Orange County Regional History Center and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.
Contributing Project
Orlando Remembered
Curator
Grande, John
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
External Reference
Jean, Charlie. "Orlando Pioneer Dies." The Orlando Sentinel, April 1, 1988. http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1988-04-01/news/0030090281_1_city-of-orlando-orlando-high-school-davis.
Spear, Kevin. "What Really Happened." The Orlando Sentinel, October 7, 2007. http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2007-10-07/news/MCCOY07_1_mccoy-pilot-bomber.
"SAC Bases: Pinecastle / McCoy Air Force Base." Orlando International Airport Fire Rescue. https://www.orlandoairports.net/arff/mccoy.htm.
Collection
Citation
“Colonel Michael Norman Wright McCoy and Mayor J. Rolfe Davis at Pinecastle Air Force Base,” RICHES, accessed April 24, 2024, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/7876.