Most on this page are familiar with NCTC Corry Field, NTTC Corry (Field/Station) or IWTC Corry Station that was established in 1934. However, the Corry you know was not the first installation with that name. The original Corry Field dates back to 1922 and was located closer to downtown Pensacola.


Here is a photograph showing the French Breguet 19 light bomber/reconnaissance aircraft named “Point d’Interrogation” or Questinj Mark, at Corry Field on October 6, 1930.  The aircraft was flown by Maurice Bellonte and Dieudonne Costes from Paris to New York on September 1, 1930 in 37 hours, before starting thegoodwell tour to 36 other cities.  Naval Air Station Pensacola’s Commanding Officer Rear Admiral Arthur W. Marshal, Pensacola’s Mayor J. Harvey Bayliss, Professor H. Clay Armstrong (interpreter), and other officials, welcome the fliers.  Source: NAS Pensacola Aviation Museum research library.