63rd Army Air Forces Contract Pilot School (Primary)

Run by a civilian firm under Army oversight, this Douglas school gave thousands of cadets their first weeks of flight training between 1941 and 1944; its concrete buildings survive as one of the era's most intact bases.

63rd Army Air Forces Contract Pilot School (Primary) is a historical marker in Douglas, Coffee County. It is one of 8 historical markers documented in Coffee County, among 78 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 31.4798, -82.8514 near Douglas. The nearest cataloged historic site is Raymond-Richardson Aviation School (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Franklin Cemetery, South Georgia State College, and Wayfare Cemetery.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.