View a eulogy for Bogardus Snowden Cairns, USMA '32, who passed away on December 9, 1958.
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Bogardus Snowden Cairns
West Point, 1932
Be Thou At Peace
Posted by Chaplain Captain Chris Cairns on June 7, 2019:
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U.S. Army Major General Bogardus Snowden "Bugs" Cairns, a key proponent of the concept of armed helicopters, was killed instantly when his Bell H-13 Sioux helicopter crashed minutes after take-off in dense woods northwest of Fort Rucker, Alabama headquarters. The aircraft was taking off from field site when it hit a wire extended between two tents causing pilot to lose control and fly into trees. He was en route to Matteson Range to observe a firepower rehearsal in preparation for a full-scale armed helicopter display. He was commander of the Aviation Center and Commandant of the Aviation School. Ozark Army Airfield at Fort Rucker was subsequently renamed Cairns Army Airfield in his honor in January 1959. For more information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bogardus_Snowden_Cairns https://www.rucker.army.mil/avjournal/1950/1959/AVN_DIG_1959_01.pdf |
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