Arctic Expedition being refueled at the original Lowry Field. Charles Lindbergh and his Spirit of St. Louis made a scheduled stop at Lowry on 1 September 1927 during his 48 state sponsored tour. Jack Taylor died on the maiden voyage of Air Mail Cheyenne-Pueblo-Denver contract airmail route from Lowry to Cheyenne when the aircraft exploded 10 December 1927 He was flying a large Douglas Mail plane for Western Air Express Inc. near Lowry. During the latter part of 1937 the name Lowry Field was transferred from the Colorado National Guard Air Squadron to the new Denver Branch, Air Corps Technical School. Thus, in early 1938, after about a year of overlapping operations, the 45th Division Aviation ceased operation at Lowry Field and moved to their new quarters at the Denver Municipal Airport; remaining there until mobilization for World War II took place on 6 January 1941. The 19 officers and 116 enlisted members, then moved to Biggs Army Airfield, Texas. In 1938 the former Lowry Field was renamed Combs Field when Harry B. Combs began leasing the airfield. He and a partner opened Mountain State Aviation, a fixed-base operation and flight training facility. Mountain State would go on to train over 9,000 pilots for World War II through the Civilian Pilot Training Program at the location. In 1936, Combs had joined the Colorado National Guard (120th Observation Squadron of the 45th Infantry Division); flying the 0-19 E variant and gaining enough flying time to earn his instructor’s rating. Lowry Field Lowry Field was assigned to the new Army Air Field on 11 March 1938. Photographic courses began prior to the field's completion and runway paving. The paved runway opened on 4 April (first used by a B-18 Bolo). The sanatorium's main building became the Army post's headquarters, and the largest single barracks (3,200 men) was completed in mid-1940. The "Northeast-Southwest runway was completed in 1941" and on 1 March 1941, the Air Corps Technical School moved an "A.A.F. Clerical School" for Air Corps Clerks (384 hours) to Fort Logan from Lowry. Beginning 16 July 1940, the 1st class of the AAF bombardier schools was at Lowry and used the nearby bombing and gunnery range through 14 March 1941, graduating three classes of instructors who opened the Barksdale Field bombardier school. Fourth Technical Training District Lowry training for Boeing B-29 Superfortress pilot qualification and for B-29 operational crew readiness began in