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After the United States' entry into World War I in April 1917, General John J. "Blackjack" Pershing invited the British Royal Flying Corps to establish training fields in Texas for the training of American and Canadians volunteers because of its mild weather. After looking at sites in Dallas, Fort Worth, Waco, Austin, Wichita Falls and Midland, three sites were established in 1917 in the Fort Worth vicinity; one each in North Fort Worth, Everman and Benbrook (known as the "Flying Triangle.") |
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The Benbrook Field station area was located south of Mercedes Street in Benbrook, west of Winscott Road, being bordered on the west somewhere to the west of US Highway 377. The hangars and airfield was located south of Cozby Street, south to Childers street. Today, the entire area has been redeveloped into a suburban housing area. Intermixed within the houses are small, broken, isolated concrete slabs, the remainders of wartime buildings and hangars. Today a Texas historical marker for the airfield is located north of Mercedes Street, across the street from the Ridge Community Church. |
The Benbrook Field station area was located south of Mercedes Street in Benbrook, west of Winscott Road, being bordered on the west somewhere to the west of US Highway 377. The hangars and airfield was located south of Cozby Street, south to Childers street. Today, the entire area has been redeveloped into a suburban housing area. Intermixed within the houses are small, broken, isolated concrete slabs, the remainders of wartime buildings and hangars. Today a Texas historical marker for the airfield is located north of Mercedes Street, across the street from the Ridge Community Church. |
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Revision as of 15:14, 26 March 2013
| Benbrook Field Camp Taliaferro Field #2 | |
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| Benbrook, Texas | |
 Benbrook Field, Texas, 1918
  Benbrook Field | |
| Coordinates | 32°40′41″N 97°27′36″W / 32.67806°N 97.46000°W |
| Type | Pilot training airfield |
| Site information | |
| Controlled by |  Royal Flying Corps (1917).svg){kind=small} Air Service, United States Army (1918-1921) |
| Condition | Redeveloped into urban area |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1917 |
| In use | 1917–1921 |
| Battles/wars | World War I |
| Garrison information | |
| Garrison | Training Section, Air Service |
Benbrook Field (Camp Taliaferro Field #2) is a former World War I military airfield, located 0.5 miles (0.80 km) North of Benbrook, Texas. It operated as a training field for the Air Service, United States Army between 1917 until 1919. It was one of thirty-two Air Service training camps established after the United States entry into World War I in April 1917. [1]
The airfield was established by the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) in 1916 as one of three airfields (also Hicks Field and Barron Field) to train American pilots who entered the Canadian military before the United States entry into World War I. Canadians named the training complex Camp Taliaferro after Walter Taliaferro, a US aviator who had been killed in an accident.
History
After the United States' entry into World War I in April 1917, General John J. "Blackjack" Pershing invited the British Royal Flying Corps to establish training fields in Texas for the training of American and Canadians volunteers because of its mild weather. After looking at sites in Dallas, Fort Worth, Waco, Austin, Wichita Falls and Midland, three sites were established in 1917 in the Fort Worth vicinity; one each in North Fort Worth, Everman and Benbrook (known as the "Flying Triangle.")
The Benbrook Field station area was located south of Mercedes Street in Benbrook, west of Winscott Road, being bordered on the west somewhere to the west of US Highway 377. The hangars and airfield was located south of Cozby Street, south to Childers street. Today, the entire area has been redeveloped into a suburban housing area. Intermixed within the houses are small, broken, isolated concrete slabs, the remainders of wartime buildings and hangars. Today a Texas historical marker for the airfield is located north of Mercedes Street, across the street from the Ridge Community Church.
See also
References
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
- ^ William R. Evinger: Directory of Military Bases in the U.S., Oryx Press, Phoenix, Ariz., 1991, p. 147.
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