HICKS FIELD 1917-1920

Kenneth P. Behr Hicks Field, Texas Collection of Phill Wieser, 3-1-06

 

ONLINE RESOURCES      If you search for "Hicks Airfield" +1917, using the Google search engine, (6-22-06), you will find about 19 links. Perhaps the most helpful is the following.

Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Texas Northwestern Fort Worth area      This website offers an extremely interesting and comprehensive revue of the history of the field. It is illustrated with numerous beautiful photographs of the facility and includes a detailed story regarding its development in WW I, the activities on the field during both WW I and WW II, and its ultimate fate. You can access the page by clicking on the title above.

 

Lt. Kenneth P. Behr Emerson Field, S.C. 29*6 Aero Squadron - 1918 Collection of Phill Wieser, 3-1-06

 

SERVICE RECORD via email from Greg Powers, 1-23-05 Kenneth Behr's Nephew Army 2 Mar 1914-10 Mar 1915 (Mexican Border Service) 30 Jun 1916-3 Jan 1918 (Pvt 1st Cl Mch Aeronautics (AS) Det Park Field, Millington, TN) 19 Mar 1918-25 Oct 1919 (commissioned 2nd Lt Aeronautics 24 May 1918, 276 Aer Sq) 6 Apr 1921-23 Sep 1937 (Capt., AS) Navy 8 Sep 1915-16 Feb 1916

 

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MEXICAN SERVICE MEDAL "Like many WWI aviators, my uncle got his start in the military chasing Poncho Villa. Perhaps that is where he met Roscoe Turner." Photo & caption from Greg Powers, 1-11-04

 

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