Show WHERE FLYING FIELDS OF U s st AVIATION SERVICE ARE twenty nine tracts scattered over the country are named with few exceptions for airmen who lost their lives camp borden at toronto canada Is also used by united states the aviation section of the signal corps or of the army now lias has tv twenty cikity nine flying fields I 1 most doa of thorn them aie regular service fields where the bradu atas of the schools of military aeronautics or ground schools receive their actual flying instruction hut but some of them are arc reserved for advanced flying expel Illi elit it testing and special training lu in boin bombing bing and at artillery tillery observation camp cordonat Bor donat denat toronto canada is also used by the united states in ili conjunction with the bi british ibish nir air force with tile the exception of mccook cCook Nl field all the american fields have been becil named after american officers and men who lost their lives while on aeronautical duty and three civilians lans who were pioneers in aeronautics langley chanute an and wilbur wright F following ol lowing is a list of the aviation fields with a brief statement of how they received their names barron field everman tex named after cadet R T J bari barron barion on who was wals drowned nt at chandler field pa on august 22 1917 when the machine he was flying fell into the water bolling boiling field anacostia Ana cotia near washington D C named in memory of the late col raynal C bolling boiling signal corps who was tiled killed in action in france in march 1918 brooks field san antonio tex name named after cadet S T J brooks on november 13 lie he was killed while flying at kelly field tox tex brooks was one of the first to volunteer nt at the call for men for the american flying corps lie he was in training for a commission as a military aviator call field wichita falls tex named for first lieutenant loren rr call C A C appointed from civil life who reported for aeronautical duty at college park md october 19 1912 in the winter of 1912 1913 lie and E L ellington were sent to palm beach fiti fia in charge of the signal corps aviation station nt at that chrt place from palm palin beach lieutenant call was ordered to texas city tex and it was there that lie he was killed in an airplane accident ident july 8 1913 ills home was in washington D C carlstrom field arcadia fin name named after victor carlstrom carlstrom was recommended for a commission in the S 0 R C aviation section on january 10 1917 and soon thereafter went to newport news to assist in the training of army fliers filers although not ordered to active duty he was killed in an accident at newport news on may 9 10 1917 carruthers field benbrook banbrook Bon brook tox tex named after cadet W K X carruthers who was killed at hazelhurst field Min lincoln Mf neola coln L L when he was struck by a revolving propeller june 38 18 1917 chandler F field beld essington pa named in lionor honor of second lieutenant rex chandler C A C who reported for nerona aeronautic aeronaut ir duty at signal corps aviation school san diego cal march 15 1033 1013 on april 8 1913 while making his first flight the hydro aeroplane in which he was a passenger fell into san diego day bay and lieutenant chandler was caught under the machine and was drowned chanute field rantoul ill named after octave chanute one of the foremost pioneers in aeronautics in america dorr field arcadia fla fia named after cadet S H dorr of the aviation section dorr enlisted in the summer of 1917 and was sent to toronto canada an for training he met ins ills bentli there in a flying collision on august 17 of the same year eberts field Lo loncke lonoke nolte ark named after melchior Mel chlor ice eberts this officer was a graduate of the united states military academy on oil august 11 1910 1916 he was attached itt ached to the aviation section and march 3 1917 received the rating of junior military aviator lie he was ordered from ills his station at san diego cal to tc co bus N M on oil mily may 3 8 1917 lieutenant eberts was killed on oil tit the all lr t 1 night flight lie made reaching columbus ellington field houston rl outon T tex e x li named tIlled in ill honor of second lieutenant E H L ellington graduate of the united states naval ac academy a demy who inho ti trans ans faired into the ca cavalry alry tind and was detailed to aeronautic duty signal corps corp aviation school college park md november 14 1912 in ili the lie winter of 1012 1912 1913 lie and lieuten lieutenant ant call were at palm pencil beach fla fia in ili charge of signal corps aviation station tind in n th the spring of 1913 lieutenant ellington was ordered to signal corps aviation school at san diego cal where lie he was ivas killed in nn an airplane occident ident november 24 of the same year ills howe home was near galelah Ra lelah N C gerstner field lake charles Clin rles la named limited in honor of second lieutenant frederick 7 gerstner cavalry graduate of tile united states military academy reported for aeronautical duty at signal corps aviation school san diego september 20 26 1014 1914 ile he drowned in it attempting to swim from a floating airplane while participating as is passenger pa in the annual jackiy trophy contest coi test I field mineola L L named in honor of second lieutenant L W tr jr n native of georgia in graduate of united states military academy reported for aeronautical duty duly at signal corps aviation Av lalion school augusta ga march 2 1912 on june 11 1912 while making a night flight at college park md as passenger in an ali plane undergoing acceptance tests the machine crashed to the round ground and the pilot rind and lieutenant hazelhurst were both killed kelly field san antonio tex acx named in honor of second lieutenant G E M kelly infantry who after a course of training tit at the 1 buriss artl q aviation camp san diego cal was ordered to san antonio ut nt tempting to land in order to avoid run runn inc into a n tent rind thereby possibly anju mg sev acl others nihei q he fi arll 11 to the ground and was killed may 10 1911 langley field hampton ya va named after samuel pierpont pont langley late inte secretary of the smithsonian institution ills his early aerodynamic experiments begun in ili formed a basis for practical til pioneer avin aviation tion love field dallas tex named in honor of first lieutenant moss L love alth cavalry a native of fairfax courthouse va reported for aeronautical duty tit at texas city tex may 8 1913 was killed at san diego cal may hay 9 1912 mccook field dayton ohio named before the idea of naming these aviation fields after americans prominent in aviation was considered mather field sacramento cal named for carl S mather S it C A S was nias killed at ellington field houston tex on january 30 1918 nis death was caused by a collision in the air at 2000 feet march larch field riverside cal named in lionor honor of peyton 0 march jr S R C A S son of maj gen peyton C march acting chief of staff lieutenant march met his death at taliaferro Talla ferro field on february 33 13 1918 1018 as a result of a spin spinning hing nose dive park fie field memphis millington tenn named in honor of first lieutenant joseph D park cavalry a native of new hampshire graduate of united states military academy reported for aeronautical duty tit at college park md ild october 8 1012 an and was killed near san diego cal may 9 1912 payne fick west point miss named after capt dewitt J payne who died P february 1 1910 from injuries rec received elved in an all air airplane pInne accident upon graduation from the school of CALLED BACK TO SERVICE ap pp zb t 1 I 1 e A av N A I 1 I 1 M fj tn 64 more than retired and resigned naval officers have been called to 0 o desert tile firc clicc ido and iii enter for the bridges of dread rear admiral william A marshall who was retired in 1911 Is now in ic active duty duly military aeronautics at the Uni verify v of illinois lie he wits was commissioned a first lieutenant and was ordered to duty in washington with the schools dial division ion on october 23 ho he was promoted to capt captain nin and on december 11 lie he was ordered to taliaferro field fort worth tex where lie he remained until ills his death post field fort sill okla okin name named in ili honor of second lieutenant B post etli infantry reported for aeronautical duty at signal corps aviation school san diego cal may 16 1013 1913 on oil december 18 1913 lie he made nn an attitude altitude record for the army attaining a height of feet on february 9 1914 at san diego while attempting to make an american altitude record he was killed having flown up feet rich field waco tex named in I 1 honor bior of second lieutenant perry C rich philadelphia scouts reported for aeronautical duty at fort william mckiniry P T L march 1913 and was killed by a fall into INIn manila tilla bay november 19 1913 rockwell fie field id san diego cal named in honor of second lieutenant lewis G rockwell infantry reported for aeronautic duty at college park md july 5 1912 and was killed at that place september 28 1912 scott field Bell belleville evile ill named for corporal corpora who was killed at college park md on september 23 1912 while flying as a passenger selfridge field mount clement clemens mich named in honor of first lieutenant thomas selfridge P F A on september 17 IM he be was killed while flying as a passenger with orville wright at fort myer va souther field americus Amerl cus ga named after henry souther U S R of hartford and boston he was head of the aircraft engineering division of the army air service when lie he died in august 1917 he died in line of duty at fort monroe va camp taliaferro fort worth tex named for first lieutenant walter R Talla ferro detailed for aeronautical duty from the infantry march 18 1913 held certificates as pilot expert aviator military mAli tary aviator and junior military aviator on september 17 1915 lie he nude made an american duration record for pilot alone remaining in the hp air 9 hours 48 minutes he was killed at san diego on october 11 1915 taylor field montgomery aln ala named after capt ralph L taylor who was commissioned coin mis boned a cannain in the S R C A S may 3 1917 and ordered to active duty at mineola on oil may 23 1917 ile he was killed in tin an accident at mineola on august 2 1917 1911 1 wilbur wright field fairfield dayton ohio named after wilbur wright and was made by the government to include the pasture where during those years of experimentation from 1904 to 0 o 1907 inclusive wilbur and orville wright made numerous nights flights |