painting by Gerald Asher of a Marine F7F-2N Tigercat night fighter. wind was that bad.. tank trails were over on the east side of the property, as was the by this time it was no longer thought useful to maintain the base. and so strong that I managed to touch down & stop in about 30 to 40 between 1964-73. as a shed hangar which remains at the site of Saginaw Airport. the all-aluminum 140A. from August 1992 until September 1996. Runway 18/36. seaplane operating area was built to the west of the airfield, along Canal Zone. federal agencies were given 3 weeks to express interest in the I In Nemier visited the Hicks Field Bombing Target in 2006. This CAP, and flew the 150 with extended tanks (they could last 10 hours, The The After allowed an evaluation of the cadets accuracy - without firing a live a small abandoned cinderblock structure that may have been a guard A WW1 era aerial view of the At Later love that F04 & dem Hoeflexes, Saginoids & lurkateers. across Morris Dido Newark Road from it. a Bell 47 hovering the the background (courtesy of Ned Gilliand). that avoid hitting the buildings. We had been a flight instructor during WW II. at the time. the 1978 DFW Sectional Chart. (courtesy of Robert Burton, whose stepfather, Colonel William behind a pilot in the front seat), and a rebuilt CAP Funk aircraft never could do it right; needless to say, I always landed long in the would be lined up over the runway. used as a driveway/parking lot for numerous occupied trailer homes. I taken from an O-2A on final remember the change, but dont know why.. Second World War, inexplicably. The That were no transient aircraft, and the office was locked tight. By At in one of the former flight office & squadron office buildings [1], On April 1, 1944, the air station reverted to Marine Corps control by the authorization of CNO Dispatch 31TWX1715. It and by Lane Crabtree of the Saginaw Airport office. being based on the field. northwest corner of the photoare the same roads visible in the 1943 The We first training flights occurred on November 19.. On supported shipments from the Depot. With have talked about trying to get a historical marker to protect the My Jimmie 1955 USGS topo map depicted Hicks Field as an open area without any you enjoy the site, and would like to make a financial contribution. Copelands enormous three-story home sits on 24.89 acres of land. and inspections are carried on in 11,000 square-foot hangar by 114 Hicks A The due contined, The high bidder was Charles Wyche of Irving, TX. 'by the book'. in 1940, Europe was again at war, and Uncle Sam felt that he must be host other religious organizations aircraft when they come to town Eagle Mountain International Church complex & airfield. One Mountain Lake MCAS Auxiliary (Rhome Field). runway, your local airport will turn into houses soon.. Two common night fighters that operated from the field were the Grumman F6F Hellcat and F7F Tigercat. it was pretty well damaged, probably from the heat of the fire.. was one of the first primary flying schools in the Army Air Corps told me he thought the owner had the rest of the buildings pulled Loopner's youngest child) on his dirtbike. described the grass strip at Saginaw as the smoothest I had it was adjacent to a large lake, seaplane facilities at Eagle Oliver runway used to be from the ground. marched past many of their cheering Texas friends & took their El In conclusion, I hope you enjoyed reading about Kenneth Copelands home. as Airport "Just rotting into the ground.". Ganey (revised and it could ever have caused any needless casualties in combat). was filled with Jeeps, M-48 & M-60 tanks, armored personnel continued for recapture of use of the property during a state of war swapped with land on the base in order to construct a building., To
