Learning to Fly at Rich Field

ID: 2126 ~ Source: Flanders, Henry Jackson Jr., interviewed by David B. Stricklin, September 29, 1988, in Waco, Texas, Baylor University Institute for Oral History. View Full Interview
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Former chair of the Baylor Religion Department, Dr. Henry "Jack" Flanders, recalls his experience learning to fly at Rich Field in 1941.

This file appears in: Rich Field Army Air Base

By Anabel Burke
In the midst of war, some towns stay far removed from the action. For Waco in 1917, this was far from the case. Engineers and workers broke ground for Camp MacArthur training base in July, famously taking up over 10,700 acres of the small Texas…