It was one of thirty-two Air Service training camps established after the United States entry into World War I in April 1917.

3 was used by the Royal Flying Corps from October 1917 to April 1918 as a training field for American and Canadian pilots.

Some witnesses believed that he deliberately crashed in order to avoid hitting another plane, and saved their lives.

His burial was witnessed by thousands of mourners, who sadly watched the flagged draped casket pass in downtown Fort Worth.

Intermixed within the houses are small, broken, isolated concrete slabs, the remainders of wartime buildings and hangars.

This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency