The Royal Air Force in Texas: Training British Pilots in Terrell during World War II

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Dallas Aviation School 1930. The hangar is one of the original wooden hangars constructed by the Army in 1917. From the collections of the Texas/Dallas History and Archives Division, Dallas Public Library. Course 1, Dallas Love Field, June 1941. Note the news photographers in the foreground. From the No.1 BFTS Museum, Inc. Major W. F. Long, operator (top) and L. H. Luckey, director (bottom), misidentified as W. L. Luckey, Terrell Aviation School. From the No.1 BFTS Museum, Inc. Original RAF Officers, Wing Commander F. W. Hilton, chief flying instructor and commanding officer (top) and Squadron Leader A. Beveridge, chief ground instructor. From the No.1 BFTS Museum, Inc. Flt. Lt. M. W. Palmer, first RAF administrative officer (top) and Flt. Lt. E. J. L. Robb, first station navigation officer (bottom). From the No.1 BFTS Museum, Inc. E. Van Lloyd, Chief Advanced Flight Instructor. From the No.1 BFTS Museum, Inc. School crest designed by cadet Frank Miller, Course 1. From the No.1 BFTS Museum, Inc. Original control tower. From the No.1 BFTS Museum, Inc. Link Trainer and operator. From the collection of the Terrell Heritage Society Primary Flight Line and Stearman Trainers. From the collection of the Terrell Heritage Society Course 4 class photograph. From the Margaret Bass photograph collection located in the Terrell Public Library. Interior of the Bass Drug store, a favorite hang out in Terrell. From the Margaret Bass photograph collection located in the Terrell Public Library. Ground school classroom. From the collection of the Terrell Heritage Society Barracks (foreground) and British Administration Building. From the collection of the Terrell Heritage Society Remains of the Harvard involved in the first fatal crash, November 30, 1941. From the Margaret Bass photograph collection located in the Terrell Public Library Dedication of the RAF monument at the Oakland Memorial Cemetery by Lord and Lady Halifax, April 16, 1942. From the No.1 BFTS Museum, Inc. Aerial view of the school taken from an AT-6; the new third hangar is at the top of the photograph. From the collection of the Terrell Heritage Society Griffith auxiliary field operations building. From the No.1 BFTS Museum, Inc. AT-6 Harvards in formation. From the collection of the Terrell Heritage Society Ramp and flight line with the operations building in the center and the third hanger in the upper left of the photograph. From the collection of the Terrell Heritage Society Gun camera image from a Harvard. From the collection of the Terrell Heritage Society Wings parade and graduation ceremony. From the collection of the Terrell Heritage Society Arthur Aaron, Course 6, awarded the Victoria Cross. From the No.1 BFTS Museum , Inc. Course 21 prepares to leave Terrell, November 14, 1944. From the No.1 BFTS Museum, Inc. Oakland Memorial Cemetery: “Some corner of a foreign field that is forever England.” Photograph by the author ...