Camp Taliaferro

Camp Taliaferro
Fort Worth, Texas
Locations of the Camp Taliaferro training fields around Fort Worth, Texas
Site information
TypePilot training complex
Controlled by  Royal Flying Corps (1917)
  Air Service, United States Army (1918–1919)
Location
Coordinates32°54′44″N 97°24′05″W / 32.91222°N 97.40139°W / 32.91222; -97.40139 (Hicks Field)
Hicks Field #1
32°40′41″N 97°27′36″W / 32.67806°N 97.46000°W / 32.67806; -97.46000 (Benbrook Field)
Benbrook Field #2
32°37′26″N 97°18′24″W / 32.62389°N 97.30667°W / 32.62389; -97.30667 (Barron Field)
Barron Field #3
Site history
Built1918
In use1918–1921
Battles/wars
World War I
Garrison information
GarrisonTraining Section, Air Service

Camp Taliaferro was a World War I flight-training center run under the direction of the Air Service, United States Army in the Fort Worth, Texas, area. Camp Taliaferro had an administration center near what is now the Will Rogers Memorial Center complex in Fort Worth's cultural area near University Drive and W Lancaster Avenue.