For You San Antonio Appraisers

[Terrel L. Shields]

During WWII, my father was a mechanic for the Army Air Corp. Mom and my big brother who was about 2 at the time, lived in town. The address is now under an interstate on the south side of downtown. I have some postcards from the air bases. Dad was at both Kelly field and Randolph.
I'll scan those post cards too.

 

[The Bob]

Mt grandfather was an aircraft mechanic in Oklahoma during WWII.

 

[Terrel L. Shields]

aircraft mechanic in Oklahoma during WWII.

Burns Flat? Enid? Tulsa? OKC?

 

[The Bob]

OKC

 

[Terrel L. Shields]

OKC

A little known factoid about Oklahoma - Boise City, OK was the only town in the USA that was bombed during WWII.

https://tulsaworld.com/archive/misguided-bombing-rattled-boise-city/article_11783713-957c-5a5c-8799-5a4cbb318327.html

Burns Flat was initially created as a Strategic Air Command (SAC) base but is now a "sub-orbital" space port...

Infinity One Oklahoma Spaceport - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Apparently Oklahoma got a lot of aviation related bases (I missed mentioning Altus) due to the history of Wiley Post and Will Rogers - a pioneer and advocate for the industry. J. Paul Getty had a bomb proof house at the Spartan facility in Tulsa. Spartan has been in avionics for decades and once made RVs comparable to Airstream.

 

[Tim Hicks (Texas)]

I can remember when the little train at the San Antonio Zoo was held up (robbed) in the late 1960's, maybe early 1970's. I think that was the last great train robbery ever recorded.

found the story

51st anniversary of 'The Great Little Train Robbery' at Brackenridge Park

here is one with pictures

Almost 50 years ago, the miniature Brackenridge Eagle train was robbed at gunpoint

Nearly 50 years ago today, passengers aboard the Brackenridge Eagle winded through the...

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