Benbrook Field

Benbrook Field Carruthers Field Camp Taliaferro Field #3
Benbrook, Texas
Benbrook Field, Texas, 1918
Benbrook Field
Coordinates	32°40′41″N 97°27′36″W / 32.67806°N 97.46000°W / 32.67806; -97.46000 (Benbrook Field)
Type	Pilot training airfield
Site information
Controlled by	Royal Flying Corps (1917)   Air Service, United States Army (1918-1919)
Condition	Redeveloped into urban area
Site history
Built	1917
In use	1917–1919
Battles/wars	World War I
Garrison information
Garrison	Training Section, Air Service

Benbrook Field (Camp Taliaferro Field #3) is a former World War I military airfield, located 0.5 miles (0.80 km) North of Benbrook, Texas. It operated as a training field for the Air Service, United States Army between 1917 until 1919. It was one of thirty-two Air Service training camps established after the United States entry into World War I in April 1917.^[1]

After the United States' entry into World War I in April 1917, General John J. "Blackjack" Pershing invited the British Royal Flying Corps to establish training fields in Texas for the training of American and Canadian volunteers because of its mild weather. After looking at sites in Dallas, Fort Worth, Waco, Austin, Wichita Falls and Midland, three sites were established in 1917 in the Fort Worth vicinity (known as the "Flying Triangle."), those being Hicks Field (#1), Barron Field (#2), and Benbrook Field (#3).

Canadians named the training complex Camp Taliaferro after Walter Taliaferro, a US aviator who had been killed in an accident. Camp Taliaferro was headquartered under the direction of the Air Service, United States Army, which had an administration center near what is now the Will Rogers Memorial Center in Fort Worth, Texas.