- City:
- Brady, TX
- Site Type:
- Airports, Infrastructure and Utilities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1940
- Completed:
- 1941
- Quality of Information:
- Moderate
- Marked:
- No
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The Works Progress Administration provided labor for the construction of Curtis Field between 1940 and 1941 under project number 165-1-66-325. The City of Brady and McCulloch County provided equipment for leveling and grading.
In 1942, the facility was taken over by the United States Army Air Forces and was used during World War II as a pilot training airfield.
The City of Brady currently owns the airport and operates it as a general aviation facility.
Source notes
"Curtis Field Contributed Much to Brady's Progress," Brady Herald, September 12, 1972.(https://newspaperarchive.com/sandra-broughton-other-articles-clipping-sep-12-1972-408684/), accessed March 18, 2018.
Period Photographs digitized by the Historic Sites and Structures Program, Texas State Parks (Texas Parks and Wildlife Department): (https://www.flickr.com/photos/141324854@N04/with/26168408162/), accessed March 18, 2018.
Site originally submitted by Larry Moore on March 18, 2018.
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