Naval Air Station Hitchcock

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29°19′50″N 95°02′37″W / 29.3306°N 95.0437°W / 29.3306; -95.0437

Naval Air Station Hitchcock was a

The base was sold as war surplus in 1949 for $143,777 to John W. Mecom Sr., who leased the building during the Korean War to remanufacture half-track vehicle and World War II tanks for use in the Korean War. Because of damage sustained from Hurricane Carla in 1961, the wooden parts of the hangar were demolished in 1962. The only parts of the hangar still standing are the four tall concrete corner supports and the concrete foundation.

Camp Wallace, a U.S. Army World War II training center for antiaircraft units, was located adjacent to the base.

See also

• Tillamook Air Museum which has similar but more complete hangar

References

• Wiggins, Melanie (1995). Torpedoes In The Gulf: Galveston And The U-Boats, 1942-1943. College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press.
  ISBN 0-89096-627-3
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• Henck, Harrold, Then and Now: NAS Hitchcock, Texas, Texas Flyer website
• Images of Hitchcock Naval Air Station, hosted by the Portal to Texas History
• Hitchcock Naval Air Station from the Handbook of Texas Online
• Hitchcock Naval Air Station, Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields website
• The Hitchcock Naval Air Station, Camp Wallace, Hitchcock, Texas, Texas Escapes website
• Burke, Dana (2016-12-31), "The World War II story behind two giant, mysterious columns in Hitchcock", Houston Chronicle, The Bay Area Citizen

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