You're right; it was Lockheed, not McDonnell-Douglas. There was a plant there in the 40's though; my dad worked there before he joined the Army. I had always thought it was GD back then. Carswell was open during the 40's and as far as I know it had that same name, though it would have been an Army-Air base (the Air Force did not exist as a separate branch until 1948). > -----Original Message----- > From: Voss, Terry D [mailto:terry.d.voss@lmco.com] > Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 1999 2:32 PM > To: TXTARRAN-L@rootsweb.com; 'Daniel Chenault' > Subject: RE: [TXTARRAN-L] half-brother search > > > This water is getting a little muddy. At the time in > question, there was no > General Dynamics. And it was never bought by McDonnell > Douglas. The Fort > Worth Division WAS sold to Lockheed a few years ago, and soon became > Lockheed Martin. Many bases no longer exist which did during > the time in > question. I would suggest a more careful examination of > facts known and how > they might map to the area during the '40's. > > ---------- > From: Daniel Chenault[SMTP:DanielC@trinity.mensa.net] > Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 1999 2:22 PM > To: TXTARRAN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: RE: [TXTARRAN-L] half-brother search > > Just so you know; there is no, never was, a "McDonnell > Douglas AFB" > in > Ft. Worth. There is an airbase (now closed and used for reserve > training) called Carswell Air Base. Next to this base > and sharing > the > runway was General Dynamics. This was sold to > McDonnell-Douglas a > few > years ago, hence the name confusion. > > That said, do you know anything at all beyond that he worked at > General > Dynamics and died on the job in the 40's? > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: John71757@aol.com [mailto:John71757@aol.com] > > Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 1999 2:19 PM > > To: TXTARRAN-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: [TXTARRAN-L] half-brother search > > > > > > To Whom it may concern, > > > > My name is John Espenshade. I live in PA. I have a half > > brother who was > > born in the Fort Worth area in the mid 40's. Probably 1944. > > I don't know > > his mother's full name. I do know that her husband died > > shortly before my > > father knew her. Her husband was killed working at McDonnell > > Douglas AFB. I > > thought that if I could find his obituary, I could find her > > name and be > > closer to finding my brother. I am not sure if this is the > > proper place to > > post this request, but am willing to try anything. > Thank you for > any > > responses. > > > > Sincerely, > > John Espenshade > > john71757@aol.com > > > > > > ==== TXTARRAN Mailing List ==== > > 6. Tarrant County > > > > > ==== TXTARRAN Mailing List ==== > 2. Tarrant County >