Jim2468 --
Unable to make contact with the airport manager, last weekend I sent
an e-mail to the Crowley Chamber of Commerce. They responded today:
"You recently inquired about LeGros Memorial Airport. All the info we have is
that the airport was named after Mr. O'Neal LeGros' son. His son was in WWII
and was the first victim from Acadia Parish to be killed at Pearl Harbor. The
ground work for the airport was established in February 1942," writes
Amy Pastor, of the Chamber of Commerce.
The field was used as an auxiliary training base during the war,
according to Joe Haines, a pilot who flew out of LeGros Memorial and
also served during World War II. However, there is no memorial marker
at the field, which has the airport designator 3R2:
Airnav
LeGros Memorial Airport
http://www.airnav.com/airport/3R2
Best regards,
Omnivorous-GA |
