KNFW Carswell Field NAS JRB Fort Worth Airfield Art

“KNFW Carswell Field NAS JRB Fort Worth Airfield Art” vintage style military aviation travel poster art by – Squadron Posters! Carswell Air Force Base was named after Medal of Honor recipient Major Horace S. Carswell, Jr., USAAF (1916–1944). Major Carswell was returning from an attack on Japanese shipping in the South China Sea on 26 October 1944 when he attempted to save a crewmember whose parachute had been destroyed by flak. He remained at the controls of his crippled bomber and died while crash-landing the B-24 Liberator near Tungchen, China. The base was renamed in his honor on 29 January 1948.