Wishing to recognize the contributions of the Patterson family ( owners of National Cash Register ) the area of Wright Field east of Huffman Dam ( including Wilbur Wright Field, Fairfield Air Depot, and the Huffman Prairie ) was renamed Patterson Field on July 6, 1931, in honor of Lt. Frank Stuart Patterson, who was killed in 1918 during a flight test of a new mechanism for synchronizing machine gun and propeller, when a tie rod broke during a dive from, causing the wings to separate from his Airco DH. 4.
Wishing to recognize the contributions of the Patterson family, the area of Wright Field east of Huffman Dam ( including Wilbur Wright Field, Fairfield Air Depot, and the Huffman Prairie ) was made a separate air station and renamed Patterson Field on 6 July 1931, in honor of Lt. Patterson.
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