I cant let Michael Minnie, be the only one to post history stuff here. Naval Air Station Ellyson Field was a former U.S. Navy training base, established in Escambia County, Florida in 1940 at the outset of World War II as an auxiliary facility to Chevalier Field at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida. Originally designated Base Field 01913 (Site 3), located on the west side of Escambia Bay 16 miles northeast of NAS Pensacola, construction on an expanded facility, officially named Ellyson Field in honor of CDR Theodore G. “Spuds” Ellyson, the Navy’s first aviator, began on 26 February 1941. It had eight paved runways and three hangars. When my wife started doing geneology research she found out that CDR Ellyson is a direct ancestor of her mother. I lived in Pensacola many years and drove past Ellyson Industrial park and knew of him but never knew I was related, by marriage, to the first Naval Aviator. Sweet.
Posted on: Tue, 27 Jan 2015 19:45:37 +0000
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