WWll memorabilia folk art, Tiger Moth ll airplaine sculpture. 1945 signed art

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WWll memorabilia folk art, This Folk art piece was handmade by Johnny Dugay at Tyler Pounds airbase at Tyler Texas in 1945. Tiger Moth ll airplaine wire sculpture and it is signed and dated. Such a great piece of American History for WWll collectors and Aviation Collectors
The de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth is a 1930s British biplane designed by Geoffrey de Havilland and built by the de Havilland Aircraft Company. It was operated by the Royal Air Force and many other operators as a primary trainer aircraft. Wingspan:29 0 Last flight:1959 Engine type:De Havilland Gipsy III First flight:26 October 1931 Number built:8,868 Designer:Geoffrey de Havilland Tyler Aviation in World War II Passenger Terminal, Tyler Pounds Airport, opened in 1949, replaced in 2002 During World War II, the Tyler air field was leased from the City of Tyler by the U.S. Army Air Forces as a training base and renamedPounds Field. It was named in honor of 2nd Lt. Jack W. Pounds, a pilot instructor from Tyler who died in an air crash in 1942 during the early part of World War II while serving in California. He wasthe first officer from Tyler to die during the war. When the airport was returned to the city after the end of the war, the name was kept. The Post-War Aviation Era in Tyler All mail service and passenger service had been suspended during the war. At the end of the war, in November 1945, the airfield was returned to civilian use under the control of the City of Tyler, and renamedTyler Pounds Regional Airport. Airmail and passenger service resumed in February, 1946. In 1949 construction began on a new terminal