Fort Worth in Tarrant County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)
Ormer Leslie Locklear
(October 28, 1891 - August 2, 1920)
| | (Grave site 65 feet east) | |
Photographed by J Frye, January 12, 2019
1. Ormer Leslie Locklear Marker
A native of Greenville, Texas, Ormer Leslie Locklear moved to Fort Worth with his family in 1906. He worked for his father's construction company until 1914, when he and his brother opened an automobile repair shop.
Locklear enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Service in 1917, soon after the U.S. enter World War I. He trained in San Antonio and Austin before being assigned to Barron Field near Fort Worth as a flight instructor. He soon became known for his daring feats of precision flying and performed in barnstorming air shows to recruit pilots for military service.
Locklear resigned his Army commission in 1919 to fly in the commercial air show circuit. Hired by the Universal Film Company as a stunt pilot for motion pictures, he moved to Hollywood and in 1920 was killed flying a stunt pilot for his second feature, "The Skywayman". The accident, believed to have been caused when the bright lights illuminating the night sky for filming blinded the pilot, was recorded on film and was used in the movies final scene. Thousands of mourners attended Locklear's Fort Worth funeral, which the Fox Film Corporation filmed and released later as a newsreel.
Erected 1992 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 3877.)
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Location. 32° 45.711′ N, 97° 21.964′ W. Marker is in Fort Worth, Texas, in Tarrant County. It is on Greenwood Cemetery. The marker stands on the grounds of Greenwood Cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3400 White Settlement Rd, Fort Worth TX 76107, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the Prairies & Lakes Region. It is also in the American South. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the Republic of Texas, and one of the Confederate States of America.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: William John Marsh (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Royal Flying Corps (approx. 0.2 miles away); Billy Muth (approx. 0.2 miles away); Royal Flying Corps Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); Ahavath Sholom Hebrew Cemetery (approx. 0.3 miles away); Lawrence Clifton Elliott (approx. 0.3 miles away); Fort Worth's First Flight (approx. 0.8 miles away); Herbert M. Hinckley (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Fort Worth.
Photographed by J Frye, January 12, 2019
2. Ormer Leslie Locklear Marker
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3. Ormer Leslie Locklear
Credits. This page was last revised on July 11, 2022. It was originally submitted on June 13, 2021, by J Frye of Fort Worth, Texas. This page has been viewed 584 times since then and 34 times this year. Last updated on July 11, 2022, by Joe Lotz of Flower Mound, Texas. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on June 13, 2021, by J Frye of Fort Worth, Texas. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
