WWII Pici Field at Fortaleza, Brazil (looking for more info)
Wed Jul 27, 2022 11:39 am
Here is what I have gathered so far, from various sources.
If anyone has more info or photos, that would be appreciated.
My main question is around these 3 pillars that supported something but I don't have evidence of what it was for?
I would also like to ask if anyone has more (detailed) maps or photos of this field, with higher resolution images I could be able to figure out more of the buildings in the background and see what's still there.
Airfield maps 1943-44: https://imgur.com/a/7OsHbOx
Overlay 1944 chart with Google Earth and markers: https://imgur.com/a/N98Xu2D
My footage, without comments:
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tN_-F8-8CoM[/youtube]
There was also a bunker which is marked on Google Maps as well, as being from WWII.
The family living there said it was from WWII.
I didn't see any markings or anything, but it is old and the Navy was the first to really build stone structures there.
Video from a local history guy, in Portuguese:
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tw9IR_tyh9g[/youtube]
I believe the pillars in this video were perhaps of an antenna tower base, not a mooring mast.
But I would assume any kind of tower would be marked with /\ symbol on the 1944 map.
Locals have described the history on these web pages (in Portuguese):
http://www.fortalezaemfotos.com.br/2017/02/pici-e-cocorote-as-bases-americanas-que_8.html
http://www.fortalezanobre.com.br/2010/09/pici-e-ii-guerra-mundial.html
If anyone has more info or photos, that would be appreciated.
My main question is around these 3 pillars that supported something but I don't have evidence of what it was for?
I would also like to ask if anyone has more (detailed) maps or photos of this field, with higher resolution images I could be able to figure out more of the buildings in the background and see what's still there.
Airfield maps 1943-44: https://imgur.com/a/7OsHbOx
Overlay 1944 chart with Google Earth and markers: https://imgur.com/a/N98Xu2D
My footage, without comments:
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tN_-F8-8CoM[/youtube]
There was also a bunker which is marked on Google Maps as well, as being from WWII.
The family living there said it was from WWII.
I didn't see any markings or anything, but it is old and the Navy was the first to really build stone structures there.
Video from a local history guy, in Portuguese:
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tw9IR_tyh9g[/youtube]
I believe the pillars in this video were perhaps of an antenna tower base, not a mooring mast.
But I would assume any kind of tower would be marked with /\ symbol on the 1944 map.
Locals have described the history on these web pages (in Portuguese):
http://www.fortalezaemfotos.com.br/2017/02/pici-e-cocorote-as-bases-americanas-que_8.html
http://www.fortalezanobre.com.br/2010/09/pici-e-ii-guerra-mundial.html
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