<P> Pope AFB is named after First Lieutenant Harley Halbert Pope who was killed on January 7 , 1919 , when the Curtiss JN - 4 Jenny he was flying crashed into the Cape Fear River . After five years , Camp Bragg became a permanent Army post renamed Fort Bragg . </P>
<P> Pope AFB is named after First Lieutenant Harley Halbert Pope who was killed on January 7 , 1919 , when the Curtiss JN - 4 Jenny he was flying crashed into the Cape Fear River . After five years , Camp Bragg became a permanent Army post renamed Fort Bragg . </P>
who is pope air force base named after
who is pope air force base named after
First Lieutenant Harley Halbert Pope
First Lieutenant Harley Halbert Pope