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Under ATSC, the 20,000 steel mats which had made up the two runways at Bushnell were sold for scrap, but many found new life as miles of fences scattered across west-central Florida. The Bushnell AAF property was certified to the War Assets Administration (WAA) for disposal in 1946.
Naval Air Station (NAS) Melbourne was a United States Naval Base in Melbourne, Florida. The Navy used NAS Melbourne for gunnery training for pilots of carrier-based fighter aircraft and as a base for WAVES during World War II. [1] While operational, over 2,200 U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps Naval Aviators trained in Grumman F4F Wildcats and ...
sub-base of Orlando Army Airbase (1942-1945) AAFSAT Technical Center Transferred to: Air Proving Ground Command (1945) Later: Pinecastle Air Force Base (1951-1958); McCoy Air Force Base (1958-1975) Now: Orlando International Airport (IATA: MCO, ICAO: KMCO, FAA LID: MCO) Alachua Army Airfield, 4.2 miles (6.8 km) northeast of Gainesville
Page Field Army Airfield' was a United States Army Air Forces base, approximately 4 miles south of Fort Myers, Florida. It was active during World War II as a Third Air Force training airfield. It was closed on 30 September 1945, two years prior to the establishment of the United States Air Force as an independent service.
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The Florida Photographic Collection is a nationally recognized component of the State Archives of Florida and contains over a million images, and over 6,000 movies and video tapes. Over 200,000 of the photographs are available through the Florida Memory Program web site.
A letter dated from 1945 found by Suzanne Flament Smith The letter in cursive writing is dated March 4, 1945, with its letterhead marked “United States Navy, Amphibious Training Base in Little ...
1942–1945 Handley Page Halifax: II converted to III from 1944 Four-engined heavy bomber. [3] No. 575 Squadron RAF: 1946 Douglas Dakota: Twin-engined transport. [3] No. 1510 (BABS) Flight RAF: 1945–1946 Airspeed Oxford: Blind approach training flight No. 1552 (Radio Aids Training) Flight RAF: 1945–1946 Airspeed Oxford Avro Anson: Blind ...