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Venice Army Airfield is an inactive United States Army Forces base, approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) south-southeast of Venice, Florida. It was active during World War II as a Third Air Force training airfield. It was closed on November 30, 1945.
The group was activated as the 56th Pursuit Group on 15 January 1941 at the Savannah Army Air Base in Georgia. Expansion of the group began after the move to Charlotte Army Air Base, North Carolina in May 1941 when they were equipped with a small number of Bell P-39 Airacobra and Curtiss P-40 Warhawk aircraft.
The group was organized at Army Air Base, Savannah, Georgia in January 1941 as the 45th Bombardment Group and equipped with Douglas A-20 Havocs (along with a few DB-7s, an export version of the A-20). [c] Its original assigned squadrons were the 78th, 79th and 80th Bombardment Squadrons. The 17th Reconnaissance Squadron was attached to the group.
Dodge City Army Air Field Kansas: 1942–1945: Stanley Feed Yard Gardner Army Airfield California: 1941–1945: Farmland George Field Illinois: Lawrenceville–Vincennes International Airport: Harris Neck Army Air Field Georgia: 1942–1944: Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge: Hobbs Army Airfield New Mexico: 1942–1948: Hobbs Industrial ...
The 3rd Air Support Command was a United States Army Air Forces command, assigned to the 3rd Air Force throughout its existence. It was organized at Army Air Base, Savannah, Georgia. By early 1942, most of its trained personnel had been lost to overseas theaters. It moved to Drew Field, Florida, where it was disbanded on 16 March 1942.
Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-405-12194-6. LCCN 70605402. OCLC 72556; White, Jerry (August 1949). "Combat Crew and Unit Training in the AAF 1939-1945, USAF Historical Study No. 61" (PDF). Air Historical Office, United States Air Force
•7603d Air Base Squadron (9-1-1956), reasignado como 3974th Air Base Squadron desde el 1 de enero de 1957. •431st Fighter-Interceptor Squadron (1958-1964) •3974th Air Base Group, (1958-1965) •874th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, (1959-1965) •7602d Support Wing, (1960) •7472d Combat Support Group, (1964-1970)
The squadron was organized at Army Air Base, Savannah, Georgia in January 1941 as the 80th Bombardment Squadron, one of the original squadrons of the 45th Bombardment Group and equipped with Douglas A-20 Havocs (along with a few DB-7s, an export version of the A-20). [a] In June the 80th moved with the group to Army Air Base, Manchester, New ...