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After the downtown airport was built, the Raytown airport became known as Ong Field for aviator William Ong. The airport was abandoned in 1949 and became a subdivision called Gregory Heights, with Ong Lake in the 1950s. A historical marker/plaque can be found at 9063 Gregory Blvd, Raytown, MO, marking the spot of the old airfield.
This list of cemeteries in Missouri includes currently operating, historical (closed for new interments), and defunct (graves abandoned or removed) cemeteries, columbaria, and mausolea which are historical and/or notable.
Joint use USAAF/US Navy/Civil Airport Now: Lambert-St. Louis International Airport (IATA: STL, ICAO: KSTL) Air Transport Command. Rosencrans Field Army Airfield, St. Joseph; 406th Army Air Force Base Unit Now: Rosecrans Air National Guard Base (IATA: STJ, ICAO: KSTJ) Kansas City Apt, Kansas City; Joint use USAAF/Civil Airport
The airport was originally known as Florence Army Airfield, or more simply as Florence Field, [1] a World War II U.S. Army Air Corps / U.S. Army Air Forces training field for P-39 Airacobra and P-40 Warhawk pursuit aircraft and A-20 Havoc and A-26 Invader attack aircraft.
Construction work is underway on Eleven Park at the former Diamond Chain Co. complex, which was built over the site of the city's first four cemeteries that operated from 1821 until the late 1800s.
Florence is an unincorporated community in Morgan County, Missouri, United States. [1] It is located eight miles south of U.S. Route 50 on Missouri Route 135 . A post office called Florence has been in operation since 1839. [ 2 ]
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The airfield and other facilities at Richards-Gebaur were returned to the City of Kansas City, Missouri, in 1985. Between 1983 and 1997 the city of Kansas City lost $18 million operating Richards-Gebaur Memorial Airport and in 1998, the Federal Aviation Administration approved a plan to close the airport.