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53d Flying Training Detachment (Contract Pilot School) 2148th Army Air Force Base Unit (Contract Pilot School) Also: Royal Air Force training Known sub-bases and auxiliaries Arcadia Airport Myrtle Auxiliary Field Southwest Auxiliary Field Sparkman Auxiliary Field Wells Auxiliary Field Now: Closed 1945, currently Desoto County Juvenile ...
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Under ATSC, buildings and equipment were sold and any useful military equipment was transferred to other bases around the country. The base was declared as surplus in 1946 and was turned over to the War Assets Administration (WAA) for disposal and return to civil use. The facility was subsequently turned over to the City of Leesburg. [2] [3] [4]
Carlstrom Field, Florida, World War I photograph, 1918 Carlstrom Field, Florida, World War II, note the PT-17 Stearmans on the flight line and the rebuilt hangars and ground station. Carlstrom Field is a former military airfield, located 6.4 miles (10.3 km) southeast of Arcadia, Florida .
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These two squadrons received only about two months of training in Florida before being assigned to Twelfth Air Force in North Africa, where they were equipped with British Bristol Beaufighters for operations. 418th Night Fighter Squadron, 5 March-26 April 1943 (P-70/A-20 Havoc) 419th Night Fighter Squadron, 22 April-15 October 1943 (P-70/A-20 ...
The base was transferred to Air Technical Service Command (ATSC), whose mission was the transfer of any useful military equipment to other bases around the country. The base was closed on 31 December 1945 and declared as surplus in 1946, being was turned over to the War Assets Administration (WAA) for disposal.
Jurisdiction of the airfield was transferred to Air Technical Service Command (ATSC), whose mission was the transfer of any useful military equipment to other bases around the country. 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 ...