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During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) established numerous airfields in New York for training pilots and aircrews of USAAF fighters and bombers. Most of these airfields were under the command of First Air Force or the Army Air Forces Training Command (AAFTC) (A predecessor of the current-day United States Air Force Air ...
London Biggin Hill, a former RAF station This list of former RAF stations includes most of the stations, airfields and administrative headquarters previously used by the Royal Air Force. They are listed under any former county or country name which was appropriate for the duration of operation. During 1991, the RAF had several Military Emergency Diversion Aerodrome (MEDA) airfields: RAF ...
Roosevelt Field is a former airport, located in Westbury, Long Island, New York. Originally called the Hempstead Plains Aerodrome, or sometimes Hempstead Plains field or the Garden City Aerodrome, it was a training field (Hazelhurst Field) for the Air Service, United States Army during World War I.
The Ragged Irregulars of Bassingbourn: The 91st Bombardment Group in World War II. ISBN 0-88740-810-9. Jefford, C G (1988). RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury: Airlife. ISBN 1-85310-053-6. Maurer, M. Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. USAF ...
RAF Bomber Airfields of World War 2. Shepperton, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Publishing, 1995. ISBN 0 7110 2080 9. Falconer, J (2012). RAF Airfields of World War 2. UK: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85780-349-5. Bowyer, Michael. Wartime military airfields of East Anglia. Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK: Patrick Stephens, 1979. ISBN 0 85059 335 2.
Pages in category "Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in New York (state)" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Between 1940 and September 1942, Steeple Morden was a grass satellite dispersal airfield [1] used by No. 11 Operational Training Unit of RAF Bomber Command flying Vickers Wellingtons from RAF Bassingbourn. [2] During this time No. 3 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF (OTU) also used the airfield. [3]
Later assigned to First Air Force, the 437th Army Air Force Base Unit defended the New York City area and flew antisubmarine patrols. After World War II, the airfield was conveyed to Suffolk County for use as a civilian airport, but to include a reversal clause if future military use was ever needed.