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Mitchel Air Force Base, also known as Mitchel Field, was a United States Air Force base located on the Hempstead Plains of Long Island, New York, United States.Established in 1918 as Hazelhurst Aviation Field #2, the facility was renamed later that year as Mitchel Field in honor of former New York City Mayor John Purroy Mitchel, who was killed while training for the Air Service in Louisiana.
This crash led to the abandonment of the use of Runway 18/36 at Mitchel Field. 4 April North American B-25C Mitchell, 41-12634, of the 376th Bomb Squadron, 309th Bomb Group (M), ditches in Lake Murray, South Carolina, during skip-bombing practice, after starboard engine failure. Crew of five escapes before Mitchell sinks after seven minutes ...
The 325th was first activated as the 325th Fighter Group at Mitchel Field, New York in August 1942 with the 317th, [6] 318th, [7] and 319th Fighter Squadrons [8] assigned. It trained at Hillsgrove Army Air Field with Curtiss P-40 Warhawk aircraft [ 9 ] before moving to North Africa by ship and transport planes in January through February 1943.
The 315th Fighter Squadron was constituted in 1942 and activated on 6 July at Mitchel Field, New York [3] as one of the three original squadrons of the 324th Fighter Group. [4] The squadron moved immediately to Philadelphia Municipal Airport , where it trained with Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighters until October.
Activated in 1940 at Mitchel Field, New York as the 60th Pursuit Squadron, the unit was assigned to the 33d Pursuit Group on 15 January 1941. Redesignated as the 60th Fighter Squadron "Fighting Crows" on 15 May 1942, the unit was responsible for the continual mission of air defense of the United States until October 1942.
Originally created as the 9th Observation Group on 19 July 1922, as part of the U.S. Army Air Service, the group was organized on 1 August 1922, at Mitchel Field, New York. [3] The squadrons assigned to the group were the 1st and 5th Aero Squadrons (Observation) , both re-designated bomb squadrons in March 1935.
The squadron was first established in 1947 at Mitchel Field, New York in the reserve, as a light bomber squadron and assigned to the 319th Bombardment Group. [3] [note 1] It does not appear that the squadron was fully manned or equipped at Mitchel, [4] where the squadron trained under the supervision of the 113th AAF Base Unit (later the 2230th Air Force Reserve Training Center) of Air Defense ...
The squadron was constituted as the 59th Pursuit Squadron (Interceptor) on 20 November 1940 and activated on 15 January 1941 at Mitchel Field, New York as part of the 33d Pursuit Group. The squadron trained on the Bell P-39 Airacobra but soon switched to the more modern Curtiss P-40 Warhawk .