Naval Auxiliary Air Facility Hyannis
{{Short description|Former military airport in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States (1942–1945)}}
{{For|the current civilian use of this facility and airport information|Cape Cod Gateway Airport}}
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| name = Naval Auxiliary Air Facility Hyannis
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| location = Barnstable, Massachusetts
| country = United States
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| ownership = United States Department of Defense
| operator = United States Navy
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| built = {{Start date|1942}}
| used = {{End date|1945}}
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| fate = Turned over to civilian use
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| battles = World War II
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| r1-number = 6/24
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| r2-number = 9/27
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| r3-number = 15/33
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Naval Auxiliary Air Facility Hyannis was a United States Navy facility located in Hyannis, Massachusetts operational from 1942 to 1945. It existed as an auxiliary air facility of Naval Air Station Quonset Point.
History
From 1942 to 1943, the facility was operated by the United States Army Air Forces as Hyannis Army Air Field and operated Douglas B-18 Bolo aircraft on anti-submarine patrols under the operational control of Westover Field. In 1943. the United States Navy took control of the facility and trained many aviators.{{cite web|title=Massachusetts Naval Air Bases, Coast Guard Bases, Military & Auxiliary Air Fields 1923-1945|url=http://www.massaerohistory.org/Naval%20Air%20Bases%2C%20Coast%20Guard%20Bases%2C%20Military%20%26%20Auxiliary%20Air%20Fields%201923-1945.html|publisher=Massachusetts Aviation Historical Society|access-date=26 June 2014|year=2011|archive-date=7 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191107190834/http://www.massaerohistory.org/Naval%20Air%20Bases%2C%20Coast%20Guard%20Bases%2C%20Military%20%26%20Auxiliary%20Air%20Fields%201923-1945.html|url-status=dead}}
Redevelopment
Today, the field operates as Barnstable Municipal Airport.
See also
References
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External links
- [https://books.google.com/books?id=WuFTAAAAIAAJ&q=hyannisNaval+Auxiliary+Air+Facility+Hyannis&pg=RA2-PA41 Congressional appropriation for a water tank on the site]
- [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1913&dat=19441018&id=9AYjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AGoFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5989,1156625 Newspaper article on the loss of five airmen]
{{Airports in the Cape and Islands Area}}
{{MA Airport}}
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Category:Barnstable, Massachusetts
Category:Defunct airports in Massachusetts
Category:Installations of the United States Navy in Massachusetts
Category:Military airbases established in 1942
Category:Closed installations of the United States Navy
Category:Military installations closed in 1945
Category:1942 establishments in Massachusetts
Category:1945 disestablishments in Massachusetts
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