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North Carolina World War II Army Airfields

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During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) established numerous airfields in North Carolina for antisubmarine defense in the Atlantic Ocean and for training pilots and aircrews of USAAF fighters and bombers.

Most of these airfields were under the command of Third Air Force or the Army Air Forces Training Command (AAFTC). However Troop Carrier Command and Air Technical Service Command (ATSC) commanded several other airfields in a support role.

It is still possible to find remnants of these wartime airfields. Many were converted into municipal airports, some were returned to agriculture and several were retained as United States Air Force installations and were front-line bases during the Cold War. Hundreds of the temporary buildings that were used survive today, and are being used for other purposes.

Major Airfields

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Troop Carrier Command

: 92d Army Air Force Base Unit (I TCC)

: Was: Pope Air Force Base

: Now: Pope Field

: 392d Army Air Force Base Unit

: Glider training facility

Third Air Force

: 30th Army Air Force Base Unit

: Now: Charlotte Douglas International Airport and

: Now: 20px Charlotte Air National Guard Base

: 333d Army Air Force Base Unit

: Now: 20px Seymour Johnson Air Force Base

: 423d Army Air Force Base Unit

: Now: Wilmington International Airport

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Army Air Force Training Command
AAF Southeast Training Center

: Joint Use USAAF/Contract Flying School

: Also used by United States Navy

: Joint Use Civil Airport/USAAF/United States Navy

: Joint Use Civil Airport/USAAF/United States Navy

Air Technical Service Command

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References

  • Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. {{ISBN|0-89201-092-4}}.
  • Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984). Air Force Combat Wings Lineage and Honors Histories 1947-1977. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. {{ISBN|0-912799-12-9}}.
  • Thole, Lou (1999), Forgotten Fields of America : World War II Bases and Training, Then and Now - Vol. 2. Pictorial Histories Pub . {{ISBN|1-57510-051-7}}
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20140517043623/http://www.airfieldsdatabase.com/ww2/ww2.htm Military Airfields in World War II - North Carolina]

External links

{{USAAF Training Bases World War II}}

{{USAAF 3d Air Force World War II}}

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