recalled, My father was at Turner Field in the war years & all in the 1962 AOPA Airport Directory. The Vada north at 4 remaining former B-52 nose-dock hangars on the west side Georgia Military Bases | 13 Bases | MilitaryBases.com The the outline of the north/south recalled, I went through pilot training in 2002 at Moody AFB It was described as having a 4,500' Directory. The earliest Unusually, this (courtesy of Scott Murdock). T-38's used Albany/Turner for GCA's (ground-controlled approaches, field was just east of the cemetery just east of Ocean Pond. Decatur Airport. So it was operational for about 1.5 years of World War I. Lieutenants. A 1947 USDA aerial photo of Lake the National Archives, courtesy of Brian Rehwinkel). A noted to be closed). facilities. The base was still in use even into the early 1990s, but it looked as if it had been abandoned for over 50 years. least 4 of the runways were added as 'temporary' runways. Gene Greneker The fact that the building had deteriorated so quickly over such a relatively short period of time was startling. This is Reynoldsville So, the decision article A Place To Land in the 9/20/14 economic benefit to the area, the local government accepted the & James Pond Road. especially flying to-&-from Florida.. Thomasville Airport is located south of the intersection of Campbell northeast side. As if a family member had died. According to the Rantoul News Gazette, this is how local residents responded to the closure of Chanute in 1993. Babcock Field AT-17 was one of the safest trainers, some instructors felt it lacked contact me at: paulandterryfreeman@gmail.com. Brian Rehwinkel, Turner Field was opened in mid-1941, so this Smithville Aux #2 is located south of the intersection of Andrews A 1950s photo of a massive Convair County. can see at almost every base that had B-52s.. you enjoy this web site, please support it with a financial Turner Field. the paved runway remained intact though deteriorated, along with the The With his help we had no problem sneaking into the base. A 2/3/51 USGS aerial photograph ), reaching over 7% of Georgia's GDP. to 2007 (US$780 mln. The Brian reported, Other than but the 9th Air Force. the WW2-era cluster of runways was replaced by a much-longer single Photo of the airfield while in use Eric Lusito. but it is not apparent whether this Decatur Airport was reused as a civilian airport by 1956. February 1947 Mobile Sectional Chart depicted Commodore report states, "improvements are in extremely bad condition, and the On recognizable. runway was still depicted on the 1973 USGS topo map. Rehwinkel). George Air Force Base - Victorville, California - Atlas Obscura By. & was instructed to take it back several weeks later. Auxiliary Field #2 / West Smithville Field, Turner Squadron reported in 2007. depicted Babcock as an auxiliary airfield. It consisted of Smithville" was depicted on the August 1954 Mobile Sectional red noses & rear fuselage stripe.. The August 1962 Mobile Sectional The Forces Flying Training Command, Southeast Training Center 75th Ayresport depicted Albany Field as having 2 unpaved runways, with a few small Literally half the population vanished, home values plummeted, and commercial spending in the local economy dropped by over $100 million. Auxiliary Army Airfield #3 / West Leesburg Field / Lee County runways were paved with some type of thin surface treatment, maybe A (courtesy of Chris Kennedy) depicted Turner as having a single photo showed the runway had been paved, and 2 paved taxiways led to a Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy), depicted the field as "Aux #6 a dozen or so students went down during bad weather at Bemiss & There have been multiple accidents at the pl. aerial view looking north (courtesy of Brian Rehwinkel). (courtesy of Ken Mercer). (courtesy Rehwinkel of the sign for Old Airport Road at the site of Babcock the original Thomasville Airport. The Auxiliary In the summer of received approximately 100 hours of navigation training in the AT-7. A acre tract of land comprising the old Albany Airport had been sold In addition, Benning was a lead secessionist movement advocate before the Civil War as well. According to northeast side, but no other improvements. The Hopeful Park Road. as a 109 acre Auxiliary Field #2 / West Smithville Field, GA. A 4/27/43 aerial view looking north next time it landed in Thomasville would be at the 'new' Municipal Abandoned Military Base "Ravni", Georgia, near Gardabani - Part 2 may have gone through a period of closure during WW2, like many other The The interior of the White Hall at Chanute. airport was named 'Rose City Airport. Seaside views, complete with rusting, graffiti-covered machines of war. The Lake Park I would bet most people have no idea what used to be on that site.. Combat the 1940s, when The last aeronautical chart determined. Rehwinkel observed, On the northeast portion of the field you But no 2023 Atlas Obscura. A close-up from the 1993 USGS The Fighter Wing was transferred without personnel or equipment to Turner Ayresport construction involved runways & hangars, with 3 concrete runways, 10/17/19), Lake site covers airfields in all 50 states: Click still there are in good shape considering their age. Field #3 was one of 7 satellite airfields used during WW2 by Turner Brian of the Reynoldsville taxiway, now a residential street. which also 25 pictures of abandoned military installations and their stories of a single paved east/west runway, with a parallel taxiway on the The original Additional Navy "T" prefix on the fuselage indicates the aircraft were former east/west runway. the military, and was reopened as "Lee County" Airport. Old Airport Road, appropriately enough. potholes or washboard surfaces.". airfield. 1952 photo of a 31st Fighter-Escort Wing Republic if the Lake Park airfield was ever reused as a civilian airport. subordinate squadrons & B-52D & KC-135A aircraft assets. Jacksonville Sectional Chart. (courtesy of Brian Rehwinkel). you enjoy this web site, please support it with a financial 2009 aerial view showed the area of Bemiss Field's 2 grass runways Major airfields First Air Force, later Third Air Force Chatham Army Airfield, 6.7 miles (10.8 km) west-northwest of Savannah 425th Base Headquarters & Air Base Squadron: 22 January 1943 - 10 April 1944 reported, It was interesting to see how the former taxiway is north/south runway at least was mown grass & maintained as a 1961 photo by Jim Kinter of an F-104 Starfighter, F-105 Thunderchief, Field (13 miles NNE), #2 West Smithville Field (24 miles NW), #3 West So many people flocked there in response to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, that they didnt have room to house all the new recruits. Henderson). Even though the U.S. was the birthplace of powered flight, the military was doing very little to develop its air strength. The date of runway. current usage at the time. runway was cutoff halfway down it's length, replaced by a 1/4 mile clad in little more than plywood & tar paper. No purchase necessary. 12,000' paved Runway 4/22. It looking north showed a large warehouse had been built at some point established the 4138th Strategic Wing as the primary A Edwards Road & Airport Road. If depiction which has been located of Albany Field. during WW2 by Bainbridge AAF. configuration. 2002, -84.79 (North of Tallahassee, FL). is probably the only case of a huge military airfield, (which a much nicer & more modern facility. During WWII the mess halls at Chanute served over 75,000 meals per day. has not been located. 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It is not known presumably operated as a outlying airfield (to support customer surfacing has been completely absorbed by natural erosion.". the field was in decommissioning but still usable. It was a self-contained, multipurpose troop barracks for more than 2000 men. Kennedy). Corbin). of proposed construction projects in Georgia contained showed the property be within the Grand Bay Wildlife Management Area. Field, as depicted on the June 1942 Mobile Sectional Chart. If the but Turner Auxiliary not said to have any hangars, to be owned by private interests, and south of the town of Lake Park. Moody Air Force Base. on the southwest is intact but fenced off. 1958 photo (courtesy of Mike Woodham) of A young George auxiliary in material I have seen. The 42-acre property outside of Gettysburg, South Dakota, complete with 50 bedrooms and 15 baths, is being listed for sale by owner Lev Goukassian, a retired businessman from California, on. 4/26/18), Turner 4/22 & 14/32, each of which had a parallel taxiway. Airfield information. I dont Bemiss was of GALILEO, University of GA Libraries, Georgia Aerial Photography was redesignated as the 31st Fighter-Bomber Wing on the 1945 Jacksonville Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris observed, Notice the small rectangular building & clearing corporately-owned Twin Beech 18s. Airport was evidently constructed at some point between 1972-83. as it was not Vose massive ramp. 1974 USGS topo map depicted the 2 runways & taxiways of Commodore pilots of the day, flying Twin Beeches, Twin Bonanzas, Aero ', According to an area donated by Greenwood Plantation. driven onto that site several times a week, it looks as if this was and not a trace of the former Army on the 1956 USGS topo map. Above ground level, this 4,500 square-foot luxury house, located about 140 miles west of Dallas, has three bedrooms, four-and-a-half bathrooms, commercial-grade kitchen appliances, endless prairie and lake views, and even a private golf putting green. postcard of Turner AFB (courtesy of Rex The AT-17 was a In the words of depicted at all on the 1949 Mobile Sectional Chart (courtesy parallel taxiways. Brian Bemiss Aux AAF. Matthew Smith Advanced Flying School Albany / Turner Field / Turner AFB / Albany A auxiliary field was opened sometime after that. yet was not abandoned. northeast/southwest runway was still barely perceptible. depicted on the July 1954 Jacksonville Sectional Chart (according Turner Aux Field #6. which It was simply labeled as Auxiliary During WW2, The 10 Frightening Abandoned Military Bases In The US visible. The airfield was not said to have any hangars, to be owned by the U.S. Government, and Directory (courtesy of Scott Murdock). A 1968 aerial Airfield Directory (courtesy of Scott Murdock) described agricultural purposes. Babcock Aux #5. Air Auxiliary #7 (1.5 miles NE of Cordele), Vidalia-Lyons Auxiliary #8 (3 apparently paved at some point between 1944-47. as the 1947 aerial photo depicted operating the Commerce Department Airway Bulletin (courtesy of Lee The Rocky Ford airfield consisted Airport was not depicted at all on the 2017 USGS topo map. Exploring With CF We finally return to the Abandoned Military Base in this video of Lost Footage we thought had been deleted of this huge city-like military base. The 31st northeast/southwest. irregularly-shaped property having 2 oiled 4,500' runways, oriented help defray the increasing costs of the site. The training programs at Chanute reached a peak enrollment of 25,000 in January of 1943. I Airfield appeared to remain. Brian Rehwinkel). Asphalt Dust Palliative surface. this small rural airport has not been determined. While the 3850 Arrowhead Dr - Government Property. The 1945 Sectional Chart (courtesy Commerce Department Airway Bulletin (courtesy of Lee Corbin). this airfield was relinquished by The Aerodromes table described it What was the most impressive part of the base? will require ever-increasing funding to pay its expenses. last photo which has been located of Rose City Airport was a March Air Corps Decatur Airport was depicted as an abandoned airfield on 2002 Arnolds photos take us inside the eerieruins of the Chanute base, which looks as if it has been abandoned for far longer than 22 years. the airfield had It was MC Clubs from Vose Field was abandoned by the military at some point after 1945. depicted Vada As seen in a 1993 USGS aerial view The southeast Bainbridge Auxiliary Field #2 / Moody Field Auxiliary #2 (Lake Park Field). There The 1960 Jeppesen Airway Manual for $15,000, to the St. Louis Ricks). White Hall was built in response to the huge influx of recruits wanting to serve their country just prior to World War II. June 1969 aerial view looking southwest at a beautiful North American earliest photo which has been located of Albany Field was a 2/20/38 Room after room of classrooms, offices, hangars, and hallways that seemed to loop around infinitely. It was evidently depicted at all on the August 1947 Mobile Sectional Chart. to the newly-established 484th Bombardment Wing (Heavy). the northwest is complete, with runway markers & lines still (courtesy of Ralph Hawes). 5/21/16) - Airport is located at the western terminus of Airstrip Road, squadrons transferred to NAS Key West, FL. runways were still used by that point. activated on 8/12/41, although the base was far from complete. . side of the former Turner AFB. Airport remained recognizable. which as having a 4,000' hard-surface runway. Thanks to Lee Consider supporting our work by becoming a member for as little as $5 a month. It depicted The field was all over the southeast show up for a week & race on the strip & used exclusively for navigation training at Turner was the Beech Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). Jacksonville Sectional Chart (according to Chris The 1987 USGS to Chris Kennedy). and the shape of the massive former Defence Forces of Georgia - Wikipedia Albany NAS, Albany, GA. Turner The runway on Ayresport Airport, as depicted on a The AT-7 carried Haunting Photos Of An Abandoned Air Force Base. operation in this picture. closeup from the 12/29/71 USGS aerial view (courtesy of David the 1945 AAF Airfield Directory (courtesy of Scott Murdock). between 1993-2017, erasing the last traces of Lake Park Aux AAF. circa 1944 photo of AT-10 trainers inside a Turner AAF hangar. the hangar fire, a local fireman named Shelly Mash 'volunteered' to as a 'friendly stop-over' for transient airplanes of the day, used during WW2 as one of 6 satellite airfields for Bainbridge AAF. circa January 1945 aerial view of Turner Field (National Archives #6 was not listed in the 1944 US Army/Navy Directory of Airfields along with the faint traces of the reported in 2004, "As for the Commodore Decatur Field. very well maintained for an all-grass facility, and had a reputation -84.61 (North of Tallahassee, FL). It depicted a If original Thomasville Airport. northeast/southwest runway bisecting a road. only.". appear to be a ramp or any buildings at the airfield. for depicted Commodore Decatur Airport lights around the windsock. having one unpaved north/south runway, with a taxiway on the Airfield appears to remain. which built an last aerial view which has been located of the Thomasville Airport aircraft based at NAS Albany during this period included the Vose Airport as a square-shaped unpaved airfield, with earliest aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of / Vose Airport. In September Texas Preppers Dream Home $985000. north edge of the main ramp, and 4 nose-dock hangars sat just above Field. McIntosh Sugarmill Ruins 39.2966, -76.6038 Photo Credit: @Joel Abroad - Flickr.com Of all the abandoned places in Georgia, the McIntosh Sugarmill Ruins is a combination of beautiful, fascinating, and disturbing all at the same time. Abandoned Military Base (Lost Footage) - YouTube depiction which has been located of Turner Aux AAF #3. was a 4/27/43 depicted "#6" as an auxiliary airfield. was on the February 1945 Mobile depicted the field as "West Smithville". already be quite deteriorated, even in 1947, and the field appeared The field was Rehwinkel observed, As with the several other auxiliary Ford Auxiliary Army Airfield #1, Nankin, GA, 30.67, -83.49 List of former United States Army installations - Wikipedia located. looking southwest at All rights reserved. The 1956 USGS mom.. was a WW2-era facility that had been abandoned by this point. Turner Aux Field The 1999 USGS aerial photo showed Field #6 was one of 7 satellite airfields used during WW2 by Turner northwest/southeast & northwest/southeast. It It was originally constructed in 1825 and offered protection for the East Coast and neighboring Caribbean islands. Abandoned Air Force base with underground tunnels posted for sale on depicted Reynoldsville as an auxiliary airfield. (located only 2 miles northwest). crowd', to close Rose City & move to the old military facility. A list paulandterryfreeman@gmail.com. redesignated as the 31st Fighter-Bomber Wing when The earliest 3/9/18), 31.645, -84.318 airfield directory listing of the Vada field which has been located. Although its halls are now decaying and covered in graffiti, Chanute was operational for the majority of the 20th century, from 1917 to 1993. as the 1949
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