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Coordinates: 29°21′21″N 082°28′18″W / 29.35583°N 82.47167°W / 29.35583; -82.47167
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For the civil airport use of this facility, see Williston Municipal Airport.
Montbrook Army Airfield
Part of Army Air Force Training Command
Located near: Williston, Florida
Montbrook Army Air Field - 1949
Montbrook Army Air Field is located in Florida
Montbrook Army Air Field
Montbrook Army Air Field
Coordinates29°21′21″N 082°28′18″W / 29.35583°N 82.47167°W / 29.35583; -82.47167
Site history
In use1940-1945

Montbrook Army Air Field, was a World War II United States Army Air Forces airfield, located 2.4 miles (3.9 km) south-southwest of Williston, Florida.

History

During World War II, the airfield was opened as a US Army Air Forces installation on 1 January 1942. Montbrook was a sub-base of the Army Air Force School of Applied Tactics Alachua Army Air Field. The airfield was very small with only a few personnel assigned. It was under the operational control of the AAFSAT 415th Bombardment Group Medium Bombardment training unit at Alachua AAF.

Known units assigned at Montbrook AAF were:

On 20 May 1944, the airfield was put on standby status and placed under the control of the 4318th Army Air Force Base Unit (Base Maintenance). It appears to have been closed by the end of 1944 with jurisdiction of the airfield being transferred to Air Technical Service Command (ATSC), whose mission was the transfer of any useful military equipment to other bases around the country. Under ATSC, buildings and equipment were sold and any useful military equipment was transferred to other bases around the country. The base was declared as surplus and was turned over to the War Assets Administration (WAA) for disposal and return to civil use.[1][2][3][4][5]

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References

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

  • Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.
  • Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-405-12194-6. LCCN 70605402. OCLC 72556.
  • Shaw, Frederick J. (2004), Locating Air Force Base Sites History’s Legacy, Air Force History and Museums Program, United States Air Force, Washington DC, 2004.
  • AFHRA search Montbrook Army Airfield
  • World War II airfields database: Florida
  1. ^ "Domain Suspended".
  2. ^ USAFHRA Document 00156970
  3. ^ USAFHRA Document 00156169
  4. ^ USAFHRA Document 00175714
  5. ^ USAFHRA Document 00156123
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