- Source: North Dakota World War II Army Airfields
During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) established numerous airfields in North Dakota for training pilots and aircrews of USAAF fighters and bombers.
Most of these airfields were under the command of Second Air Force or the Army Air Forces Training Command (AAFTC) (A predecessor of the current-day United States Air Force Air Education and Training Command). However the other USAAF support commands (Air Technical Service Command (ATSC); Air Transport Command (ATC) or Troop Carrier Command) commanded a significant number of airfields in a support roles.
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
Air Transport Command
Bismarck MAP, Bismarck
Joint use USAAF/Civil Airport
Now: Bismarck Municipal Airport (IATA: BIS, ICAO: KBIS, FAA LID: BIS)
Fargo MAP, Fargo
Joint use USAAF/Civil Airport
Now: Hector International Airport (IATA: FAR, ICAO: KFAR, FAA LID: FAR)
And: Fargo Air National Guard Base
Port O'Minot, Minot, North Dakota
Joint use US Navy/USAAF/Civil Airport
Now: Minot International Airport (IATA: MOT, ICAO: KMOT, FAA LID: MOT)
Note: Minot Air Force Base (1957-Present) is NOT this facility.
Army Air Force Training Command
Grand Forks Municipal Airport, Grand Forks
Joint use USAAF/Civil Airport
Contract Pilot School
Non aviation use, redeveloped and part of urban area of Grand Forks.
Note: Grand Forks Air Force Base (1957-Present) is NOT this facility.
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
Military Airfields in World War II - North Dakota
External links
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- North Dakota World War II Army Airfields
- India in World War II
- World War II by country
- List of former United States Army installations
- List of airports in North Dakota
- Military history of New Zealand during World War II
- German occupation of Norway
- List of World War II prisoner-of-war camps in the United States
- Bismarck Municipal Airport
- Australian Army during World War II
