Kingman

Airfield

media-41026.jpeg UPL 41026 Kingman AAF - January 1945

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Object Number - UPL 41026 - Kingman AAF - January 1945

Kingman Army Airfield was built as a World War II United States Army Air Forces training field. Between 1942 and 1945 the U.S. Army Air Forces acquired about 4,145 acres in Mohave County outside of Kingman, Arizona, and established the Kingman Army Airfield and Kingman Aerial Gunnery School training facilities. On May 7, 1943, the facility was officially named the Kingman Army Air Field.

After 1945, there was no need for a gunnery school to remain at Kingman. On November 15th 1945, the property was declared surplus, and between 1946 and 1950 the various parcels were returned and leases cancelled.

The intent was to render thousands of airplanes down to aluminum ingots. Kingman was one of five sites chosen for the task. The job was finished by 1948. Seventy million pounds of aluminum from seven thousand airplanes were shipped out of Kingman.

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Detailed History

460 Base Headquarters & Air Base Sq 1 Dec 42-30 Apr 44
3018 AAF Base Unit 1 May 44-30 Jun 45
AAF Gunnery School / Flexible Gunnery School 4 Aug 42-30 Jun 45
334 Aviation Sq 26 Dec 42-30 Apr 44
1100 Guard Sq 1 Dec 42-30 Apr 44
1120 Flex Gunnery Training Sq/328 Flex Gunnery Training Gp 26 Dec 42-30 Apr 44
1121 Flex Gunnery Training Sq/329 Flex Gunnery Training Gp 26 Dec 42-30 Apr 44
1122 Flexible Gunnery Training Sq 26 Dec 42-29 Feb 44
1123 Flexible Gunnery Training Sq 26 Dec 42-30 Apr 44
382 Sub Depot 6 Nov 42-30 Apr 44
536 Flexible Gunnery Training Sq 15 Jan 43-30 Apr 44
537 Flexible Gunnery Training Sq 12 Jan 43-29 Feb 44
538 Flexible Gunnery Training Sq 12 Jan 43-13 Jan 44
669 Flexible Gunnery Training Sq 15 Jan 43-6 Jun 43
760 Flex Gunnery Training Sq 15 Jan 43-30 Apr 44
763 Flexible Gunnery Training Sq 16 Jan 43-24 Jun 43
384 AAF Band/684 Army Band/684 AAF Band 25 Jan 43-4 Jul 45
31 Altitude Training Unit 10 Apr 43-30 Apr 44
1012 Quartermaster Pltn, Transportation (Air Base) 1 Feb 43-30 Apr 44

Between December 1945 and June 1947, the RFC, War Assets Corporation and the War Assets Administration (disposal function of the RFC was transferred to WAC on January 15, 1946, and to the WAA in March 1946) processed approximately 61,600 World War II aircraft, of which 34,700 were sold for flyable purposes and 26,900, primarily combat types, were sold for scrapping.