Kirkwood Auxiliary Army Airfield 2 / Kirkwood Airport

 airport, Second World War 1939-1945, Army Air Field US, closed / former military, historical layer / disappeared object

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The site was used as an auxiliary field to Chico Army Air Field. Improvements to the site were three buildings, roads, a mesh fence, and utilities. Records to not indicate the type of buildings or their function; however, auxiliary fields in this area typically had a stage house, control tower, and a latrine constructed on site. Certain auxiliary fields also had a crash truck shelter for servicing fields within a specific geographic area. Typically these were temporary training facilities without building heat, not equipped or utilized on a routine basis for maintenance or aircraft fueling operations. The original acres for the site have been divided among three owners. The site has been under cultivation since the 1960s. The original asphalt landing strip was demolished after disposal of the site, and the paving debris placed in three piles on the property.

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