Santa Ana Army Air Base (site) (Costa Mesa, California)

USA / California / Costa Mesa / Costa Mesa, California
 Second World War 1939-1945, military, place with historical importance, historical layer / disappeared object
Never used for aviation and built during WWII, SAAAB was one of three national basic training facilities for Army Air Corps soldiers including mechanics, pilots, bombadiers, and navigators. The other two training facilities were located at Maxwell Field in Montgomery, AL and Moffett Field in Sunnyvale, CA. The base was dedicated in March 1942 and decommissioned on 31 March 1946. After the base's closure, some of the buildings were adaptively reused by the college and fairgrounds now occupying the site.

www.militarymuseum.org/SantaAnaAAB.html
SAAAB's former Service Club lounge: bp1.blogger.com/_nHk4eRE8Qbc/SBFC3pq0jeI/AAAAAAAAAuU/QR...
Barracks: bp1.blogger.com/_nHk4eRE8Qbc/SBFCxpq0jdI/AAAAAAAAAuM/SH...
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Ana_Army_Air_Base
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Coordinates:   33°40'5"N   117°53'58"W
This article was last modified 7 years ago