Lamesa Field
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Lamesa Field is an abandoned airfield located 9 miles NE of Lamesa, Texas.
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[edit] History
The airfield was opened in 1942 and was used by the United States Army Air Forces as a contract flying school. The John Wilson Glider School provided elementary and advanced glider training to Army aviation cadets of the 28th Army Air Forces Glider Training Detachment until its deactivation in 1943.
In that year, the 3rd Army Air Forces Liaison Training Detachment was moved from Plainview to Lamesa, with liaison pilot training provided by Clent Breedlove Aerial Services.
Liaison pilot training ended at Lamesa in 1944, at which point the field was presumably closed.
For at least a few years after the war, the airfield served as Lamesa Municipal Airport, until replaced (at some point between 1944-63) by the current Lamesa Municipal Airport (8 miles south). There were originally two hangars on the airfield; one survives, however the entire airfield has been removed and returned to agriculture.
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[edit] References
- Thole, Lou (1999), Forgotten Fields of America : World War II Bases and Training, Then and Now - Vol. 2. Publisher: Pictorial Histories Pub, ISBN 1575100517
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- Lamesa Field is at coordinates Coordinates:
