Amchitka Air Force Base
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Amchitka Air Force Base is an abandoned Air Force Base located on Amchitka, in the Rat Islands group of the Aleutian Islands in southwest Alaska.
Amchitka Army Airfield, March 1943
18th Fighter Squadron P-40s, March 1943. Note the personnel tents on the hill to the north of the aircraft.
21st Bomb Squadron B-24 Liberators at Amchitka. Notice the sleds being used to transport bombs to the aircraft in the snow.
A-24 Banshee dive bombers of the 635th Bombardment Squadron carrying out an attack on Kiska Island on August 4, 1943
Cape Field at Fort Glenn
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Cape Field at Fort Glenn was a military site significant for its role in World War II. It consists of Fort Glenn, an airfield of the United States Army Air Corps later renamed Cape Air Force Base, and
Fort Glenn Airfield in 1942
Personnel tents at Fort Glenn AAB, May 1942
11th Fighter Squadron P-40 Warhawks at Fort Glenn AAB, June 1942.
36th Bombardment Squadron LB-30 Liberator and a Boeing B-17E Fortress (41-9126) at Fort Glenn AAB, June 1942.