Fort Glenn Army Air Base
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Cape Air Force Base also known as Fort Glenn Army Air Base, is a site significant for its role in World War II fighting, operating alongside Naval Air Facility Otter Point.
Cape Field, later Fort Glenn Army Air Base, was secretly built at Otter Point on Umnak Island in 1942.
Personnel tents at Fort Glenn Army Air Base, 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
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