Naval Outlying Landing Field Mansfield was a

Naval Outlying Landing Field An outlying landing field (OLF) is an auxiliary airfield, associated with a seaborne component of the United States military. When associated with the United States Navy (who operate the majority), they are known as naval outlying landing fields ...

located in

Mansfield, Massachusetts Mansfield is a town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the United States 2020 Census, the town population is 23,860. Mansfield is in the south-southwest suburbs of Boston and is also close to Providence, Rhode Island. The vill ...

operational from 1942 to 1945. It existed as an outlying field of

Naval Air Station Squantum Naval Air Station Squantum was an active naval aviation facility during 1917 and from 1923 until 1953. The original civilian airfield that preceded it, the Harvard Aviation Field, dates back to 1910. The base was sited on Squantum Point in th ...

and was used by student pilots to gain flight experience on its two 2,500 foot turf runways. Today, the field operates as Mansfield Municipal Airport.

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{{Reflist Airports in Bristol County, Massachusetts Defunct airports in Massachusetts Installations of the United States Navy in Massachusetts Mansfield, Massachusetts Military installations established in 1942 Military installations closed in 1945 Mansfield Closed installations of the United States Navy 1942 establishments in Massachusetts 1945 disestablishments in Massachusetts

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