Ellis Auxiliary Army Airfield is a closed military airfield. It was located 9.7 miles north of
Marianna, Florida
Marianna is a city in and the county seat of Jackson County, Florida, United States, and it is home to Chipola College, part of the state's public system. The official nickname of Marianna is "The City of Southern Charm". The population was 6,24 ...
, United States.
History
Originally constructed by the
United States Army Air Forces
The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF or AAF) was the major land-based aerial warfare service component of the United States Army and ''de facto'' aerial warfare service branch of the United States during and immediately after World War II ...
in 1942 as one of four auxiliary airfields for the pilot training school at
Marianna Army Airfield, its original designation was Ellis Auxiliary Army Airfield #1. The airfield was constructed with two asphalt 5,000-foot runways, each with a parallel taxiway.
The airfield was apparently unmanned, and had no buildings nor any permanent units assigned. It was used for emergency and for touch-and-go landings as part of the pilot training school. With the end of
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
and the closure of Mariana AAF in 1945, the airfield was closed and abandoned.
In the years since, the airfield concrete and asphalt have been removed and today the land is in private ownership, being used for agriculture. Aerial imagery shows one small section of the southeast/northwest runway derelict and overgrown.
See also
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Florida World War II Army Airfields
During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) established numerous airfields in Florida for antisubmarine defense in the western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico and for training pilots and aircrews of USAAF fighters, attack planes, an ...
References
Abandoned Airfields: Ellis Auxiliary Army Airfield #1
External links
Defunct airports in Florida
Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Florida
1942 establishments in Florida
1945 disestablishments in Florida
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