Malone Auxiliary Field
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Malone Auxiliary Army Airfield is a closed military airfield. It was located 15.7 miles north-northeast 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 ...
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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 Malone Auxiliary Army Airfield #2. The airfield was constructed with two asphalt 5,000 foot runways, each with a parallel taxiway. The airfield was apparently unmanned, 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. With the reopening of Mariana AAF as Graham Air Base in 1950 as a contract pilot training school, Bascom was rehabilitated as an auxiliary airfield for Graham (Graham #2) and was used for emergency landings. It was closed again in 1961 with the final closure of Graham AB and again abandoned. Today the former airfield is visible in aerial imagery and is derelict with most of the former asphalt and concrete deteriorating. Sections have been removed but it mostly is abandoned to the elements. It is in private ownership.


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: Malone Auxiliary Field



External links

Defunct airports in Florida Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Florida {{Florida-airport-stub