Malone Auxiliary Army Airfield is a closed military airfield. It was located 15.7 miles north-northeast of
Marianna, Florida.
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
Graham Air Base was a United States Air Force base located in Marianna, Florida. After it was closed in 1960, it was reused as Marianna Municipal Airport.
History
Marianna Army Airfield
The federal government acquired the airport at the cit ...
. 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, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
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, and ...
References
Abandoned Airfields: Malone Auxiliary Field
External links
Defunct airports in Florida
Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Florida
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