Chennault Air Force Base

Strategic Air Command, Lake Charles, Louisiana, North American T-6 Texan
Herausgegeben:Willy, Nethanel

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Chennault Air Force Base was a United States Air Force Strategic Air Command base located near Lake Charles, Louisiana. It was closed in 1963. In June 1941, the Calcasieu Parish Police Jury leased the Lake Charles Municipal Airport to the federal government to build the Lake Charles Army Flying School, an advanced flying school for single-engine fighter pilots. It had two axillary fields for emergency and overflow landings and takeoffs. The airfield was assigned to the Army Air Corps Training Command, Gulf Coast Training Center. The 481st School Squadron was reassigned to Lake Charles AAF on 10 February 1942, being redesignated as the 481st Single Engine Flying Training Squadron (Advanced) on 28 October, used the North American AT-6 Texan.

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• Verlag: Alphascript Publishing / Culp Press
• Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 136
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9786138143888
• ISBN-10: 6138143884
• Artikelnr.: 34489221