By: Atcham Tower - 10th January 2006 at 23:25
USAAF Base Units should not be confused with Base Air Depots. Check the USAAF Forum for further info. Sorry, haven’t got time for more comments right now!
By: dakota2 - 10th January 2006 at 15:28
Base Air Depot USAF
Can someone explain the meaning and duty of a “Base Unit” in USAAF WW2 organization?
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These Units had a major function to prepare new aircraft for combat units.
Bomber aircraft flown across the north or south atlantic ferry routes normally arrived in the UK at Prestwick or St.Mawgan, St.Eval and Valley. They were then ferried to a Base Air Depot for inspection and modification if facilities were overloaded, to a storage airfield Greencastle, Mullaghmore, Toome and Langford Bridge.
A full write up on these units can be found in “Mighty Eighth War Manual” by Roger Freeman on pages 138/140.
dakota
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December 17, 2005 at 8:26 am