Naval Air Station Jacksonville From 1907 to Present - CNIC.Navy.mil ...
Naval Air Station Jacksonville From 1907 to Present - CNIC.Navy.mil ...
Naval Air Station Jacksonville From 1907 to Present - CNIC.Navy.mil ...
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Sept.10, 1944 - NAS passes one-<strong>mil</strong>lionth hour of flying time.<br />
Oct. 8, 1944 - Aerial Searchlight Course started.<br />
Oct. 19, 1944 - NAS <strong>Jacksonville</strong> provides haven from hurricane <strong>to</strong> 1,700 personnel.<br />
Nov. 28, 1944 - First helicopter lands at station (Sikorsky HNS).<br />
Nov. 30, 1944 - Fernandina Gunnery Field placed in commission.<br />
Dec. 1, 1944 - OS2U <strong>Station</strong> Ready plane replaced by SNJ-2.<br />
Dec. 11, 1944 - A 60-bed hospital for dependents opened at NAS <strong>Jacksonville</strong>.<br />
Dec. 12, 1944 - First baby delivered at <strong>Naval</strong> Hospital <strong>Jacksonville</strong>.<br />
Dec. 15, 1944 - SNB-2H ambulance plane placed in commission.<br />
Dec. 22, 1944 - MF-OTU, first All-Marine Fighter Squadron for NAS <strong>Jacksonville</strong>, established.<br />
Dec. 30, 1944 - OS2U Weather Plane replaced by SBD-5.<br />
Jan. 1945 - A&R begins R4D overhauls.<br />
Feb. 12, 1945 - Ac<strong>to</strong>r Cary Grant visits station.<br />
March 1, 1945 - PBY 5A's added <strong>to</strong> VPB-OTU #1.<br />
June 4, 1945 - Five hundred German prisoners of war, the first <strong>to</strong> be assigned <strong>to</strong> a naval base in<br />
this area, arrive at NAS <strong>Jacksonville</strong>. Housed in buildings 463, 465, 466 and 467.<br />
July 27, 1945 - Squadron VF-OTU #1 disestablished.<br />
Aug. 15, 1945 - <strong>Station</strong> celebrates Japan's surrender. Cooks and Bakers' School closes.<br />
Aug. 31, 1945 - <strong>Navy</strong> Separation Center Commissioning Ceremony<br />
Sept. 14, 1945 - Ferries--USS Seabrook and USS Dkwees placed in an "out-of-service" status.<br />
Sept. 30, 1945 - Squadron VF-5 disestablished.<br />
Oct. 1, 1945 - Dock and Ferry Division disbanded.
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