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Station Activities

NPS Iowa City, Iowa

October 29, 1942 to January 20, 1943

1. U.S. Navy Pre-Flight School in Iowa City, IA

2. Civil Aeronautics Authority, War Training School, State University of Iowa.

NAS Olathe, Kansas

January 20, 1943 - April 18, 1943

1. The airport opened as Naval Air Station Olathe on October 1, 1942 and was referred locally as the Gardner, Kansas Navy Base because it was to be used for the Naval Air Transport Service (NATS) and Naval Air Primary Training Command (NAPTC) which had been operating out of Fairfax Airport.
   
   Future astronaut John Glenn was in the first class to be trained at the base and he was to make his first solo flight in a military plane from the base. Glenn described the airport in its early days, "It was a sea of mud and we made our way from building to building on wooden 'duck boards.'"

NAS Norman, Oklahoma

April 19, 1943 - May 23, 1943

1. Naval Air Station

2. Naval Hospital, Norman, Okla.

3. Naval Air Technical Training Center, Norman, Okla.

4. University of Oklahoma, Norman, Okla.

5. Officer in Charge of Construction of Yards & Docks Contracts in the Norman Area.

6. Navy V-12 Unit, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Okla.

7. Naval Training School (Aviation Radar Operator's School), Naval Air Technical Training Center, Norman, Okla.

8. Epidemiological Unit No. 43.

9. Naval Training School (Aviation Metalsmiths), Naval Air Technical Training Center, Norman, Okla.

10. Naval Training School (Rubberized Equipment Repair), Naval Air Technical Training Center, Norman, Okla.

11. Naval Training School (Advanced Aviation Machinists Mates), NATTC, Norman, Okla.

12. Naval Training School (Advanced Aviation Metalsmiths), NATTC, Norman, Okla.

13. Combat Aircrewman Training School (AOM), NATTC, Norman, Okla.

14. Combat Aircrewman Training School (AMM), NATTC, Norman, Okla.

15. Naval Air Technical Training Center, Norman, Okla.

NAS Corpus Christi, Texas

May 24, 1943 - October 15, 1943

1. Naval Air Station, Corpus Christi, Texas.

2. Captain of the Port for Corpus Christi, Texas.

3. Resident Inspector of Naval Material, Corpus Christi, Texas.

4. Kingsville Dispensary, NAS, Corpus Christi, Texas.

5. Naval Hospital, Corpus Christi, Texas.

6. Inshore Patrol, Section Base, Corpus Christi, Texas.

7. Unit Intelligence Office, Section Base, Corpus Christi, Texas.

8. Port Director, Naval Transportation Service, Corpus Christi, Texas.

9. Ship's Store Ashore, NAS, Corpus Christi, Texas.

10. Naval Air Technical Training Center, Corpus Christi, Texas.

11. [NAVAL] Auxiliary Air Station, Waldron Field, Corpus Christi, Texas.

12. Naval Auxiliary Air Station, Cabaniss Field, Corpus Christi, Texas.

13. Remote Manufacturing Co., Corpus Christi, Texas.

14. Epidemiological Unit No. 21.

15. Branch Intelligence Office, Corpus Christi, Texas.

16. Unit Intelligence Office, Corpus Christi, Texas.

17. Link Celestial Navigation Training Unit, NAS, Corpus Christi, Texas.

18. Naval Air Intermediate Training Command, Corpus Christi, Texas.

19. U.S. Navy Routing Office, Corpus Christi, Texas.

20. Resident Inspector of Naval Material, Corpus Christi, Texas.

21. Naval Training School (Airborne Electronics Maintenance), NATTC, Corpus Christi, Texas.

22. Naval Air Training Bases, Corpus Christi, Texas.

23. Position Classification Field Office, Corpus Christi, Texas.

24. Material Redistribution Center, Corpus Christi, Texas.

NAS Whidbey Island, Washington

Fleet Air Wing Six (FAW-6)

January 20, 1943 - April 18, 1943

FAW-6 was originally established at NAS Seattle, WA on Nov. 2, 1942.

Relocated to NAS Whidbey Island, WA on Dec. 29, 1942

Disestablished at NAS Whidbey Island, WA on Dec. 1, 1945.

1. Naval Air Station, Whidbey Island, Wash.

2. Section Base, Whidbey Island, Wash.

3. U.S. Naval Re-Arming Base, Whidbey Island, Wash.

4. Resident Officer in Charge of Contract NOy-4210, U.S. Naval Re-Arming Base, Whidbey Island, Wash.

5. Aviation Free Gunnery Training Unit, Naval Air Station, Whidbey Island, Wash.

6. Advanced CIC Team Training Center, Whidbey Island, Wash.

7. Ault Field, NAS, Whidbey Island, Wash.

8. Combat Aircrew Training Unit, NAS, Whidbey Island, Wash.

Patrol Squadron Sixty-One (VP-61)

Aleutians, Alaska

1. Naval Air Station, Kodiak Island, AK