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- Gardner Field
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- Gardner Field was a small
Army Air Forces training field authorized in 1940 and activated
in 1941. It was located 9 miles southeast of Taft. The field
was operated by the Air Technical Service Command. Gardner operated
BT-13 & PT-17 aircraft for primary training. The original
configuration of the airfield at Gardner is unknown, but it was
depicted on the 1945 Mojave Aeronautical Chart with the symbol
indicating that its longest runway was between 5,500-6,500'.
Auxiliary air fields serving Gardner Field were:
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- Auxiliary Field 1, Parker
Air Field, 6 miles southeast of Gardner Field
- Auxiliary Field 2, Taft-Kern
County Air Field, 2 miles northwest of Gardner Field
- Auxiliary Field 3, Allen
Airport, 16 miles southeast of Gardner Field
- Auxiliary Field 4, Maricopa-Kern
Airport, 7 miles southwest of Gardner Field.
- Auxiliary Field 5, Kern
County Air Field, 11 miles southeast of Gardner Field. (Not listed
on 1945 Army inventory of installations)
- Auxiliary Field 6, Cuyama
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- Although the date of closure
of Gardner AAF is unknown, it was still depicted as an active
military airfield on the 1944 Los Angeles Sectional Chart. Gardner
most likely closed shortly after the end of World War II, if
not before. It was no longer depicted as an airfield of any kind
on the 1964 LA Sectional Chart.
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- Visit Abandoned
and Little Known Airfields for further information
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- Source: World War II Sites in
the United States: A Tour Guide and Directory by Richard E. Osbourne
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- Known Units at Gardner Field
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- Present 7 December 1941
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- Hq, Air Corps Basic Flying School
328th School Squadron
329th School Squadron
545th School Squadron
Hq and Hq Sq, 73rd Air Base Group (Special):
79th Material Squadron (Special)
63rd Air Base Squadron (Special)
Air Force Band
Sub Depot
Det, 1st Communications Squadron
Det, 1st Weather Squadron
- Det, 853rd Ordnance Service Company (Aviation)
Det, Company L, 34th Quartermaster Regiment (Truck)
Det, Company A, 93rd Quartermaster Battalion (Lt Maint)
Det, 858th Signal Service Company (Aviation)
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