Aguadulce Army Air Field

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Aguadulce Army Airfield

Part of Sixth Air Force
Located in Panama

Aguadulce AAF

Coordinates| 08°15′03.42″N 080°33′55.34″W﻿ / ﻿8.2509500°N 80.5653722°W﻿ / 8.2509500; -80.5653722Coordinates: 08°15′03.42″N 080°33′55.34″W﻿ / ﻿8.2509500°N 80.5653722°W﻿ / 8.2509500; -80.5653722
Type| Military Airfield
Site information
Controlled by| United States Army Air Forces
Site history
In use| 1941-1945

Aguadulce Army Airfield (also known as Airdrome Aguadulce ) is a former United States Army Air Forces World War II airfield in Panama used as part of the defense of the Panama Canal. It was closed on 1 March 1948.

Established on 1 April 1941, Aguadulce Airfield's mission was to defend the Panama Canal. Most of its operational history was that of an auxiliary airfield, hosting fighter squadrons. Training of South American air force personnel was also conducted at the field.

Wartime units assigned were:

* 74th Bombardment Squadron(6th Bombardment Group)

8 November-11 December 1941 (B-18 Bolo)
13 February-1 May 1945 (B-24 Liberator)

* 59th Bombardment Squadron (9th Bombardment Group), 11 December 1941 – 19 February 1942

Detachment operated from: Hato Field, Curaçao, 13 January-24 September 1942
Detachment operated from: Dakota Field, Aruba, 14 January-24 September 1942

* 29th Bombardment Squadron (40th Bombardment Group), 16 June 1942 – 29 March 1943 (B-18 Bolo, Northrop A-17 Nomad)
* 30th Fighter Squadron (XXVI Fighter Command), 10 February 1943 – 25 January 1945 (P-40 Warhawk)

With the end of World War II Aguadulce was reduced in scope, with only a skeleton staff. It was closed on 1 March 1948 due to budget reductions. For several years, it was used as a civil airport, but was later closed; today the airfield is abandoned, with the runway still visible but in poor condition.

## References[edit]

* World War II portal

This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.

* Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1983) [1961]. Air Force Combat Units of World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-912799-02-1. LCCN 61060979.
* Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-405-12194-6. LCCN 70605402. OCLC 72556.

USAAF Sixth Air Force in World War II

Previously: Panama Canal Air Force (1940-1941); Caribbean Air Force (1941-1942)

Airfields|

| Caribbean|

* Coolidge (Antigua)
* Dakota (Aruba)
* Batista (Cuba)
* Camaguey (Cuba)
* Hato (Curaçao)
* Vernam (Jamaica)
* Arecibo (Puerto Rico)
* Borinquen (Puerto Rico)
* Losey (Puerto Rico)
* Benedict (Saint Croix)
* Beane (Saint Lucia)
* St. Thomas Airport (Saint Thomas)
* Carlsen (Trinidad)
* Piarco Airport (Trinidad)
* Waller (Trinidad)

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Canal Zone|

* Albrook
* France
* Howard

Panama|

* Aguadulce
* Anton
* Calzada Larga
* Chame
* David
* La Chorrera
* Madden
* Patilla Point
* Pocri
* Río Hato

Central and South
America|

* Belém (Brazil)
* Atkinson (British Guiana)
* Zandery (Dutch Guiana)
* Salinas (Ecuador)
* Baltra (Galápagos Islands)
* Guatemala City (Guatemala)
* Talara (Peru)

Units|

| Commands|

* VI Bomber Command
* VI Fighter Command
* XXVI Fighter Command
* XXXVI Fighter Command
* VI Air Force Service
* Antilles Air Command

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Wings|

* 6th Fighter
* 13th Bombardment
* 19th Composite
* 24th Composite

Groups|

| Fighter|

* 16th Fighter
* 32d Fighter
* 36th Fighter
* 37th Fighter
* 53d Fighter

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Bomber|

* 6th Bombardment
* 9th Bombardment
* 25th Bombardment
* 40th Bombardment

Reconnaissance|

* 72d Reconnaissance

Squadrons|

* 1st Depot Repair
* 20th Troop Carrier
* 23d Antisubmarine
* 91st Reconnaissance

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* Twelfth
* Thirteenth
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