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Marine Corps Outlying Field Camp Davis

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Not to be confused with Camp Davis, a former U.S. Army base in Saigon during the Vietnam War .

MCOLF Camp Davis

Greater Sandy Run Training Area
USGS aerial image – 8 March 1993
Summary
Airport typeMilitary
OwnerU.S. Navy
LocationOnslow County, near Holly Ridge, North Carolina
Built1940 by U.S. Army
Elevation AMSL60 ft / 18 m
Coordinates34°31′00″N 077°33′00″W / 34.51667°N 77.55000°W / 34.51667; -77.55000
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
5/23 5,000 1,524 Concrete
18/36 5,000 1,524 Concrete

Marine Corps Outlying Field (MCOLF) Camp Davis[2] (FAA LID: 14NC) is a military use airport northeast of the central business district of Holly Ridge,[1] in Onslow County, North Carolina, United States.[3] It is used as a training facility by the United States Marines of Camp Lejeune and Marine Corps Air Station New River.

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History

In December 1940,[4] Camp Davis was built by the United States Army as an anti-aircraft artillery training facility. Camp Davis was attached to the First Army, Fourth Corps Area and held a complement of about 20,000 officers and soldiers. It was an expansive facility consisting of more than 3,000 buildings on 45,538 acres (184 km2) with access provided by newly built railroad spurs leading into the camp. Between 1942 and 1943, two 5,000 feet (1,500 m) paved runways were built for Camp Davis Army Air Field (AAF). Part of the runway for the airfield was built through one of the old Civil War fort's walls. Camp Davis AAF's Runway 5/23 was wider and was intended for use by transports, while Runway 19/01 was narrower and intended for use by single-engine aircraft. Most of the aircraft operated from Camp Davis runways were single-engine aircraft used to tow targets for the anti-aircraft artillery units. Women Airforce Service Pilots (or "WASPs") towed targets at Camp Davis. At least two were killed in flying accidents there.[5]

During World War II the Camp Davis housed approximately 550 German prisoners.[6] In 1944 the anti-aircraft training facility was transferred to Fort Bliss, and on 17 February 1946, Camp Davis was closed.[7] In June 1946,[7] a portion of the Camp Davis area formerly used by the Army as the Coastal Artillery Anti-Aircraft Firing Range (present-day Surf City, North Carolina) was transferred to the United States Navy. The Navy temporarily used the site for the development and testing of early surface-to-air missiles under the name Operation Bumblebee until 28 July 1948.[7] Camp Davis was declared surplus and was dismantled for salvage and sale. At that time, the Navy apparently gave up the leases on the land, and it was returned to the original landowners.

Greetings from Camp Davis large-letter postcard by Curt Teich Co.

In 1954, the Marine Corps took out a new lease for approximately 955 acres (3.86 km2) on the former Camp Davis airfields & surrounding land from International Paper Company. In recent years, the Marine Corps has used Camp Davis as a landing field for helicopter units based at nearby Marine Corps Air Station New River. MCOLF Camp Davis has two runways which are designated 5/23 and 18/36. Both runways have concrete surfaces measuring 5,000 by 150 feet. The older runway 5/23 is not currently in use.[8]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b FAA Airport Form 5010 for 14NC PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 27 August 2009.
  2. ^ "List of All Military Installations (Excluding Reserve Centers and Minor Properties)" (PDF). U.S. Department of Defense. 1984.
  3. ^ Aerial image/map showing Camp Davis in Onslow County. MapQuest. Accessed 21 October 2009.
  4. ^ "Camp Davis/Burgaw/Fort Fisher". History of the 225th AAA Searchlight Battalion. Retrieved 18 March 2009.
  5. ^ "Fifinella's Legion," http://www.skylighters.org/wasps/; David A. Stallman, "Women in the Wild Blue...Target-Towing WASP at Camp Davis", Echoes Press (2006); http://twudigital.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p214coll2/id/6602; PBS American Experience, "Fly Girls" (1999) https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/flygirls/; Teresa Leonard, "Flying was serious business for WASPs", "News & Observer", 7 March 2017 https://www.newsobserver.com/living/liv-columns-blogs/past-times/article139094393.html
  6. ^ "http://worldandmilitarynotes.com">"Camp Davis (North Carolina) USA POW Camp".
  7. ^ a b c Jones, Wilbur D. (Jr) (2005). The Journey Continues: The World War II Home Front. Shippensburg, Pennsylvania: White Mane Books. p. 83. ISBN 1-57249-365-8.
  8. ^ "Outlying Field (OLF) Camp Davis". GlobalSecurity.org. Retrieved 19 March 2009.

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