World War II Brookley Air Force Base

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world war ii scene @ brookley army air field.


during world war ii, brookley army air field became major army air forces supply base air material command in southeastern united states , caribbean.


many air depot personnel, logisticians, mechanics, , other support personnel trained @ brookley during war. both air materiel , technical services command organized mobile depot groups @ brookley, once trained deployed around world air depot groups, depot repair squadrons, quartermaster squadrons, ordnance maintenance, military police, , many other units mission support front-line combat units depot-level maintenance aircraft , logistical support maintain operations. air transport command operated large numbers of cargo , passenger aircraft base part of domestic wing.


during war, brookley became mobile’s largest employer, 17,000 skilled civilians capable of performing delicate work fragile instruments , machinery. in 1944, army decided take advantage of brookley’s large, skilled workforce top-secret “ivory soap” project hasten victory in pacific. project required 24 large vessels re-modeled aircraft repair , maintenance units had able accommodate b-29 bombers, p-51 mustangs, r-4b sikorsky helicopters, , amphibious vehicles.


the air force delivered 24 vessels mobile, alabama, in spring 1944 start remodeling. 5,000 men underwent complex training process prepared them rebuild vessels , operate them once on water. end of year, vessels departed mobile.


one of keys allied victory in europe norden bomb sight, enabled bomber squadrons target germany’s war-making industry , infrastructure more accurately. military repaired , calibrated bombsights @ brookley in secret facility, still standing , in use today.


in 1944 closure of army contract flying school @ nearby bates army airfield, air transport command operations shifted bates alleviate runway traffic @ brookley. late in 1945 bates field returned civil control , atc operations returned brookley.








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