Marine Corps Outlying Field Camp Davis
MCOLF Camp Davis Greater Sandy Run Training Area | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 34°31′00″N 077°33′00″W / 34.51667°N 77.55000°W | ||||||||||||||
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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.
History
In December 1940,
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.
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
- ^ PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 27 August 2009.
- U.S. Department of Defense. 1984.
- ^ Aerial image/map showing Camp Davis in Onslow County. MapQuest. Accessed 21 October 2009.
- ^ "Camp Davis/Burgaw/Fort Fisher". History of the 225th AAA Searchlight Battalion. Retrieved 18 March 2009.
- ^ "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
- ^ "http://worldandmilitarynotes.com">"Camp Davis (North Carolina) USA POW Camp".
- ^ ISBN 1-57249-365-8.
- ^ "Outlying Field (OLF) Camp Davis". GlobalSecurity.org. Retrieved 19 March 2009.
External links
- [1] Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Camp Davis AAF / MCOLF (14NC)
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for 14NC
- AirNav airport information for 14NC
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for 14NC