NRHP: Fairmont Army Air Field
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Fairmont Army Airfield
NRHP Reference #: 03000105
NRHP Listing Date: 20030311
Location
Fairmont vicinity, Fillmore County, Nebraska
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Summary
Constructed in 1942, the Fairmont Army Airfield is about two miles south of Fairmont in Fillmore County. The Fairmont Army Airfield was a heavy bombardment training facility. Training at this facility began in earnest in 1943. Over the following two years thousands of air crews and their support staff trained in B-24 and B-29 aircraft and saw service in both the Pacific and European theaters of war.
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