00175832 3776-44 UNCLASSIFIED 2429962 11-28-1940 2431273 07-01-1944

MORRIS FIELD NC

HISTORY 286.62-1 0000005232 B2421 555 822 267 43 2446668 08-25-1986 PERSONNEL FROM MORRIS FIELD DISPERSED TO POINTS ALONG ATLANTIC COAST 8 DEC 41. 81 FIGHTER GROUP ACTIVATED 6 FEB 42 AT MORRIS FIELD; REDESIGNATED 79 FIGHTER GROUP SHORTLY AFTERWARD. 302 SERVICE GROUP ACTIVATED 6 FEB 42 AT MORRIS FIELD. 20 FIGHTER GROUP TRANSFERRED FROM MORRIS FIELD TO DREW FIELD FL 5 AUG 42. COL RICHARD H. BALLARD REPLACED COL HOWARD AS COMMANDING OFFICER OF FIELD 1 JUL 42. COL BALLARD REPLACED BY COL WARNER B. OATES SEP 42. 1 AIR SUPPORT COMMAND TRANSFERRED FROM MITCHEL FIELD NY TO MORRIS DURING FALL 1942. RALEIGH/DURHAM ARMY AIRFIELD NC AND CAMP DAVIS ARMY AIRFIELD NC ASSIGNED AS SUBBASES OF MORRIS FIELD 12 SEP 42. BLACKSTONE ARMY AIRFIELD VA ASSIGNED TO MORRIS FIELD 27 OCT 42. 66 OBSERVATION GROUP TRANSFERRED FROM MORRIS FIELD TO AIKEN SC AND REPLACED BY 76 OBSERVATION GROUP (REDESIGNATED TACTICAL RECONNAISSANCE GROUP) 10 MAY 43. 46 BOMBARDMENT GROUP ARRIVED AT FIELD 6 NOV 43 TO SET UP LIGHT BOMBARDMENT REPLACEMENT UNIT. INCLUDES INFORMATION ON DETACHMENT 15, 903 QUARTERMASTER COMPANY AVIATION (SERVICE); DETACHMENT 853 SIGNAL SERVICE COMPANY AVIATION; DETACHMENT 2065 ORDNANCE COMPANY; 11 AVIATION SQUADRON; 781 WOMEN'S ARMY AUXILIARY POST HEADQUARTERS COMPANY; 847 GUARD SQUADRON; 334 SUBDEPOT; AND 333 ARMY AIR FORCES BASE UNIT (REPLACEMENT TRAINING UNIT, LIGHT BOMBARDMENT). NONE