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3) Marine Corps Out Lying Field Oak Grove |
Pollocksville |
Military |
13NC |
1943 |
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aka Oak Grove Marine Corps Outlying Field, aka
Marine Corps Auxiliary Air Field Pollocksville. Per AirNav -
activated 6/1943. Oak Grove was opened in 1943 as an Outlying
Landing Field for adjacent MCAS Cherry Point. The 1st squadron
to come aboard was VMF-321, and the base was commissioned as
a Marine Corps Auxiliary Air Field in 1943. The September 1943
Norfolk Sectional Chart identified the field as "Oak Grove
(Navy)." The 1945 AAF Airfield Directory described Pollocksville
MCAAF as a 1,068 acre triangular property containing three
asphalt 4,000' runways. The field was said to have a single hangar
with a 78' x 20' door. The 1982 USGS topo map depicted Oak
Grove Airfield as having three paved runways, taxiways,
a ramp, and four small buildings. A 1993 USGS aerial view looking
south showed MCOLF Oak Grove to have three paved 4,000' runways
(18/36, 5/23 & 9/27), taxiways, and a ramp at the northeast
corner. |