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North American Aviation's Facility at Mines Field
 
Los Angeles Municipal Airport (Mines Field) which, after the war, became Los Angeles International Airport, was used extensively during the war by the Army Air Forces, Navy and local aircraft manufacturers, and continued to function as a commercial airport. The Air Transport Command and Air Technical Service Command had operations here and their was a large military air freight terminal.
North American Aviation's Flight Line at Mines Field, circa 1944
 
 
Source: World War II Sites in the United States: A Tour Guide and Directory by Richard E. Osbourne

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