California State Military
DepartmentProperty History: Between July 1942 and November 1944, 663.52 acres were acquired (8.12 fee acres from private owners, 1.13 acres by declaration of taking, 566.67 acres leased from the city of Sacramento, and 87.29 acres leased from private owners). The War Department used the site from 1942 to 1947 as an Army Air Forces camp for the 4th Air Force to support a military air terminal.
Sacramento Municipal Airport, also known as Sacramento Executive Airport, Sacramento Army Air Field and Sutterville Auxiliary Field, a subbase of Hamilton Field, was used by the War Department as an Air Corps camp for the 4th Air Force to support a military air terminal. The leased section of the premises consisted of the airport; original hangars; 28 Government constructed buildings, (including housing); a bomb storage area; gas and oil storage and distribution; refueling systems; water supply storage; and a sewage and disposal system. Improvements to the airport included: runways (NW & SE); taxiways; apron hardstands; field drainage; marking and lighting systems; fencing; and a beacon attached to a tower building.
On December 20, 1945, 663.21 acres were reported as excess to GSA. The 9.25 fee acres were transferred to the War Assets Administration (WAA) on March 4, 1947 along with 566.67 acres of leased property. The government, acting through WAA, conveyed the 566.67 acres to the City of Sacramento to be used for public airport purposes subject to the terms and conditions of the transfer document dated November 19, 1948. The remaining 87.29 acres leased from private owners was terminated between June 30, 1946 and September 30, 1946. A release for the right-of-way license to the government for a drainage ditch from private party (0.31 acres) released the property to the original owners effective July 1, 1947.
405th Army Air Force Base Unit (Special) (321st Wing)
- 380th Fighter Squadron (Code A9) P-39
Aircobra
- 381st Fighter Squadron (Code B3) P-39 Aircobra
- 382nd Fighter Squadron (Code C3) P-39 Aircobra
- 381st Fighter Squadron (Code B3) P-39 Aircobra
