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Marysville Army
Air Field
Marysville Army Air
Field 1943 (National Archives)
History
Sacramento District, US Army Corps of
Engineers
Located three miles south of town of Marysville,
this small airport name Alicia Field was taken over the Army
Air Forces and used for only a very short time as a sub-base
of Hamilton Field and controlled by the Fourth Air Force. It
was then transferred to the Air Technical Service Command and
eventually vacated. In 1947, through the War Assets Administration,
Marysville Army Air Field was released to the City of Marysville
and Yuba County. Shortly thereafter, the City of Marysville released
all interest in the airport to Yuba County. Yuba County Airport
was licensed as an approved airport on September 30, 1949 by
the State of Califonia. Some local histories refer to this field
as Alicia Army Air Field, but there is no official document stating
such.
The Civil Aeronautics Board, and as authorized
by Public No. 812, 76th Congress, approved the construction of
Alicia Airport and the City of Marysville and the County of Yuba
jointly purchased 833 acres for this purpose. Alicia Airport
was constructed in 1941 by contractor L. D. Richardson and Co.
of Beverly Hills, California.
In March 1942, the City of Marysville
and County of Yuba leased the airport and its 833 acres to the
Army Air Forces to serve as air support command base for Marysville
Cantonment (later named Camp Beale). Marysville Army Air Field
was used for only a very short time as a sub-base of Hamilton
Field and controlled by the Fourth Air Force. One major unit
served at Marysville Army Airfield, the 369th Fighter Group,
a Replacement Training Unit that trained on A-36 Apaches, P-39
Airacobras, and P-40 Warhawks. It served there from 5 November
1943 until they moved to Oroville
AAF in January 1944. The group had three fighter squadrons,
the 398th, 399th, and 400th.
Marysville Army Air Field was eventually
transferred to the Air Technical Service Command and was vacated.
In 1946, the City of Marysville released all interest in the
airport to Yuba County, and in August 1947, through the War Assets
Administration, Marysville Army Airfield was released to Yuba
County. Yuba County Airport was licensed as an approved airport
in September 1949 by the State of California and continues to
operate as a municipal airport and industrial park.
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