Talk:Walla Walla Regional Airport

Latest comment: 14 years ago by S4n1HS22WMX695In in topic Walla Walla Army Air Base - No Small Deal

Walla Walla Army Air Base - No Small Deal edit

Are you Walla Walla people up for adding this?

"During World War II the 2,164-acre Walla Walla Army Air Base was developed as a training base for B-17 ("The Flying Fortress") and B-24 aircraft ("The Liberator"), America's two heavy bombers. During the war years, it was estimated that more than 8,000 officers were trained in Walla Walla producing 594 heavy bomber crews. Those crews completed approximately 114,414 hours in the air while training. The base population overall was about 15,000 people."
Refs:
http://www.wallawallaairport.com/ownership/history.cfm
Ref on base population:
my neighbor, stationed there as a second lieutenant in 1944.

External links:
Archives
http://www.wallawallaairport.com/archives/ hosted at http://wallawallaairport.cdmhost.com/
Jerry-va (talk) 22:33, 29 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

Good addition. I think you should make it. S4n1HS22WMX695In (talk) 22:30, 30 July 2009 (UTC)Reply
Can you get a printed source for the base population? If not, see Wikipedia:Verifiability S4n1HS22WMX695In (talk) 00:38, 15 August 2009 (UTC)Reply