Ellis Auxiliary Field

Ellis Auxiliary Army Airfield
Ellis Auxiliary Army Airfield
	23 July 1943
	IATA: none; ICAO: none;
Summary
Serves	Marianna, Florida
Coordinates	30°54′44″N085°15′23″W / 30.91222°N 85.25639°W
Map
	Location of Ellis Auxiliary Field

Last updated August 07, 2019

Ellis Auxiliary Army Airfield is a closed military airfield. It was located 9.7 miles north of Marianna, Florida.

Marianna is a city in Jackson County, Florida, United States. The population was 6,102 at the 2010 census. In 2017 the estimated population was 7,293. It is the county seat of Jackson County and is home to Chipola College. The official nickname of Marianna is "The City of Southern Charm".

History

Originally constructed by the United States Army Air Forces in 1942 as one of four auxiliary airfields for the pilot training school at Marianna Army Airfield, its original designation was Ellis Auxiliary Army Airfield #1. The airfield was constructed with two asphalt 5,000-foot runways, each with a parallel taxiway.

The United States Army Air Forces, informally known as the Air Force, was the aerial warfare service component of the United States Army during and immediately after World War II (1939/41–1945), successor to the previous United States Army Air Corps and the direct predecessor of the United States Air Force of today, one of the five uniformed military services. The AAF was a component of the United States Army, which on 2 March 1942 was divided functionally by executive order into three autonomous forces: the Army Ground Forces, the Services of Supply, and the Army Air Forces. Each of these forces had a commanding general who reported directly to the Army Chief of Staff.

The airfield was apparently unmanned, had no buildings nor any permanent units assigned. It was used for emergency and for touch-and-go landings as part of the pilot training school. With the end of World War II and the closure of Mariana AAF in 1945, the airfield was closed and abandoned.

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In the years since, the airfield concrete and asphalt has been removed and today the land is in private ownership, being used for agriculture. Aerial imagery shows one small section of the southeast/northwest runway derelict and overgrown

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This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/ .

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Ellis Auxiliary Army Airfield
23 July 1943
IATA: none ICAO: none
Summary
Serves	Marianna, Florida
Coordinates	30°54′44″N085°15′23″W / 30.91222°N 85.25639°W / 30.91222; -85.25639
Map
Location of Ellis Auxiliary Field