Latitude 40°35'28"N Longitude 73°53'28"W


ACQUISITION	Lodger facilities for an RN Air Section and disembarked squadrons from 1942.
COMMISSIONED	Not known.
CLOSED	Not known.
PAID OFF	Not known.

C.O./O.I.C.	Not known.

FUNCTION	RN Aircraft Storage Unit RN Ferry Flight British Admiralty Delegation flight Support for one (?) disembarked squadron
ADDRESS	R.N. Air Section U.S.N.A.S. Floyd Bennett Field Marine Park, Brooklyn, New York City, USA
LOCALITY	The airfield lies on a man made island which juts into Jamaica Bay, on the S.E. coast of Brooklyn, where the Rockaway inlet joins Jamaica bay.
LANDMARKS	Breezy Point 4 miles S.W. of Floyd Bennett Field; the most westerly point of the Rockaway isthmus which separates Jamaica Bay from the Atlantic Ocean.
ROAD AND RAIL ACCESS	Road access from Brooklyn


CONTROL	Control Building
ELEVATION	14' above M.S.L.
RUNWAYS	Four, concrete 01/18 QDM. ---° ----° .... 1,666 x 100 yds. 06/24 QDM. ---° ----° .... 1,666 x 100 yds. 12/30 QDM. ---° ----° .... 1,666 x 100 yds. 15/33 QDM. ---° ----° .... 1,666 x 100 yds.
TRACKS	A central taxi track connect s the main hangar complex to the seaplane hangars on the far side of the airfield, crossing through the junction of runways 01/18 & 12/30. a smaller track connects the S.W. ends of runways 12/30 & 15/33.
OBSTRUCTIONS	Navigation	Not known.
	Circuit	Not known.
	Approach	Not known.

APPROACH	Not known.
WIND INDICATOR	Not known.


HOMING - VISUAL	By day	Not known.
	By night	NNot known.
HOMING--RADIO	D/F	Not known.
	Beacons	Not known.
APPROACH - VISUAL	By day	Not known.
	By night	Not known.
APPROACH - RADIO
COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT	M/F & H/F	Not known.
	VH/F	Not known.

GROUND RAD	Not known.

ACCOMMODATION

Capacity:

Officers:	Unknown.
Chiefs, P.O.s and ratings:	Unknown.
W.R.N.S. Officers:	None.
W.R.N.S. Chiefs, P.O.s and ratings;	None.

ARMOURIES

Not known.

COMPASS BASE

Not known.

DISPERSAL

Not known.

HANGARS

On S.W. edge of airfield.

Number /Type	Size	Door Height	Door Width

MEDICAL

Not known.

METEOROLOGICAL

USN

FUEL AND OIL

Aviation:	Not known.
M/T:	Not known.
Oil :	Not known.

TEST BASE

Not known.

TEST BUTT

Not known.

WORKSHOPS

EXPLOSIVES

Not known.

BOMBING AND FIRING RANGES

Not known.

Air to air

Air to ground and R. p. Firing

Live and practice bombing

Practice bombing

Assault training

Information taken from

List of first and second line squadrons, station flight and other flying units based at this location

834

Torpedo Spotter Reconnaissance squadron

Disembarked from HMS ARCHER 15.07.42 to 31.10.42 while the ship was in dockyard hands.

Equipped with 4 Swordfish Is.

836

Torpedo-Bomber and Reconnaissance squadron

Moved here from RNAS Palisadoes13.05.42. Embarked in HMS BITER 02.06.42.
Equipped with 6 Fairey Swordfish.

837

Torpedo-Bomber and Reconnaissance squadron

Moved here from RNAS Palisadoes 01.07.42. Embarked in HMS DASHER 25.07.42.
Equipped with 4 Fairey Swordfish

882

Torpedo Spotter Reconnaissance squadron

Detached flight of 2 a/c. Disembarked from HMS ARCHER 15.07.42. Flight disbanded here 30.09.42.

Equipped with 2 Swordfish Is.

1833

Single Seat Fighter Squadron

Moved here from USNAS Brunswick 14.10.443. Embarked in HMS TRUMPETER. via USNAS Norfolk 17.10.43.

Equipped with 10 x Corsair.

1834

Single Seat Fighter Squadron

Moved here from USNAS Brunswick 30.10.43. Embarked in HMS KHEDIVE, via USNAS Norfolk, 01.11.43.

Equipped with 10 x Corsair.

1849

Single Seat Fighter Squadron

Moved here from USNAS Brunswick 15.11.44. Embarked in HMS REAPER, via USNAS Norfolk, 22.11.44.

Equipped with 18 x Corsair.

1850

Single Seat Fighter Squadron

Moved here from USNAS Brunswick 15.11.44. Embarked in HMS REAPER, via USNAS Norfolk, 23.11.44.

Equipped with 18 x Corsair

1851

Single Seat Fighter Squadron

Moved here from USNAS Brunswick 23.12.44. Embarked in HMS THANE, via USNAS Norfolk,28.12.44

Equipped with 18 x Corsair.

1853

Single Seat Fighter Squadron

Moved here from USNAS Brunswick 13.07.45. Moved to USNAS Norfolk 14.7.45.

Equipped with 18 x Corsair.