Naval Air Station Banana River

Naval Air Station Banana River
Satellite Beach, Florida
Type	Naval Air Station
Built	Commissioned October 01, 1940^[1]
In use	1940-1947
Demolished	Deactivated 1947^[2]
Current owner	Transferred to U.S. Air Force on September 01, 1948^[3]
Commanders	Commander Waldo Tullsen, USN (1st Commanding Officer) Commander Adolphus W. Groton, USN (Assumed Command on June 02, 1942)^[4]
Occupants	Naval Aviation, WAVES
Battles/wars	WW II

Naval Air Station (NAS) Banana River was a United States Naval Base in Satellite Beach, Florida. NAS Banana River was transferred to the United States Air Force on September 1, 1948 and renamed the Joint Range Proving Ground on June 10, 1949.^[3] Subsequently, the site became Patrick Air Force Base.

Aerial view of NAS Banana River in the mid-1940s

[edit] See also

^ Melissa Williford Euziere. From Mosquito Clouds to War Clouds: The Rise of Naval Air Station Banana River (master’s thesis Florida State University, November 10, 2003), 24. An electronic copy of this thesis is available for download at Florida State University Electronic Theses and Dissertations website.
^ Melissa Williford Euziere. From Mosquito Clouds to War Clouds: The Rise of Naval Air Station Banana River (master’s thesis Florida State University, November 10, 2003), v. An electronic copy of this thesis is available for download at Florida State University Electronic Theses and Dissertations website.
^ ^a ^b Cliff Lethbridge. “Chapter 2: The Missile Range Takes Shape (1949-1958)”, The History of Cape Canaveral, Spaceline, Inc. website, 2000. Accessed November 16, 2007.
^ Melissa Williford Euziere. From Mosquito Clouds to War Clouds: The Rise of Naval Air Station Banana River (master’s thesis Florida State University, November 10, 2003), 34. An electronic copy of this thesis is available for download at Florida State University Electronic Theses and Dissertations website.