NAAS Camp Kearny

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="02c285a1erlcgo.png"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><B>VPB-111 Bresciano</B></FONT><B>    </B><B> |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="VPB111 Bresciano"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div>                                                   </div> <div> <A HREF="mailto:ppbchief@yahoo.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:ppbchief@yahoo.com"><U>Contact the Author</U></A></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="02ad2c00dkelyh.png"> <div> <A HREF="id59.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="LETTER FROM LOUIE"><U><B>NEXT PAGE</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id94.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Photos Index"><U><B>PHOTO INDEX</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id58.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="TRAIN TO CALIFORNIA"><U><B>PREVIOUS PAGE</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> August - September 1944. Camp Kearny, Califorina. Naval Auxiliary Air Station Camp Kearny  was an auxiliary of San Diego NAS and named after General S.W. Kearny a Military Governor of California.</div> <div> The Navy's use of the B-24 Liberator stems from its being impressed by the British in their use of the Liberator in anti-submarine and long range patrol missions. </div> <div> In 1942, the Navy cancelled the Sea Ranger development and started puchasing B-24's from the Army. With the Navy in the anti-submarine warfare business, the Army disbanded its anti-submarine command and turned its aircraft over to the Navy. </div> <div> The Navy drew B-24's directly from the Army production at the Consolidated plant at San Diego's Linbergh Field and modified them to Navy specifications. In May 1943, the Navy began converting B-24D's to the PB4Y-2 Privateer. The first -2's were delivered in March 1944.</div> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>NAAS Camp Kearny</I></div> <div> <IMG SRC="19fbc1d0.jpg" border=0 width="700" height="541" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="1a0bc0a0.jpg" border=0 width="700" height="522" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </td> </tr></table></body>