Bogue Field Marine Corps Snapshots, WWII 176

Abstract

The Bogue Field Marine Corps Snapshots collection is composed of four original, unidentified snapshots from the World War II-era, removed from a scrapbook of an unnamed woman who worked in the control tower at U.S. Marine Corps auxiliary airfield Bogue Field during World War II. Photographs depict Marine Corps aviators in flight gear and jumpsuits at Bogue Field; and an unidentified woman with children [believed to be the wife of a Marine Corps aviator or officer]. Several of the buildings and hangars for the base are seen in the photographs.

Descriptive Summary

Title: Bogue Field Marine Corps Snapshots
Call Number: WWII 176
Creator: Unidentified
Date: ca. 1940s
Extent: 0.010 cubic feet
Repository: State Archives of North Carolina

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Preferred Citation

Folder 1, Bogue Field Marine Corps Snapshots, WWII 176, WWII Papers, Military Collection, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, N.C.

Collection Overview

The collection is composed of four original, unidentified snapshots from the World War II-era, removed from a scrapbook of an unnamed woman who worked in the control tower at U.S. Marine Corps auxiliary airfield Bogue Field during World War II. Photographs depict Marine Corps aviators in flight gear and jumpsuits at Bogue Field; and an unidentified woman with children [believed to be the wife of a Marine Corps aviator or officer]. Several of the buildings and hangars for the base are seen in the photographs.

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There is no arrangement for this collection.

Historical Note

The U.S. Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue (known as Bogue Field) was founded on in Carteret County, N.C., along Bogue Sound across from Emerald Isle. It operated as a satellite base of Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point. Bogue Field was used almost exclusively by the Marine Corps for Marine Scout Bombing Squadrons' dive-bomber squadron training. The base was home to the SBD Dauntless aircraft, operated by the first squadron that moved to Bogue Field in 1943 from Marine Corps Air Station New River, N.C.- Marine Scout Bombing Squadron 331 (VMSB-331). Later that year, Marine Aircraft Group 33 (MAG-33) moved to Bogue Field.

Specialized training facilities were established in the surrounding area of the base to support the training of the resident dive-bombing squadrons. Dive-bombing circle targets were constructed on nearby islands, and vertical targets were built for low-level bombing practice. A maneuvering target boat was also used on the Neuse River to practice attacks on shipping. MAG-33 was transferred to MCAS Eagle Mountain Lake, Texas, in 1944. This left Bogue Field less used, except for an attempted rescue aircraft operation that did not develop. There were a small contingent of U.S. Marine Corps Women's Reserve (WR) members stationed at the field during WWII.

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Acquisitions Information

The item was donated to the Military Collection at the State Archives of North Carolina by a private donor in May 2019.

Processing Information

The photographs were removed from a photograph album of images from a female Marine stationed at Bogue Field, and distributed by a vendor for retail. The Marine is not identified on the photographs or in the vendor's information. The photographs in the collection have been individually stored in an acid-free, archival plastic sleeves to allow for researchers to handle the original images without causing damage to the images' surface, and to improve preservation during long-term storage. The photographs have been numbered with a soft HB No. 2 pencil on the back, according to the collection number, the box and folder number, and an individual image number. For example, the number "WWII 176.F1.1" should be interpreted as "WWII Papers 176 collection, Folder 1, Photograph 1."