Anton Field

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Anton Army Airfield is a former United States Army Air Forces World War II airfield in Panama used as an auxiliary of Howard Field as part of the defense of the Panama Canal.

Anton Army Airfield
Part of Sixth Air Force
Located in Panama
Anton AAF
Coordinates	08°58′58.06″N 079°34′20.09″W / 8.9827944°N 79.5722472°W / 8.9827944; -79.5722472
Type	Military Airfield
Site information
Controlled by	United States Army Air Forces
Site history
In use	1943

Wartime units assigned to the station were:

30th Fighter Squadron (XXVI Fighter Command), 3 January-10 February 1943 (P-40 Warhawk)
29th Bombardment Squadron (6th Bombardment Group), 29 March-13 May 1943 (Northrup A-17 Nomad)

Today there is little or no trace of the airfield.

References

Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.
Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-405-12194-6. LCCN 70605402. OCLC 72556.

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