Minter Army Airfield auxiliary fields
Minter Army Airfield was also called Lerdo Field, after the nearby road.
The Army built three 4,500-foot runways on the 1,466-acre site, to support training activities need for World War II.
The Army built a 3,000 × 3,000-foot landing area, three buildings: Stage House, Crash Truck Shelter and Latrine.
Pilot Leroy McDonald was killed in an A BT-13 trainer crash at Famoso Field on April 22, 1942, on plane serial no.
After the war, Famoso Auxiliary Field was closed and there is no trace of the former landing mat.
Famoso Auxiliary Field was at what is now east of Highway 99 and south of Whistler Road.
Located in Jasmin, California in Kern County at 35°44′05″N 119°07′00″W / 35.73472°N 119.11667°W / 35.73472; -119.11667 (Dunlap Auxiliary Airfield).
Dunlap Auxiliary Field was open in 1941 on a 210.22 acres site and used to train World War II pilots in landing and take off.
There were two crash accidents at Dunlap Field, a BT-13 trainer crash-landed on April 8, 1942, the planes serial no.
A North American T-6 Texan AT-6C trainer crashed at Dunlap Field on July 23, 1945, it was serial no.
The Army built: crash truck shelter, stage house, latrines, 3,000 by 3,000-foot landing mat and a runway.
One crash happened one mile north of the runway on October 24, 1943, Otto Piepnbrink was killed in a BT-13A trainer, he was with the 324th Basic Flight Training Squadron.
In 1942 the War Department received the free use of land from Mrs. Jean Atkinson on November 5, 1942.
Later in 1943 the Army added 288.26 acres of free land was received from Standard Oil Company of California on August 30, 1943.
The Army built a 5,000-foot runway and a 1,600-foot clay landing strip at Lost Hills Auxiliary Field.
The 5,000-foot runway was used for training bomber pilots like the North American B-25 Mitchell and Lockheed P-38 Lightning.
