It was used to train torpedo bomber pilots during World War II using Link Trainer flight simulators.

It is a one-story, split-level, wood-frame vernacular building with wood walls and a tar and gravel roof that sat about 30 inches (76 cm) above the ground on a foundation of concrete piers.

[3] Naval Air Station Fort Lauderdale was established on a civilian airport in 1942 to train torpedo bomber pilots for the Pacific theater in World War II.

Most airmen trained as NAS Fort Lauderdale were subsequently assigned to squadrons which flew the planes from aircraft carriers in the Pacific.

[2] The air station remained active for some time after the war until in 1948 it was declared surplus by the United States Navy.

[2] Founded in 1979 by WW II sailor Allan McElhiney the association first obtained a $10,000 grant from the City of Fort Lauderdale to restore the interior of the building.

[4] In 1995 the Broward County Avaiation Department applied for a federal grant to restore and move the building.

[5] Eventually a $200,000 grant from the United States Department of Transportation funding moving and refurbishing the building.

[3] Since being moved to its current location it has been operated as the Naval Air Station Fort Lauderdale Museum.

[6] The museum's displays include "The George Bush Room" a recreated soldier's barracks, "Broward Goes to War" and a memorial to Flight 19 a group Grumann Avengers flying out of NAS Fort Lauderdale whose disappearance is unexplained.