Sedalia AAF

  August 1942 to present

  United States of America

CITY: Knob Noster, MO

IATA/ICAO CODES: SZL / KSZL

COORDINATES: 38°44'N / 93°33'W

OTHER NAMES: Sedalia AAB (1942), Sedalia AAF (1942-1951), Sedalia AFB (1951-1955), Whiteman AFB (1955-present)

Right: memorabilia from Sedalia...
Photo credit: unknown postcard

Sedalia AAF was built at the onset of World War II. It opened on 6 August 1942 as a glider and paratrooper training base under I Troop Carrier Command. Aircraft used there included the C-47, the Waco CG-4 and the Commando. In early 1945, Sedalia began converting its C-47 fleet to Commandos. By the summer of 1945, all combat cargo instructor training for I Troop Carrier Command was centralized at Sedalia.

The base closed in the mid-1940's, and reopened during the Korean War in 1951 as a strategic bomber base.

802^nd AAF Base Unit (I Troop Carrier Command, 61^st Troop Carrier Wing HQ) (April 1944 to October 1945)

813^th AAF Base Unit (I Troop Carrier Command Combat Crew Training School, Troop Carrier) (April 1944 to October 1945)

433^rd Troop Carrier Group (March 1943 to June 1943)

67^th Troop Carrier Squadron (March 1943 to June 1943)

• Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando: 42-96688, 42-96692 (ground instruction mockup)
• Curtiss C-46A-50-CU Commando: 42-101051
• Curtiss C-46A-55-CK Commando: 43-47173, 43-47174, 43-47178, 43-47184, 43-47188
• Curtiss C-46D-5-CU Commando: 44-77320 (probable), 44-77433
• Curtiss C-46D-10-CU Commando: 44-77588, 44-77536, 44-77546, 44-77553, 44-77555, 44-77557, 44-77561, 44-77567, 44-77573, 44-77587, 44-77630, 44-77632, 44-77680, 44-77683, 44-77691, 44-77695, 44-77698, 44-77699, 44-77700, 44-77702, 44-77705, 44-77706, 44-77708, 44-77711, 44-77718, 44-77724, 44-77725, 44-77729
• Curtiss C-46D-15-CU Commando: 44-77991
• Curtiss C-46E-1-CS Commando: 43-47410