Fairmont Army Air Field (FMZ)
Fairmont, Nebraska 1943 - 1946
Panel 1 Fairmont State Airfield (ICAO:KFMZ, FAA LID:FMZ)
is three miles south of Fairmont, in Fillmore County, Nebraska. The National Plan of Integrated Airport . . . — — Map (db m269023) WM
Fairmont Army Air Field, located 3 1/2 miles south, was one of eleven army air force training fields built in Nebraska during World War II. The 1,980-acre field provided final training for the 451st, 485th, 504th, and 16th Heavy Bombardment Groups . . . — — Map (db m78009) HM
Construction began on the Fairmont Army Air Field September 17, 1942. Located east of here, it was one of eleven built in Nebraska during World War II.
The 1,980-acre field began as a satellite of the Topeka Army Air Base. Early in 1943 the name . . . — — Map (db m82566) HM
The Fairmont Creamery Company was incorporated March 29, 1884, as a stock company by Wallace Wheeler and Joseph H. Rushton. This building was the original office and the creamery was half a mile east of town. From a small, part-time business, the . . . — — Map (db m78008) HM
