A municipal airport opened in Androscoggin County, Maine, United States, in 1935. It is located four nautical miles (7 km) southwest of the cities of Auburn and Lewiston, both of which own and operate the airport, although it is located solely in the city of Auburn. From late 1942, during World War II, the airfield was under the control of the United States Navy for use as a base for anti-submarine patrols by Squadron VS-31.
The aerodrome at Lewiston was established as a Naval Auxiliary Air Facility in April 1943. It was redesignated a Naval Auxiliary Air Station in August 1945, and disestablished on 1 December 1945 during the first round of postwar base
closings,[5][6] with the site being declared surplus to the Navy's requirements in 1946, and handed back to the cities of Auburn and Lewiston in 1947/1948.
Units
Torpedo Squadron 153 (VT-153) was established at NAAF Lewiston on 26 March 1945, transferring to Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia, on 1 June 1945.[7]
^Roberts, Captain Michael D., MSC, USNR, "Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons, Volume 2", Appendix 6, Patrol Squadron Shore Establishments, Naval Historical Center, Department of the Navy, Washington, D.C., 2000, Library of Congress card 94-35647, page 740.
^Roberts, Captain Michael D., MSC, USNR, "Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons, Volume 2", Appendix 6, Patrol Squadron Shore Establishments, Naval Historical Center, Department of the Navy, Washington, D.C., 2000, Library of Congress card 94-35647, page 744.
