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Naval Auxiliary Air Station Martha's Vineyard

Closed installations of the United States NavyDefunct airports in MassachusettsEdgartown, MassachusettsInstallations of the United States Navy in MassachusettsMilitary installations closed in 1946
United States Naval Auxiliary Landing FieldsWest Tisbury, Massachusetts

Naval Auxiliary Air Station Martha's Vineyard was a United States Navy facility located in Edgartown and West Tisbury, Massachusetts operational from 1943 to 1946. It existed as an auxiliary air facility of Naval Air Station Quonset Point.

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