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Long Beach Airport, formerly Long Beach Army Air Field, is located 3 miles northeast of Long Beach, California.

Source: Location from Wikipedia contributors, "Long Beach Airport," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Long_Beach_Airport&oldid=590051356 (accessed January 30, 2014).

	Locations	TitleJJ SS WW
1	Long Beach Army Air Field; Long Beach, California, USA Lowry Army Air Field; Denver, Colorado, USA Curtis Field; Brady, Texas, USA Lubbock Army Air Field; Lubbock, Texas, USA	Jack H. Gardner Collection Photographs Photographs from the collection of Lieutenant Jack H. Gardner.
2	Long Beach Army Air Field; Long Beach, California, USA	Sixth Ferrying Group Sixth Ferrying Group, Long Beach Army Air Field, Long Beach, California Base personnel book for the Air Transport Command, Ferrying Division, Sixth Ferrying Group at Long Beach Army Air Field, Long Beach, California.
3	Long Beach Army Air Field; Long Beach, California, USA	We Thought We Heard the Angels Sing Lt. James C. Whittaker An account of the flight carrying World War I ace Eddie Rickenbacker that ditched in the Pacific in 1942, written by co-pilot Lt. James C. Whittaker. This is an excerpt showing only a note and signature of the author.

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TitleJJ SS WW

Long Beach Army Air Field; Long Beach, California, USA

Lowry Army Air Field; Denver, Colorado, USA

Curtis Field; Brady, Texas, USA

Lubbock Army Air Field; Lubbock, Texas, USA

Jack H. Gardner Collection
Photographs

Photographs from the collection of Lieutenant Jack H. Gardner.

Long Beach Army Air Field; Long Beach, California, USA

Sixth Ferrying Group
Sixth Ferrying Group, Long Beach Army Air Field, Long Beach, California

Base personnel book for the Air Transport Command, Ferrying Division, Sixth Ferrying Group at Long Beach Army Air Field, Long Beach, California.

Long Beach Army Air Field; Long Beach, California, USA

We Thought We Heard the Angels Sing
Lt. James C. Whittaker

An account of the flight carrying World War I ace Eddie Rickenbacker that ditched in the Pacific in 1942, written by co-pilot Lt. James C. Whittaker. This is an excerpt showing only a note and signature of the author.

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