• In September 1942, the Inyokern
airfield was taken over by the Army's Fourth Air Force and assigned
to the Muroc Bombing Range Air Base (Edwards AFB), 50 miles to the south.
Army primary training Stearmans from Lancaster regularly used the Inyokern
airfield for cross country flights, although the Army had intended to
use the airfield for dispersal and glider training.
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Harvey primitive dry extrusion press |
This primitive press is believed to be the first
constructed on the West Coast in 1941 for the dry extrusion
of solid propellant by Dr. C. C. Lauritsen and his son
Dr. Robert Lauritsen, 26 November 1941. Rocketeer photo.
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| 3Q |
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B-18
Bolo |
B-18 Bolo firing anti-submarine retro-rockets, NOTS
Inyokern, 01 Aug 1942. Official U.S. Navy photo.
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B-18
Bolo |
B-18 Bolo firing anti-submarine retro-rockets, NOTS
Inyokern, 01 Aug 1942. Official U.S. Navy photo.
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B-18
Bolo |
B-18 Bolo firing anti-submarine retro-rockets, NOTS
Inyokern, 01 Aug 1942. Official U.S. Navy photo.
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F6F Hellcat
target |
Rocket damaged F6F Hellcat target at Goldstone, dated
01 January 1943. U.S. Navy photo.
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VJ-7 SBD-3
Dauntless |
VJ-7 SBD-3 Dauntless with High Velocity Aircraft
Rockets (HVAR) mounted under the stbd wing, Harvey Field,
dated 01 January 1943. U.S. Navy photo.
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VJ-7 SBD-3
Dauntless |
VJ-7 SBD-3 Dauntless with High Velocity Aircraft
Rockets (HVAR) mounted under the stbd wing, Harvey Field,
dated 01 January 1943. U.S. Navy photo.
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Harvey
Field reservoir |
Harvey Field reservoir construction, 01 January 1943.
U.S. Navy photo.
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