Bloyer Field is a public airport located approximately 1 miles (1.6 km) east of Tomah, Wisconsin

Tomah, Wisconsin

Tomah is a city in Monroe County, Wisconsin, United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 9,093. The city is located partially within the Town of Tomah.-Education:...

. It provides general aviation

General aviation

General aviation is one of the two categories of civil aviation. It refers to all flights other than military and scheduled airline and regular cargo flights, both private and commercial. General aviation flights range from gliders and powered parachutes to large, non-scheduled cargo jet flights...

 service.

History

Activated 30 November 1942. Conducted technical training for United States Army Air Force. Known as Tomah Army Airfield Technical School. 1000 Technical School Squadron (Special) provided technical training included radio interception techniques; radio maintenance and operations to personnel. Functioned as a sub-base of Radio school at Truax Army Airfield at Madison. School inactivated on 1 April 1944. Facility transferred to Air Technical Service Command 30 April 1944. Transferred as inactive to the US Army Corps of Engineers on 1 April 1946 for disposition.

The airfield was turned over to civil control though the War Assets Administration (WAA).

See also

• Wisconsin World War II Army Airfields
  Wisconsin World War II Army Airfields
  During World War II, the United States Army Air Force established numerous airfields in Wisconsin for training pilots and aircrews of USAAF fighters and bombers....