Contact Us / Advertise / Support The Bloom

The Lake County Bloom
  • ART AND LIT
    • ART
    • LITERATURE
      • POETRY
        • ROOTED IN POETRY
      • FICTION
        • SHORT STORIES
        • THE RED SEDAN by CHANCE MOON
      • BOOK REVIEWS
    • MUSIC
      • LAKE COUNTY MUSIC GUIDE
      • LOCAL MUSICIANS
    • THEATER
  • FOOD AND DRINK
    • RESTAURANTS AND BARS
    • WINERIES
  • HISTORY
    • LAKE COUNTY HISTORY by GENE PALENO
    • LAKE COUNTY TIME MACHINE
    • LOCAL HISTORY
  • COLUMNS
    • HOLIDAY SHOPPING GUIDE
    • EDITORIALS
    • THE NEIGHBOR YOU NEVER KNEW
    • COMMUNITY NEWS
    • ROOTED IN POETRY
    • STRESSLESS CAMPING
    • WITTER SPRINGS CHRONICLES by GENE PALENO
    • WINDOW ON LAKE COUNTY
    • FEATURED LAKE COUNTY BUSINESSES
    • COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE INSIGHTS
    • OBITUARIES
  • CALENDARS
    • THE BIG CALENDAR
    • THE PARTY CALENDAR
  • PRESS RELEASES
  • ART AND LIT
    • ART
    • LITERATURE
      • POETRY
        • ROOTED IN POETRY
      • FICTION
        • SHORT STORIES
        • THE RED SEDAN by CHANCE MOON
      • BOOK REVIEWS
    • MUSIC
      • LAKE COUNTY MUSIC GUIDE
      • LOCAL MUSICIANS
    • THEATER
  • FOOD AND DRINK
    • RESTAURANTS AND BARS
    • WINERIES
  • HISTORY
    • LAKE COUNTY HISTORY by GENE PALENO
    • LAKE COUNTY TIME MACHINE
    • LOCAL HISTORY
  • COLUMNS
    • HOLIDAY SHOPPING GUIDE
    • EDITORIALS
    • THE NEIGHBOR YOU NEVER KNEW
    • COMMUNITY NEWS
    • ROOTED IN POETRY
    • STRESSLESS CAMPING
    • WITTER SPRINGS CHRONICLES by GENE PALENO
    • WINDOW ON LAKE COUNTY
    • FEATURED LAKE COUNTY BUSINESSES
    • COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE INSIGHTS
    • OBITUARIES
  • CALENDARS
    • THE BIG CALENDAR
    • THE PARTY CALENDAR
  • PRESS RELEASES
July 14, 2020  |  By Jan Cook

Lake County Time Machine: Plane Crashes

LAKE COUNTY TIME MACHINE
Share
Tweet
Share
Pin

During World War II the US government established military airfields around northern California including a number at places such as Orland, Oroville, Redding, Siskiyou County, Marysville, Santa Rosa and Novato. Novice pilots trained in hastily-constructed planes over Lake County, which led to emergency landings and crashes in Lake County. In those days Lake County had a number of small airfields scattered around, such as Polk Field near Upper Lake. Planes from both the army and the navy crashed in Lake County.

Lake County Bee, 10.2.1942
Lake County Bee, 10.9.1942
Lake County Bee, 10.9.1942
Lake County Bee, 10.16.1942
Lake County Bee, 1.29.1943
Share
Tweet
Share
Pin
History Lake County Lake County Time Machine
Jan Cook

Article by Jan Cook

Jan Cook is a library technician for the Lake County Library where she has worked since 1989. She wears a multitude of library hats, including the one for answering Lake County genealogy and history questions. Jan belongs to the Lake County Genealogical Society, the Lake County Historical Society and the Ladies of the Lake Quilt Guild. She designed Lakeport Library’s Quilt Trail block, Friends of the Library. One of her favorite library jobs is doing research in the old newspapers.

Related Articles

  • 20191025_162241
    Lake County Wants Your Input: Fill out a Transportation Survey.
    View Details
  • Jimmy Restani showing off his guns in front of the Loch Lomond Resort. Photo courtesy Madelyn Martinelli.
    Memories of the Mayacamas Mountains: The Story of Adams Springs, Loch Lomond, and the Prather Family
    View Details

SIGN UP FOR THE BLOOM WEEKLY

SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER

SIGN UP FOR THE BLOOM WEEKLY

Contact Us / Advertise / Submit / Privacy Policy

Terms of Service / Disclaimer

Copyright 2020 Lake County Bloom

X
X