Chame Airport

Chame Airport is an airport in Panama. During World War II the facility was used as an auxiliary military airfield (Chame Airdrome, Chame Airfield #1) of Howard Field as part of the defense of the Panama Canal. Assigned units were the USAAF 53d Fighter Group, 14th Fighter Squadron (2 January-24 November 1942) and 28th Fighter Squadron (10 November 1942-25 September 1945) flying P-39 Aircobras, AT-6, BT-13, and UC-78s  This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.