Glynco Naval Air Station

Linked to U-boat Attacks during World War II

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Airships are pictured circa 1942 outside a hangar at Glynco Naval Air Station in Glynn County. The station's fixed-wing and antisubmarine aircraft were integral to defending Georgia's coast from German U-boat attacks during World War II.

Courtesy of Georgia Archives, Vanishing Georgia, # gly109.

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Glynco Naval Air Station

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