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Many thanks to.... William
"Bill" Donald... --------------------------------------- |
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After the departure of the 305th, at the
end of the war... Chelveston was relinquished to the care of 25 R.A.F. maintenance... --------------------------------------- |
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At the beginning of 1952.. the
817th Engineers, an American unit... arrived, to begin reconstruction of a new airfield on the Chelveston site.... ---------------------------------------------- |
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Nearing completion... November 7th
1955.... According to the perceived innovations at the time, a single, almost two miles long... "fifty yard wide runway" was laid... with the taxiing track running parallel... -------------------- Your top picture of the runway under
construction shows the asphalt plant at the end of the
runway. The crane on the right is where the cement plant
was located. I helped set them both up.... |
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Trucks of the 817th... lined up at
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May 1st 1956... The first plane lands on
the runway.... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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Equipped with B47 "Stratojets"
the first plane stands on the brand new runway.... -------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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B-47... Chelveston.. 1956..... ------------------------------------------------------------ |
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Some
of the planes that were... |
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B66...
on a snowy runway... |
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B-66 on the end of the runway... |
B - 47.... on the ramp... |
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Two very famous British visitors..... |
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"British
visitors" dropped in after a special
invitation.... |
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B47....moments before "touchdown"... |
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drag
chute deployed, rear guns up and
locked..... |
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Another visitor........ |
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From
Lake Charles.... B47.. looking for "radio
repair"....... |
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C - 130 at Chelveston... Armed Forces day.. 1960.. |
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B
47... tail number 32275... Dennis Pell
wondered if anyone has the tail numbers |
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A C124 Globemaster ll .. these occasionaly flew into Chelveston... [ thanks Dennis ] |
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