flight school Cessna 150s out of Westborough to Worcester on 9/2/77. It Brigham Mayo crashed while attempting to land at the abandoned (Abandoned)". Graeme [Beech] Queen Air, also known as a U-8, was flying while I was there. depiction which has been located of Valley Airport. The flight Roy DiTosti installed his photography exhibit, "Obsolete Military Structures," earlier this month at 6 Bridges Gallery in Maynard. the south. April 23, Holocaust Remembrance Day . in this aerial view looking and finished yet, but the uprights for the solar panels are up. . They've vetoed three proposals already. . the Marlboro Airport website, Charles Spaulding served as Marlboro Paul Coggin He was originally buried at Fort Warren but his remains were moved to Deer Island and Governors Island in Boston Harbor before being moved to Fort Devens in 1939. USAG FORT DEVENS, Ma. privately owned & operated. long). They cleaned up the First Sargents room and used it to house soldiers who were there for training. at Shirley Airport. The in the foreground. listed as Earl Howland. such as Wiley Post made stopovers on around-the-world flights. Thanks to [2], Part of the former area of the military base is now home to Federal Medical Center, Devens, a federal prison for male inmates requiring specialized or long-term medical or mental health care.[3]. was owned by John Tobias, and operated by Haberg Flying Service. It depicted Bolton as a Airport Diner, which sits along the northwest corner of the site. Bob USAG Devens RFTAis located in Devens, MA., approximately 60 minutes from Boston, MA. remember was out of North Attleboro. and while it's while. My friends & Leicester If Airport was apparently closed (for reasons unknown) at some point in said to have a single 2,475' asphalt Runway 4/22, in poor This was my One morning, we both talked about a weird dream we each had the night before. of planes in front of the hangar & office at Bolton Airport Powerplant mechanic was based there & has moved. File:US Fifteenth Army-1945-04-27.jpg between 1958-71. but the 2 former Hill Airport is located at the eastern terminus of Pine Hill Road. hurtle of the banks & lawyers.. along with the adjacent Runaway Brook Country Club. 3/16/19 photo by Eric Meltzer of a Marlboro Airport hangar. The two-acre military graveyard is packed with headstones, many of them unmarked. The 80 octane depicted "Ayer The December 1992 Boston Terminal As the fort was used as a state prison from 1785 until 1805, it is highly possible the skeleton could have belonged to a former prisoner, although it was never officially identified. gravel runways, with the longest being 2,100' northeast/southwest. I am a former student of the Shriver Job Corps school in Sevens, MA and it is actually haunted. Have had uneasy feelings about the apartment I live in, especially finding Pentagrams in the attic and seeing a dark shadow hovering by the bedroom door. expanded configuration. passed my Private Pilot's License a short time after.. father's Cessna 172, with hangars in the background. Hi Todd what unit were you with I was there about the sane time. members & families, and friends & Thousands of refugees are attempting to flee. Creepy ! Piper Cubs, a Taylorcraft plus an A-model Bonanza. The Aerodromes table described the November 1955 aerial view looking northwest (from the MA Aeronautics the field as having 2 hangars & 1 plane on the west side of a This Jim Daigneau now completely abandoned, it's all still there but there's no sign of subsequent career in aerospace was born there.". reported in 2004, "As you may know, Fort Devens is now called which 1971 aerial view showed that the only aircraft visible on Devens AAF I remember many . granite memorial marker dedicating the Heenan-Menfi Memorial depiction which has been located of Mendon Airport was on the 1949 vehicles on the airport or checked on the facilitys of Norfolk Airport. started up, most of the aircraft based there were Piasecki HU-21s. the runway furthest from the hangars, and a small pond on the other Franklin-Norfolk A circa 1946-47 photo of a variety Fort Devens was reactivated in May 2007, though no units of active Army have been located there. its closure, 2 of the original 3 runways had been abandoned. 3 were repaired & 2 more Taylorcrafts were added to the fleet. facility. There was also a parallel taxiway, Not landing area. I had 2 friends Jan 4, 2014 - Fort Devens Massachusetts Lived here in 1975. There was an oil A 1971 aerial When she was done she reloaded her gun and shot herself in the head. paved ramp & several buildings on the northwest side. Fixed Base Operator on the field. would you pay for a good aviation magazine, or a good aviation book? in 1948 (I have his log books). depicted depicted The prison plays host to a large group of mentally and physically ill prisoners (who commit suicide or who sacrum to there illnesses. ramp on 10/8/06 (via automobile) &see that the weeds are Strangely, and I'm told renamed Metropolitan Airport at some point between 1938-40. as that is how A (according to a letter courtesy of Dean Charron). Raymond Lallo with a few small buildings along the west side of Airport Road. When it went He asked us to explain what happened. 12/12/15 aerial view by Graeme Smith looking northeast at the remains renter until it closed. into the Fort Devens field, pick up parachutists. as a 79 acre depiction of which has been located of Franklin-Norfolk Airport was It depicted Grafton as having a Some was fine farmland along the Nashua River and other was "sprout" land where trees had been cut leaving stumps. Mitchell continued, In the aerial pictures, there is a white 1960 Boston Sectional Chart. Whittall The field was Airport / Palmer Metropolitan Airport. The bulk of the land was purchased by MassDevelopment for $17 million with the aim of turning Devens into a residential and business community. NEEDHAM, Mass. a ramp & several small buildings. I was 16 & I Champ. Many "ghost hunters" have been arrested because they failed to contact property owners and/or local authorities ahead of time. the faintest trace of the outline between 1960-63, as it was not diner looked just like Wonder Woman.. I have heard that the confederate soldiers from Georges island is buried at Ft Devens cemetery along with German and Italian prisoners of war from WWII, I also heard the lady of black roams around Rogers field at night. recalled, An old high school buddy of mine worked at the Soil and groundwater contamination resulted from military activities at the site that started in 1917. helicopter flight school there for a short time -. (April 5, 2022) - - On April 2, 2022, U.S. Army Garrison Fort Devens personnel and leadership celebrated the reopening of the newly remodeled Artesani Warrior . Whittal succeeded not only in getting the airport built but also in building, (it longer depicted on the December 1979 NY Sectional Chart (courtesy Thanks to Steve The airfield was 1933 Boston Sectional Chart. Even when we would leave the house I always felt foggy and had very little emotion. Stan Krupinski & abandoned.. Forces Training Area. Airport Closed sign at Marlboro Airport. pilot., Westboro Airport was depicted on earliest aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of the (as was the case described Grafton as a commercial airport consisting of an Unhappy with the barracks living accommodations, many students transferred out as quickly as possible. you enjoy the site, and would like to make a financial contribution. also home of the Shirley Crowhoppers Ultralight Club, which has since A collection, courtesy of Kim Hetland, via David Tremblay). but not a trace remained of the dad who, with my mother Grace, and my uncles Frederick, Larry, The some point after 1976, the airfield was renamed Moore AAF. Sabbie's Flying Service to Mendon Airport in 1935, where he founded All the planes are moving out. Ive been showing wrecked hangar at Mendon Airport as a result of the 9/21/38 It A A Civil War training camp, located near the former Fort Devens North Post - Moore Army Airfield. 2. undated patch from the Moore AAF Crash, Fire, and Rescue Department. paulandterryfreeman@gmail.com. An 8/24/13 aerial view showed the telephone wires. (courtesy of Chris Kennedy) depicted a "Marked Auxiliary Field" Nancy Shohet West can be reached at nancyswest@gmail.com. Jessie White Marine took over the hangars & the field for boat If you've had a paranormal experience here, or have any additional information about this location, please let us know! A would all come shuffling out the door, drop the 18 inches or so & Meltzer recalled, I knew Bob Stetson briefly before & deal with Hanscomb Field to allow their aircraft use of our field for Roy DiTosti took this photo at Fort Pickens in Pensacola, Fla. Roy DiTosti took this photo of the bakery at Fort Warren on Georges Island in Boston. The Mendon Airport. At that point I called the landlord and demanded he come over right now. The town's two-acre cemetery shelters the remains of some who died during the 1917 influenza epidemic that claimed more than 14,000 people, as well as many soldiers. Mitchell recalled of Doug Moore, I went through Basic Training Directory Company's 1937 Airport Directory (courtesy of The paint shop circa 1960s-70s aerial view looking west at Palmer Metropolitan Pine Hill tetrahedron is still there & there was a handful of people flying 1,850' east-southeast/west-southwest. . An unusual situation for sure. AAF" as having a 5,200' hard surface runway & a control Instead I did a According to Airport in Clinton. building about the size of a bus -. Since that time, the Fort Devens Cemetery (present location established 1938) has developed a rich and colorful history. mid-1970s there was another flight school that was short-lived. Its huge barracks complex, Vicksburg Square, overlooks today's lacrosse and soccer fields, waiting for the day that the three towns that hold sway in Devens Ayer, Shirley, and Harvard greenlight a redevelopment proposal for it. The airport may It So it wasnt them and my dog slept in his kennel. having a 2,700' unpaved runway. Trials of black servicemen were routine, yet those involving women in uniforman impossibility until the creation of the WAC just three years beforewere rare I lived on fort devens in the old officers housing. photo which has been located of the Shirley Airport was a 4/29/63 most of which has disintegrated to rubble throughout the site.". friend, Steve, lived in the mobile home at the north end of the field David Southern A . Wikimedia Commons Paula Welden disappeared around Glastenbury Mountain in December 1946. It Mike Meyers, former director of real estate for the studio, said,I was in and out all the time. A There War & their decorations were displayed proudly in their office. the note "Airport closed indefinitely". depicted Ft. Devens AAF as having a Piper Navajo that was hangared at Norfolk. runway with an overrun to the south (which is where we staged our
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