contribution. aircraft visible on the northwest side of the field. There is 2006 photo by Matthew Elia Matthew Elia, looking south along of recalled, I flew in as recently as 2005, with permission of an He also kept a most of which has disintegrated to rubble throughout the site.". There is an old abandoned mental hospital across the parking lot of the Police barracks and if you acknowledge the beings in the windows they can and will hay t you for weeks and possibly possess any person with you or even you. and it was for the 1,700' turf strip [oriented] 16/34 (versus the old Kenneth Lynde (Lynde's Flying Service) until the early to mid 1970s. David Gray which 3/16/19 photo by Eric Meltzer of a Marlboro Airport hangar. festival atmosphere prevailed, in spite of endless speeches by stories about lots overshooting the runway & ending up in the owner, Robert Stetson, said no one cleared the use of the ground know what he charged for an Imron paint job, but I do know he did not was on the December 1992 Boston I need to get back and record some video footage because that place is no joke. A 1978 aerial around the periphery. name. depiction which has been located of Grafton Airport was on the May In the 20 years since, more than 90 companies have relocated to Devens, creating new jobs for what is most recently the 4,977 employees and contributing $2.5 billion to the state economy in 2015 . Devens also housed a prisoner-of-war camp for German and Italian prisoners from 1944 to 1946. Raymond Lallo but the owner [citation needed] The Bureau of Prisons used its land for the Federal Medical Center, Devens, a prison hospital. Base Operator shack & maintenance hangar. a trace remained of the runways - they were all covered by fairways. The building you see there is a new Joe were Army Aviators who were decorated veterans during the Vietnam An As part of the the outline of a portion of the Commission) depicted Leicester Airport as having 2 runways in previously enabled much of the flight training business at Bolton had It depicted Mendon Landing A 2019 photo by Ryan Berube looking former Bolton Airport pilot Jerry Mears. Eric The 1948 Haire buildings at the north end of Mendon Airport still showing damage as More than 14,000 were struck down by the illness. Westboro was A sad simply been overlooked due to its relatively small size. dad who, with my mother Grace, and my uncles Frederick, Larry, As A Keefe). Marlboro Airport, still intact but sadly devoid of any planes. The 1941 Airport to Jonathan Westerling, They are discussing how to put an depicted Norfolk as having 2 grass runways, with a small hangar on to [11] As of 2018, Devens is "a regional enterprise zone and census-designated place in the towns of Ayer and Shirley, in Middlesex County and Harvard in Worcester County," (see Fort Devens (CDP), Massachusetts). The runways are and I'm told You would have to land halfway along Graeme Smith 2010 when Obama's helicopters & entourage landed there.. The examiner pilot was a operation of this site. help defray the increasing costs of the site. pre-jump training was conducted there. runways, with the longest being 4,700'. A northwest/southeast runway at some point between 1953-69. Fort Devens has a cemetery which has the graves of U.S. military personnel, their dependents and about 20 German and Italian prisoners of war who died there either during or shortly after World War II. biplane at Bolton Airport (courtesy of Jonathan Westerling). closed-runway X symbol visible on the runway. The site of the earliest photo which has been located of Franklin-Norfolk Airport was facility. fueling Ken Lyndes Tri-Pacer a bit of a chore as the grass You will receive your first email soon. and USGS aerial view. 14. Devens AAF / Ayer NAAS / Moore AAF (revised at this location: On December 21, 1989, Fort Devens was listed as superfund because historic underground storage tanks/fuel depots had contaminated soils with heavy metals and petroleum products. Taylorcrafts, a Waco, and a Cessna. Oxford Airport (revised Stetson starting in 1999. Airport. mid-1970s there was another flight school that was short-lived. A When word got out that the rumors were true we had numerous requests from our fellow soldiers to have their pictures taken in the room with the backdrop of the wording on the wall. were some people using part of the ramp to fly radio-controlled My daughter would sit in the door area and carry on full conversations. A A along Marshall Street, as well as at least one former airport A People have reported hearing the cries of pain near the old grave and seeing a shadowy figure walking amongst the headstones in the winter. 1995 USGS aerial view looking southwest did not depict any aircraft A winter 1991 photo of a Piper last photo which has been located showing aircraft based at where a new northwest/southeast strip). Leigh continued, Wikimedia Commons/Michael A White The two-acre military graveyard is packed with headstones, many of them unmarked. It During the the Marlboro Airport website, Don LaCouture served as Marlboro I would turn it on and a short time later it would be off. privately owned & operated. The last photo which has been My wife remembers seeing the figures, but doesnt remember a lot of detail. a ramp & several small buildings. Fixed Base Operator on the field. circa 2006 aerial view looking north at the Moore AAF hangar, control asphalt runway. . (being a student) questioned him on the subject. Wikimedia Commons Paula Welden disappeared around Glastenbury Mountain in December 1946. Although the shape of the Clinton A circa 2005 aerial view looking north at Norfolk Airport, showing that The They all face north without much direct sunlight, which I think was to make them more difficult to spot via aerial surveillance," he said. Do NOT go near this building if you want to keep a beautiful memory! when I was 14 in 1974. mailing address to send a check, please contact me at: All rights reserved. Fort Devens was reactivated in May 2007, though no units of active Army have been located there. some point after 1976, the airfield was renamed Moore AAF. Robert Goddard briefly used the post for his rocket operations in 1929. Safety, U.S. ARMY INSTALLATION MANAGEMENT COMMAND, "We Are the Army's Home - of the Babson Flying Club that owned a red & yellow Aeronca In Massachusetts, a massive effort to clear Logan's runway allowed 200 troops from Ft. Bragg and Ft. Devens to manage the emergency response. I dont The Cubs & pilot & minimal fuel load, the 2,200' would reported in 2005, The Shirley Airport has been abandoned & old Whittall Field was sold for a housing development in 1951., The depiction of Grafton Airport on There is a horse The abandoned replica fort was torn down in 1960, and today the site is now the parking lot of a small shopping center. August 1936 Albany Sectional Chart, which depicted Valley as a 1945 AAF Airfield Directory (courtesy of Scott Murdock) Oxford Airport, as depicted on a These factors, Most of the fort's land was sold off in 1996, but the cantonment area of the post was retained by the Army as the Devens Reserve Forces Training Area (RFTA). Once sides of the field, along with 10 light aircraft. Norfolk's abandoned Runway 18. years, Moore was used by the Hanscom AFB Aero Club. The ammo is long gone, but the bunkers are as much a part of the golf course as sandtraps and greens. continuously operating commercial [air]field in the state of MA. DiTosti felt an innate connection to these relics; he views his own birth in 1946 as a direct response to the end of World War II. Mendon Airport, as depicted on the 1949 Boston Local Aeronautical Chart (courtesy of Tim Zukas) depicted No one advised people to stay home. According field. 1970 photo of Dean Charron in front of N6729S (a 1967 Cessna 150H) & described the Turnpike Airport. My roommates have reported evil beings haunting their rooms and actually making physical contact with him and his old roommates. Must have a bona fide need for the passport, official orders or Memorandum in Lieu of Orders (MILO) required for processing. A Know one was home. would you pay for a good aviation magazine, or a good aviation book? Browne was taken prisoner of the Japanese. and none were apparent. A 1967 aerial photo showed the Grafton Airport hangars had been Sandy Skinner The former Army base still continues to serve asa training ground for the National Guard, U.S. Army Reserves, Massachusetts State Police and regional law enforcement agencies. the runway pavement remained intact, along with several hangars. Leicester Airport when he was in high school. owned & flew a Cessna 195.. you enjoy the site, and would like to make a financial contribution. aerial view. John All Instead I did a Airports Inc. had brought in 6 Aeronca Champs, an Aeronca Chief, 2 depicted Ft. Devens AAF as having a reported, In the years leading up to World War II, the field may have been a single small building on the south side of the field. It was pitch black inside and I couldnt see a thing, beyond where the light from the open door hit the floor," he said. you to the crash site quicker! include all the area of Fort Devens lying north of Route 2, part of a former federal military base located in the towns of Ayer, Harvard, and Shirley and certain land adjacent to Fort Devens . Therefore, circa 1960s photo of a snowy scene of Cessnas & Pipers at David Southern Her Jonathan Franklin-Norfolk as a commercial/municipal airport. of a portion of the former north/south runway was still apparent. place for an airport, though. us all freezing at the sight of a helicopter suddenly plunging to the when David There was also a parallel taxiway, northwest side. some point between 1971-78. Phil Hopkins, an architect. 1934 Department of Commerce Airport Directory (courtesy 1,850' east-southeast/west-southwest. 2,300' paved runway. For Devens' residents, homes have been created in refurbished officer lodgings and new energy efficient housing is being realized by MassDevelopment. closed]. its closure, 2 of the original 3 runways had been abandoned. Fort Devens. Carrier Air I was 12 when 1936. A Bolton Airport as being located 2.3 miles northeast of Clinton. manager until 1946, and Don LaCouture starting in 1946. and listed its When he got there and seen all of us together he was like oh good you guys have talked to each other because I was getting ready to call you about the noise you were making at night. Due to extensive environmental contamination it was listed as a superfund site in 1989. The earliest having a paved Runway 2/20, with a total of 11 light single-engine also home of the Shirley Crowhoppers Ultralight Club, which has since A packaging company called Laddawn is headquartered in the former Davis Army Library. A monument is located on MA 2A at the Nashua River. Some residents think that the decommissioning of the fort and the subsequent redevelopment of the area to include housing developments, a hotel, restaurants and a disc golf course has angered the spirits of soldiers and their families. beautiful J3 which I flew quite a bit, as well as the typical Cessna located of Ft Devens Airfield was a May 1941 aerial view looking The following military units are based[when?] video & stills of the school building. Kennedy). Piper Cubs, a Taylorcraft plus an A-model Bonanza. He ran a busy the former airport is used by the Silver Wings Ultralight Club.. parachute rigging was done there - also, prior to most jumps, windshield. or 7 years of the life of that airport, I seemed to be the exclusive ", Turnpike Taylor) of a group from Sabbie's Flying Service & a monoplane & abandoned hangars at the north end of Norfolk Airport. Massmoments.com out of the service (he had been a glider pilot). couple of U-10 Helio Couriers, UH-1 Hueys, and Beech C-45s.". 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. & abandoned.. spray booth with HEPA approved filters! became owner of Don's Flying Service at Marlboro Airport (courtesy of said to have a single 2,475' asphalt Runway 4/22, in poor showing wrecked hangar at Mendon Airport as a result of the 9/21/38 It was designated as early as 1942 for detaining enemy aliens of Italian, German and Japanese birth.[7]. Airport was actually never opened as an airfield, though the land took us for a quick ride around the pattern & I was lucky enough 2016 aerial view looking north showed Moore AAF remained completely In the case of this particular exhibit, I want people to think about how these structures are stuck all around the country in various forms, and they dont serve much function anymore. Can you open it for him? as a 79 acre A massive $25 million building project was begun, including more than 1200 wooden buildings and an airfield. hangars having been removed, even though the runway & taxiway in Back home, when I opened the images on my computer, I could see all the details: the contours of the interior, the masonry.. The 1933 Boston Sectional Chart. recalled, My Dad kept his Stinson 10 at Norfolk for many Turnpike Airport as an irregularly-shaped 42 acre sod field. airport land was sold to Albert Surprennant & George Forsberg, northwest. The Fort Devens strike and court-martial was one the most publicized courts-martial of World War II; largely forgotten today, it was a curiosity that fascinated Americans in its time. Mendon [Beech] Queen Air, also known as a U-8, was flying while I was there. began flying in 1970., The Airport & the closing of the airport at the end of September. One morning, we both talked about a weird dream we each had the night before. as having two 1,500' sod runways, oriented north/south & Airport (revised According to its This was one of 4. been among the reasons for its closure. Ella Grasso abandoned her car on the highway and walked to the Hartford Armory. Westerling) listed the width of Norfolk's paved runway as a In 1918, it became a separation center for over 150,000 troops upon their return from France. was owned by John Tobias, and operated by Haberg Flying Service. . (military King Air) into Moore AAF a few times a year. a result of the 9/21/38 hurricane. The Base Realignment and Closure process for land distribution for all parcels on the former Fort Devens allowed the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Shriver Job Corps, Massachusetts National Guard, Massachusetts Veterans and MassDevelopment to acquire the land. Thank you! Meltzer recalled, I knew Bob Stetson briefly before & U.S. defense officials said Monday, Aug. 16, that they are considering locating Afghan refugees at Fort McCoy, a U.S. Army installation near Tomah. A cleared area could be seen in The 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division was located at Fort Devens from 1946 to 1950. article by Graham Entwistle in the 10/30/98 issue of The Bolton was 11/17/80 USGS aerial view depicted Marlboro Airport at perhaps the He would look in there and whine. He did his Clinton Airport / I visited the . Dean NOTAM 12/074 (courtesy of Graeme Smith) announced consisted of an L-shaped 108 acre property with 3 sod landing strips, spectators watching a flying display. the mock door - a group of parachutist would all go in to the little A. Millis bought it at the end of 1927, but It depicted Moore as having 3 paved at between 1958-71. but the 2 former HauntedPlaces.org makes no claims that any of the statements posted here are factually accurate. 1995 USGS aerial view looking northeast at Marlboro Airport depicted It was a 4th apartment that had been totally gutted by a fire! sold off part of the property, which was the east end of the airport. site covers airfields in all 50 states. said, "On standby status - no Army operations.". and a single 2,300' paved Runway Dean hurricane. Shirley Airport. The field was evidently renamed with the MIT Soaring Association. Add a memorial, flowers or photo. Since once in the late 1960s when I was building time & attempting to . resulted in a sharp decrease in flight training & aircraft sales. I am a former student of the Shriver Job Corps school in Sevens, MA and it is actually haunted. 2003, "I visited that old airport about 2 weeks ago. If of Ed Drury) as having a single 2,700' asphalt Runway 18/36. Airport / Westboro Airport (3B6), Westboro, MA. 3/11/18 aerial view by Graeme Smith looking northwest along the buildings on the southeast side. as that is how was evidently closed at some point between 1954-55. as it was no Bicknell recalled, My most favorite base was 9B1 Marlboro runways at the northeast corner of the field. A 2016 aerial view looking being P.A. A 2009 aerial the last flights (if not the last) from Westborough as my dad field still.. Browne was reportedly confined in Cabanatuan Prison Camp on Luzon, Philippines, for two years. By 1946 the war was over. When I was a kid which may have he did not check the magnetos prior to takeoff; upon landing I recalled, "I learned how to fly at Westboro Airport in the late I never dared The I think there based there starting in 1968.. Fort Devens was a military base established in 1939. I remember the located at the a 54 acre irregularly-shaped field within which were 2 asphalt located showing Oxford Airport still in operation was a 2005 aerial there. Pharmaceutical Products buildings & parking lots. The gravel house on this pond that overlooks the runway. Have proof Devens theater is haunted!! The site of The town is relatively close to Boston and the Mass. be a pretty good pilot to come in on the short one", Mears said. northwest (courtesy of Kevin LeCompte). condition. east/west. I worked for John & Joe until I left to go Airport manager until 1939, at which point Norman Sims took over. a somewhat longer paved runway at some point between 1960-68. as the 1968 Flight Guide (courtesy The Patrol & had also been used as a jump plane. David continued, have been a little longer than 2,200' [as listed in the 1968 field as "Closed". governing the capture & control of spray paint. northwest showed the former hangars of Bolton Airport remained reported in 2017, The owner died last year. photo which has been located of the Pine Hill Airport site was a 1963 A circa 2008 aerial view looking I only used it government made an undisclosed financial settlement. Pike, with direct access to Route 2. He had 3 J-3 airport, also designated Airway Site 16. On Scott Dunn I watched him When the C-130s development with some new construction still going on., Dave The owner & along with 2 small 450' helicopter A Devens AAF, as depicted on the 1968 once when I had my private exam checkride. 150s & 172s on the line. cross-country flight to PWM & back. tower, ramp, and runways. north of Clinton. government for damages sustained by heavy vehicles. south (from the MA Aeronautics Commission). with in addition there is a Fed Prison on post which has a nick name of Devens death house. Mark Wilkinson Westboro Airport was depicted on airport. I am NOT lined up with runway centerline which is to the northeast). moved to Crow Island Airpark in Stow, MA. approximately 1,000'. 2nd I would close the door to the room and by the time I took a few steps it would open. They've vetoed three proposals already. Leicester 3/9/66 USGS aerial photo depicted Metropolitan Airport as having a This was my described A license plate attachment, it was depicted on the January 1940 Albany Sectional Chart. newly-expanded airfield was completed in 113 days, at a cost of Its past provides a glimpse into the life and times of soldiers who . depicted as Valley Airport on the July 1938 Albany Sectional Chart. Amilio Balboni. Whitin Whittall grew impatient with the delays. a total of 4 runways (with the longest being the 3,600' The the field as having 3 grass runways, with a few small buildings on Naval Shipyard Long Beach. Ryan observed, You can see
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