[Milsurplus] Couple of WWII Air Bases

[Michael St. Angelo]

Larry,

There is a museum at Mitchel Field. They may be interested in the 
documentation:

<http://www.cradleofaviation.org/history/airfields/mitchel.html>

Note the spelling - Mitchel not Mitchell. It's a common mistake.

Mike N2MS

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>I have found a manila folder in the collection that has documentation for 
>Mitchell Field in NY and "Headquarters GRENIER FIELD, Station 16, NAD, ATC, 
>Manchester, N.H. also known as 1377th AAF BASE Unit (NAD-ATC).  One is a 
>letter to "The Airplane Commander" laying down the rules for his and the 
>crew's responsibilities.
>
> The other letter is to: All Transient Pilots"  concerning briefing prior 
> to departures.  I suspect that was meant to be prior to their departure 
> overseas.  Pretty neat info.
>
> This stuff belongs in a display case so people can see it.  Not a lot here 
> but i doubt anyone on the list would be interested in it so it should go 
> to a particular place.
>
> For Mitchell Field:
>
> Pilots Flight Test Check list.  This one is clean and unused, hand typed 
> of course.
> A set of orders for Four officers and 4 different airplanes being alerted 
> for duty effective 1 Feb. 45.  Instructions for obtaining Medical 
> clearance, records check, parachute checks and loading of the aircraft. 
> More on this on the back page.  These were issued by the 110th AAF Base 
> Unit (Staging), Mitchell Field.
>
> There is a check list for B-24 Engineers. A Combat Crew Field Clearance 
> Sheet for crew AF-6 as to where they will go (what building) for the 
> different base clearing functions.  Jan 31, 1945.
>
> An overhead drawing of the airfield and an Airway Forcast sheet for 
> weather.  Doesn't say anything really about their route which is from 
> Mitchell Field to Bangor ME. via hartford and Boston.  Attached is a copy 
> of the weather TTY machine printout.  NEAT!  A nice look back into 
> history.
>
> Then there are several Aircraft items.  Heated covers for the bombsite, 
> Bombsite stabilizer and Autopilot Servo's.
>
> Army Air Forces Official Amplified Check List for B-24-D, G, E, H and J. 
> Dec 1943
>
> Letter of Instruction for the B-24 type P2 Aux power unit.
>
> A letter or information for the Pilots Information File concerning the 
> B-24 heating system.
>
> Tech Order 01-5-115, 16 June 1944 addresses the "Emergency Landing 
> Procedures" for the B-24, RB-24, C-87, AT-22, F-7, RY-1 and PB4Y-1 series 
> acft.
>
> Revision of AAF Official Landing Check list for B-24 series airplanes. 
> One page of typed data from 30 Oct. 1944.
>
> One other thing in the folder was an "Engine Storage record" showing that 
> 4 engines from B-24M S/N 44-50337 were placed in storage in Minneapolis, 
> Mn on 12-21-1944.  this also shows that the Mechanic and Forman performed 
> engine runup and turning of the props on different dates while there.
>
> Is there any sort of historical display or society around Mitchell Field, 
> is it still even an active airport?  Same question with the grenier Field 
> out of Manchester, NH.  I'll be glad to send this information to any 
> responsible individual related to such activities.
>
> Otherwise it will go in the trash and that's a bad demise for it.
>
> Larry
> W0OGH
>
>
>
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