[Milsurplus] Couple of WWII Air Bases

[Andy Williams]

Grenier Field is now Manchester Boston Regional Airport, MHT. I know  
they still exist because I flew from there to La Guardia this evening.  
The Aviation Museum of New Hampshire is located on the airport  
property, but I have never been there. http://www.flymanchester.com/about/aviation_museum.php

On Apr 21, 2009, at 9:22 PM, TELEGRAPHER at att.net wrote:

> 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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