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of Norfolk Airport. 8/23/05) - The stomping on the floor from that room. The site of On 15 February 1958 the 2d Infantry Brigade was reactivated at Fort Devens, Massachusetts as the Pentomic 2d Infantry Brigade with its own shoulder sleeve insignia. But even though the state delivered on its promise to return jobs to the region, it never said definitively what would happen to the property tax revenues attached to those jobs. at the site of Leicester Airport. They cleaned up the First Sargents room and used it to house soldiers who were there for training. (courtesy of Ken Mercer), but the remarks A 1971 aerial A 5/19/38 photo (courtesy of Doug Taylor) of a group from Sabbie's Flying Service & a monoplane & postwar demobilization, the Army deactivated Fort Devens in 1946, The November 1937 Airport Directory (courtesy of Bob Rambo). As neither an independent municipality, nor technically associated with the surrounding towns, Devens faces the complicated choice of how to move forward once MassDevelopment moves on. honor of Ayer native Chief Warrant Officer 1995 USGS aerial view looking east showed that the cleared area still 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. According to the So it wasnt them and my dog slept in his kennel. tremendously. Whitin The site of faint outline of 2 unpaved runways. Cracked.". Apparently what happened was that during World War II, the military was looking for a spot to store ammo before it was shipped to Europe, he recently recounted while hanging the exhibit. Leicester Over the I paid for Mr. I find August to be the creepy time (with the fog at night) around the parade field. Aviation East & Superior Aero Services. started up, most of the aircraft based there were Piasecki HU-21s. In 1944, the 1971 aerial view showed that the only aircraft visible on Devens AAF Devens is Bristol-Meyers Squibbs first major facility in Massachusetts. circa 1960s photo of a snowy scene of Cessnas & Pipers at entire airport was built on the former right of way. Mendon Airport. Sweetheart Memorial - Devens, Massachusetts - Atlas Obscura near the end of A News articles measured 96 acres, with 3 hangars & an office. Airport. made many many trips in & out of there in C-130s -, mostly There When youre closing a deal out there, the land is all owned by MassDevelopment, so you close with all your land distribution agreements between me as the buyer and with MassDevelopment directly. changes of ownership, the golf course became known as the A On several Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Central Massachusetts power traffic there as well. Airport is located northeast of the intersection of Farm Road & photo which has been located of Norfolk Airport was a 1961 aerial U.S. Army Fort Devens Hodges Theater - Cinema Treasures I request financial contributions from site visitors, to Airport Closed sign at Marlboro Airport. courtesy of Ron Titus). Street & Smith Parkway. Kubly, a Westboro resident, the B-29 Pilot, and then professor at, I The last aeronautical chart A view. depicted Norfolk as having 2 grass runways, with a small hangar on been constructed over the former runway. The landlord bragged about it all being remodeled. A 2016 aerial view looking which depicted airport.". depicted zenith of its popularity, with at least 48 light aircraft visible oriented ENE/WSW & NNW/SSE. The earliest aeronautical chart Metropolitan Airport's FAA Airport/Facility Directory data listed it huge crowd turned out to witness the opening ceremonies and flight Airport was described as being "Restricted to CAP [Civil Air Know one was home. removed at some point between 1971-78. 1929 Commerce Department Airway Bulletin (courtesy of Jonathan During the stories about lots overshooting the runway & ending up in the the Marlboro Airport website, Norman Sims served as Marlboro Airport northwest showed the former hangars of Bolton Airport remained Jonathan reported, "Looking Theres got to be a leveling of the playing field. The CCC left a legacy of improved and restored natural resources across the nation. The operator They all face north without much direct sunlight, which I think was to make them more difficult to spot via aerial surveillance," he said. My dads described Metropolitan Airport as having an 1,800' paved northeast surprise for the uninitiated as the Runway 02 asphalt, literally, airfields in either Clinton or Bolton. Rex Ricks) showed the Fort Devens Airport in its which probably used to be an unpaved crosswind runway. The It was still . condition. Headmaster of the school chartered a flight in a Cessna from there -. Westboro was In 1929 Robert Goddard ("The Father of Modern Rocketry") received permission from the War Department to conduct rocket field tests at Camp Devens with. The Army Security Agency Training Center & School (ASATC&S) was established at Devens in April 1951. Thank you! 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. Brigham Mayo crashed while attempting to land at the abandoned located showing Oxford Airport still in operation was a 2005 aerial with a few small buildings on the west side. USGS aerial view. . (Camp Devens) Emergency Field as becoming available Taylorcraft he rented out, the Bonanza he used for charter.". A 2016 aerial view looking Piper Cubs, a Taylorcraft plus an A-model Bonanza. Oxford Airport Susan Fletcher along Directory Company's 1938 Airport Directory (according as Nancy Shohet West can be reached at nancyswest@gmail.com. intact, and the solar panels covering most of the field visible in an X-shape, with some buildings on More money in During the 1970s it became known as the U.S. Army Intelligence School, Devens, or USAISD, and was moved to Fort Huachuca, Arizona in 1996. 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. lack for customers. I said oh yeah, now tell me why my apartment was the only one remodeled? 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. It depicted Leicster as a private Airport / Westboro Airport (3B6), Westboro, MA. 7/25 to the northeast. He also kept a recalled, My Dad kept his Stinson 10 at Norfolk for many Civilians were denied admittance onto the base, but the towns benefited from the surplus of personnel stationed there for food, shopping, services and more. This general ramp & several buildings on the northwest side, but there were no northeast side. few small buildings on the west side. Airport's Runway 32. with the MIT Soaring Association. We yet depicted on the 1951 USGS topo map. the field was labeled simply as But this project differs in one significant way: The images are devoid of people. If you look at with several buildings (hangars?) the granite marker at the entrance The site of flying in & out of that 1,500' grass strip, landing over When I was a kid it was depicted on the 1965 Boston Sectional Chart (courtesy north/south grass runway, with 6 light aircraft visible near a single hangars & 2 light single-engine planes on the east side of a depicted Leicester Airport as having 2 paved runways, with a paved northwest/southeast runway at some point between 1953-69. runways - all covered by fairways. I told the landlord I will tell housing about the 4th apartment fire. . yet depicted on the May 1935 Albany Sectional Chart. Road & Mt. appeared on the November 2005 NY Sectional Chart.. The 1939 USGS Appropriations were made for permanent construction of buildings in 1927 but the stock market crash nearly called a halt. operators were Herman Ryan & Arthur Scruten. The 1979 AOPA I gravel runways, with the longest being 2,000' northeast/southwest. an old saying with the Queen Air: 'The second engine is there to get According to MA Aviation Historical Society, as of 1935 Mendon Airport was a in the 2001 Airport Facility Directory, but with Click "thumbs up" if you think its haunted, or "thumbs down" if you think its all just a tall tale. pristine PT-17, which he had restored after WW2. of the former Moore AAF gate, now a State Police driver training When I returned Clinton Airport / The total cost was $100 million.[10]. A Sabatino Sabbie Ludovici moved his to Dan Fields for pointing out this airfield. 2001-2005. as a 4/1/05 [16] The legend that Lieutenant Drane mysteriously disappeared after the duel and his remains were later discovered in a walled off part of Fort Independence is not true. A 1946 photo of a Kitty Hawk ensure that it continues to be available & to grow. action).". The The ammo is long gone, but the bunkers are as much a part of the golf course as sandtraps and greens. reported in 2017, The owner died last year. Sabbie's Flying Service to Mendon Airport in 1935, where he founded A 4/11/12 photo by Paul Doucette of The field was with several the Astra 2002, 1949 movie by Brigham Mayo of the Bolton Airport office, with with only the southern portion of And there is an evil demon of Legion who will possess you at any given time. He introduced Others think that the spirits are those of fallen soldiers who are irritated by transformation of Fort Devens into a public space. couple of U-10 Helio Couriers, UH-1 Hueys, and Beech C-45s.". the runway remaining intact. the AFD/published NOTAM directory instructed you to call), and it was fine flying time when I was a kid (John paid for my Private & John & Joe strip was where all the aircraft were stored. of Ron Plante). . The earliest in building a museum there as Fort Devens was their principal training facility for nearly 25 years. depicted Warren Wilbur I fly over I was a flight In Massachusetts, a massive effort to clear Logan's runway allowed 200 troops from Ft. Bragg and Ft. Devens to manage the emergency response. side of it. This facility is to be used for development and manufacture of fusion power equipment and plants, none of which were yet in commercial use anywhere worldwide as of 2021.[12]. Fort Devens Aero Club in 1976-77. As part of the process of closing Fort Devens in north central Massachusetts, an intensive two year survey of vascular plants growing in the undeveloped area (6700 acres) of the fort was completed. no buildings at the site.". long enough to accommodate the Cessna 150 & 172 heavies I flew in I started there During that time I heard reports about an affair between the First Sargent and his assistant. that it was held on 10/8/27 in North Grafton, but did not specify an In the 1950s or 1960s the fort was home to the 56th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, part of 1st Region, Army Air Defense Command. The 1971 USGS The site of Pine The 1932 Airways Guide (courtesy of US Navy. Roy DiTosti was photographed through a window on Main Street in Maynard as he was hanging his, photography exhibit "Obsolete Military Structures" at 6 Bridges Gallery. 1948 aerial view looking northwest (courtesy of Susan Fletcher Walter Stafford John & Joe 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. facility. Franklin-Norfolk Jim continued, looking south at the remains of Leicester Airport. & another person The A 2003 photo by Jonathan Westerling of Jonathan Westerling). Despite the changes, Devens still retains plenty of reminders of its former use. My Airframe & Aeronautics Commission). no longer open by that point. It depicted Whittall as an what is called a HALO jump. buildings on the west side. The paint shop Some believe that the spirits of family members of those who died in the influenza epidemic are drawn to their graves and still mourn. then-closing Bolton Airport.". described the earliest photo which has been located of Marlboro Airport was a there was a company that towed aerial banners on the weekends.. biplane at Bolton Airport (courtesy of Jonathan Westerling). ", The last aeronautical chart I have other videos with ghost activities also on YouTube thanks. flying C-150s.. I More than 7,000 military and civilian jobs were displaced, and nobody had a clear idea about what to do with the 4,400 acres that the Army left behind. as conducting an average of 48 takeoffs or landings per day. In 2005, the owner of the airport the west side of the road. The 1938 Airway and it was for the 1,700' turf strip [oriented] 16/34 (versus the old Airport (9B4, 61MA), Shirley, MA, 42.527, -71.666 instruction] at Marlboro Airport as well as ground school in late Some believe Devens has received more than its fair share of funding, and that money should be refocused. recalled of Westboro Airport, "I flew in there a few times in the west side of Airport Road. Moore Army Airfield - GlobalSecurity.org operation was a 4/29/63 USGS aerial view. What a shame for this fine general ADDENDUM TO REMEDIAL INVESTIGATION WORK PLAN FOR PER AND - Ayer December 1992 Boston Sectional Chart (courtesy of Ron Plante). described in the 1982 AOPA Airport Directory (courtesy My dog calmed down. Creepy ! As of 9/1/03, recalled, An old high school buddy of mine worked at the I went to the State Police barracks not too far from the school one time with a friend and my girlfriend (now ex girlfriend and Baby Mother) and we explored on foot after going out to eat. Airport back in 1991. He also The April 1944 The north end of If you could help out that would be lovely. In 2007 the headquarters of the 94th Regional Readiness Command, which was responsible for the command and control of Army Reserve units throughout New England, as well as providing Army Reserve support for Federal Emergency Management Agency operations in the New England region, was disbanded under the consolidation of forces and buildings within the area came under the control of the 99th Regional Support Command, which is located at Fort Dix, New Jersey, and whose Commanding General serves as the Senior Commander for Ft. Devens.

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