Burtonwood Royal Air Force Station - Yearbook (Burtonwood, England)

Text from Pages 1 - 132 of the 1958 volume:

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On July I, rn Disposition mmander, assumed command of the European Northe the Northern Air Material Area, Europe, w k over from I958, he also assumed command of Burtonwood as ENDTF too hich was deactivated on that date. Th are . ' Jul I956. leY Born in Delta, Iowa, in l9l4, Colonel Hamilton and his wife Betty arrived aeBurtohwsizgeln'lentg, Califorma- accomPanied by their children Gayle and Cheryl. Stateside address for the Hamiltons IS . He. - - . Administration. . Colonel Hamilton graduated from Iowa Weslyan College in I937 With a degree 1h Bysmgsssecond Lieutenant m Entered the service on New Year's Day, I94l and was commISSIone August that year. ' - t P'lOt m AuguS as awarded his wings in July I946 and named to Command l I956. In I954 he also qualified as Aircraft Observer. . dal. . . s n VICtOrY Me HIS decorations include: American Defense Service Medal, American Campalgn Medlal. NW Y Occupation Uapany Commendation Ribbon, and the National Defense Servuce Meda. r of ' . as DirectO Before coming to Burtonwood Colonel Hamilton was stationed at Dayton AFD, Ohlov Wheairzesrsposition Tas Supply and Services. He held that post here prior to assuming command of the European N0 orce. . Arm . :7 A m..n'iz;3 ',i;' ii' iW'kg'lWiy 'A;4Vm.n- i th 4 Commanderls Message It is a pleasure to record in the year book, my appreciation to each member of every unit at Burtonwood for his contribution towards making Burtonwood one of the best known military air bases in the world. The ten years since the Americans returned to this giant Lancashire air base have been colorful and eventful. From the early mud and water days to the present, the United States Air Force has marked its short history at Burtonwood with magnificent achievements. Burtonwood played an important part in the Berlin Air Lift and later in the support of SAC rotational B-29 Bombers in the United Kingdom. In its prime, the Burtonwood Depot furnished all types of supplies to United States Forces in the United Kingdom, including medical and subsistence items. In the field of athletics, Burtonwood has won the UK and USAFE championships in baseball, the UK championship three times in football, and the UK championship twice in basketball. Last year the United States Ambassador to England established an award for Anglo-American Community Relations. Burtonwood was the First to receive this award and again this year received honors for placing third in Anglo-American Community Relations. . We can look back with pride on these achievements. We can also look back with pride on some of the things we take for granted. For example, despite an average of 30000 landings and take-offs annually at Burtonwood, there has been only one fatal aircraft accident here in the last ten years. Each individual stationed here, no matter how insignificant his job may seem, has played an important role in the success of the USAF at Burtonwood. I am proud to have been associated with Burtonwood for the past two years. It has been gratifying to serve with such a dedicated and loyal group. We will remember what we did here and think ofour Burtonwood frinds whenever we reach for this book and then turn back the pages on time. I hope this year book will help you to recall friendships made here and remind you of a job well done. My thanks to you and good luck. EDWIN J. HAMILTON Colonel, USAF Commander M- A Decade at B 1948 U.S. ' 0 this month the first group .of EDlTOR S NOTE-l-tltganllEthilogn Burtonwood. Tlhgillg-SIIAl-Zlggalslt CIOJES . . . - n I urmg WW ll, departing lllrtonwood. The following mCl C y h g .I' v of what transpired during the past ten years. The Announcement ' h' was bein echoed throughout The Yanks are coming, tthelssummer ofgl948. The giant RAF h Lancashire countryside'in. . . S tStzlietion Burtonwood was flinging open Its doors to the American ' fover two years. once a am after an absence 0' u - Canarary to general belief, Burtonwood was re opened ' ' ' i t i.e. 'Ie material In support of Proieet Skincoa , , goplagctlhp;upply SAC rotational units when in this part of El? world; therefore Burtonwood was not re-establlshed spec: I- f r the Berlin Airlift. n ca'lllhe Xirlift, known as Operation Vittles, had started on .June 26, I948, as a response to ground blockade imposed by. RUSSIa on Berlin. The first contingent of Americans came here In August, l948. 3!? 9S Ill: AN EARLY news story carried the following account of activities at Burtonwood: The ranks of the 25-strong advance party of American Gls who arrived at Burtonwood, near Warrington, last week-end, will be swelled today by a much bigger party of their comrades. i llNinety-five men and three officers of the USAAF are due this afternoon. RAF transport will come down to meet the men when they arrive at Bank Quay Station, Warrington. Burtonwood houses several RAF units, and at the moment British airmen are evacuating one of their living sites, which will be taken over by the new comers. Today's party, it is understood, will be followed by others at intervals until there are 300 men at Burtonwood. tilt was announced in Washington last week that the Americans - are maintenance and service personnel for the two groups of 8-29 bombers-the Super Forts-recently sent to England. This story was dated August 7, I948. 3k IX! is THE UNIT headed for Burtonwood, designated the 59th Air Depot, arrived from Rome, N;Y., on September l2, l948. Hardly gad the mung :egun tc:j unpack when maintenance officers from ermany ew ere to iscuss transfer of 200- ' ' Berlin Airlift G-54 llSkymasters. hour In5pectlons on Who would have thought that onl . y a few short ears I t that the number of American troops would have Zlimbe: f; a peak strength of some l3,000-a far cry from the total 300 thsalt1 wa's efxpected in the early days. ort y a ter the arrival of the advance part i . . . y three full Eegjegodngsv griufps, cbonSIsting of ninety long-range borhlfelrilphigl . n a our ases in eastern En land for h ,. described as Hroutine trainin m' ' g w at was offiCIalIy been moved to the UK f g ISSIOnS. Two of these groups had in from the United StaLtesrom Germany While the third had flown at :x: 3X: The New York Times on Au . ust 29th, statement 0f Mngt. TheodoEe Richard temeered little topkick of the outfi was not too bad a deal' . ' We got yanked out of airfi this lob. Most of us only got t enoigal: tohstraighten out our personal affairs , e continued, Hl fi ur ' ' i . dut . ' g e It is onl for bilthsanblulttxl: nfot too bad. We draw RAll-I ratitsal:stlarlldllssl temporary non-ration de ave our own cooks, who su plement th efep m RAF which S e stuff, and we make out OK. hose ' e OOdS Wlth ergeant Richardson was spe someSDrjity days about ne years ago. carried the following son, the cocky, even- t, who said Burtonwood aking were a-awa-.a:.:.:..,r..,wkaa$ ..-. Readying the Base When the 59th Air Depot arrived at Burtonwood, it found the remnants of what had been a thriving wartime depot. Quarters Were broken-down, offering little protection against the elements. Heat was lacking and the weather damp and cold. Mail flowed at asnail's pace, sometimes requiring five weeks to arrive from the States There were no recreational facilities and few of the necessities It frequently required more than an hour for a man to travel from. his quarters to work or to the mess hall where he then had to wait up to 40 minutes in the mess queue. This then was Burtonwood l948 Progress seemed slow-the base was big, and men lived in deplorable conditions. The higherups had taken a great interest in Burtonwood-it was to be a vital installation during the Airlift. On December 28, I948, progress was expedited When the Hon- orable Stuart W. Symington, Secretary of the Air Force, and his party, inspected the base. Mr. Symington noted the need for improvement and assured the Commanding General, Major General Fred S. Borum, that improvement was to be hurried along. Shortly afterwards, the late General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff, paid a visit to the giant Lancashire base. Improve- ments were on the way. ell: :X: :X! ALMOST I,000 Nissen huts were remodeled and equipped with light fixtures, wall plugs and pitchmastic flooring. Six mess halls were either constructed or rehabilitated. Snack bars, two PX,s, a chapel and bus terminal were remodeled for use. On March 2nd. a highly efficient, well-stocked commissary was opened. At the end of March i49 the base had five chapels, six theaters, a Service Club, an NCO Club and an Officers' Club. Morale had improved, families of the men were making their appearance for the first time. Twenty-five converted Nissen huts, l0 old BOX's and 50 British-type trailers were used as Burtonwoodis first families quarter units. The station allowance was ujust over $7 a day and the pound cost $4.05. The pound was revalued to $2.80 and the station allow- ance came down to $5.75. The first group of wives to arrive came in early December, l948. Housing was next to impossible to find and rents, though reasonable in the early days, became somewhat higher as the years passed. Burtonwood was not forgotten by the folks back home. World famous entertainers soon appeared at the gates 0f the big base-ready to entertain the boys from home. :it! 3X: 3X: AMONG the first to show their talents at the mudjf'dde hase was one Robert Hope. The December 30. I948 Daily Mall,5 heidlme; read, HHoPe Comes to the Gl's in Mudhole. The Daily .Dlspglc headlines read, U.S. Stars Invade Burtonwood, and the Na ers captured the hearts of all GI Joes at Burtonwood. . l'ttle First arrivals were Mr. Stuart Symington, General Jimmy Doc;1 Kl Technical Adviser and famed Tokyo raider, Lt. Gen. Josep - Cannon, Commander USAFE. and two star General . Leon Johnson, CO 3rd Air Division, Headquarters, South Runsllp. After them, delayed five hours by icy weather I. Germanygerlin four Skymasters bearing Bob Hope, Jinx Falkenbefg. erIng l a 28-Piece GI Band and New Yorkls prettiest damng girls' nd an In a huge hangar comfortably holding 2,000 GI s roglow by improvised stage, the U.S. Air Secretary StOle the? tailed announcing that 2,000 additional stoves woqld be '5 tha from next week in the CPS mud-encircled Nissen hutszover 56,000 square yards of linoleum was being ordered :0 eight the concrete floors of the huts, that there would euld be lights to a hut instead of two, and that all mess halls wo centrally heated. F ChThflS Was the second visit to the base in three daYS by the A ie . came T- B at Burtonwood d the were Heat :nail's states. as. It im his ait up I948 ed in great ation Hon- lCl his d for aneral iortly Force WOVE- l with ; halls Xls, a 2nd, a 5, six icers' were y-five i-type arter pound al low- I948. Jnable .assed. iome- :es of n base idlineS ispatch vaders :Iitclig, Ph - on A- , came Berlin, The first known entertainer to visit our troops, however, wasnit an American, but a beautiful British gal who visited Burtonwood on December I5th. Her name: Jean Simmons. The Mission Through the mist drove the trucks carrying airmen from their nissen huts to hangars scattered along the flight-Iine. These men were going to work under impossible conditions, trying to do an impossible job. That job: supporting the Berlin Airlift. These men performed the impossible, and in doing so won a place in the history books as those who engaged the Russians in the initial battle of the cold war'ieand won. Why impossible? Because no sooner had the first troops arrived than they were immediately thrown into doing a job without proper equipment-and for that matter-with- out proper training. Planes had to be maintained-food and supplies were needed desperately in the German capital. We had to keep 'em flying. :li: :X: :XE llThe new depot should be able to do the job of maintenancee with a little prodding , said Major General F. S. Borum, the'first of five USAF generals to command the sprawling Lancashire base since I948. General Borum, on TDY to open the base, was on loan from Tinker AFB, Oklahoma. THE BURTONWOOD DEPOT operated on a production line basis. A group of large hangars were used for the overhaul lines. Planning for the operation was somewhat simplified since only one type plane, the C-54, was to be processed here. Planes used in the airlift were scheduled to be sent to Burtonwood for checkup and overhaul after each 200 hours of flying. When the depot was in full swing the base was turning out IO-ll planes a day-they originally had hoped for seven or eight at the most. ilk 5X: ill: Getting the new depot started in England was a gigantic under- taking, and since it was to be operated by U.S. airmen it was the first time foreign troops had been based in England during peace- time since IO66. CLEARING MATERIALS was one big problem. Tools and machinery were shipped-much of it by air-from the United States. Parts, nearly I50,000 pounds of them. came from Tinker. Wood and other construction materials had to be shipped from Germany. Then came the personnel problem. Most of the men had to be educated to production line methods. They had been accustomed to bucket shop methods, one airplane at a time. They were given on-the-job training to show how to work on planes moving down a production line. Then-since they were airmen-they had to be fed and housed. Nissen hutseused as barracks-were available on the base, but but had been dispersed for protection from wartime air raids. leINALLY we were able to get about 30 trucks from the British to transport the men from their huts to the plants , explained General Borum. Drivers for these trucks were needed too. As a matter of fact, plans for hiring some 800 Britons for all types of jobs were under- taken. Add 3,000 American airmen to these 800 Britons, stir them up. and you come out with a working force that played a vital part in the first battle of the Hcold war . Not all was rosy at Burtonwood. The giant base. with its new arrivals, was beginning to have its social troubles. Camp followers were a serious problem. They always appeared to rise bright and early, even if .the sun didn't. :K: it ail: The Mayor of Warrington, Councillor W. L. Challinor, com- menting October 7th, I948, on the visits paid to the town by strange girls, said: ,,u..-mw-, m. t...e.-;.-.s.....-.r,m:t.;...;t-t-;w.v:.4mmany. cw 1958 This is likely to embarrass the good name of our local girls and the happy relationship now existing between the Americans and the toWnspeople. Hl see no reason why the presence of the Americans should attract a host of undesirables from other parts of the country. Warrington is a proud town and lstrongly deprecate the possibility of it becoming a modern Klondyke.H They came just the same. But what most of the girls didn't realize was that the average G.l's wage was only E26 a month. Out of this there was a compulsory reduction of 20 per cent, which covered allotments home and insurance. i In addition there was a voluntary deduction of 35 per cent for commitments at home. It was ascertained that some $30,000 was going through the post-homeward bound-each month. This left lean pickings-in any accent. Operations were in full swing-each day saw USAF liaison ofhcers arriving from Germany, placing heavier demands on Burtonwood. Over 2,000,000 West Berliners had to be kept alive. Base personnel were working round-the-clock. The G.I.,s Life in England When most Gls come home from overseas, chances are theyire mighty glad to be back. They aren't thinking of any more Govern- ment sponsored trips abroad. But in l950-5l there were over 50 per cent of Burtonwood's personnel applying for an overseas extension-they wanted to stay in England. . WHY did they like it so much here? liWe speak the same language, we have ideas along the same lines, and we like the people, said one base official. This generally summarized the setup. World War II had been over for five years, but the Britons were still plagued by rationing, housing was short, even electricity was scarce fthere used to be power cuts frequentlyl. f When the main Air Force contingent began to arrive in increasing numbersemen brought in on temporary duty from all parts-t'hey had little understanding of what they were doing in England. Burtonwood had a first-class morale problem, and the situation was soon reflected in happenings in the nearby industrial town of Warrington. Fights would break out in the pubs. and local citizens got a wrong impression of the returning Gls. Burtonwood got a bad Press. THE WORK of transforming the station into a model Air Force base had only begun when the Berlin airlift gave Burtonwood a new mission, the servicing of United States lift planes. C.S4s were flown back from Germany for a 200-hour maintenance check. In the midst of the lift, the first wives and children began to arrive from the States. Burtonwood returned to its main task-maintenance of planes and supply for the l4,000 Air Force men in Britain. Where there was ndthing, there now sprawls 3 l5 square mile base, a community of 4,200 men and l,700 dependents, a complete town with its own factories, public servite's.and amenities, providing employment for L600 local CIVIllanS. all: :I: 3k i' When British people visit the base f8,000 were invited in; l?50 to make ilgoodwill toursi they rub their eyes at this astonishing American town, which has mushroomed into being on the indt'istrlal Lancashire landscape. Burtonwood has practically everything. Divided into six sites, the station could boast five chaoeis, three cinemas fshowing the latest filmsi. three fire stations, 21 eourt room. a hotel. a 200-bed hospital twith Five dentists, eightijvooctorsi, a nursery, a beauty parlor. a washeteria. a dependants'ilschool, and shops of all kinds. There Were baseball and basketball 'teams fthe uBurtonwoed Bullets'il, an American youth center. andZaBoy Stout troop. Officers, NCOs and other ranks had theirloWn. iavnshly appointed clubs and restaurants, and there were SIX gleaming snack bars. ' ON THE BUSINESS SIDE, Burtonwood had hangars, work- shops and assembly shops, and scores of huge warehouses, stocked mu 4 14m: 3 magma ff v -F,., 7.7 - -. Decade . . equipment and spares. At least ninety days' t and some Naval supplies, ' h U.S. Air Force and-Army, - SUPPIIES for : siock. All food sold in restaurants, or from tjceecggan wgsrsiryegr post exchange, came from.the Stdates, Withhcth aim fllaown ml 'lk ro ucts, w l . bou ht locally, and mi p . ' 'Of zrzgneitll-lbclllznd. Tghe shops sold, or could get, anythingB thtat 12:;de bnr Sears Roebuck have ever thought of. ThIS was ur on , ' i ' west boom town. , ' - Larsslbl'eosffrjebase-the airmen poured IntoTEhe neabrl'byugsngn ' ' ' ' t. e pu IC t s in search of entertalnmen - llnvlall'lril:gton were amazed to hear that our boys were averad ing L26 per month. itWe accept dollars Signs went up an fhe locals were ready to do business With the Yanks. f The tabloid Daily Mirror reported that teen-age girlsn some 0 them no more than I2, were doing a brisk.busmess picking up American airmen at Manchester's Central Station. 5X: 3? ill: with food, clothing, THE NEWSPAPER, in a haIf-page article bannered Britaintsi' Good Name is in Peril, said armies of young girls met the trains from Burtonwood, the big American air base l6 miles from Manchester. . , ilNo introductions are needed, the Mirror said. HA Hi ya, Joe is enough for any good-natured GI. The peacetime love parade outsmarts anything London staged at wartime Rainbow Corner. HIt is shoddy, shamefulwand shocking. It is sex for sale-a frightening, awful thing of teen-age girls, some no more than l2-waiting nightly in twos and threes. The Mirror said that more than I00 girls drift into Central Station nightly. They sit on benches, opposite the arrival platforms. Military and civilian police are powerless, the Mirror said, because the girls are never caught actually soliciting. The thirror said the girls and their GI dates usually move on to pubs and then to cheap hotels. Capt. George W. Hill, press officer at Burtonwood, said: We are very alive to the problems and are doing everything we can to give the men plenty of entertainment and recreation right here to keep them off theistreets. Ohe way to lteep the boys on-base was to give them better rec- reational fatilities on the installation itself. It wasn't long before well-known entertainers were coming to the base. Among those were Nat 'lKing Cole, Gene Raymond, his wife Jeanette MacDonald, Constance Bennett, The Deep River Boys, The Merry Macs. Allan Jones. Don Cummings, Rochester, Sophie Tucker and many, many more. Athletic teams were formed, da nces heId-the roblem area was met and for the most part solved. P A Time of Expansion Here we go a ain, was th ' wood in early l95gl. The 30tl?rl;xir eD;IPS Of most people at Burton- pot was on the wa o Esgznggftsgidbgund for nearby RAF Station Sealand. Pieoiblleer 2'33: irmen, were pourin into the I' , ' base at a fast I' . H g ' spraw Ing Lancashire were here. c ip until about l2,000 airmen and 9,000 dependents AS ONE MASTER SERGEANT said, 0! . . H . , either eXpansuon or a close-down. This ti ere we go again. It s . me it ha e :35???er rgrllciieglNhtallean Expansion SGEVeral hundiidnbgseonbiizh for USAF w ' runway was lengthEHEd. Sealand was slated o . . . . rk. and warehousmg fatilities were being set up :it Ill: 5X! . The 59th Air De t ' members of the 3'0ctlh Yib-ng extended a . Depot W' mgeglistgeeyngrrgvsd at Southamptorl:g19l'l1e;e:rrrll:;g 2t;nl9t5l1I ose and were greeted b e y a re re ' This group gave th ff , led by Lt. Col. H. Y. Sltgwasftntatlve back aboard the t e o icer personnel a short briefin th ' Wing debarked Cransport the following morning befglr ehn Went . apt. Ralph Miles, chief of the Southar:ptto: 38V: or we..' lihzd;uwmunginn ..,... Detachment, and members of his staff, went all 0 debarkation as pleasant as possible. MEMBERS of the Wing went almost directly from the shi t waiting train, which had been pulled into a siding-in a defksPda warehouse. The coaches had been previously deSignated and tIhe loading went smoothly, which permitted the trains to ar e Warrington pretty much on schedule late Saturday afternoo 36 3? all: ut to make the rive at n. Burtonwood personnel had been preparing a warm wel- come several days for the new Wing from San Antonio Motor transport met them at Bank Quay station and tool; the airmen to their respective sites, where the huts had been aired out, fires started and the bunks made up. Officers were taken to 276 MU officersi quarters. x Dining halls remained open after hoursto feed the airmen and the officers had the evening meal in the Officersl Club dining room. By the time they all gathered in the gym Sunday morning, members of the 30th knew much more about thebase than their predecessors did on their arrival. They had been provided with a 24-page booklet filled with information about the base. AT THE SU NDAY MORNI NG BRIEFING a verbal greeting was extended to the new men by Brig. Gen. Robert C. Oliver. The 59th Wing CG delivered a straightforward address which was well received. t all: :X: 5X: The'inew men couldn't get the wrong impression about the weather at Burtonwood. It rained throughout the briefing, was cold and the wind blew at near gale force; t HOWEVER, the gym had been warmed ahead of time and the PX had a number of mobile snack bars on hand with hot coffee. The PX opened up from I300 to l500 hours that wet Sunday to allow members of the new Wing to make necessary purchases. at 5X: $6 The 30th Wing, which was commanded by Lt. Col. Howard Kelly on its trip overseas, semed pretty well settled by Monday and large numbers of them were seen around Site 6 finding out where the Post Office and other important places were located. The 30th remained at Burtonwood until March, l95l, when it moved to RAF Station Sealand. Sealand, looking more like a university campus than an air base. was iire-opened to the Americans to handle medical supplies. subsistence and other supplies. The Yanks were first conneCted with Sealand during World War I when the famous Eagle Squadron were stationed there. 5x: :x: :x? Eighteen months later the Flintshire base was used 35 i? baSIc training station for persons enlisting in the Air ForceVOV'erseas'. Later still, it returned to its primary mission, that of supPlYmg the USAF in the UK. 0' . d And on the British scene the death of King George V! deprivee America of one of its greatest friends. The entire base Pa'd homag to the King. The year was I952. On the Field 5f Sports d hletic fiel 5 Like a giant 5 ider weavin its web in and out of the at throughout Europe, the Bugrtonwood Athletic Teamsr l95ll52-IS3' -' proved to be as feared as the black widow itself. is ' FROM FOOTBALL To BASEBALL, fro'm golf to tencloci from soccer to swimming, from track: to boxingv the BurtonW teams surpassed all other competitors in Europe. , ' 'n of It was an era of sports. The epoch began 1 the SP? asun- l95l and did not end until the'Buliet footballers WF'e hers - ced on the Burtonwood gridiron in I953! thus end'ng awling of athletic stars that earned world renown follthe 5pm Lancashire base. Here is the record: .,.:v; .Inx , a; FA 441 9 Ah; ke the Ip to a ickside nd the rive at 1. 1 wel- tonio. I took 1 been swere en and room. embers cessors iooklet reeting r. The as well ut the g, was ind the tcoffee. day to s. d Kelly d large re the hen it r base, PPlIeSy nected uadron a basic erseas. ing the' - pered Omage ic field5 i i52l53' tennis: nWOO ring of troun' an era awling a V W. wwwn ..,,.,..;.....,r..,,,.-t WW ; swam..r.,....,.m1 In I95l Burtonwood won the Third Air Force baseball champion- ship, the U.K. championship, then journeyed over to Germany and won the USAFE championship. ill: 38 :X: THE EAGLES, as they were then labelled, departed Burton- wood to enter the USAFE Tournament with less than one dozen bats and no uniforms. The boys played in blue jeans and dungarees. This did not dampen their enthusiasm. They made the trip to Germany with the hopes of winning; it takes more than pretty uniforms and good bats to win tournaments. This was proved by the tea sippers, as our German-based colleagues called the U.K. visitors. They made a clean sweep, they brought Burtonwood the only USAFE trophy ever won in any sport by a Burtonwood team, but the other athletic squads came remarkably close. In football, the first year Burtonwood fielded a team they won the Third Air Force Championship, the United Kingdom Championship, and were the runners-up for the USAFE Crown. With stars like Jim HPappy Simmons, Lonnie Ward, and Ollie Linborg, the Bullets gridiron machine rolled to victory after victory on the field of play and in the mud holes of England. BURTONWOOD was building a reputation, she was now the most feared base in athletics in Europe. In l952 the Bullets again swept all the opponents in the U.K. conference aside to be the best gridiron squad in Great Britain, only to lose later before a powerful Furstenfeldbruck Air Force Base, Germany, 32-I8. before 35,000 fans in Londonls Wembley Stadium. In I953 the Bullets were downed for the first time in U.K. play with an unexpectedly strong Wethersfield eleven, I3-7, before 6.000 home fans at Burtonwood. Burtonwood proceeded after this point to beat every opponent to cross their path until they met London in November, to whom they lost by 20-6. For the first time in three years the Bullets were not crowned U.K. champions. Revenge, however, was sweet for these Bullets, for on November 2l, I953, before the largest European crowd ever to witness a US football match, saw them smash Wethersfield in their second meeting of the season, 27-0, before 59,000 fans in Dublin, Ireland. Linborg, Simmons, Bob Yates, ran wild in the last game to be played together by this great team. DURING THE PAST SEVEN YEARS Burtonwood has won 47 football games while suffering only l8 defeats. Individual coaches that have appeared on the scene at Burtonwood, but one stands out among all others. That man, Lt. Col. Bill Kenna, led the Burtonwood Bullets to I6 victories and 4 defeats for the I952l53 season. Both times the sacred and coveted USAEF crown eluded him; his teams came second on both occasions. 3K! ilk 3!: It was I957 before Burtonwood won another U.K. title on the gridiron. This time coach iCath Thomas Brown led the underrated Bullets to another title. In boxing, Ralph Paterson, Bill Cherry, Howard Greene won worId-wide Air Force titles for Burtonwood. Never before in the history of the Air Force has any one base ever had three world wide Air Force champions in separate divisions. In addition to this; featherweight Willy Thomas was runner-up in his division in I953. In soccer, Johnny Mulligan, Frank Tollan, Joe OlMalIey led Burtonwood Gunners to the Manchester Wednesday League Title for the first time that an American AF team had beaten the British at their own game. IN BASKETBALL, the Burtonwood Bullets, during the sports era I95Ii53, won the U.K. championship twice, only to lose out in the finals of the U.S.A.F. tourney on the Continent. In track, David Snow will long be remembered as possibly the greatest all-round athlete ever to don the thin clads. Snow ran the high hurdles, the loo yards and 220 yards, and the 440 yards, ran the haIf-mile and the mile. . . . . . Decade In addition, Snow proved to be one of the few American sports car drivers of an ameteur status to win several British and U.S.A.F. sports car rallies. In tennis, Captain David Dozier monopolized the base tennis championship during this era. Though Dozier never won the U.K. championship, he was frequently in the finals. In golf, Captain George Hill Cater Majory was third Air Force champion two years in a row. Hill, the plus 2 handicap golfer. is without a doubt one of the finest US. service golfers to ever walk on the links of a British course. Basketball teams, football teams, tennis squads, golf teams. base- ballers come and go, but no base can hope to dominate the athletic scene like Burtonwood did in I95l, I952, and I953. Civilians Come to Burtonwood The military man has been at Burtonwood off and on since I939. The Americans first arrived at the base in early I942. They were here right through the war and like the period I949 to I958, Burton- wood served as a depot. LIKE MOST DEPOTS in the States, Burtonwood planners were anticipating the use of civilians on a large scale. Labor was already scarce in industrial Lancashire. Industry was going full blast. Labor had to be imported. but Air Force planners had decided to replace the American airmen with United Kingdom civilians, and on a gigantic scale. Labelled operation HNative Son, the new influx of UKC's were supposed to eliminate the high cost of employing the military men. who so often had to bring their families with them. Now Burtonwood had earned, and rightly so, the reputa- tion of being the largest dollar earner in the north of England. Would this new influx of British civilians, employed in all capacities, from a top executive level all the way down to a stock man in the stores, effect the dollar income of Lanca- shire? Hardly, for this was a new era at Burtonwood. Not only were we employing British people for the first time in great numbers, but we were going to spend more money through local purchases and contracts than in any other time in the history of this giant RAF station. 5X: Ill: 3? The time: December, I953. To fill the vacancies that would occur in the absence of the American airmen was a large project undertaken under the guidance of Brigadier General Troup Miller Jr., Commander, NAMA. The Personnel Director, Lt. Colonel Wilfred Kenna, was faced with many problems. One example: There was not enough estab- lished iipermanent Air Ministry British employees available for assignment for such a giant operation. Consequently. the Air Ministry, through the guidance of Mr. Harry C. Redman, then Chief of the British Staff Organization, was authorized to employ ex-RAF equipment officers to fill the gap at executive level. BURTONWOOD needed trained supervisors now. she could not wait. The supplies were in the warehouses; they had to go to all parts of Europe. It was later discovered that some 75 career fields could not be converted from the military to the UKC trainees in the time allotted. The supplies had to be moved, so, during the interim, Burtonwood had both military and UKCis. This continued until the UKCis became accustomed to the American way of doing things. They were trained, and as a result, some 2.500 American military men were declared surplus. They were reassigned to other American bases throughout the world. Burtonwood was now a full fledged depot. She performed maintenance on all types of aircraft, and supplied everything from food to a small second hand on a wrist watch. It was during these months, in early I954, that the famed Header House was constructed. It has been called the laggest ware- house in Europe. alt II: is But not only was NAMA changing from military to civilians, she was acquiring new units. Burtonwood was truly expanding. Decade. . . . . t ther Reconnaisance Squad- The initial aSSIgnment of the 53rd I9VV5e3a saw Burtonwood on the ' ber . m Bermuda In Novem , . . C I949, EOCisfeto The Squadron had been operatlng In BermudlapljlnneseWOUId tracing an average of about I2 hurricanes each season. ' out be sent into the center of the hurricane and follow them for ab ' task. H . 7 days to trace the storm 5 ow the famed HurrIcane OPE had changed, for n . Hu-hlt-efs'55vould now be flying triangular patters coverIng about - ' I6 hours a flight. 2.600 miles and averaglngweather observations from the great The were to ma . . northyto be funnelled to all countries In the world. Th: first Commander of the 53rd to be stationed at Burtonwoo was Lt. Colonel Richard D. Stowell. Burtonwoodis Press Relations There is nothing wrong with the Yanks, except they are over: paid, oversexed and overhere and they make damn good news copy. An editor of a famous British newspaper said this In l95l. They made good news copy then, and they still do. . . THE PAPERS have been riddled with offenses commltted In the British Isles ranging from sex to black marketing. Burtonwood's position is very much like that of any other American base In Britain. Servicemen, whether they be British or American. always make news copy. Frequently, even if not servicemen now but have been in the past, the newspapers often headline a story llEx-Gl commits crime. One of the first big press cases at Burtonwood was labeled the Beauty and the Beast. This case involved a Corporal in the American Air Force stationed at Burtonwood and a l6-year-old chorus girl from Manchester. The case was played widely in the British press; the GI was found guilty and sentenced to 30 years for rape. Mainly due to the way the case was reported in the British press, a wave of protests swept over Burtonwood demanding that the sentence be reduced. or the airman be acquitted altogether. Largely because of the public opinion, this Corporal's case was reviewed and his sentence was reduced considerably. ills ill: Si: We have been involved in some real hum-dingers, ranging in form from Burtonwood to expand to the point where the community could not accommodate them, until in later years, the newspapers were riddled with the persistent rumors that the base was going to close. OF COURSE, the most famous stor about Bu ' closure appeared in The Daily Herald on Mall'ch 28. l957it3vnhvzzotdh: lead story on page one ' - .. . . . ertten b Journalist Paul D ' Gl S to QUIT. Giant Air Base. Y ean. sald, Mr. Dean, in his stor as 30 June, I957 iif this months agoi. thrlocglean hiththe usual haunts to find out the reaction of merc ants. He queried taxi drivers, pub keepers, in dance halls, garages, restaurants, wine stores and even dry cleaning factories and Home, Yanks t0 Uplbase Sttahye'ncry had changed frOm Go The Manchester Evening News, on seeing the story, dispatched a nwood immediately; officials of on 30 June y. quoted a S Sgt. and gave the closing date was the case we would have been gone l8 Though The Her revealed their fle Wood's famous r THIS CASE ald may have looked lik . s . du XIbIIIty and v e omances. ersatIlIty by co concerned a PES'On this story, they vermg one of BurtOn- memb . girl, who was ' er of the U.S. AIr Force who was, at th::tpi$rc1temign :hleaftloclltnd a , a e. The American authorities were doing ever thin in th ' expedite the marriage of the couple. It Wlas a gear-jeilzihgwlfgat: puller that every paper in the country was following. , r Eventually, the airman left the stockade, under escort to meet his future bride. They were married in the Warrin ,ton Registry Office. The newspaper boys had been houndinggthe base, phoning constantly about two hours, trying to findlout the exact date the wedding would take place. Some papers even posted look-outs outside the girl's home in Man- chester Road. When the hour arrived, several of the news. paper boys had been alerted from contacts in Warrington. At the request of the girl, the American authorities had told no one. The party, which included the bride, bridegroom, AP gllard Public Relations Officer and Legal Advisor from Burtonwood, made their way to the Registry Office for the ceremony. One of the requests of the bride was, ul have a very good friend that I want to act as bridesmaid. This bridesmaid had received llspecial permission from the Public Relations Officer and t e okay to take pictures. The bridesmaid was quoted as saying, I m so clumsy that I am not sure just which knob to turn. She turned out to be one of the slickest reporters and photographers in the trade, for this bridesmaid was the Daily Heraldls Margaret Pycroft. Pycroft had an exclusive that Was the envy of every new- paper editor from Southampton to Glasgow; our faces were red. It was the slickest piece of reporting we had ever witnessed. Later. the bride said she did not know this girl, but that she had promised her a set of the wedding pictures for the exclusive story. Another newspaper editor said, ill think we would have given her il00 for the same privilege. But these are only a few of the amusing stories. Flt ill: 3? Last year, Burtonwood won the Ambassadors Award in Com- munity Relations for United States Air Forces Bases in Britain. This was due largely to the efforts of good publicity given by the British press. In summing up, base authorities like to feel that the honorable newspaper people that contact Burtonwood have a cordial relation- ship with the United States Air Force that will continue in the future. . Points of Interest When you speak of Burtonwood as a city with its many fatlllt'esv one doesn't realize just what sort of city we have here until they check with certain people to find the real facts. Very few realize that in the last l0 years the dependentscheol has had over 6,000 students, 49 of which received theIr hlgh school diplomas; that over 800,000 cups of coffee are served by AFEX a year; that in the past l0 years 3,000 British cars have been purchased by Burtonwood people and that over46,800,000telepl10ne calls were made during the same period. . . . the If these figures sound astounding then try to 'PV'S'O . e 48,l36 English guests that have visited the Sle' e servf Club in the last decade. The Skyline Club ayeragesl st parties a year and has had over I,000 dances during the a lo years. 5- In higher education, l0,l02 students have either taken Corhid pondence courses from stateside Universitiestor have been Tariade as students in the University of Maryland during th's eventfu e at Burtonwood. . . l - awling Other Points of interest include the size of this S'gant'c-SPrunwaY Lancashire base. There are l8 miles of roadways; the 1362; nissen is two miles long. Burtonwood has seven hangars. I, This huts, 569 buildings other than nissen huts and warehcglgze: lt-li giant base has 22 warehouses tcovering an area of 3,535. wgc', to these ngures bring the total number of buildings 0 Bum L636 engrossed within l6.85 miles of fencing; The whole of the base covers the amazmg nu acres within this gigantic industrial network. mber of I947I It also has x: rto eart . to ton 3the out oers an- ws- ' n.,, told lard, ade iend ived the 0'; ned the roft. -ws- ere -ter, ised ther D for ries. This the 'able :ion- the ties, they hool high 1 by :een lone the vice 260 last tres- illed cade Iling iWBY ssen This ftJ: d to ,411 has H r' f e.gul'ulk WW yr 4.65 miles of railway tracks and an aircraft parking apron covering 436,860 sq. yds. A record must be kept of what has been going on; photographs play an important role in keeping records. Over 50,000 photographs have been made by the base photo lab in order to keep the records straight. The motor vehicles on the base covered over ll.000,000 miles in the last l0 years. You worry when you have a flat tire, think of what happens when the motor pool starts getting flats because in the last l0 years over l00,000 tires and tubes have been repaired by the maintenance boys in the motor pool. Some yield has been shown because in the last l0 years the base motor pool vehicles have transported some 25,000,000 passengers. In doing so, these vehicles used 23,38l ,200 gallons of petrol and 35,380 quarts of oil. The flying safety figures reflect that Burtonwood has had only one fatal crash in IQ years and this accident involved a Naval and Air Force airplane back in I952. This remarkable record concerning flying safety includes 30,000 landings and take-offs annually since I948. On relations with the British public the figures reflect that 250,000 Britons have visited Burtonwood. The Base has hosted an average of 30 tours a year for the past l0 years and some I2,000 visitors have been personally conducted around the base. 3? it as Believe it or not, 6,500 American boys now have British relatives by marriage, because this is the number of British brides that have tied the knot with Burtonwood service people. News of the base has averaged approximately I0,000 column inches of news copy a year for the past l0 years in the British press. The Burtonwood Beacon has published enough copy to fill several good size volumes of encyclopedias. People look upon the Americans as coffee drinkers. Few people would realize that we at Burtonwood buy over 63,000 Cocoa Colas a year and we must have consumed about 600,000 during the past decade. And. as one final point of interest, just over 8,500 UK civilians have been employed here. These people have been instrumental in achieving the mission of the base. Keeping in Step Since the Americans first came back in I948 there has been a constant period of expansion and retraction. First, it was the Berlin Airlift, then the Korea War caused an increased build-up, in line with OUr NATO commitments. Then came ilOperation Native Son and Burtonwood came under the control of the Air Material Command. THE BASE was virtually a Hmud-hole in I948, only to become one of the largest air bases in the world and certainly one of the most important in Europe. Then came the new direct support concept. This led to a reduction in work-force and later even the primary mission changed. The reduction in workers. both military and civilians, caused the local and national press to speculate as to the future of this large base. In the community the relationship first was warm, t'hen cool tnever coldi, and then, in I956-57, a survey revealed that the British had really got used to us being here. On the contrary, Burtonwood won the annual U.S. Ambassadoris award for community relations in I957. The Office of Information Services, under the directions of Lt. Col. Anna M. Hunter, and with the help of all base organizations, produced a community relations report that reflected just how we do fit into the local scene. iiiK 3X: :X: This immensely detailed liCommunity relations report for the period July l. I956. to June 30, I957 showed that there was an average of more than three Anglo-American events a day organized at Burtonwood. These I,200 events were described in detail under such headings as education, religion, sports, and industry. . . . . . Decade POINTING OUT that the Base Information Office has to deal with l7 national and I8 local newspapers, the report went as far as to record the number of inches gathered by the installation last year-l0,09l inches, both good and bad. HPerson to person contacts pay off in lasting friendships and closer understanding between us and our British neigh- bors, in the interests of preserving freedom and world peace, the report stated. I Such lofty ideals may be far from the minds of the Gls as they Play in the village pub dart teams or enjoy a round of golf at the country club, but they and their wives are regarded as the real ambassadors in the report. I Although Christmas is the peak period for well-publicized American social activities, such as a party for 600 Lancashire orphans and the North Pole delivery by air mail to Santa Claus, there is a day-to-day semi-official interchange of hospitality built up by senior officers and their wives. $6 $6 $6 There is also the very tangible advantage to South-West Lan- cashire of having an employer on the doorstep with several thousand men and women on the payroll. . These United Kingdom civilians-from all walks of life- employed on the base, act as a bridge spanning the gap to express ,the American way of life and the general good neighbor policy. 50, in the past decade the Lancashire community has seen a derelict WWII installation rise, expand and retract. It has been a colorful I0 years. I wonder what the next IO years will bring? Burtonwoodis present RAF Commander Wing Commander A. W. G. STUART COLONEL SANFORD W. HlCKEY Deputy Commander OR SALE! No, not Burtonwood, but , to-an-elephant stock which once cramrztzh tthfettif Fm- of Burtonwood's giant warehouses. A vast job f flves youthful European Northern Disposition Task Force a:hthe primary mission is the marketing of e property. When the Northern Air Material Area, Europe.a . of men, machines and offices which commanded BUr:JnIt wood and other bases fortalmost five years-terminagnc; functions on 30th June, l958, ENDTF, under the Comm ed of Col. Edwin J. Hamilton, took over. an 058 XCESS govern ment Until ENDTF took command, the basic mission of Burton- wood was supplying material and giving logistic support to all USAF activities in the UK and certain Continental spots With the arrival of AMCls new Logistical Concept Program. this changed, and the resultant phase-down meant that man, of the supplies stored at Burtonwood would become excesi and available for marketing. Although marketing is the primary mission, other im- portant aspects of ENDTF's job include maintaining the base, ensuring that omces and warehouses have light and power, providing transport and a bus service, maintaining a water supply, and the hundreds of such amenities which are necessary to keep a giant airdrome functioning. European Northern Disposition Task Force-a young unit doing a great job in the old Burtonwood tradition. European Northern Disposition Task Force ShelVes for the h WhOSe rnment V g $xx?f$?N7' xx gxw; x??? a unit Burton. minated mmand Burton- port to -l spots. rogram, at many - excess l her im- ing the :ht and taining s which LT. COLONEL MELVIN F. FRENCH Chief, Programs and Analysis y x h WA MM Q .t . ng m LT. COLONEL FRANK A. KULAS Chief, Installations Div. LT. COLONEL WILLIAM F. CONNER KXKW ; ,, ,. , I Dir. of Redistribution XV? $ay$ Z ; QWCN $7$ K V kW LT. COLONEL JAMES C. GRIFFIN Base Chaplain LT. COLONEL LOUIS R. KITTEL Dir. Base Services LT. 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Wittwer, Delbert C. Woodward, Marcus P. Technical Sergeants Ancell, William E. Jr. Anderson, Francis N. Barnette, Thomas J. Beck, Nolan G. Belzer, Joe Bishop, Carl S. Bishop, Jack B. Bosworth, Chester H. Calhoon, Clayton O. Caywood, Alva E. Copeland, Hallett C. Cordova, David V. Dannevik, Lawrence W. Eccleston, Richard W. Embry, Kenneth Emigh, Harry E. Eppler, William C. Fore, Ballard F. Fuss, Edwin Gardner. Richard L. Garner. Marvin 5. Gay. Edward H. Gibson. Elmo H. Gross, Aubrey J. Griffith. Francis E. Gutierrez, Antonio .l. Heynen, Jerome J. Master Sergeant Ahlemann, Paul E. Askins, Albert R. Baker, Evert C. Belli, Arthur Coleman, Gus J. Connelly, Charles S. Evans, Zollie Felts, John R. Fetterman, John W. Gore, Howard Greathouse. James C. Hall, David K. Hannam, John M. Harris, Tubon L. Hayhoe, Walter C. Head, Charles R. Hoover, Ceccil E. Hunt, Raymond C. Jr. Hutchinson, Wallace V. Lawrence, Virgil O. Lisi, Salvatore J. Lowery, William W. Malcuit, Albert C. McCray, George R. Mistichelli, Frank Morgan. Howard E. Myers, Harold Roberts, Frank S. Roux, Henry Rudolph, Wallace B. Sanchez, Antonio J. Sanders, William H. Schafer, Joseph E. Simmons, John Sinegar, Balmer Holder, John D. Hosey, Billy R, Jackson, Muriel E, Johnson, Axel eevican, Charles Kippenbrook, 0,1. Ladd, Albert E. LaVan, Harry B. Lee, Robert E. McCalman, Donald Mechtell, Claire J. Moores, Donald E. Morgan, Bailey M. Olson, Robert D. Randal, James H. Reed, Jack Roberts, Charles Roxby, John H. Smith, James D. Snider, Donald Speck, Lester C. Thomas, Vernon N. Wallace, Othea Wallin, William L. Whipple, Woodrow W. Whitby, Rebert W- staff Sergeant Andrews, Johannis L. Arceneaux, Edmond J. Bailey, Gerald F. Bernier, George E. Bessette, Howard W. Bonner, Barry D. Bone, William H. Brick, Raymond A. Brown, Gary Bradley, Marvin Bufalini, Gentile Burke. Raymond Carter. Robert L. Chase. Calvin Crowley. Robert Lee Crawford. Alton Dees, Arthur M. Dell. Willie M. Douglas, James A. Jr. Durahdo, Philip J. Ellsworth. Ewing H. Elwood. Johnnie M. Enfmger. Julian T. Eudy. Henry Fineberg. George 8. Fisher. Herbert Gansell. John C. Garland. Forrest Gavida Gayden. Robert Gibbs. Vernon V. Graves. Arthur E. Hawks. James E. Hier. Mason W. Hogan. Robert J. Holmes. Otis Jacobs. Billie R. Janieson. Eldon L. Johnson, Eddie L. Jr. Johnston, Charles E. Jones. Bobby Jones. Rayl Kaack. Christian D. Kloker. James A. w-Jy. - . g..- m A... MV ..-, . . . ,vMWWW A;r-.A:$ PM- u... v... Knoblach, Edmund M Lee, William N. Leveille, Louis P. Leviner, J. C. Lichtennagen, Edward W. Lindros, Robert Lingus. Ronald Loreth, William E. Mahoney, Fr11ncisJ. Marciano, Vincent Martley, Walter E. Marquardtf, August Mayo, Otto O. McDonald, Ramsey. Mchwen. James E. McLeod, Ronald Meske, George B. Minson, Ralph T. Mocabee, John Moorhead, Clarence E. Nordin. Joel O'Donnell, John H. Paiz, Willie A. Parks, Jock E. Parrot, Ora B. Pike, John B. Powers, Sam my R. Presgraves, John V. 3w W. rgeant s L. 1d J. Reddy, George A. Roberts, Rolland A. Robinson, Earl Rockwell, Robert William Rodrigvez, Francisco Ross, James Schoenherr, Jerome ; Shanley, William F. Sherman, Roger W. Sherrill, Kirby Simmons, James , Skirko, Anthony 5 Snell, Lloyd E. , Snyder, Ellsworth Spalding, Robert M. Stafford, John W. Stevens, Gene Stevenspn, Sanford Stock, Charles E. ; Sweeney, Bernard C. Temple, William J. Thompson, Wayne Thompson, Willie A. Tiiman, Alexander Tomaselli, Louis 1. Tyre, Murril L. Ussery, Azell H. Watterson, William T.- Werlin, James WHson, William E. Woodward, Bruce Zimmerman, Edward L. Zimmerman, Jack R. Aircraftsmgn First Class Atkins, Jimmie Andrew, James C. Jr. Atwater, Harold A. Baker, Charles V. Bark, Richard W. Berford, Thomas Boling, Robert Bowman, Kenneth B. Braddy, James W. Breswell, Jackie Call, Stuart S. Carbaugh, Donald P. Carlson, Leonard F. Choplick, Ollider R. ole, Frederick Corns. Howard E. Creech, Donald Curtis, Bridges Eierstock, Frank G. Escher, Eldon P. Fahrenkampf, Maryln R. Ferguson, John E. Flores, Ubil Fortner, Frank Gilliam, John E. Godwin, Carlyle Godwin, Hilary Gorham, Warren Granger. George R. , Grant, William J. Hanlin, Robert Herrera, Jose R. Hilton, James B. Holman, Ernest J. Holton. William T. Horn, Albert E. Jr. Horton, Bill M. Hudson, Lancey Jackson, James H. Janicki, Wayne R Kia, Leroy K. Lamborn, Patrick E. Maness, David H. Martin, Fred A. Martin, Steven McKinney, Tommie G. Milem, Charles R. Molina. Peter Jr. Moore. Donald Morales, Ralph Jr. Morris, Walter O. Nicholas. Oren Owings, John Parker, Douglas L. Parks, Jerry Patterson, Thomas C. Phillips, Benjamin Ranck, Ervin S. Roach. Thomas Roberts. Ted J. Rogers. Hubert: Ryan, Denis Scott, Wayne A. Sherer, Norman P. Showalter, Elven L. Slease, Donald C. Smith, George E. Sotomaydr, Angel G. Stallinge, Tim M. Steinberg, Samuel M. T. Stone. Billy O. erry, Robert Thompson, Walter D. Jr. Tollan. Frank J. VanNortwick. Leo A. Vinson, Claude L. Waller. Albert L. Jr. Willauer, Richard L. Williams, Aiton Q. - 4Ju'13b Willis, Thomas E. Wilson, Charles W. Wofford, James D. Youngblood, Alvin L. Zarba, Leo J. Aircraftsmen Second Class Adams, Richard K. d Alexander, Louis L. Sk G Anderson, George W. P - Baker, Rudolph M. Batis, Edward arYln R 1 Benner, Robert E. E Berry, David C. ; Bettis, Everett C. Boaz, Russell W. . Boyle, Terrence le Boyd, Arnold E. Brooks, Howard P. en . Chynoweth, Joseph e R. x Cple, Clayton J. Costa Del Moral, Raffeal L 1 Davidson, Thomas M. l '. ', Depatie, Stephen L. . Deshazo, James H. J. Donnelly, Samuel Jr. T Downing, John T. .Jr. Duarte, Jaime ' Fallen, Rawley F. Jr. Faulkner, Francis W. . Ferguson, James H. Ford, Elmer F. Frazer, Robert C. Froemming, August H ck E, Fry, Charles R. H. Glover, James Graves, C. W. Green, Thomas A. Gueli, Angelo M. Hale, Ronald Harrison, Martin Harker, Joel D. Hasbrouck, Frederick Hawley, Lawrence Hendershot, Robert Herbel, Theodore J'r. Hoyle, Tyrone D. Hunt, Charles Jvenson, Jorgen W. 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PhotoLabs bdys gkit poSitkiVefleysdlts, Where S O .T. t e g r rm t D Don icture maker fight mom Picture OfG P It was a great 1 r uemw -- .::-.:: 5-1. .2' agliifyv V Take a seat rig; I m .m Never touch the stuff m, m r ine check Eng .7 No, SGT. Holmes Care for a cup Transient Alert boys A o... - . ,m. , . .s.u'.um ' VW . WMW+ . Vllaxxwwx m. me' waxy WA.M 49, Its that Beacon - 'ivm-Hrl Ia-qugn-w -mm-mw wkzxggg, g4 , WM; 4W4vylk v a? xx WW x x$ X x w VX4 , Wm ,,, w,,mxww; x . MMMW mmwmw A: w g g 7 A X V MW , wwmwmxx .VJV-.1t.;x,em..r,a-Aw-- qwg; N,g.w-S:v I EVEILLE for many Burtonwood resid . . every morning at 0700 GMT by theepatrhillisarpiov'ded engines as the daily 53rd WB-SO starts its take-0f?r of and heads out over the cold North Atlantic to mg roll secrets ofthe weather. Routine? Yes, but behindpthi e the off are the combined efforts of every member of Litzke. William W. Riser Jris 53rd Weather Reconnai; OI. Squadron. sance Administrative personnel, pilots, mechanics, naVigator radio-men and weathermen-all play essential parts in th?' exacting operation. '5 Charged with the responsibility of Performing aer'l reconnassiance over theiNorth Atlantic, the Arctic s: and Norwegian Sea areas, 3000-mile tracks are flown daila. and weather data is gathered every I50 miles along the wa This data is immediately relayed to the 53rd Weathgh P Monitor at Burtonwood. 1it.f From here, the weather data is checked and transmitted to High Wycombe Air Weather Central for dissemination to all stations requiring the information, and in twent minutes can reach the most distant parts of the globe.'From this 53rd data emerge many of the weather forecasts which appear in the daily newspapers and on T.V. With a distinguished record of successeseincluding the coveted Senter Award for excellence in Weather Recon- LT. COLONEL WILLIAM W. RISER JNR naissanceethe 53rd have set an enviable mark. Commander And the kids of Britain wili never forget the 53rd-the .flyers who took their letters and delivered them personally to Santa Claus in an annual Christmas Ietter-drop in the frozen wastes of the far North. 53rd Weather Recon Squadron Maj. James F. Casey Maj. Natal V. D'Andrep Maj. John R. Hauck man: a.--..- Wanamm 74km Capt. Russel J. Dougherty Jr. Capt. Francis W. Freeman Capt. Howard H. Hak 4 Capt. Eugean L. Hochstedler Capt. Bernard A. Houle Capt. Wallace Humphreys Capt. Bennie W. MacHue ' . . 4 wg-RLWWEW A a$ Ws r$wxa wa 'm m ?;WW g . W0 w y Fox t. Loren J. Ist. Lt. George R. Davidson Ist. L wz ; WW : ZMW Q m g ; x4, v w WW? W: i ,, xi .William R. Notman IH ' lst Lt. James M. Padgett 3X lst Lt. George Schmidr Ist Lt. Franz Schmucker Ist Lt. Donald L. Smith lst Lt. Donald J. Thelen 2nd Lt. Horton J. Barber 2nd Lt. Carl M Baumg d . ar ner 2nd Lt. John J. SChan 211d m H H H ff I Lt. Daniel J. S ith 0 man - 7 CWWO arr . I Y Y! Y CHWO. Norman E. Schroeder W O Clarence D. Sherman Jones. Estel Khollman, Thomas Kramer. Robert K. Lassiter. John G. Levesque, Raymond Lund, Obert A. Lundy. Clay I. Morriss. Marshall B. Nadey, Larry W. Plowman. John J. Procter, William W. Rooney, Michael M. Sanborn, Phillip A. Scoggin. Billy W. Silva, Roger F. Stephens, Harold L. Stiller, Benjamin Swope. Roy Thompson. John C. Torrey, Malcolm L. Wallace, Thomas Wright. Dale E. Young. Stuart W. Staff Sergeant Alkire, Charles B. Beck. Russell F. Bolin, Robert E. Bryant, Aluin Burgess. Donald L. Burk. Lloyd K. Burnett. Ira Canon. Earl Cochran. Joseph M. Dail. Harold Dent. Harry A. Master Sergeant Avery. Herman A. Baker. Leon Barnard. Hubbard Braudt. Samuel Calderman, Raymond J. Clark, Wilbur L. De Long. Samuel T. Frazee John Graham, Robert E. Halterman, Robert Harrison. Roy B. Kelly, Lawrence H. Lohman, Paul O. Meeth. Ervin H. Paige. Doward Penlang, Hiram E. Phillips. John M. Rouse. William Smith, James Smole. Ralph M. Snelling, Forrest W. Webber, Arthur C. Williams, John Wolanski. Chester Technical Sergeant Biloudeau. Wesley G. Chesnut. Jesse E. Chute. Elwood R. Doutney, William J. Fine. Avon Gilbert. James R. Graham. John D. Grimth. William E. lngersoH. Edward A. Ivy, Billy B. Jacobs. Robert L. n.0, .nr ixsjmr'u'n '1; 'm-...... 7 ma 3... . Etlinz. Ralph W. Fulgham, Robert Garcia, Jose 7 Grillo, Albert E. Groat, Crayton E. Guthrie, Virgil R. Harden, Jerry L. Hays, Joe R. Hiles. John L. Holden. James A. Hyde, SheH ' Jackson, Loris l. Johnson, Kenneth Keronen, Gunnard C. Kurpisz, Sigmund R. Lazarick, Joseph J. Lucas, Herbert D. Lum, Francis H. F. Malec, Robert J. I Martin. Franklin C. McAtamney, Francis L. McCampbell, Robert H. McRae, Kenneth Mears, Paul A. , Miller, Allen A. Morris, George Nordenbrock, Fred J. Oakes, Ernest Oehler, Charlie O'Neal, Lawrence E. Gutheridge, Earl J. I! Pierce, tugene F. Prescott, James A. ' Quinney, Harmon L. Jr. Rentschlar, Robert J. Rowsseaw, Clarence O. Rupard. Jack H. Russell. Robert Sanders. Charles W. Schocker. Dewfine Shaw, Edward Shelton, James R. Siebel, William Smith, R. D. Somes. Walter Springs. Donald E. Swickheimer. George W. Tarouilly. Edward F. Tuggles, William Vanselous. Roy Vollbrecht, Herman D. Wilcox. Robert Williams, Jackie D. Aircraftsmen First Class Adcock. Gerald C. Bercume, Euclid A. Blessing. Gary Cavaldon. Roy Coffin, Terence Deal. Jimmie Diamond. W. Dukes, Jimmie Durham. Robert D. Flynn. Eugene J. Frank, Walter R. Gohl, Robert Grime, Jack Harlonc, Ralph Harrell. Niles A. Heinkelein. Fred Hinton. Arvid W. $1.... :..'q...+..d..;..mrgzhagmyg 1;.uou';.: 9?. $ 1 wivqm'm 3W V ,fng Butler, Duane L. Charbonneau, Leon J. A. Cheurette, Robert Coronado, Guadalupe Cyr, Richard H. Dgan, Rpgerr Elliott, David P. Fish, Theodore J. Frost, Donald E. Goodfellow, Reed W. Gordon, Robert: Hand, Bobby D. Hag, Lloyd J. Heckmannianrad Jr Hess, Leroy M. Jeffreys, Coozge Johnson, Albert G. Knecht, Richard A. Linderman, Robert A, Luse, Clyde 7 Martinez, Lucas McKinney, James L. McKIem, Richard Harold Miller, Jerry E. Millington, Wayne E. Meyer, John L. Newton. Robert L. O,Neal, William P; Oskam. Hans Polzin, Roger Porter, Roscoe Rapp, Dale L. Reynolds, Donald E. Rivera, Edwardo Robinette, Lacy J. IR; - Hollis. Rufus Hoover, Clarence T Hunter. Joseph R. King. Ralph L. Ledford, Charlie Miles. Harold E. Morales, Gil Moroz. Stanley S. Mortale, Vincent Nowak, Robert F. Ostrowski, Gerald A. Polek. Raymond J. Porter, Robert J. Ray. James F. Rossales, Raymond Serens, Fred Robert Stewart. Alexander J. Suddeth, Donald E. T6m5; Johnny E. Turcotte, Roger Waldron, Harold O. Wilson. Wesley R. Worsham, Paul Aircraftsmen Second Class Aldous, Charles D. Alexander, Jerrold T. Allen. Wayne E. Atkinson, Herbert E. Atwell, Harold L. Barclay, Robert Berger, William Beaumont, George Blackwood, William J. Burger, Richard F. Burns, William W. Butler, Dannis aura Robinson. William J. Rushing. James P. Salterzman, Warren Sanderlin, Cecil Schaefer, Richard E. Schooley, James H. Schwake, Fred A. Sears, Amos Shamlaty, Eugene M. Jr. Signor, LeRoy A. Simpson. Charles A. Slattery. Richard A. Smith. James W. Stevenson, Laird K. Studebaker. Wilburn O. Sussman, Bernard Sutton, James Tull. Bufford Venneman, James W. Voigt, Howard Voisine. Reed A. Wallner, Norman Watson, Jimmie Williams, Wilbur Wilman, John Wimmer, Lester L. Wright. james C. Aircraftsmen Third Class Allen, Richard H. Birdwell, Robert; L. Buck, Denzyl Clemons, Dewell M. Denaro. Paul Doemland, Thomas Elkins. Thomas H. Ellis, William G. Frazee, Herbert E. Goodman. Don Greene, David A. Healy, John J. Hingerty, Mills H. Howell, Spurgeon Hughes, Kenneth Keating, John Langeloh, Robert Marick, Anthony F. Parks, Ramon Peddycord. Kenneth M. Penders. Jerald W. Powell. George F. Powell, Robert Rios, Robert Swain, Leon Sykes, Kassell Tolman, Gordon H. Turpin, Larry T. Viveiros. Norman F. Wann, Ronald C. Williams. Gerald L Williamson. Earl Wilson, Harold R. Wireman, John P. Young. David E. MB Pearson. Tom Papp. Gary N. Nu; A. ; P 4uv.. mkm w Marler navigates charmers . Airman Newton totes that lead ; i i:i IAQ Manpower meets Horsepower l 5. $15 3.;41ju Arm On the line Sgt. Siebel at the business end 5;.rm ,- M. 4....4....,+..,w m...-v ltk Frank! WWW i 7 , w w, mg W XWWW xl' , W v L 6W , ' z; m Kgxx xg3$$x M , Aw x Q the board 3 way xx 900 we ' uunvlmlll -7 I 115061 Wu yams,Mev CAqu smx augusu-UKtl' S ' , 7v, X4473 Wingmen ISO and the Adj. , x1........ mp... .. , v WWWW WWW , vMa i 914V ' Inside Man 4$Mm WW, WW xx XW 0 iW w; The Finance Clerk st ;, M ?- . . 'c-u , pr ,u-i-n 0 g.gx waits; g, mm ; ,,, g-Ajmu-WAu-y wy2 L1. $72 43? kW? 423. V Sheet metal Mr 2 Y. 2 x4zx 27y 4,2,. 2 a , w 22 2 av 22 222 . w m R x 2 2 32. k2 22 2 A Now look who's over 4 11. ...2 mrw-gy-Iu --2--.- v. , w 5? 4,, 7: xxx- WWfo QWSV 1w 9w $2, w W x VWgW V x 7W W, M Q WM WW W2 x' W x t W V , , , W4 1;: W A my H W W A yy A , , V V Afz x , I , , , V w ' , L W ' - W n K. W v , W W , ,L M . V ; , WWxx W A MM W .4 f , xv i4 7, , WWWW?RIN x ,KW $033., iww , It,s worse in the Cavalry! Then switch on here M Sign here please ! W W Waxy v 54$ x. WW7 L x , , , aw Wx wZW W Paperwork V You're kidding s: x xxx i $0 , mg ! w : L . - , , ,, ,, a ,, W , , WMWW ..xm, NM; V m7 , Mall C0,, 4x 4x 4 m Wu 3 The Weather Man i. ,4 . X14547a 4Qy44w$4 44 4 L .4 RV KR WQQMMM$' 4 , 4 , R 4 f $444444 f ,4, $4 70V MXAW - ; ; 4,7 x W44v V . 4 , V44 Xe w ,3 x Capt. Hochsrtedtler ..,. g . r. n 1A. A .m- ATS cover the globe, and the l625th S M MATS, at Burtonwood is an imporllgrllflltiglauiandan' IS global chain. If you arrived by air to B , a pretty sure bet that the l625th handled llilo?mzlvnodocltslts certainty that you received top-fli ht treat 3 a MATS tradition. g ment m the best The l625th Support Squadron, MATS, wh' ' manded by Col. Marvin H. Tilghman, was accltliviefjom- Burtonwood in July I954. Its mission is the on and lift loading of all passengers arriving and leaving the UK AL; included in its responsibilities is the handlin f . - ties of air freight. g 0 vast quantl- 0' MATS crews here provide complete service for all MATS aircraft, from clean linen for the passenger seats to en in changes on the giant C-l24's. Tire checks, wing polishgin e passenger handling, maintenance, freight loading-all thisgis capt's done by the round-the-clock crews of the l625th. In terms of passengers handled, the MATS mission here presents an awesome figure. Annually, the l625th see over 7 260,000 passengers in and out-bound at Burtonwood and ship the staggering total of72-million pounds offreight every twelve months. With Support the operative word, the l625th handle 200 aircraft a month at Burtonwood, but when fog blanketed l many airfields and caused air tramc hold up, the l625th put that operative word into action and handled no less than 1 300 aircraft in a 30-day period. 1 Tilghman's Tigers-on the ball as usual! LT. COLONEL MARVIN H. TlLGHMAN Commander l625th Support Squadron, MATS lst L1 em Maj. Clayton J. Johnson AWWfoK lst Lt Maj. Ross E. Koile Pdron, 1 this 'od, its itS a e best COm. ted at nd off. MATS engine liShing, n here e over 'd. and t every ule 200 nketed 'th put As than 1J.Johnson KoHe . Brashers Hi wm:x.v. IstLt.RobertJ.Kazmerchak lstLL Dondd H.r4eyer ' l. 'I . , E r q 7 hi 7 U V Inmmlw my, ,,,,7 , . ,, 7 , 1,, W $ ka Capt Duncanf4acPherson Capt CarlFredeHc Raab Isth.John Peck IstLt.C.F.Yount ' ,,y . 7,1, , 59; , W, ; $2, CWO. Ralph V. Livingston 2nd Lt. Peter Butkewicz u ' mwm .2qu 'H'vai'vr-Ar'51 , ,., .U . Mast ArroYd, Fred er SGrgeant Bartunek. William- ill, Harrison L. Flynn, John W. McBride, Ellish Murray, William W. Ruppe, Adolph G. StODE, Henry J. Wells, Robert M. Technical Ser e t Anderson, Glen, L. g on Asher, Rodney M, Beach, Russell N. Birkner, Alfred Brandenberg, Burkhard. Cook, Thomas DoweH, George C. Eberhart, Robert M. Francescony, Cornelius D. Frazer, James Jr. Gill, Robert L. Gregory, Robert L. Hami'fton, Williard Houpt, Creighton Loos, Larue Metzger, Theodore R. Morton, Peter Morrison, Richard W. Rabe, Merritt L. R-affensperger, David J. Sanders, Henry Strother, John P. Stehlick, Warren A. Shields, Glen A. Sihrer, S. G. Strawbridge, Joe D. Waltman, Joell Wong. Alexander Staff Sergeant Bayne, Aubrey R. Beard. Willie H. Bobo, Herbert L. Jr. Braddock, James Bronder, Ben Chambers, Charles J. Curton, Francis J. DesGroseilliers, Ronald R. Dillbeck. Thomas R. Floyd, Raymond A. Ghrist. Roy H. Hans, Charles E. Harney, Thomas Holley, Robert Horton, William L. Jarrett, Onivea Jones. Clarence A. Kachel, Floyd H. Kapetanov, Mike B. . Kushner. Jerry LeMay, Paul E. Morgan, Walter B. Nordmeyer. Raymond L. Pittman. Donley W. Polk. Donald P. Rogers. James Shirley, Billy K. Snavelly, Charles Shott. Billy J. Williams. Eric E. Aircraftsmen First Class Ashland. Marlyn M. Belcher. Randell J. Benefiel, Jack N. ...-...-.,y-n-' -mwu-m. uv- ! -:,..-Kw.. VLW.W av,- '. , .. V Benoit, Edward J. nt Brooks, Earnest Cooley, Robert E. Collins, Howard N. Cronin, Melvin D. Davis, Sames P. Jones, James R. Hoffman, Harvey D. Hughes, Guy C. Kelley. William Killius, John Lundy, James A. Luce, Irvin W. Mobley, Owen ant Olvin, Marvin Palmer, William Putnam. Steven P. Redding, William C. Roebuck, Abner Rooney, Henry A. Smith, Franklin Taul, Norman F. V - Thibault, Joseph L. Turner, John Ward, Robert J. Walton, Carl Aircraftsmen Second Class Allen. William Donald Alleyne, Kenneth A. Anthony, Warren L. Baxter, James Bopp, Richard B. Bordley, Ralph Brooks. Roland Brown. Roger Cambra, Joseph G. Jr. Chaffins. Norman . Crandon, George. B. Falasco, Eugene C. Fleenor, Frederick B. Freeman. Rosaro J. Galindo, Gilbert Jr. ; . . 'Garner. Billy C. Greenlee, Harold 1. Greenwood. George H. Gresham, Ronald E. Helms. David C. . Hodgson, Lester p Howard, Arnold M. Huber, Richard'J. Kidd. LeRoy . Kinnunen, Charles A. Kolting, Siegfried K. Lawfton, Richard Lentz, Benjamin W. Lendelin, Gerald Lohr, David G. Loughran, Frederic J. McHenry. William Mansberry, Edgar R. artin, James F. ' -, Mianchlinski, Joseph C. 3 Mendenhall, Delbert osley, James L. Muliigan, Martin Mullins. William J. Norman, Don P. 1 Now, Robert L. Pacheco, Luis A. pranec, William Peak. Richard 3' m w h-x-r p4 ailimaniui-h' V ; Schermaui. Thomav Stonecipher, JerrY R' Sumlin, Frank Todd, Arthur C. Ulm, Ronald ' Wahner, Carl J. Washington, Richard Webster, Willie White, Joe White, Thomas AIB Stewart, Raymond Price. Raymond Quinn. John M. Rawls. Herbert Earl. Sanford, Tommy L. Schmidt, Lonnie B. Smith, George D. Truman, Lawrence Valentin, Jose A. Ward. John J. Wormack, Austin M. Westerveh.. Gideon L. White. Bruce Wiley, David L. Warrick, Coy L. Zmuda, Ralph Zychal, Ronald P. Aircraftsmen Third Class Brenner. KeJneth Brickey, Charles F. Bridwell. Joe F. Brown, Ellis A. Carrington, Archie E. Fawcell. Darryll Fuller. Richard Funk, Delbert E. Higa, Robert S. Hughes, Robert W. Hunter, James R. Jones, Edward C. Kerrigan, Raymond D. Lacroix, Paul A. Lawson, Donnie G. Little, Robert L. Lucero, Robert L. Melton, William J. Piopins, Emanuel L. Wymavmwa V WMWW .1 waA ' , m , ; '- ms wm- Hwy: , W4 ' ' 4 ' ' ' Ma y N , - wM-Mw WW, L ' ; NW5WWW7, ' x : ., A mm s , Whammy . . V . i, W W, WV, WW. .; m m ,, SW Mmmm MW xw. W x Ra?w2;VVU C x wiw x 0 Swan f'i Cf. , - v r; Www , MM , 4 y ,MW WWW w Wm , V , n m J? ma- WNW . , . .. -' . . 7 , Hhkxgugtot; mg-itrf-r 1.1;. m' a fly; 5:55:11- a-Wguvzmww; ' .n . on the bearn Look,they 5 F425. a , WW , M4; M77 ,wum I , W Mw wzymy , wymwmmwmmw; meWa M A... MMWri , 4 zkang . uranium- -- ' A , x xsz' 4x ,, 7 7; x xxw2$ w 9 x W x M ,, N4 x $ng 0 A M w 0V1m V V x V ox 2 An X S xN $9M VXg WX V' y xx? x3 xrg J , S ?g t ? mwhw k U :, WW x 7 xxx Am, A wwgkxwg w ??Vixoy WNQ yxx Msm xx 4? iiVI W and here, wearing the Fatigue-Line Bird at roost 1:311 44m 7 M42344 ' 44 1a. W, M444?! w ,, 4 4 A a 44m , x Wm , 4M 4M $4 Honest, we don't have any space .. W MWM W .7 4 - 4 . 4 4 4 4. v . . .4 L. A, , 4 F1.Vr.!n1:q.:-YVHYVVWIV mum ,4 V; 1W 0,, $ wwawmmzx w :w x Wk 1 mm: MA WSW W , 0, xx- y f W; x Mm x 5W r m WWW. WV -w 371 ,Mwyya VW; , . , xi m wg 4me Loading crew The situation as we see it ' wt: 6mnvfsr me-WW N ' 7, , A V u....., m... ,. - ; ywww, EAM Section so l 4? Vi xx- WM , ,7 v H z; ; 0 7255, W 1 17 N, xxx fwi? ; 9 L .. 1 .. ,, ?Mym K V : gk traffic officer Refueling and big bird .l'..M.1.- k,.......-. 714., 1319 WVFMIPTBWW3 $3M f ?j Wm w ' - wwwngwmmm , W mm , rwIXIAaA wyxiymw Am 2W WSEZX - $ M K , , wvzwv , x g, V isxgta KWA$ $ WAVW 5 W4 N yAQ S AV A xxxg Ltsxv War 5 wzmxx sz 3 N VAKXxM CAPTAIN LEONARD D. MILLER Commander 7559th USAF Hospital Major Wilbur B. Cochran, FORGET all about Emergency Ward I0; eme routine stuff to the level heads of Burt , USAF Hospital commanded by CaPthllllNoLoedoiaBdSlBth Miller. Even emergencies like the Flu epidemic of l957' hD. the normally 3-ward hospital had 9 wards crammedW Hen Flu victims. A tough spot for the 7559th, but a ra id v8th program for volunteer corpsmen who came fronl: JT unit on Burtonwood saw things through. A tribute t:ver operation of Burtonwood's medics military men and Cr? staff of Air Installations who wired the makeshift Wa dt-e record time. r s In First activated at Burtonwood in I948, admi i Hospital now top the 30,900 mark according tscilcli'lnasj tiltille L. Lowery, Chief of Admin Services. I m The mission of this top-flight hospital is to provide inpatient and outpatient medical care and dental care for all authorized personnel including US military, civilian and dependent personnel. Consultant services in General Medicine, General Surgery, Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Optometry are provided for other USAF stations in the North of England. Vetinary Inspection is carried out by the 59th Vetinary Inspection Flight commanded by Major Wilbur B. Cochran and a small animal clinic is also maintained for the treatment of privately owned pets. On September the I3th, I958, the birth of a son to Sngt and Mrs. Tom Harney marked the end of an era for the hospital's OB Clinic; baby Michel Thomas Harney being the last youngster born in the clinic before its closedown on September l5th. During its colorful history, the OB Clinic has seen the birth of no less than 2,56I Burtonwood babies! Buts its all in a day's work for the 7559th USAF Hospital. MAJOR ALVIN T. LOWERY Director, Admin Services rgencies are Aw Px , , K stunnr ' w W ' I ; - , , V7 , : h m ' vi - xnnuuq. ' awnh- hrs. - . -'-... .....,,, .' .u v . Mwuq . . . .v. ,rr... nCies are 3 7559th nard D. 57 whEn ed With Pid OJT m every e to CO- and the Wards in S to the aj- Alvin PFOVide re for all Han and General iCS and r USAF Vetinary ochran, eatment to SSgt for the eing the Iown on B Clinic I babies! ospital. LWW ;wxxxwmm z y? k Faustin Ist Lt. Nicholas Halanych Ist Lt. Fran l. N na Barras Capt. John W. Schleicher lst Lt I 5 $7.. vv-q fr , . . ' EU ha rr x; .1. an ., . 'uH 2. -..,4.1 - mircr-n, - - -3: .1-3 ..' .-. Que; x xx.,m V, , aw , , . , ' ., , Owe Mwyf? $KQ W?:g ' ' v L , 36RX2 ; w, xx, , , -'Kx'94xx I Ax x Z,WX , W ? , , , Vx g4 ; k 7 2; x my hmx ,W S g ' A 1; ? W x xx y 7i? 0 WAX O$WV4 aw lst Lt. Philip S. Newman Ist Lt. Chloe J. Repole WW1 z 1 4W mrv-ffk' ' wHihiiau. -1. Smith, Theon Spencer, Earnest Tamashiro, Lawrence S. Thomas, Charles Webb, Gilbert F. Zarrella. lsidoro Aircraftsmen Second Class Bloom. Arthur Thomas Johnson, William F. Jones, Donald L. Kendrick, Charley F. Martin, John R. Peake, David Ritson, John J. Smits, Ronald Stoddard, Gerald J. Taylor, Austin L. Vanle, John K. Zechman, Larry E. Aircraftsmen Third Class Erikson. Richard D. Franklin, Johnie B. Jackson, John L. Meyer, John G. Civilians Close, Joan Doyle, Harriet Grundy, Muriel Hurst, Emily Norton, Ivy Pope, Phyllis Simpson, Patricia A. ,3 wxxw, , , X Master Sergeant Goodwin, Harold R. Lanza. Joseph C. Swan, Garston Technical Sergeant Ciccone, Anthony J. Cromer, Charles Oglesby, Harry B. Sr. Staff Sergeant Brown, Charles Dempsey. Robert E. Fuller, Fred Hall, Gerald Jones, George Jusiak, Frank J. Klemp, Richard H. Mahan, Roy Mayhall. Harlon D. Rominks, William H. Jr. Sanders, Billy R. Tidwell, George Valle, Manuel D. White. Delmar D. Williams, David L. Williams, James E. Woods. Thomas Yother. Charles H. Zigmond. Richard Aircraftsmen First Class Azzarello. Patricia W. Bessey. Chester E. Coggins, James C. Gu'ckel. Gunter Hansen, Thomas D. Jones, Leonard Kellen, James C. Moore, Arthur N-aulty, Francis J. Ratcliff, Charles R. 2 L ??,9 $2225; w 1 W '4$ 9xe L X b '7 s X K .1 4 W K x N v? 4 7 WA $4 Let the Ist Sgt. handle it V- I zW x xx ,, , 47w OW 7 . W g M xx 9; Q1 ?gww , 9. ixw, x KXIXg ngN$ M y; C ka$ x'?W Ix mp '34: M Music to get better by ' Mw W NNXX WWW Kim W W W Q43 wva W V? 433Wa N x ?vN Nxx N , m: w i VN N73 VAX xvx W v , W x w MVQWA KN 4; xxx 7 W x ? Ni ? Wx NWy A N W WWW i 4 a,xxO '1 W Ky - Q I 6, f , xysb W$ WNW W W W 2 W; Q NWQWL Ardethe, Keith Bellarts Stella Collomb, Betty Davis, Madeline Finocchi, Mary Leigh, Edna Nquist, Robert M Phillips, Elva Potts, Eileen Roberts, Doreen Senkin, Jean Shyber, Donald for? kaxxxs xxxxym Ittee ? 4 i y? g The bookworms Schoal days . . . r45 School Yearbook Comm Shapely athletes ,xsyr Q . .222g Xx? ,, wSASV Q s. , a VA$$W , , L . , y , $2 ; Xxokxxxx , Tx77 ,, nyxJWy A ans xxxw , l ,s W WW ,x ? ?AZQ y x 'WWVW Mva v a , .xx $ , L , . w 5x? yM . w 4$5 4x 7w A4 w?! ??www .x 7 x $ 4 a9 Wow kww NwwAmw ,, MWWW : stv y 5 m Wyk, , . . , . . , L A??Km. QLQS; $ Waxxfxs AM?wVWX x A, . J?fox AT, Ax x , $ 4ka Wavy m N le ?w i wk v? 9Q Studious Seniors Make way for music . . . and cauldron bubb w 11 .! CAPTAIN DAVID ZILLMER Commander u HE invisible hands of AACS magic rea h where to guide the pilot on his coursce Out ever. destination, weather or terrain not '.and t0 . Small wonder the flier grows to lean On this W'thstandin , almost as importantly and instinctively as heucglsee guide Great Unseen Force. 50 wrote Gen, Henr OI? on the shortly before his death. A fitting tribute th 'AmOId worId-wide organization which celebrated its 20th dev'oted sary this year. annwer. The l965th AACS unit at Burtonwood i of this global organization. Under the David A. Zillmer, l965th o erates three ' ' ' . at Burtonwood, and runs pall three on dgsmg'rtgealions basis. They are the Tower, the local GCA, and a Tgl-c ock Section. The teletype, called the Airopnet, passes inf:t e tion regarding flight plans and cargo moves. rma- Many local pilots have reason to thank t vigilance of the local GCA crews who have talked man f them down when bad visibility has blanketed Burtonwgo: The modern electronic equipment used on these taik-down; seems far removed from the days when flare pots were set along the runways to guide incoming pilots in bad weather and with the arrival of the missile and space age, the jot; of AACS is really just beginning. s very much a part command of Ca t he ceaseless I965th AACS Squad ron Ist Lt. Jerrell W. Brooks 0 lst Lt. Philip G. Hill '- - l T... rm l1! ms r12 iV ' 1n. 1; a..- ? W 0-,5 .. 1v , Ut eve 1 r . ; and t0 hzs Master Sergeant hStand I Ford, James Edward SEe In ' Sylvester. E. J. n gUld . Technical Sergeant Oes 0n th Cudd, Frank M. Jr. H. Arnol Drummond. Paul L. d d Geroux, William th eVFJted Jackson. Logan anHIVer. Large, William M. Moskin. Lewis U P Roberts, George I. dCh apart Smith. Alfred E. Jr. . of Capt. : Staff Sergeant lVe SECtiOng Byers, Harry B. 'the.clock t Caldwell. Richmond H a Telet l Frehn. Gerald C. es f YPe 1 George. Elbert E. m Orma. ; McManus W F i Monk, Cecil E. e ceas Perusse, Lawrence A. ed m Bless 3 Schmitt. Raymond F. any of Traylor, Donald A. rtonWOOd, Aircraftsmen First Class talk-dOWns Bartee. Richard A. t5 Were set Fox. Roy Clifford .d Weather, Kjelstad, Jon 0. ge, the job Orr, Bobby R. Orton, Ronald Aircraftsmen Second Class Baucon. Royce H. Bradley. Eugene M, Burkhalter, Roland H. Dean, Wayne 5. Dickson. Jack H. Finley, Paul L. Harrison, Wilbur Hippe. Horst F. Jessee. William E. Lednik, Philip R. McClune, Dennis A. McGreal, Patrick J. Overholt, Roger C. Pelletier, Garson Pugh. Robert L. Reid. Jim Stacy, James K. , Stern, Norman White, Lloyd Wilson, Lawrence Witt, Ronald . Aircraftsmen Third Class Bellinger. Robert L. -p Bergman, Edmund Head, Philip D. Hibbert, Robert R. Kline, Ralph E. O'Brien, John A. Oveross. Mardon R. Proutx, Donald N. Skiba. Andrew . Technical Representative Baumann, Henry Radio Technician Stinsfleld. Thomas Jefferson. Frank W. 0 Mi; ,m mm Am Q ,de , , W we x n WWW: g, i V. V Nwwmw y x x. m lwsui He's right here Loud and Clear - WM A , .,, , ffk wwmffr't mavlll w. , ' - ' ' W - ,; . . 99 x , , .Mf. , '. . , , . Wk n . . ' - , ' . - - ' wWfoz , L L s . , . 7N B$WTW ' N - 44,.wa NW V . .mw. CAPTAIN FRANK E. BREGGER Commander Ist Lt. Norman Gates Krupinski Lee E. Murphy HE name has changed, but the mission of accomplishment remain the same Detachment I, HEDAMFEA. Former Ilth Communications Maintenance Squad maintains its efficiency record under the Frank E. Bregger. Job of this vital detachment is to Provide mobiled level and emergency field maintenance oh communica; 0t and electronics equipment at 25-30 USAF'bia'sesf iri the Enl: region. . Each year personnel of this detachment travel approx' mately 250,000-miles to these far-flung stations with 50m: men averaging as high as 80 days TDY in a three-month Span Actual maintenance is performed on-site through the uSe of mobile shop vans. The maintenance teams operating With these vans are self-sumcient and carry the needed for test hand and power tools, in addition to spare parts. , The successful achievements of the detachment is due entirely to the high degree of technical skill and devotion to duty displayed by all members of this Burtonwood unit, DET l, HEDAMFEA and high stand unJer the titlearodf 'Y Detachment I ron, the unit stiii command of Capt. r LanTm 'i.:. 1.7.: 1-2 Master Sergeant Cheek, James D. 'gh Standard Gregory, Howard L. r the titl Pinkston, Leslie F. etach e 0f 3 Staneff, John E. ment 1, Wilcox, Jay e Unit Still Yahner, Paul and of Capt ? Technical Sergeant ' 1 Browne. Ira E. mObi Firth, Frank H. m lg depot , Lavorgna, Philip A. es Hmcatlons Marcantel, Hubert I P n the UK erez, JoeStaff Sergeant Bussiere, Conrad R. ave' aPPrcm- $125255 W3? 3? S Wlth Some 5 . e y . 3monthspan' Fountain. Ellis L. Gill, Lamar E. Guilford, Murray R. Jackson, Leroy Jue, William ough the Use perating with .' ded for test, 115. Killinger, Paul L. King, Raymond B. ment is due Lay George and deVOtion Mic'chen. Lemuel L. onwood unit. Am Rogers, Franklin Titus, Donald A. Wood. Bueford M. Aircraftsmen First Class Buchanan, Donald S. De Luna, Joaquin EA Dingee, LeRoy Jenkins, William 3 I . , ' 3 Michaud. Joseph H '. 33f , z 5 3 7' Morin, Norman 1 $922; 7 , . , 'K 3 3 3 3 Pavlic. Michael P. Pettit. Ivan L. Stinson, Asa . Walls. Isaac V Aircraftsmen Second Class Armstrong, Donald A. Baker, Peter Burch, Emery L. Cafferio, Anthony J. Calanero, Joseph M. Downing, Dennis G. Hand, Lawrence Hansen, Gerald Lozo. Stanley Minsky, Ralph R. Pyse, Arthur 0. Royall, James Schrader, Charles T. Sweeney, David J. . Terry, William Weddle, Donald R. Wendtland, Harry Williams, Clarence , Williamson. Kenneth D. ' Aircraftsmen Third Class Collins, Raymond Mhllinger, James; E. Technical Representative Valovdn, Andrew3 6 wow v 7 '3 3 3'9 'w b V WM $3331 - w-nnnnv -u- 7121.. 444mm 33 '- . Kijlma. gm hmmlq$mmmb a z ? a . A - yummy; Kym , cmewmw x Wm mewv A Ax xV V V V MW g, wmxw WVW I'm ' an artist, so I got a brush Teletype maintenance 7i, th OTHING boosts morale more than m and no unit handles this aIl-impor more efficiently than Burtonwoodis - Squadron. Aiming at quantity as well 3533:?! fostal operation, 3rd Air Postal, commanded by Captain 'Ehien Igs Ackerman, last year handled 7,729,583 pounds of incory' . mail and 7,072,849 pounds of outgoing mail-and thartrlln lot of letters in anybody's reckoning! 5 a With a mission to provide complete postal service a d Armed Forces Security Courier Service, to Persons and agencies authorized to use these services, the squadrg handles APO mail for points as far north as Oslo and as f n south as Naples. ' ar A high degree of co-operation exists between 3rd Air postal and the GPO in Warrington, and much incoming mail is handled through this British agency. Annually, the Christmas rush swamps the APO, but the unit goes into high-gear and meets the situation with its usual efficiency. And a tribute to this efficiency is the Com- mendation Plaque which was awarded to the squadron f0r its achievements last year. Postal Officer is Lt. Charles B. Skelton, and the unit boasts a very weII-known First Sergeant -Mngt. Karl R. Youst. ail frOm home, ; tant COmmodit CAPTAIN EMERY C. ACKERMAN commander 3rd Air Postal Squad ron . .AJ I -as14. u . :5 Say. Thereis one here for me hh hi PON EXPRESS ' Ea,- x 2nd Lt. Martin AStOWitZ Master Sergeant Youst. Kare R. Technical Sergeant Owens. Daryle D. Staff Sergeant Lujan. Savino Marshall, James W. Sheerod. Robert E. Aircrafzsmen First Class Capozzi, Victor Catalano. Ernest QNV W$ Z , : , , . , x , , Everett. Bennie R. ' ' Ganaway, Joseph L. Lennon, Huch Morgan. John Mori, Benjamin Sardinha. Carlos Schlieve, Clarence R. Tyson, Charles Weeks. Paul J. Whitney. James H. Aircraftsmen Second Class Adams, Ernest Bryant, Billy J. Byars. Napoleon Eadie. Irvin Swindell. Elliott E. Worwick. Ronald Alrcraftsmen Third Class Bier. Darrell E. Flynn. Edwin L. Davidson. Thomas R. Jr. Langston. Gary Shiery. William H. Webb. Walter T, Jr. ,;; ;7 ?, m Amy M; wa$$ wall thKWKWW WMV j ymsmaw .uce rmsM sort 921W , WWWW, Coffee-call for maiI-men What workload? . Wrww'wh, 341599 H45 Q2442 M M, 1 Texas Nite at the club L'atiil'nlm g3 ., trim; ; w L .mu.uw HE 6th Aerial Port Squadron has had - active life. Activated in June I954, the :ntz't'lsjabut ver for overseas movement and arrived at Buttonv: aerted following February. 00d the Upon arrival, the unit assumed operational Control f Burtonwood Air Terminal, and shortly afterWardS 0 the Iished detachments with similar functiOns at Bow Esjab. Rhein Main, Laon, Dreux and Evreux. g on, With a three-fold mission, the squadron, commanded b Major George W. Johnson, Operated designated air ter ' nals, maintained tactical profFIciencY in aerial dr0p ten. niques, and utilized Combat Control Team caPabilities fo; the maintenance of Drop Zone control, Frequent visitors to Burtonwood were units ofthe British Armyhs Parachute Regiment who worked al . . ongside the 6th Aerial Port Squadron In combined troop and equipment drops. In October I958 the squadron was deactivated and personnel were reassigned to the 5th Aerial Port Squadron, a small unit only remaining at Burtonwood to retire records and equipment. Technical Sergeant Ellison. James Lawley. Earl B. Shapiro, Martin Staff Sergeant Dean, Delmar R. Harris.Willis Jr. Aircraftsman First Class m: h Samph. David Ist Sgths. chore Double twe y Aircraftsmen Second Class Darcey, Ken Knust. Paul L. McNicoH, Charles M. Nelson, George W. Snook, Arvid N. AIB Bifani, August A. Relax, were moving out W H 77x HuSC.';Wu 1- a w 7 ,t .gmd M , t, , 0 i a Pv Hawaar-rw-r'Ht-r-z-L M MAJOR JOH N G lUSl Commander 1 CWO. Wallace A. Crocker 'i IANT KILLER in the air . John G. Iusi's 7500th Air BaEEagilOE;::?5 is Malor i an average complement of 40 militar rOft, With i Croft has handled as many as 84l3 incomin y Personnel, f passengers monthly. g and OUtEOing h This 24-hour-a-da , seven da . f activated at Burtonvglood as the 7YSSSlast?:?:onunne'ltPwaS flm Squadron. At this time passengers were r0 rocessing housed in the Burtonwood Transient HotellD Bessed and I956 the squadron moved to RAF Station Croit nd FEb. Ii I957 was redesignated as Detachment l, 7500t2i11nAh'HBune ase Group. Mission of this busy unit is the rocess' . tion oftransportation of all persoanel arriJhnggthcii Szordl-na- the UK by aircraft. This includes billeting feedPartmg ordination with UK bases on the arrival of P'ersonlngl, co- assistance with personal problems. ne, and With a yearly average of 60,700 er Croft fulfils its mission in a big Way? Sig'TekoPanecessed, frequent emergency situations are just routine to therCtrllaf: crew. Amongthe manyexcellent facilities fortransiten ers Croft boasts a fine nursery which operates every Ea Osnnel, bars, bookstands, an American Express branch-allyeas naak burden of long distance traveling;iand to round thin 5e t e Croftis messing facilities are such that passengers arge ?Ut, on their way with lasting memories of the best choweh: the Air Force. a 7500th Air Base Group, WHAM 'L'Hllul'x A:m;;.;:.sm 42 - a i i M '0ARRIVAL5 u i V 65:. weyive 32m emmumsufb ls Ma 0ft. With .ersonnel l outgoing .Was 10N r Ocessing n Feb. 1' d in JUne Air Base Coordina. ?Parting mg: C0- nnel, and r Ocessed, dGV that he Croft rsonnel, y. Snack ease the ngs out, are sent chow in USAPs best chow mww MREng . WiSSWG 56V 3, i2 mmz-sm Master Sergeant Brown. Donald M ' Simms, Cleo W. Timberman, Carl Myles Technical Sergeant Bowden, Homer McClure, Oval L. Peacock, Charles R. Thompson. Junius G. Staff Sergeant Burns, William Carava. John G. Doyle. WiHiam E. Mackey. James A. Monk, James M. Spaeth, William L. Timko. Andrew Aircraftsmen First Class Conlin, Larry Goodrich. Robert M. Griffin, Oscar Kehl, Roger Quirk, Charles Savage. Henry S. Steadman, Tracey L. Taylor, Arthur Woerner, Nelson A. Aircraftsmen Second Class Bash. Lester Arthur Bradburn, Jerome C. Clouther, Robert Hickerson. Ernest A. Rivera, Elisco Weislow. Owen Aircraftsmen Third Class Finke. Art Johnson. Armand T. Leclerc, Paul L. Lund. Marvin Elroy y .31, x 2m, 2 ye mg Wxx ' 4X 7 Q X mfw My , xv; WWN-W m , K 7'37 X 4 m KW Xx w; k L V , I ,3 Igot an alibi Eileen and the'Adi. 1 5:: 2 -41.. ' :rv.- wwm A: .3th WWW, way, L x muQ 9? s rzm, 42:14, . P Fa. 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I i it: x. .N ,- 1 am! 9! .?' alixir '- J3 a I X et wood-gives us a chance to play hard to g H One thing about the Yanks leaving Burton , -.,. q.v .. .. -w A: V 74.M.3V..; 35 'KW.. A - A 4m! ' Amh-Xmmkxx ggfstifg , s. ,grvwh. K ; ,, , - L nzhu - - , .u .1-3' 7A.; .-r , -, , uvra , X x . - r 4, . 1x ' - .7. -L'.' v. Ackers Joyce Anders, Lilian Appleton, Frances I. Baker, Dorcen 4' Barnes, Kathleen 1 Barry, Ivy 4 Bates, Jane 1 E CiViIians ! i Birch, Dorothy G. 4 Bird, Claude E. Black, Leslie D. Boneihill, Agnes Bowkar, Margorie Brain, Edith Brown, Gladys M. 4:!4w Buckley, Nancy H M. Burrows, Louise : Burrows, Winifred E Burrows, Margorie 4 Cann, Hilda Catterall, Hilda ' Chadwick, Hazel A. , L Clarkson, Mabel g Cockram, Vera ? Cole, Margaret M. ! 4Collins, Stanley L Conicanggn, Erances Coombs, Margorie Co:so;la Charles A. Cradden, Winifred A. f Crompton, AI. Dale, Sheila . 4 Dance, Nancy ' 1' Durrands, Edward Ferguson, Francis M. a Fitzsimmqns, Jean Fleming, William A. Fletcher, George E. Forber, Raymond Freedman; Louis Gardiner, Frances Garner, Irene Gaskell, Ruby .nun..- Gidman, Carol C. Glass, Louis Golhen, Dorothy l. Grady, Bernadette Griffiths, Thomas A. Grundy, Margaret Haigh, Rose 1 4 V Hall. Muriel ! Hall, Ronald Harris, Bunty Haynes, Gordon Hellinghausen, Marianne Higgins, Elsie M. Hill. Mary Hodge, Thomas 4 Holden, Frederick J. Hollingworth, Frederick V Howard, Eileen A. Howard, D. Hughes, Jessica M. Hynes, Winifred . 4,111 Jenkins. Lesl-ie G. Johnson, Ken Jones, Sylvia C. Jones, Hilda Jones, D. E. Kelly, Florence I. Kerrigan, Margaret. s I. WV 6W xxx : $1; k z ' Smith, Betty Smith, Marion Stewart, Harold R. Stobbie, Albert G. Stringer, Shirley M. Taylor, Alfred Taylor, Gerard Terry, Mavis Tierney, Harold J. Trainer, William T. Underwood, Clifford C. Walker, Rita Ward, Thomas P. Waterhouse, Eva Weilding, Arthur S. Welling, Ann S. Whitfield, Minnie Whittle, BlodWen M. Wilcock, Mavis A. Wilkinson, Glenys M. Wilson, Carole Wilson, Lois A. Woods, Dulcie D. Woods, Frank A. Worrall, Betty Wright, Eunice Wright; Jean A. 9 Yesson, Lilian I Wheeler, Margaret A. AMEXCO Civilians Hall, Estelle J. McDonnell Jean Pusey. Joan D. Southern, Anne rawvmzmmawmmf $ W 5 W4 $ Knowles, Edna Laughlin, Amy M. A. Lawrence, Elizabeth Lawrinson, Eileen Lloyd, Gaynor A. Louther, Charles E. McCIew, Dorothy Maddison, Margaret Marshall, Irene J. Maslin, Ernest A. Monks, James Meegan, Marie Morris, Margaret Mulvey-Herbinson, Maurice V. Muttock, Eva Myton, Rose O,Farrell, Roderick Owen, Mabel H. Owens, Margaret M. Parr, Mary Parry, Rosina Parsons, Blanche P. Parsons, Joan V. Pennington, Sarah Phillips, Agnes St. C. Phillips, Frederick Platt, Emily Preece, Irene Ridings, Margaret G. Rothwell, Rachel Savage, Margaret Savage. Mary H. Sewell, May Shakeshaft, Hilda -Skidmore, Mary u... .mg-ngv 13?? a A, 4-4; H, ' 13:11- ' V. .3: 7 W4; x w Jr, wkaw ; ! - mwxxxsm awwuzm . , x a Q A. Warrington is an old historic town and now that the Burtonwood 1r Base 1s closing another Chapter can he added to its long history. T B 1 he part that you played during the war and in the operation of the er ' ' ' ' dm A1r Lift W1ll long he remembered. So also Will the contribution you ma e to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Neither will your charity to the orphaned and needy beforgOtten- 0U have been brothers With us 1'11 the common cause offreedom 011d ' you have honourahly performed your duties. I . gwe you my very best Wishesfor the future Wherever you may be. COUNCILLOR T. RUTTER MAYOR OF WARRINGTON e,,,Irxx;vxcw 7: , xx , , xwyxv 4' , w :s'i. wgw X . wv x .mwkg Ax $ v , y ' xx 7 x m vaw KW i g V4 $ xx 7W ?MM xWW? w , 3 W wk ,xgiw xv '5 hw'wCWx wyxy v Z2222 A- wmway 3?? W X Ax , A w w x o w, 4 N Mm x 9, m xxx xf$ , Qxxxxxxk ' mkm m PUBLISHED BY R EG. CHOLERTON, 2! BORRON ROAD, NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS. LANCS' um. I Hutu , iv v uuu-mmuuu um; x s M a r g m , u A EHEEU yawn l. . 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