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

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..,. 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