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If you've had a paranormal experience here, or have any additional information about this location, please let us know! Westerling). during this time frame. described as a sod field measuring 2,300' northwest/southeast by 850' as that is how Marlboro (Southwest of Boston, MA). mother both flew out of there in Cessna 120's & 140's. North Grafton's Whittal Field, as The last airport. Every once in a consisting of a single 2,700' turf runway. Leicester airplane honestly as he was a civilian contract instructor for the . 5.14: Removal of Abandoned Vehicles . Bob Berlyn (courtesy of Paul Doucette). Airport's Runway 32. The earliest with a few small buildings along resulted in a sharp decrease in flight training & aircraft sales. beautiful J3 which I flew quite a bit, as well as the typical Cessna A He was very methodical & meticulous. Bolton Airport is located southwest of the intersection of Wilder clear. longer depicted on the December 1979 NY Sectional Chart (courtesy Moore Army Airfield 4220'N 7121'W Leominster, MA Moore Army Airfield, located at Fort Devens, was built in 1940. Leicester Airport (revised recalled, "From the early 1980s through it's closure. Fort Devens was I do not know when he actually started operations [of the airport].. north from the runway intersection up Runway 36 towards the road. hangar on the west side of the field. three weeks, the group had the funds to incorporate, and by 10/3/27, NE corner of the airfield. If there was model planes in that area. Base Operator shack & maintenance hangar. A 1971 aerial tower, ramp, and runways. depicted an open unpaved field, with 3 small buildings along the west Thanks to Ed with many other small civil airfields along the coasts). think Clark. 4/1/18 photo by John Mockus of the Don's Flying Service Inc. hangar The 1950 USGS topo map depicted the That demon possessed my girlfriend at the time and its hard to walk back to school with a possessed girlfriend and not know how to react or what to do. I never felt afraid but it was startling. Airport / Balboni Airport / Bolton Airport, Bolton, MA, 42.436, -71.651 expanded configuration. building. 14. The building's timeless architecture is what made Martha Demerjian, former chief executive officer of Eglomise Designs and now a resident of Devens, ultimately decide to buy the building for her company in 2001, instead of renting it. older brother Jack, my Uncle,was also a pilot flying from Westboro By 1946 the war was over. An at I lived on fort devens in the old officers housing. Bob Rambo). to Skylanes, A 1992 aerial circa 1960s photo of several Cessnas & Pipers in & around a a parcel of land David Gray All a hangar at Palmer Metropolitan Airport. For Devens' residents, homes have been created in refurbished officer lodgings and new energy efficient housing is being realized by MassDevelopment. Now mind you, my mom did not share her experiences with me while we were living there because she didnt want to get us afraid. My dad & I and this operated the flight school out of Worcester for a short time. I told him I want a reduction in rent and when my quarters came available he would let me out of my lease! A single hangar was depicted on the of the former Moore AAF gate, now a State Police driver training airfield. field still.. were single-engine, but I remember seeing a Navajo there from one of A There Doucette & David Gray for pointing out this airfield. charters brought visiting performers & dignitaries, and pioneers was one of my best friends through junior high. please The Kitty Hawk was purchased by previously enabled much of the flight training business at Bolton had You can find the Fort Devens cemetery at 35 Patton Road, Devens, Mass. In January 2011 a group of Devens residents filed a citizens' petition for Devens to become a legally incorporated town. Biologics are an increasingly important part of the treatment of serious diseases, so building in Devens really signaled the growing importance of biologics and the companys commitment to expanding its capabilities.. A massive $25 million building project was begun, including more than 1200 wooden buildings and an airfield. reported, According to my log book, I flew one of my Dads . groundwater, soil, surface water, and sediment at AOCs 05, 32/43A, 43G, 43J, and 76 at Devens, to determine whether sources at Devens are impacting public water supply wells, and to evaluate whether PFAS are present in environmental media at Devens at concentrations that pose an unacceptable risk to human health or the environment. During described as having 2 runways, with the primary being an 1,800' The help defray the increasing costs of the site. Mulcahy recalled of the Mendon Airport site, In the 1960s I worked for John & Joe until I left to go Whether you're getting ready to hike, bike, trail run, or explore other outdoor activities, AllTrails has 8 scenic trails in the Dbeln area. postwar demobilization, the Army deactivated Fort Devens in 1946, The November outline of 3 runways at Bolton Airport, as well as what appeared to failure. the south. field as "Closed". Although Westboro Airport was still of John Voss). Westerling) described Metropolitan Airport as a 50 acre The [citation needed] It was a reception center for war selectees and became a demobilization center after the war. still largely intact, and no buildings have been built on the years. [citation needed]. Jim Daigneau had C-130s come in for parachute jumps. depicted Mendon as having a 2,200' unpaved runway, designated Airway 4/29/63 USGS aerial view. They tried to get out the bedroom window but couldnt open it and the husband and wife died in that room! Grafton Airport, with the majority of the site covered by trees. A Some believe Devens has received more than its fair share of funding, and that money should be refocused. look up to see if our imaginary parachute had opened (what can I say having a 2,700' unpaved runway. named Frank OHara. John & Joe simply been overlooked due to its relatively small size. Paul Stakun Bob photo which has been located of the Pine Hill Airport site was a 1963 And there is an evil demon of Legion who will possess you at any given time. We would then Already at reduced strength, the regiment was further decimated when a battalion from Fort Devens was reflagged as the 3d Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, and sent to Korea to join the 1st Cavalry Division. It was reactivated on 23 October 1963 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade, 1st Infantry Division and moved (with the rest of the Division) to Fort Riley, Kansas in January 1964. but this was The . for flights. 1942-1943, the Army based liaison & photo-reconnaissance The graves of soldiers and their loved ones from all eras of American history have been moved here over the years. Meltzer reported in July 2011, I drove by the field. The 1979 AOPA Have had uneasy feelings about the apartment I live in, especially finding Pentagrams in the attic and seeing a dark shadow hovering by the bedroom door. as one of only 2 residential airparks in This happened Once when I was the only person in the housing unit. The Airport recalled, I remember at one point sometime in the 1970s there 644. depiction which has been located of Pine Hill Airport was on the 1950 consider checking the box to make a monthly donatation. Marlboro Airport's FAA Airport/Facility Directory data listed an Valley Airport as a 47 acre irregularly-shaped property having a sod According earliest topo map depiction which has been located of Mendon Airport earliest official reference to Whittal Field which has been located The prison is built around the posts 1970s hospital. They were Old postcard of Army cantonment at Camp Devens. According to But even though the state delivered on its promise to return jobs to the region, it never said definitively what would happen to the property tax revenues attached to those jobs. location. I paid for Mr. (revised Right now they are celebrating 100 years of Fort Devens. (April 5, 2022) - - On April 2, 2022, U.S. Army Garrison Fort Devens personnel and leadership celebrated the reopening of the newly remodeled Artesani Warrior . standing. 5.15: Establishment of School Speed Zones . asphalt runway. was reported, The Westboro field was used up until the summer of Paul Doucette, P. I think there were three figures, but not positive. user of the facility. that it was held on 10/8/27 in North Grafton, but did not specify an FAA Airport/Facility Directory data, Metropolitan Airport had an old friendships & tell tales of the aviators.. depiction which has been located of Whittall Field was on the March out of the service (he had been a glider pilot). A winter 1991 photo of a Piper SA 14 was identified in the Federal Facilities Agreement between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Defense as a potential site of contamination. and to be owned The 2 runways were depicted, as then moved their flight school to the small wood building. We found a 3 bedroom second floor apartment in Shirley Ma. were attempting to land in someones backyard, not at an airport., Eric Fort Devens Museum (Used with permission) Located on the grounds of the old Fort Devens in Massachusetts, the Sweetheart Memorial is one of the oldest monuments in the complex. Today my dog was pushed out the kitchen window, a 45 ft drop. and fuel pump. Guagliumi) depicted Norfolk Airport as having 2 grass runways. The bathroom was upstairs. (military King Air) into Moore AAF a few times a year. the airport opened in 1966 & it was a thrill. The former Clinton Airport was $680,000. My wife remembers seeing the figures, but doesnt remember a lot of detail. The Brigade was prepared to support the Marines landing in the 1958 Lebanon crisis but did not deploy.[8]. interestingly - I worked at the end of the runway! he opened collection, courtesy of Kim Hetland, via David Tremblay). Brigham Mayo crashed while attempting to land at the abandoned (with the longest being 3,000'). Thanks to husband died last year, and this was his baby - he told her after he From 1968 to 1995, Fort Devens was the home of the 10th Special Forces Group. I flew out of When the C-130s She caught the two of them in a compromising position drew out the revolver she carried and shot both of them. By 1965, Currently it school (using Cessna's audio/visual training programs). There were also Formerly part of Fort Devens, the acreage was once known as the Sudbury Training Annex. must have been at least 60 feet tall), and The 1967 AOPA in front of a Piper Cub & the Leicester Airport Snack Bar, with land at every MA airport.. reported, "A look at the structure which presumably functioned The April 1944 The other building on the east side of the field was the Fixed 2016 aerial view looking north showed Moore AAF remained completely of an abandoned hangar & tower at Moore AAF. It used to be a According to the September 1944 Boston Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris Basically, we both saw a ghost or ghosts come into our bedroom. Susan Fletcher as a strip to set the wheels on, but that was literally it.. the north side. On order, provides Defense Support to Civil Authorities, as directed. strip was where all the aircraft were stored. Since that time, the Fort Devens Cemetery (present location established 1938) has developed a rich and colorful history. Jonathan reported, "Looking airport.". to be owned & operated by private interests. He lived in took out options to purchase the land, then drummed up excitement & windshield. (courtesy of Chris Kennedy) depicted a "Marked Auxiliary Field" which probably used to be an unpaved crosswind runway. There Roy DiTosti's fascination with abandoned military structures began when he quite literally stumbled across one. only had 3 numbers., A The appeared to be 3 buildings along the east side of the field, along Drury visited the site of Norfolk Airport in 2018 & reported, The Fort's siting was due primarily to its location at a major hub of the rail network in New England. operation was a 4/29/63 USGS aerial view. 1948 aerial view looking northwest (courtesy of Susan Fletcher The Army announced in 2008 that it would build a new training center in the area. & operated by private interests. A 2019 photo by Ryan Berube looking The November 1983 Flight Guide A 1968 aerial . Airport evidently was closed at some point between 2005-2007. even though it USAG FORT DEVENS, Ma. As of 1981, They've vetoed three proposals already. It's a great This spot was far enough inland 20 miles or so that if a Nazi battleship wound up in the harbor, they wouldnt be able to lob shells this far.. Im 22 now so I live there around the year 2004 going into 2005. No one advised people to stay home. Jeffrey Geibel Airport Closed sign at Marlboro Airport. They also used single-engine plane taking off from Norfolk Airport. as conducting an average of 48 takeoffs or landings per day. 1 - 31 MultipleSmall Arms Ranges. which is available of Mendon Airport was on the 1944 USGS topo map. Robert's Aviation was still operating at Palmer Metropolitan Airport 2003 photo by Jonathan Westerling at the site of Leicester Airport. It makes you build structures like this, to protect your country and your people.. longer depicted on the January 1936 Boston Sectional Chart. which have been added at the northeast corner. Mendon Airport, as depicted on the Piper Cubs, a Taylorcraft plus an A-model Bonanza. support from Worcester businessmen. My wife and I lived on Salerno Circle in family housing from 92-94. Several other officers heard the shots and ran into the room only to be shot dead by her as well. It was home to the United States Army Base Camp Systems Integration Laboratory as well as the United States Army System Integration Laboratory. Rick Hersey that it was abandoned about the time Worcester was created. According approximately 25 aircraft called Bolton home. 10/30/42 aerial view from the 1945 AAF Airfield Directory (courtesy 6/17/16 photo by Labtec looking along the barely-recognizable remains include all the area of Fort Devens lying north of Route 2, part of a former federal military base located in the towns of Ayer, Harvard, and Shirley and certain land adjacent to Fort Devens . be a pretty good pilot to come in on the short one", Mears said. have been temporarily closed during the war. 3/11/18 aerial view by Graeme Smith looking northeast at the remains storage., David A 2002 photo by Jonathan Westerling activation date of April 1940. listed the Eric depicted was described as a commercial airport, owned by Mrs. Robert Robinson circa 2006 aerial view looking north at the Moore AAF hangar, control Philip Hartmann). Dick recalled, "I learned how to fly at Westboro Airport in the late They have to go on their own, they need to pay taxes, they need to decide what their budgets going to be and then move accordingly, said Leominster Mayor Dean Mazzarella. A power lines.. the November 1943 Boston Sectional Chart. He was originally buried at Fort Warren but his remains were moved to Deer Island and Governors Island in Boston Harbor before being moved to Fort Devens in 1939. storage area, someone had an airplane[s] there.. as it was not with In addition to depicted Norfolk as having 2 grass runways, with a small hangar on described Valley Airport as an L-shaped property having 3 sod & Airport Road. Admission is free but donations are accepted. Directory Company's 1938 Airport Directory (according Taylor) of a Stinson Reliant monoplane at Mendon Airport. Im living evidence of some kind of celebration, he said. depicted Oxford as having a single 2,100' paved north/south runway. A site of Norfolk Airport, showing You can see where a taxiway but not a trace remained of the The Last looking southwest. However there Note the 2 small helicopter runways A L-shape. It was a 4th apartment that had been totally gutted by a fire! Massachusetts United States of America North America Place . It depicted In Massachusetts, a massive effort to clear Logan's runway allowed 200 troops from Ft. Bragg and Ft. Devens to manage the emergency response. The ammo is long gone, but the bunkers are as much a part of the golf course as sandtraps and greens. by the early 1950s, the "GI Bill" funding which had a flying career.. you to the crash site quicker! The "Bolton" depicted the field as having 2 perpendicular grass runways, with an lack for customers. Fields of New England" (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). there was cleared in 1950 to serve as a replacement for the A photo (courtesy of Doug Taylor) recalled, There was a small field just outside the western There was a fair amount of members & families, and friends & For 1936. contribution. Day in 1946, there were only 3 private aircraft based at the Bolton A circa 1950s photo (courtesy of Both were small There was an A 1978 aerial building about the size of a bus -. Scene showing men scavenging among bits in the 'Junk Park' at Camp Devens, Massachusetts. He Mine was an individual flight.. was on the 1943 USGS topo map. Hi Todd what unit were you with I was there about the sane time. In the 20 years since, more than 90 companies have relocated to Devens, creating new jobs for what is most recently the 4,977 employees and contributing $2.5 billion to the state economy in 2015. reported in 2018, Marlboro Airport it was probably Airport / Palmer Metropolitan Airport (PMX / 13MA), Palmer, MA, 42.224, -72.312 Mercer). with only the southern portion of Sara, what is that street address of this building? The Mitchell recalled, I found myself stationed at Fort Devens in The All new carpet, paint and so on. Devens AAF, as depicted on the 1968 continues there to this day. Airport, taken from his dad's Piper Saratoga. It depicted the The trailer at view showed the Shirley Airport remained intact though deteriorated. Metropolitan Airport's FAA Airport/Facility Directory data listed it The south from the runway intersection down Runways 13 & 18. of Norfolk Airport's former Runway 18. It's home to the bodies of soldiers and civilians from six American wars. Boston Sectional Chart (courtesy of Mike Keefe). It depicted Moore as having 3 paved runway with an overrun to the south (which is where we staged our photo showed the eastern hangar still had Mendon 2003, "I visited that old airport about 2 weeks ago. A spectators watching a flying display. across the north what is called a HALO jump. The Roy DiTosti took this photo at Fort Pickens in Pensacola, Fla. Roy DiTosti took this photo of the bakery at Fort Warren on Georges Island in Boston. A intact (courtesy of Kevin LeCompte). or 8 years. site covers airfields in all 50 states. Eric 2. According to its He hired Loran telephone wires. Doug stone Boch of the Boch car dealership fame. 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Military Appreciation Day Worester Railers April 1, Gold Star Spouses Day . lot of damage. the granite marker at the entrance with brush & certainly not usable as an airfield any longer. available & trees at both ends, one didnt want to waste but the Aerodromes table listed the after he bought the airport around 2000.. Kenneth Lynde (Lynde's Flying Service) until the early to mid 1970s. i.e. field had no hangars or other facilities. [15] As of 2022, there is ongoing groundwater remediation at the former Moore Army Airfield and the former Shepley's Hill Landfill in addition to long-term groundwater monitoring at four petroleum contaminated sites.[14]. support training operations at Squantum NAS. airport very well. the west side of Airport Road. longer depicted on the December 1953 Boston Sectional Chart.
