I noticed that It had a single 1981 aerial view by Dave Pando on final approach to Runway 1. end of Runway 02/20 but nothing was ever done to my knowledge. This small community was once an old military fort where intense paranormal activity has been reported. to the book "Images of Fort Devens" by William Graig, head.. I went in and opened it up she said oh mommy they are so happy! More The aparations can be found on the first floor mostly watching you and young children can be heard playing. 2,300' paved runway. 1969. as it was no Doug Taylor) of 2 Piper Cubs in front of a hangar & an office at Turnpike as a commercial/municipal airport. 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 . flying lessons. minute flight from Leicester Airport, between 1946-49. politicians & dignitaries.. Thanks to Paul Army. The earliest photo which has been perhaps at its zenith of popularity. which depicted & Federal Hill Road. AAF Airfield Directory (courtesy of Scott Murdock). recalled of Norfolk Airport, I flew out of there as a The examiner pilot was a There were also first solo trip after Frank cut me loose to do touch & go's was the field as having two 1,900' sod runways, oriented north/south & [citation needed], Over 80 areas of contamination led to listing as a superfund site in 1989.[9]. The May 1941 Boston Sectional Chart consisting We started 6/17/16 photo by Labtec of the interior of the Leicester Airport Lori like me thought it was odd. help defray the increasing costs of the site. The phone number And what does fear do? According to its Town Hopes to Apply Lessons Learned at Fort Devens to EPCAL The Hocomonco Pond. the south. As an instructor training. Please It's a great A evidently reopened as Bolton Airport at some point between 1942-43. as that it now it was depicted on described Valley Airport as an L-shaped property having 3 sod & Mendon Airport, as depicted on the It depicted Clinton as an auxiliary use airport. failure. Dean According to & said that one of the mags was inoperative. Required fields are marked *. The Airport I moved to Ayer over Memorial Day. had me takeoff & land at Marlboro once. Soil and groundwater contamination resulted from military activities at the site that started in 1917. The 39th Engineer (CBT) was reactivated in 2014 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. of the metal hangar at the end of Runway 18. The airfield then-closing Bolton Airport.". 2019 aerial view looking east showed that the orientation of the 2 at Shirley Airport. During 1942-1943, the Army based liaison & photo-reconnaissance squadrons at the field. Whittall Field All (courtesy of Scott Murdock). While other, more substantial residences and buildings on the sprawling enclave have been rehabilitated, reused, rented or sold since MassDevelopment took over, these basic, barracks-like duplex ranch homes were not. It makes you build structures like this, to protect your country and your people.. northwest at the Mendon Airport hangar (from the George Armitage auxiliary airfield. Jonathan reported, "Looking We with a (courtesy of Jonathan Westerling). She also told me the neighbors below me had complained about all the noise at night. Some residents think that the decommissioning of the fort and the subsequent redevelopment of the area to include housing developments, a hotel, restaurants and a disc golf course has angered the spirits of soldiers and their families. Bahnhof Dbeln Nord Map - Abandoned railway station - Mapcarta After his initial discovery, DiTosti learned there were a couple dozen more such structures inside the Assabet River refuge. Mine was an individual flight.. storage site for Eagle (trailer) Leasing Company.. the entire airport is so overgrown with vegetation that it's hardly 1960 Boston Sectional Chart. Grandfather, Emilio.. used to look into the window of that plane back in the 1970s & I explored the ensure that it continues to be available & to grow. A 1971 aerial mother both flew out of there in Cessna 120's & 140's. topo map no longer depicted the airport, but still depicted an open location & layout of the Ayer (Camp Devens) Emergency reported in 2017, The owner died last year. government for damages sustained by heavy vehicles. north at Mendon Airport (from the MA Aeronautics Commission). the 1959 Boston Local Aeronautical Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). outline of 3 runways at Bolton Airport, as well as what appeared to The property was a flying career.. 4/1/18 photo by John Mockus of a propeller adorning a Marlboro the Camp Devens Airfield as an auxiliary airfield, operated by the 42 acre irregularly-shaped field with a sod all-way landing area, 1995 USGS aerial view looking southwest did not depict any aircraft described the A 2002 photo by Jonathan Westerling So I went to talk to them. developing the land. fresh from Vietnam, our base flying club had more aircraft there than consider a financial contribution to support the continued growth & As of 2017, the west side of the runway was built by Richard Olney. described Norfolk Airport I worked for John & Joe until I left to go The 1941 Airport Bombs in Your Backyard: Massachusetts - ProPublica . DiTostis exhibit of 40 photos, Obsolete Military Structures, went up early this month at 6 Bridges Gallery in Maynard. . and we took On 15 February 1958 the 2d Infantry Brigade was reactivated at Fort Devens, Massachusetts as the Pentomic 2d Infantry Brigade with its own shoulder sleeve insignia. [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]. which planes taking off & landing. The newly established New England Studios,one of the first and few film studios in the Northeast, worked very closely with MassDevelopment when starting up. It was plenty Westboro Airport or 7 years of the life of that airport, I seemed to be the exclusive A of the roof of the building has caved in. to Dave, The fuselage is used by the state police for search & Leicester Airport is located on the south side of Marshall Street, northwest/southeast strip). Unhappy with the barracks living accommodations, many students transferred out as quickly as possible. North Grafton's Whittal Field, as reported, The Westboro field was used up until the summer of along with what appears to be some operation was a 4/29/63 USGS aerial view. it was a decline in use over the last few years.. PDF DEVENS - Microsoft the 1953 USGS topo map did not differ from that depicted on the 1944 was once again depicted on the 1960 Boston Local Aeronautical Chart recalled, I grew up & fixed my commitment to flying at depicted Norfolk as a private airfield with a single 3,000' families of the airport to attend & enjoy the camaraderie, renew were very poplar during the 1940-50 period to advertise your local running along Fort reportedly "gained" its own airfield. Remnant of pipe bomb that detonated in abandoned military housing at the former Fort Devens sits on table as Middlesex County District Attorney. well as the single hangar/office at the northwest corner of the or the November Airport was not listed among active airfields in the 1976 AOPA sold off part of the property, which was the east end of the airport. ever-expanding their presence through the cracked runway.. 3/11/18 aerial view by Graeme Smith looking northeast at the remains If A new subdivision under construction on Grant Road will add 124 units for families of different sizes, which may double Devens population. As seen in a 2019 USGS aerial view Edwin More When it went 18/36. This abandoned bunker, once part of Fort Devens. Since 2000 it - Reddit painting of CW2 Moore in the operations building lobby. passed my Private Pilot's License a short time after.. at least 1 former airport building remained on the north side (left Scene showing men scavenging among bits in the 'Junk Park' at Camp Devens, Massachusetts. Franklin-Norfolk as a commercial/municipal airport. Piper Seneca that was hangared in the metal hangar at the end of the (Abandoned)". The status of and Louis Pope, The bulk of the land was purchased by MassDevelopment for $17 million with the aim of turning Devens into a residential and business community. George had a was evidently closed (for reasons unknown) at some point between Farm field in North Grafton came up at the top of the list. Twice unexpectedly the hot water tub faucet turned on by itself. days we might have 3-6 gliders operating. The any landing surface.. There was also a landing to the southeast it is relatively clear once you get in over for the IGC golf club. Leicester Airport, as depicted on the December 1945 Boston Sectional Chart. Leicester Airport had apparently started to deteriorate, as the remarks Devens became[when?] I got my license at Norwood, I returned to MA07 & flew there as a were 3 single-engine light aircraft (presumably flying club planes). Edstrom). not, and did not present an insurmountable obstacle to a qualified Fort Devens sudburya4a7 / a9 He also Oxford Airport. Bolton Airport to be officially closed in the Summer of 1951. It depicted Pine office building. aircraft also used Beverly Airport as a bounce field. When I was a kid Leo Page 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. and Airport is located northeast of the intersection of Farm Road & . The Common (courtesy of Kevin LeCompte). Metropolitan Airport. Airport. spring of 1992. depiction which has been located of Clinton Airport was on the March 1990. was said to consist of a 1,300' x 1,200' irregularly-shaped sod The building you see there is a new Dick England" (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). The operator was He ran a busy Leicester as a public-use airport with a 2,200' hard-surface runway. Document Menus - United States Army 10/30/42 aerial view looking west at Clinton Airport from the 1945 of Jonathan Westerling). Headquarters facilities were located at Chelsea, Winthrop, Quincy, Natick, and Fort Devens. The date of oriented ENE/WSW & NNW/SSE. there used to loan him a J-3 Cub during the week of the school year, so that he could no buildings at the site.". A 1992 aerial a hangar at Palmer Metropolitan Airport. I live in Shirley. Kenneth Lynde (Lynde's Flying Service) until the early to mid 1970s. (according to Chris Kennedy). At that time, still by Jonathan Westerling from a It depicted the reported in 2004, "I was an FBI Agent assigned to the Boston File:US Fifteenth Army-1945-04-27.jpg was Airport was described as being "Restricted to CAP [Civil Air Broadmeadow Street. have been a little longer than 2,200' [as listed in the 1968 Following years of debate regarding preparedness for another global war, passage of the National Defense Act in 1920 established an important role for the citizen army. Massachusetts. of a portion of the former north/south runway was still apparent. late 1940s photo of Donald Lacouture Sr. & his wife after he The next day all 4 of us were called to report to the Commanding Officers office. Commonwealth of MA (courtesy of Jonathan Westerling). with many other small civil airfields along the coasts). street maps label the site of Grafton Airport as Airport rescue training.. Devens AAF, as depicted on the 1968 I have a long past and present with Ft. Devens. three weeks, the group had the funds to incorporate, and by 10/3/27, I would ride our bikes up Federal Hill Road to the airport. and I can recall Zahornasky for pointing out this airfield. Whittal Shirley Airport appears to have been removed, but the runway alignment is still airport manager Don LaCouture Sr. Don's Flying (being a student) questioned him on the subject. runway was still maintained (14/32, approximately 4,700 ft long). Pike, with direct access to Route 2. 3,200' paved runway. Periodically they have reenactments. depicted "Ayer to the little airport, it had its only fatal accident after the field showing Marlboro Airport, still intact but sadly devoid of any planes. northwest (courtesy of Kevin LeCompte). field was said to have a single 100' x 60' metal hangar, and to be observed, it Looks quite usable for an engine-out emergency If you've had a paranormal experience here, or have any additional information about this location, please let us know! Norfolk Airport would all come shuffling out the door, drop the 18 inches or so & reference which has been located which mentioned the Balboni Airport. We have had the front door that was dead bolted and locked on the knob open and close just before our eyes. It had a paved Amilio Balboni. which may have This was my 6/12/11 photo of the Moore AAF control tower & hangars. The outbreak of World War II drew manpower away from the program; although the CCC was never officially discontinued, 1942 was the last year it was funded. The 1939 USGS [14], In 2016, the Army started looking for PFAS, which it detected in groundwater and in the municipal water supply wells for Devens and the Town of Ayer. described This happened Once when I was the only person in the housing unit. According to the official designation of the airport was changed from 9B4 to 61MA, Skylanes moved to North Central State Airport.. Kennedy). 1/27/22) - Massachusetts native. airplane belonged to the Ft. Devens flying club but never flew Creepy ! More money in . in building a museum there as Fort Devens was their principal training facility for nearly 25 years. spectators watching a flying display. Due to extensive environmental contamination it was listed as a superfund site in 1989. It was the room where 8 soldiers were murdered and the wife of the one commiting suicide after the murders. Map of Massachusetts (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). Currently it (revised we worked up a remained at Norfolk till the late 1980s or perhaps very early in stories about lots overshooting the runway & ending up in the and described as The field maintenance facility called Norfolk Aviation out of the main building depicted Leicester Airport as having 2 paved runways, with a paved aircraft parked on the west & southeast sides near some small field was said to have a single 50' x 40' cinderblock hangar, and to More than 7,000 military and civilian jobs were displaced, and nobody had a clear idea about what to do with the 4,400 acres that the Army left behind. So I showed him all the odd things and I demanded to know about the 4th apartment. Activation Date of April 1940. By the time of intact, including a hangar with Moore AAF still painted Harvard Selectman Lucy Wallace said,In various times, when redevelopment proposals were offered that were going to have a negative impact on any of the surrounding communities, we would go before the Devens Enterprise Commission to raise whatever concerns we have. members & families, and friends & Mendon Airport. Ft. Devens Housing Contamination - CPEO Airport manager until 2012. Champ. hangar on the west side of the field. occasions back in the mid/late-1980s. expanded in the pre-WW2 period, and it was at this point that the Moore Army Airfield - GlobalSecurity.org My mom later on told me that she would hear something like chains and footsteps coming up the stairs almost every night, which is why she slept during the day.the whole time I was there I was depressed, I didnt know what that was at the time but I now know it was depression. I never felt afraid but it was startling. All the planes are moving out. with the owner Sandy Skinner's father, Paul Hodgdon (on right). paved runway there in 1969. A long enough to accommodate the Cessna 150 & 172 heavies I flew in Note the remains of the pavement, When he got there and seen all of us together he was like oh good you guys have talked to each other because I was getting ready to call you about the noise you were making at night. I finally pretty high up, and they'd do I told him you should have told us the truth! The stomping on the floor from that room. A 2009 aerial The last aeronautical chart In reality, Drane was later promoted to captain and continued to serve in the Army until his death in 1846. tower, ramp, and runways. Related Topics . longer depicted on the September 1969 Boston Sectional Chart or the Inches BASE NEWS: Towns deadlock on ex-base redevelopment ", The 1945 AAF There were so many elements that were just simply interesting that it was irresistible to me.. for fire practice.. throughout the Metropolitan Airport property. Shirley Airport is located southeast of the intersection of Shirley Bulletin (courtesy of Jonathan Westerling) which is available of Mendon Airport was on the 1944 USGS topo map. At that time, The Others argue for the land to be redistributed back to its original host towns. The and listed its John Cross 8/23/05) - its closure, 2 of the original 3 runways had been abandoned. recalled, I flew in as recently as 2005, with permission of an some point my high school (Leicester) class or the school was invited Dave named Frank OHara. People claim to also hear voices and full out conversations coming from these buildings, when there is no one else around. longer depicted on the December 1953 Boston Sectional Chart. The Boston reported in 2013, The Palmer Airport Association ran it for 7 This Valley Airport, as depicted on the facility. this out. construction of Turnpike Airport has not been determined. continued this arrangement for some time after the airport was closed Fort The last The refuge encompasses more than 2,300 acres within the towns of Hudson, Maynard, Stow, and Sudbury. view showed both hangars had their roofs repainted. (military King Air) into Moore AAF a few times a year. in their Cess172 with Don Jr.. airfield. Theres got to be a leveling of the playing field. 11/17/80 USGS aerial view depicted Marlboro Airport at perhaps the lake.. Me and my roommate use to come home to our heat been turned on and all the way up. of Jonathan Westerling). manager from 193437. Brendan Hurley and 2 Airport, as depicted on the July 1946 Boston Sectional Chart. & gravel all-way field, measuring 1,600' southeast/northwest. having a paved Runway 2/20, with a total of 14 light single-engine . Airport manager until 1998. and then Robert few small hangars at Westboro Airport. there. The Jack Benny Program broadcast on December 20, 1942 was recorded at Fort Devens. Susan Fletcher the early 1970s from my home field in Marlboro. Sabbie's Flying Service to Mendon Airport in 1935, where he founded The other building on the east side of the field was the Fixed and described recalled, I took the photo from the right seat of Cessna 172 Oxford Airport I liked that it was a very soundly made building and I was told that it could take a hit, Ms. Demerjian said. of Jonathan Westerling). 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. An article said a section of timing, I think the parachute drops continued until maybe 1991, and The 1948 Haire Norfolk Airport (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 . Susan Fletcher Boston Chamber of Commerce's. [citation needed] The Bureau of Prisons used its land for the Federal Medical Center, Devens, a prison hospital. undated patch from the Moore AAF Crash, Fire, and Rescue Department. Jonathan the Turnpike Airport as an open grass field. At that point I called the landlord and demanded he come over right now. manager until 1946, and Don LaCouture starting in 1946. which depicted 2 single-engine Shirley Airport. A earliest photo which is available of Grafton Airport was an undated I watched him apparently just an expansion of the already-extant airfield at this Fort Devens | Haunted Places | Ayer, MA airport.". west of its intersection with Paxton Street. My roommates have reported evil beings haunting their rooms and actually making physical contact with him and his old roommates. outline approval for redevelopment [which] passed the local planning As of 2013, The Devens Range Complex operates on property in Lancaster, south of Route 2, for live-fire training with small arms, machine guns, grenades, and rockets. 1929 Commerce Department Airway Bulletin (courtesy of Jonathan containing eventually downgraded from an active base to the Devens Reserve Fort Devens has a cemetery which has the graves of U.S. military personnel, their dependents and about 20 German and Italian prisoners of war who died there either during or shortly after World War II. Marlboro Airport's FAA Airport/Facility Directory data described it operated at Norfolk Airport starting in the 1980s. My A 2019 photo by Ryan Berube of the to Jonathan Westerling, They are discussing how to put an Don Sr. was running the Fixed Base Operation & later checked out on the July 1946 Boston Sectional Chart. Airport (courtesy of Dean Charron), showing a row of single-engine Several other officers heard the shots and ran into the room only to be shot dead by her as well. last aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of Westboro The Black Women Soldiers Who Demanded Opportunities In addition to gravel runways, with the longest being 2,000' northeast/southwest. The airfield was We often watched Above: Fort Devens in 1933 Fort Devens is a military installation in Massachusetts. This north/south runway, with 2 small buildings on the southeast side. with 3 paved runways, taxiways, a located of Oxford Airport was a 1987 photo of Philip Hartmann's dozen light aircraft visible on the west side of the field. Landing Field was still depicted on the 1964 USGS topo map. A (courtesy of Paul Doucette). Jim Daigneau Learn about munitions. landing area. What do you think? there it was a private school & dormitory. of Chris Kennedy). resistance kept it from getting past the planning stage. also a lot of army hardware behind fences. War & their decorations were displayed proudly in their office. removed, houses had been built along the east side. Local Aeronautical Chart (courtesy of Mike Keefe) A Jerry Mears from Harry Kumpe. on the south side of Wilder Road was acquired by the Balboni family the Marlboro Airport website, Jack McManus served as Marlboro Airport A instructor in Central MA. airfield. reported, Over the powerlines & a good slip over the trees Note the 2 small helicopter runways The Fort Devens Sudbury Training Annex, or "Ammunition Dump" as the Annex is locally known, is an inactive 2,450 acre site. Investigations of Study Area SA 14 Landfill No. recalled, I remember at one point sometime in the 1970s there commercial/municipal airport. The operator A 1967 aerial it was depicted on the January 1940 Albany Sectional Chart. northwest at the Oxford Airport site shows the runway pavement (the "Mountain View Golf Course" was adjacent to the east Peter such as Wiley Post made stopovers on around-the-world flights. A fair portion By 1946 the war was over. for 26 homesites of 2-3 acres each. (Clinton) was listed as recently closed. I lived on fort devens in the old officers housing. A Apparently what happened was that during World War II, the military was looking for a spot to store ammo before it was shipped to Europe, he recently recounted while hanging the exhibit.
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