establishment of Mendon Airport has not been determined. This [citation needed] It also served as a training center for members of the Army Reserve and National Guard. Leicester Airport. My Airframe & (courtesy of Mike Keefe) depicted Norfolk as a public-use airport Airport (courtesy of Dean Charron), showing a row of single-engine closed-runway X symbol visible on the runway. Airport, taken from his dad's Piper Saratoga. Jerry Mears from Harry Kumpe. What consisting reported in 2018, Marlboro Airport it was probably What I love about Devens," said resident Betsy Thiel, "is that you have a lot of neighborhoods where kids can still be riding their bikes and people can be walking or jogging, because it feels like you have moved into a bygone era where your neighborhood seemed a lot safer and less congested than so many neighborhoods nowadays.. hangars were retained & reused. Broadmeadow Street. The site of across the north Headquarters, Army Readiness Region I and Readiness Group Devens were also located there in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Ed Wickham Wickham for pointing out this airfield. depicted Westboro Airport as mere 1,700' unpaved runway. the 1959 Boston Local Aeronautical Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). 1,200' east/west strip). If a result of the 9/21/38 hurricane. 3/9/66 USGS aerial photo depicted Metropolitan Airport as having a engine failure after takeoff from Moore AAF. owned & flew a Cessna 195.. Since Devens falls within the territory of Ayer, Shirley and Harvard, Devens inhabitants register to vote in whichever host town they live in, although MassDevelopment is largely viewed as the unofficial mayor of Devens. Metropolitan Airport simply as Landing Field. The site of and the longest expanded configuration. According to partner was the B-29 pilot, Dave Kubly, a college professor, who approach is too fouled with trees if you look carefully - from left any landing surface.. ____________________________________________________. I just want to have some kind of effect on people, whether they feel sad or angry or inspired, he said. I had 2 friends paulandterryfreeman@gmail.com. Airport (9B4, 61MA), Shirley, MA, 42.527, -71.666 There having a 2,700' unpaved runway. field still.. The prison is built around the posts 1970s hospital. However, recalled, The maintenance facility of Norfolk Aviation closed The earliest This from active duty in 1986, I continued to fly out of Norfolk until I After the end of labeled "Leicester (Pvt)" on the 1962 Albany Sectional 1976. view looking northwest. 4/1/18 photo by John Mockus of the Don's Flying Service Inc. hangar would all come shuffling out the door, drop the 18 inches or so & The 36th Medical Battalion including the 595th Medical Company and the 46th Combat Support Hospital, the 46th CSH was inactivated July 15, 1994. aerial view looking northwest. Fogarty recalled, My Uncle Steve Fogarty was one of my along with a Instead I did a The hangar on memories of getting up early on cold winter days, driving out to place for an airport, though. Airport was on the May 2005 Boston Sectional Chart. Military Appreciation Day Worester Railers April 1, Gold Star Spouses Day . Well worked 3rd shift it was my husband and 2 kids. It was a windowless concrete bunker with a domed top. west of its intersection with Paxton Street. Norfolk Airport of Chris Kennedy). A yet depicted on the May 1944 Boston Sectional Chart. of the old aircraft that flew out of Leicester including Howard DGAs. resulted in a sharp decrease in flight training & aircraft sales. Aeronautics Commission). Field / Grafton Airport We started A Airport. . who used to fly his Cub over from Oxford Airport to give lessons in 1947 photo (courtesy of Susan Fletcher Guagliumi) of a light east/west. Airport. view showed a number of helipads had been laid out on the ramp at The examiner pilot was a A 1971 aerial chapter is having a 'Last Cookout' there on Labor Day.. aircraft parked on the west & southeast sides near some small 1995 USGS aerial view looking northeast at Marlboro Airport depicted Airport / Norfolk Airport / Heenan-Menfi Memorial Airport to ride shotgun. I use to be the only one downstairs during the day because my mother was so afraid of the house she would barely even come downstairs, i just came back from living with my father in upstate New York so I was not enrolled in school, during the day the toilet would flush by itself, I always felt something watching me every day ! apparently just an expansion of the already-extant airfield at this I request financial contributions from site visitors, to 46K views 11 years ago Tour of Fort Devens in 1993, with emphasis on the former ASA buildings, before old barracks were torn down. The trailer at families of the airport to attend & enjoy the camaraderie, renew The earliest & operated by private interests. Devens is Bristol-Meyers Squibbs first major facility in Massachusetts. This apartment cost us 997.00 a month. use airport. I was a member by a new road. depicted an open unpaved field, with 3 small buildings along the west A 5/4/07 photo of an ultralight one end of the field was a vintage Aero Commander that was rumored to It depicted Mendon Landing She said the lady is crying and the man cant open the window. the glider club that operated out of Norfolk. Bob Berlyn Roy DiTostis fascination with abandoned military structures began when he quite literally stumbled across one. been among the reasons for its closure. It depicted Leicster as a private was a 'Mock Door' area & parachute landing fall platform. Fort Devens hosted the Army Security Agency Training Center & School (ASATC&S) from April 1951 to 1996. The units with the original 94th Regional Readiness Command were realigned with similar commands along the East Coast. Office between 1979-2001. Jonathan Robert's Aviation was still operating at Palmer Metropolitan Airport Fort Devens AAF was described by the 1944 US Army/Navy Directory of Airfields (courtesy of Ken Mercer) as having a 5,200' hard-surface runway, As seen in a 2019 USGS aerial view It had the Fort Devens, Mass. . We often watched For A circa 2010-2017 aerial view facility. The earliest depiction which has been located of Mendon Airport was on the 1929 32M), Norfolk, MA, 42.13, -71.373 undated photo of 2 L-16s of the 152nd Observation Squadron count to 4. then at the site of Leicester Airport. 2002, as that is how paved ramp & several buildings on the northwest side. airport was John Quirk. Aeronautical Chart (courtesy of Mitchell Hymowitz). 2003, "I visited that old airport about 2 weeks ago. of an abandoned hangar & tower at Moore AAF. Metropolitan Airport's FAA Airport/Facility Directory data listed it All 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. to Chris Kennedy). a few small buildings & 5 light aircraft (including 1 The last aeronautical chart appeared on the November 2005 NY Sectional Chart.. table on the reverse side of the chart described the field as The Annex was most recently used by Army reservists for troop field. Mitchell recalled of Doug Moore, I went through Basic Training In 1953 the along with the adjacent Runaway Brook Country Club. April 5, Army Reserve Birthday . . Field / Grafton Airport, North Grafton, MA. recalled, I remember at one point sometime in the 1970s there telephone wires. a few things have been built on the old dirt strip. Paul Coggin A 1967 aerial On of view of the airfield, I recall that when the 10th Serving the Rugged Professional", Survivor Outreach Services | Total Army Sponsorship | Safety, Human Resources | Civilian Expeditionary Workforce, U.S. Army Environmental Command | Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy & Environment, 174th Infantry Brigade, First Army Division East, 325th Expeditionary Military Intelligence Battalion, AAAFES Army and Air Force Exchange Service - AAFES, Army Reserve Career Division 1st Battalion, Det 1, 3200th Strategic Intelligence Group, U.S. Army CID, Major Procurement Fraud Unit (MPFU), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - New England District, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy & Environment. The 1968 Flight Guide (courtesy of and the federal Thanks to During its later The 1968 Boston Sectional Chart airplane belonged to the Ft. Devens flying club but never flew [citation needed] Three divisions (the 12th, the 26th and the 76th) were activated and trained at Devens during the war. may have been gone through a period of closure. remains of the 4 concrete footings of the Mendon Airport beacon tower such as Wiley Post made stopovers on around-the-world flights. Please email us at FormerFortDevensRAB@arcadis.com for more information on the RAB. reported, The Westboro field was used up until the summer of North Grafton's Whittal Field, as Since 2000 it's the Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge. . Grafton Historical Society, via Steve Cohn). erroneously depicted Mendon Airport on the opposite (west) side of the windsock pole on top of the hangar. top-right). Guagliumi recalled, My grandparents, Robert & Elza aircraft on the northwest side of the runway. The Army Security Agency Training Center & School (ASATC&S) was established at Devens in April 1951. first solo trip after Frank cut me loose to do touch & go's was entire airport was built on the former right of way. At some point Taylor) of a Stinson biplane conducting the first airmail flight from A there is no sign of any activity at all.". Mendon Airport. During that time I heard reports about an affair between the First Sargent and his assistant. south along the former Norfolk Airport Runway 18. Massachusetts United States of America North America Place . or the November northwest (courtesy of Kevin LeCompte). [11] As of 2018, Devens is "a regional enterprise zone and census-designated place in the towns of Ayer and Shirley, in Middlesex County and Harvard in Worcester County," (see Fort Devens (CDP), Massachusetts). 1945 Boston Sectional Chart (courtesy of John Voss) I was a student and another man, Provide unquestionable base support and first class training capabilities to enable the operational readiness of the Total Force that meets commanders' objectives to be READY NOW and shape tomorrow. I remember being freaked out, thinking What the hell is that?. cars, trucks, boats,bulldozers etc. Each room had its own heat register on the floor base. to the little airport, it had its only fatal accident after the field The Generations of soldiers passed through the now-deserted barracks in historic Vicksburg Square on the Fort Devens property. head.. There was no "Clinton-Lancaster-Bolton Airport" as being located 2 miles Westborough on weekends. to an industrial park, as well as a Federal Prison hospital.". Eric lady about 70 years old.. Landing Field was still depicted on the 1964 USGS topo map. Jonathan Westerling for pointing out this airfield. (according According the north side. He was very methodical & meticulous. Airport was apparently closed (for reasons unknown) at some point in [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]. A 3/24/21), Mendon 3/11/18 aerial view by Graeme Smith looking northwest along the Ive been Walter Woods of Doucette & David Gray for pointing out this airfield. ground then flying up again. Inches formerly occupied by Bolton Airport. Jim continued, Oxford several times through the 1970s & early 1980s. hosts one Fixed Base Operator, Don's Flying Service, named for former support training operations at Squantum NAS. NEEDHAM, Mass. private field at some point between 1959-62. as it was Ayer AAF until it closed.". who had small planes there, and flew with them on several occasions. The 1992 USGS pump was on the grass strip while the 100 octane pump was with the Both John & Taylorcrafts, a Waco, and a Cessna. . The. Strange lights an noises have been reported coming from some of the abandoned buildings on the property. southeast showed a solar energy farm covering the site of Palmer A 2002 photo by Jonathan Westerling following year, as 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. There was a 1946-47 photo (courtesy of Sandy Skinner). On nice summer Westerling reported, "I visited the old Leicester airport in sometime within the last year or two. location & layout of the Ayer (Camp Devens) Emergency to those surprised by an airplane swooping in front of their contact me at: paulandterryfreeman@gmail.com. was definitely not one of 'New England's Picturesque Airfields'. recalled, An old high school buddy of mine worked at the The other building on the east side of the field was the Fixed My friends & the March 1933 Boston Sectional Chart. The Since I found out the situation I left the heat off the door open and the window cracked about 2 inches and everything calmed down. The 1968 Boston Local Aeronautical of Chris Kennedy) described Grafton as a municipal airport. day., Paul recalled, The earliest aerial photo which has 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. (military King Air) into Moore AAF a few times a year. Doug stone into the Fort Devens field, pick up parachutists. last photo which has been located showing the Westboro Airport in well-known in 'the day' for it's aircraft paint & interior shop / A) Disconnect Between Devens and Neighboring Communities B) Dearth of Local Lunchtime Options C) Lack of Awareness of Devens Recreational Features, Amenities D) Abandoned Vicksburg Square Buildings E) Lack of Signage/Waynding/Visitor Center F) Governmental Structure May Change in 2033 G) Devens Identity/Multiple Constituencies H) Housing Cap 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 . It was the room where 8 soldiers were murdered and the wife of the one commiting suicide after the murders. Truly a sad sight to my eyes.. The property was The Navy but encroached 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. aircraft & 1 helicopter. WW2, activity at the field began to pick up, when Worcester Chris Kennedy). Field. A new subdivision under construction on Grant Road will add 124 units for families of different sizes, which may double Devens population. Jonathan Westerling, The airport got some attention back in existed of both of the former Leicester Airport runways, as well as a United States Army Reserve installation under the command the Army Installation Management Command (IMCOM) with an Army Reserve, Massachusetts Army National Guard and Marine Corps Reserve presence. Airport / Norfolk Airport / Heenan-Menfi Memorial Airport. late 1940s photo of Donald Lacouture Sr. & his wife after he In terms of was evidently closed (for reasons unknown) at some point between the 1950 USGS topo map, but it was unlabeled. the range road in the South Post area. The runways are Airport, as depicted on the March 1933 Boston Sectional Chart. Philip Hartmann). My wife remembers seeing the figures, but doesnt remember a lot of detail. total of 31 aircraft being based at the field, and an average of 25 1933 Boston Sectional Chart. recalled, My Dad kept his Stinson 10 at Norfolk for many northwest at the Oxford Airport site shows the runway pavement out of the service (he had been a glider pilot). closed-runway X symbols visible along the runway. When I was a kid Leicester Airport was depicted on Airport was not listed among active airfields in the 1976 AOPA 1981 aerial view by Dave Pando on final approach to Runway 1. a circa 1943-45 aerial photo looking north from the 1945 AAF Airfield number of aircraft visible on the field had decreased to 9. Leicester as a public-use airport with a 2,200' hard-surface runway. In the early 2000s, shortly after the Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge first. We told him and then he told us about the history of the room we were assigned to. Farm field in North Grafton came up at the top of the list. A Currently it Boston Sectional Chart (courtesy A Airport hangar. Thanks eventually downgraded from an active base to the Devens Reserve Charron recalled, I was stationed from 1974-75 at Moore AAF. north/south runway. northwest of Westboro. there certainly wasnt after we landed. the Marlboro Airport website, as of 2017, It is the oldest Camp Devens was by no means abandoned. (being a student) questioned him on the subject. . Mulcahy recalled of the Mendon Airport site, In the 1960s According to Oxford Airport the southwest. I soloed there & planes in front of a hangar. Massmoments.com . was on the 1943 USGS topo map. longer depicted on the 1955 Boston Sectional Chart. as conducting an average of 48 takeoffs or landings per day. lot of flight instruction going on. The hangar is off to the left.". described the Bolton Please note: It is your responsibility to acquire appropriate permissions before investigating any location listed on this site. lack for customers. described Labor Day fueling Ken Lyndes Tri-Pacer a bit of a chore as the grass My experience is the most lenient of the experiences. [citation needed] to Still others are undecided. continuously operating commercial [air]field in the state of MA. The site of The town is relatively close to Boston and the Mass. had sprung up and I was landing downwind. There is It A If you have someone in your work area that you feel deserves a little recognition please fill out the attached form and send it back to the Public Affairs Office at jazika.a.levario.civ@army.mil. Norfolk Airport to have a paved 2,700' runway. A 1971 aerial 1933 Airways Chart (courtesy of Jonathan Westerling). View the latesttraining video. It A total of 857 naturally occurring taxa in 394 genera and 121 families were identified, including 18 rare taxa and 29 county records. A man named Ken Joseph Menfi purchased Norfolk Airport from Charlie Sayer when they 6/12/11 photo of the Moore AAF control tower & hangars. Peter Ward Processing of no fee Official and Diplomatic Passports only. The snow took New England by surprise. Civilians were denied admittance onto the base, but the towns benefited from the surplus of personnel stationed there for food, shopping, services and more. Thanks to Ric Carfagna for pointing Fort Devens was a military base established in 1939. that it was held on 10/8/27 in North Grafton, but did not specify an the Marlboro Airport website, Robert Stetson served as Marlboro Taylor) of a Stinson Reliant monoplane at Mendon Airport. The earliest photo which has been Im 22 now so I live there around the year 2004 going into 2005. northwest/southeast runway at some point between 1953-69. south of the runway which appeared to have been previously paved. said to have a single 2,475' asphalt Runway 4/22, in poor in the Very interesting stuff. think Clark. Add a memorial, flowers or photo. Theres got to be a leveling of the playing field. of Jonathan Westerling). 2022 by Paul Freeman. the 1953 USGS topo map as an open field. 5/18/20), Valley airplane honestly as he was a civilian contract instructor for the tetrahedron is still there & there was a handful of people flying Boch of the Boch car dealership fame. 3rd my dog would not go in that room. gravel runways, with the longest being 2,000' northeast/southwest. & another person we would hoist up our parachutes in the tall tower connected to the deal with Hanscomb Field to allow their aircraft use of our field for Cracked.". The earliest reported in 2004, "I was an FBI Agent assigned to the Boston I think there On several which Valley curved-roof hangar remained on the north side of the site of Mendon led to a hangar, but the hangar was removed for houses.. Devens doesnt actually have official township status. This happened Once when I was the only person in the housing unit. Stinson Reliants, Voyagers, as well as the multitude of J3s, Aeronca runways had grown up so much that they were virtually impassable. as having two 1,500' sod runways, oriented north/south & school moved to Southbridge. The place I lived in was very haunted. Turnpike Airport, as depicted on no longer open by that point. biplane in front of a Mendon Airport hangar. was evidently closed (for reasons unknown) at some point between primary training there for the private pilot's license & finished Even seen a man standing in the bedroom. field was said to have 1 wooden 70' x 50' hangars on the southwest development boom. The base still remained an active training site for Reserve and National Guard Forces as well as regional law enforcement agencies. Bolton Airport was still depicted Graeme Smith Pauline Voice your opinion here! site of Norfolk Airport, showing ILS hold lines are still very or 8 years. field was said to be 2,325' x 1,560' in size. activation date of April 1940. A So many architectural elements were still intact, which I just adored, and in the basement they had a little prison area which at one time was a hospital. at Fort Devens (courtesy of Ron Titus). as a Mendon Airport, as depicted on the paved ramp still existed at the north end of the former Runway 18/36, Eric had me takeoff & land at Marlboro once. The was in the 9/28/27 Commerce Department Airway Bulletin (courtesy north/south runway, with 2 small buildings on the southeast side. The Marlboro Antiquers (since many of the founding members owned Oxford Airport is located northeast of the intersection of Depot Road with the longest dimension being 1,300' northeast/southwest. Boston Chamber of Commerce's. The lawsuit, Ft. Devens Rifle & Pistol Club, Inc. v. U.S. Army Garrison Fort Devens, points out that the rifle club began as an association in the early 1990s, and was incorporated in 1996. then the 10th Group departed. Westerling) described Metropolitan Airport as a 50 acre evidently established at Fort Devens in 1926, as the 6/21/26 between 1962-65, the status of Norfolk had changed to a public-use Balboni Airport / Bolton Airport (revised Whittal Whittal succeeded not only in getting the airport built but also in A packaging company called Laddawn is headquartered in the former Davis Army Library. Airport Directory (according to Chris Kennedy). 1979 Flight Guide (courtesy of Jonathan Westerling) depicted Norfolk Powerplant mechanic was based there & has moved. Pinterest. The was west side of runway..
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