Goose Air Base


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  1. Aerial view of Goose Air Base - September 1959.
    Courtesy Gordon Wilson.

  2. Aerial view of Goose Air Base showing F-102 jet fighters on the ramp - September 1959.
    Courtesy Gordon Wilson.

  3. G/C Swetman, CO of RCAF Station Goose Bay - July 1959.
    Courtesy Don Hodgson.

  4. RCAF Station Goose Bay Astra Cinema - July 1959.
    Courtesy Don Hodgson.

  5. RCAF Headquarters building - July 1959.
    Courtesy Don Hodgson.

  6. View of Hamilton river from the control tower during the day - July 1959.
    Courtesy Don Hodgson.

  7. View of Hamilton River from the control tower at nightfall - July 1959.
    Courtesy Don Hodgson.

  8. RCAF military police and RCMP building - July 1959.
    Courtesy Don Hodgson.

  9. RCAF Officer's Mess - July 1959.
    Courtesy Don Hodgson.

  10. Aerial photo of Happy Valley - July 1959.
    Courtesy Don Hodgson.

  11. RCAF Allstars vs a USAF team at a softball game - July 1959.
    Courtesy Don Hodgson.

  12. RCAF Allstars vs a USAF team at a softball game - July 1959.
    Courtesy Don Hodgson.

  13. USSR Aeroflot TU-104 airliner - July 1959.
    This was a rare visit by a Russion airliner. Personnel were allowed to visit the empty plane. Note the RCAF control tower in the background.
    Courtesy Don Hodgson.

  14. Interior photo of the Goose Bay control tower - July 1959.
    Courtesy Don Hodgson.

  15. RCAF B-25 Mitchell bomber - July 1959.
    This aircraft was on its way to an air show in Europe.
    Courtesy Don Hodgson.

  16. RCAF DC-3 Dakota - July 1959.
    The Dakota was the workhorse of the RCAF for many years.
    Courtesy Don Hodgson.

  17. RCAF Lancaster bomber - July 1959.
    This aircraft was on its way to an air show in Europe.
    Courtesy Don Hodgson.

  18. TCA L-49 Super Constellation - July 1959.
    This was virtually the last of the line before jet liners took over.
    Courtesy Don Hodgson.

  19. Maritime Central Airways (MCA) C-46 on the ramp - July 1959.
    Courtesy Don Hodgson.

  20. USAF SAC base - July 1959.
    The Americans had roughly 5,000 personnel assigned to Goose Bay.
    Courtesy Don Hodgson.

  21. USAF B-47 ready for take off - July 1959.
    Courtesy Don Hodgson.

  22. A USAF MATS C-124 Globemaster taxis to the ramp - July 1959.
    Courtesy Don Hodgson.

  23. USAF B-47 parked on the ramp - July 1959.
    Courtesy Don Hodgson.

  24. USAF KC-135 air refuelling aircraft - July 1959.
    This was a modified B-707.
    Courtesy Don Hodgson.

  25. USAF KC-135 tanker at take off - July 1959.
    Courtesy Don Hodgson.

  26. USAF T-33 waits for a USAF KC-135 to depart - July 1959.
    Courtesy Don Hodgson.

  27. USAF Airmen's quarters AKA "Goose Hilton" - July 1959.
    Courtesy Don Hodgson.

  28. USAF KC-97s lined up on the ramp - July 1959.
    These were propeller driven refuelling tankers which were in use before the KC-135 jet aircraft.
    Courtesy Don Hodgson.

  29. Three USAF B-47s waiting to take off - July 1959.
    Courtesy Don Hodgson.

  30. Maritime Central Airways aircraft on the ramp - June 1959.
    Courtesy Syd Atkinson.

  31. The Goose Hilton in the background - 23 May 1959.
    Courtesy Werner Lamm.

  32. Young USAF airmen in the "Polar Lodge" - 23 May 1959.
    Werner Lamm (middle is on his way to the Gap Filler at Fox Harbour.
    Courtesy Werner Lamm.

  33. USAF personnel in front of a Goose "Snow Plow" - 23 May 1959.
    Werner Lamm (left).
    Courtesy Werner Lamm.

  34. Unidentified USAF airmen at Goose Air Base - 23 May 1959.
    Courtesy Werner Lamm.

  35. USAF F-89 on the ramp - 23 May 1959.
    Courtesy Werner Lamm.

  36. Unidentified USAF airmen on the ramp - 23 May 1959.
    Courtesy Werner Lamm.

  37. Goose Air Base. In the centre foreground is the Goose Hilton, the six storey dormitory - April 1959.
    Courtesy USAF.

  38. Eastern Provincial Airways aircraft on the Canadian side - 18 January 1959.
    Courtesy Syd Atkinson.

  39. EPA aircraft preparing for a trip to Cartwright - 18 January 1959.
    Courtesy Syd Atkinson.

  40. EPA aircraft airborne from Goose Air Base heading for Cartwright - 18 January 1959.
    Courtesy Syd Atkinson.

  41. USAF aircraft on American ramp - 15 January 1959.
    Courtesy Syd Atkinson.


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