Hopedale, Labrador
Photographs


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  1. FPS-87A cabinets - December 1963.
    Courtesy Millard Jones.

  2. A/1C Wagner at the FPS-87A Klystron cabinet - December 1963.
    Courtesy Millard Jones.

  3. A/1C Millard C Jones at the UPX-14 cabinets - December 1963.
    Courtesy Millard Jones.

  4. AF 10006 on the rocks. Note the missing pontoon and some damage under the hatch - 19 November 1963.
    Courtesy Raymond Clark.

  5. AF 10006 on the rocks - 19 November 1963.
    Courtesy Raymond Clark.

  6. AF 10006 on the rocks. Note the missing pontoon and visible hull damage under the hatch - 19 November 1963.
    Courtesy Raymond Clark.

  7. Trackmaster at crash site - 19 November 1963.
    Courtesy Raymond Clark.

  8. Trackmaster and H16 at crash site - 19 November 1963.
    Courtesy Raymond Clark.

  9. Close up aerial photo of the 923rd AC&W Squadron radar station - 1963.
    Courtesy Raymond Clark.

  10. Interior view of the Airmen's Club - November 1963.
    Courtesy Millard Jones.

  11. The Canadian Marconi crew leaves after the FPS-6B overhaul to the FPS-90. Major Slaughter in center - October 1963.
    Courtesy Millard Jones.

  12. The chopper from Goose Bay arrived with new personnel, supplies and mail - October 1963.
    Courtesy Millard Jones.

  13. My room mate, A/1C Gary K Swartzwelder - September 1963.
    Courtesy Millard Jones.

  14. P/O Canadian Marconi crew overhauling/converting the FPS-6B into an FPS-90 - September 1963.
    Courtesy Millard Jones.

  15. Paul fishing atAdlatok, 24 miles south of Hopedale - September 1963.
    Courtesy Raymond Clark.

  16. The village of Hopedale - September 1963.
    Courtesy Raymond Clark.

  17. Airmen's Polar Club membership card - August 1963.
    Courtesy Raymond Clark.

  18. A good view of Hopedale AFS - August 1963.
    Courtesy Raymond Clark.

  19. Cover from a 923rd AC&W Squadron Information Brochure - August 1963.
    Courtesy Raymond Clark.

  20. Aerial photo of the 923rd AC&W Squadron complex - August 1963.
    Courtesy Raymond Clark.

  21. A slightly closer view of the previous photo - August 1963.
    Courtesy Raymond Clark.

  22. Unidentified man with a young boy that is playing in the village of Hopedale - August 1963.
    Courtesy Raymond Clark.

  23. David Winters playing by the fuel drums in the village of Hopedale - August 1963.
    Courtesy Raymond Clark.

  24. S/Sgt Dale Lawson, NCOIC Radar Maintenance - August 1963.
    Courtesy Millard Jones.

  25. FPS-87A (right) radome as viewed from the FPS-6B Radome. The smaller radome on the left was no longer in use - July 1963.
    Courtesy Millard Jones.

  26. A/1C Millard Jones in front of the sign at the entrance of the Station - July 1963.
    Courtesy Millard Jones.

  27. Monument at Hopedale - July 1963.
    Courtesy Millard Jones.

  28. HU-16 float aircraft parked in harbor at Hopedale - July 1963.
    Courtesy Cyril Hanko.

  29. Town of Hopedale on approach by boat - July 1963.
    Courtesy Cyril Hanko.

  30. My first view of the 923rd AC&W Squadron. The first question I was asked was "How many days do you have left"? - June 1963.
    Courtesy Millard Jones.

  31. Unloading the chopper that I arrived on - June 1963.
    Courtesy Millard Jones.

  32. Foreground - NCO barracks. Right background - FPS-87A Search Radar. The two smaller radomes were left over from the decommissioned FPS-502 backup search radar and the TPS-502 Height Finder - June 1963.
    Courtesy Millard Jones.

  33. Airmen's barracks on left. Airman's Club and the Orderly Room in center - June 1963.
    Courtesy Millard Jones.

  34. Left - FPS-6B Height Finder Radome. Center - FPS-87A Search radar and Troposcatter communications antennas - June 1963.
    Courtesy Millard Jones.

  35. BMEWS communications antennas - June 1963.
    Courtesy Millard Jones.

  36. The early season fishing expedition continues - April 1963.
    Courtesy Parley Hayes.

  37. Unidentified airman tries his luck with fishing by the dock - April 1963.
    Courtesy Parley Hayes.

  38. At last. A fish is finally caught - April 1963.
    Courtesy Parley Hayes.

  39. Another unidentified airman trying to catch fish by the dock - April 1963.
    Courtesy Parley Hayes.

  40. Aircraft with floats circling the village of Hopedale - April 1963.
    Courtesy Parley Hayes.

  41. Aircraft with floats circling the village of Hopedale - April 1963.
    Courtesy Parley Hayes.

  42. Aircraft on approach for landing by the village of Hopedale - April 1963.
    Courtesy Parley Hayes.

  43. View of the 923rd AC&W Squadron site - April 1963.
    Courtesy Parley Hayes.

  44. Kovaliss leading the troops - April 1963.
    Courtesy Parley Hayes.

  45. George Gebus at the controls of radio station WHOP - 2 March 1963.
    Courtesy George Gebus.


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