Saglek, Labrador
Photographs


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  1. DJ at Radio KSAG - December 1966.
    Courtesy Curtis Smith.

  2. The library ar the 924th AC&W Squadron - November 1966.
    Courtesy Curtis Smith.

  3. Aerial photo of rugged terrain between Saglek and Goose Bay - August 1966.
    Courtesy Larry York.

  4. Aerial photo of rugged terrain between Saglek and Goose Bay - August 1966.
    Courtesy Larry York.

  5. Aerial photo of rugged terrain between Saglek and Goose Bay - August 1966.
    Courtesy Larry York.

  6. Aerial photo of rugged terrain between Saglek and Goose Bay - August 1966.
    Courtesy Larry York.

  7. Radar station perched on the edge of the 1800 foot cliff - August 1966.
    Courtesy Larry York.

  8. Catwalks with radome in background. Note the remaining snow - August 1966.
    Courtesy Larry York.

  9. Interconnected hallways (catwalks) at Saglek - August 1966.
    Courtesy Larry York.

  10. Buildings at Saglek during the summer months when the temperature rose to 35 degrees F - August 1966.
    Courtesy Larry York.

  11. Travelling up the Saglek fiord on a fishing trip - July 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  12. Beautiful sights along the waterway - July 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  13. Scenes that people would pay for - July 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  14. Continuing up the fiord - July 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  15. View from the fish camp - July 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  16. Fish camp B-48 up the Saglek fiord - July 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  17. Our small boat rests in the Saglek fiord - July 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  18. Iceberg in Saglek fiord - July 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  19. Iceberg in Saglek fiord - July 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  20. Iceberg in Saglek fiord - July 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  21. Old Indian graves at end of fiord - July 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  22. End of fiord - July 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  23. Waterfall heading up the fiord - July 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  24. Closeup view of waterfall - July 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  25. Arriving at Saglek by EPA C-47. Lower camp terminal building in background - June 1966.
    Courtesy Larry York.

  26. Our tour of duty is over and we are heading back to the "world" - June 1966.
    Courtesy Mark Welter.

  27. Vertical plotting board in Operations room - 20 May 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  28. Vertical plotting board in Operations room - 20 May 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  29. Vertical plotting board in Operations room - 20 May 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  30. Vertical plotting board in Operations room - 20 May 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  31. Unidentified person working in dimly lit work area within Operations room - 20 May 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  32. Radar scope showing assorted ground clutter (PE's or permanent echos) - 20 May 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  33. Alert Status and Weather Display tote boards in Operations room - 20 May 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  34. Tactical Mission Data Board in Operations room - 20 May 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  35. Unidentified scene in the Operations room - 20 May 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  36. Boating in the nearby fiord - May 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  37. Memorial cairn to victims of 1945 crash - May 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  38. Barracks and surrounding countryside - May 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  39. Ice starting to break-up - May 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  40. Ice starting to break-up - May 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  41. Ice starting to break-up - May 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  42. Beautiful sunset - May 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  43. Beautiful sunset - May 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  44. Beautiful sunset - May 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  45. Beautiful sunset - May 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  46. BMEWS communications antennas - May 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  47. Snow covered buildings in station area - May 1966.
    Courtesy Larry York.

  48. Snow covered buildings with search radome in background - May 1966.
    Courtesy Larry York.

  49. Search radome on a clear winter day - May 1966.
    Courtesy Larry York.

  50. Entrance into one of the catwalks - May 1966.
    Courtesy Larry York.

  51. The ice starts a slow break-up - May 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  52. Ops Officer Leroy Blondeau, hard at work - May 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  53. Lts Tim Rahrer and Leroy Blondeau decide to check the "outside world" - May 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  54. CM/Sgt Bob Garret and Lt Leroy Blondeau - May 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  55. Ice fishing at its best - May 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  56. Do you really think we'll catch anything? - May 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  57. Leroy Blondeau and T/Sgt Fountain - May 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  58. Leroy Blondeau - May 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  59. First summer road cut through the snow with 18 foot banks - May 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  60. CM/Sgt Garrett and Lt Blondeau inspecting the progress of snow removal - May 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  61. Inspecting the progress of the snow removal - May 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  62. Let's fill the road with snow again! - May 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  63. Saglek AFS upper camp - May 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  64. Radar tower and radome perched on the edge of the cliff - May 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  65. Monument erected to the airmen who lost their lives in the B-25 crash - May 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  66. Lt Dan Baldman (Comm Officer) and Lt Leroy Blondeau (Ops Officer) - April 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  67. Lt Leroy Blondeau in front of radar tower and radome - April 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  68. Results of icing on a windy day - April 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  69. Operations NCO's by Trackmaster - April 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  70. Saglek AFS as seen from the BMEWS communications antenna area - April 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  71. (L-R) G Robesheau, Leroy Blondeau, Bill Stowe, Bill Malinski in O-Club - April 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  72. Northern lights at Saglek - April 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  73. C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft on arrival at Saglek airstrip - April 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  74. C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft on arrival at Saglek airstrip - April 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  75. Beauty and the beast - April 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  76. Hell, it's not that cold! - April 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  77. Big Island, at dusk - April 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  78. Ice Collection - April 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  79. Who says that you need a building? - April 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  80. The best suntan in northern Lanbrador - April 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  81. Sgalek AFS as seen from the BMEWS site - April 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  82. Sunset at Saglek - April 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  83. Sunset at Saglek - April 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  84. Sunset at Saglek - April 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  85. Sunset at Saglek - April 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  86. Sunset at Saglek - April 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  87. BMEWS feed horn with Saglek AFS in distance on hill - April 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  88. Unidentified BMEWS personnel - April 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  89. Don Khars, BMEWS Supervisor. Taken atop BMEWS antenna - April 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  90. BMEWS communications antennas - April 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  91. Top of 60 foot BMEWS antenna as seen from the top of the 120 foot antenna - April 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  92. Top of 60 foot BMEWS antenna as seen from the top of the 120 foot antenna - April 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  93. A rock "takes a peek" from under the snow - April 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  94. Never ending task of snow removal - April 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  95. Heavy equipment starts to clear the roads - April 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  96. Northern Lights on a clear evening - April 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  97. Wind damage to the new gymnasium - April 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  98. Wind damage to the new gymnasium - April 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  99. Wind damage to the new gymnasium - April 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  100. The station "Caterpillar" beside our Motor Pool - April 1966.
    Courtesy Mark Welter.

  101. The entrance to the Motor Pool - April 1966.
    Courtesy Mark Welter.

  102. Snow tracks made by one of the Thiokls - April 1966.
    Courtesy Mark Welter.

  103. General view of the barren wasteland covered with snow and fog - April 1966.
    Courtesy Mark Welter.

  104. General view of the barren wasteland covered with snow and fog - April 1966.
    Courtesy Mark Welter.

  105. General view of the barren wasteland covered with snow and fog - April 1966.
    Courtesy Mark Welter.

  106. POL fuel tank isolated and covered with snow drifts - April 1966.
    Courtesy Mark Welter.

  107. Operations site after snow removal has cleared things a little - April 1966.
    Courtesy Mark Welter.

  108. Snow drifts have managed to cover most of the buildings and catwalks - April 1966.
    Courtesy Mark Welter.

  109. Snow has accumulated in the Operations site area - April 1966.
    Courtesy Mark Welter.

  110. A view of the site after a snowstorm - April 1966.
    Courtesy Mark Welter.

  111. A/2C Mark Welter standing next to the dish washing machine in the Mess Hall - March 1966.
    Courtesy Mark Welter.

  112. A/2C Mark Welter on duty as a disc jockey at Radio Station KSAG - March 1966.
    Courtesy Mark Welter.

  113. A/2C Mark Welter on duty as a disc jockey at Radio Station KSAG - March 1966.
    Courtesy Mark Welter.

  114. A civilian employee hard at work in the Motor Pool - March 1966.
    Courtesy Mark Welter.

  115. The "old gym" was eventually replaced with a "new gym" - March 1966.
    The two story building above the pickup truck is the new gym that got damaged in an 85 knot wind about a week after the USAF accepted it from the contractors.
    Courtesy Mark Welter.

  116. The radar tower and radome after another winter storm - March 1966.
    Courtesy Mark Welter.

  117. General view as seen from the tower - March 1966.
    Courtesy Mark Welter.

  118. Our site buildings were starting to become visible from the snow accumulation - March 1966.
    Courtesy Mark Welter.

  119. Buildings remain covered with snow - March 1966.
    Courtesy Mark Welter.

  120. BMEWS communications antennas - March 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  121. Radar station as viewed from the Communications site - March 1966.
    Courtesy Larry York.

  122. Larry York pointing across Saglek Bay towards Mount Baldy and Mount Bessie - 1966.
    Courtesy Larry York.

  123. Allan Rachauskas on left, unknown on right - March 1966.
    Courtesy Larry York.

  124. Snow covered barren wasteland - March 1966.
    Courtesy Larry York.

  125. Airman Simmons (center) decides to go skiing - March 1966.
    Courtesy Larry York.

  126. Larry York (left) and Airman Simmons (right) standing in front of a 20 foot snowbank - March 1966.
    Courtesy Larry York.

  127. Airman Simmons (center) with two officers he had taken out skiing - March 1966.
    Courtesy Larry York.

  128. O-Club (L-R) unknown, unknown, Lt Col Solomon and Lt Andy Anderson - February 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  129. O-Club. (L-R) Lt Col Richard F Solomon and Lt Andy Anderson - February 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  130. O-Club. Lt Bill Stowe decided to get up! - February 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  131. O-Club. (L-R) Unknown, Lt Col Solomon, Lt Stowe, unknown and Lt Andy Anderson - February 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  132. O-Club lobster fest. Unidentified personnel - February 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  133. O-Club. Unidentified personnel - February 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  134. O-Club. Unusual location for a "Ho-down" - February 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  135. O-Club. Three unidentified junior officers reading with the Commander, Lt Col Solomon trying to exercise! - February 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  136. O-Club. Unidentified personnel - February 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  137. O-Club. Unidentified personnel - February 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  138. Surrounding islands and waterways - February 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  139. Drininking and driving, you say? - February 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  140. Don Khars, BMEWS Supervisor, having a little late night fun on the snow - February1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  141. Frontier living at Happey Valley - January 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  142. Kids playing hockey on natural ice at North West River - January 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  143. North West River - January 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  144. North West River - January 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  145. Snow covered Labrador enroute to Goose Bay - January 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  146. Aerial photo of BMEWS antenna at Saglek - January 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  147. Terminal building at Saglek airstrip - January 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  148. EPA DC-3 departing Saglek airstrip at lower camp - January 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  149. Commander, Lt Col Richard Solomon by Trackmaster - January 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  150. Saglek AFS perched on a distant hill - January 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  151. Desolation at its best - January 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  152. POL fuel tanks and assorted lower camp buildings as seen from Trackmaster enroute to lower camp - January 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  153. Commander, Lt Col Richard Solomon by Trackmaster - January 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  154. BMEWS communications antenna in the distance - January 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  155. Trackmaster enroute from upper camp - January 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.

  156. Saglek AFS on top of hill - January 1966.
    Courtesy Leroy Blondeau.


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