ABOVE PICTURES WERE TAKEN FROM THE TOWER BY ARTHUR MCLIN
Joe Hernandez and John Banach
Joe hard at work
Kirk Dyken working on his car with Bill Lease in the forground
Andrea
A/2c Arthur (Slim) Mclin
1963
1963
1963
HIGH GARRETT 1969
High Garrett upgraded the system with a taller tower.
1969
John Banach
1963
High Garrett lost its detachment status December 1966. Most of the buildings were empty.
1963
1963
Party time at High Garrett
photo
by
Doug MacDonald
If you recognize anybody in this
photo, let me know.
2163rd COMM SQ. WETHERSFIELD
Early 60's
AIRMEN
Lavelle/Melesko/Reddig
1949 Armstrong Siddley
1936 Morris 8
Airmen
Reddig/Basinger
were in
radio maintenance
Control Tower
RAF Wethersfield
Lavelle was in radio relay
Mellesko was a operator
GRT-3
Transmitter/Modular racks
(transmitter site)
Radio Relay
Larry Reddig
Room on base
Couple of cars
Larry Reddig had
Photos by Larry Reddig
Sign in board
Radio Maint. Shop
Bill Lease 1963
Kirk Dyken
with his 1963 Austin Healey Sprite
Pictures of Jim Robinson, who was stationed at Wethersfield from 1955-1957 with the 20th Comm. Sq. At that time the base had one radio station on base, a BC-610 transmitter aand receiver, and 20 or so operators and a bunch of 6x6 trucks with radio vans and PE-power units on trailers.
Dick Klarchek
1955
Dominic Procopio
Wethersfield switchboard
1955
Robert HL Martin
1955
Lloyd Nolan and Tyrone Power
at Wethersfield
1955
Tyrone Power
eating at the Wethersfield Chow Hall
Lloyd Nolan was in London at the Hippodrome playing Captain Queeg(sp?) in the Cain Mutiny Court Martial stage play.
Lloyd Nolan and Tyrone Power and an entourage came to Wethersfield and were treated like royalty. they ate with the big brass had an open house and autograph session at the service club, got taken on a T-33 by base pilots.
The next day, they took a bus load of airmen to London, to see the play, and afterwards, had the airmen back stage for champagne with the actors. Also backstage was the actor Pat O'Brien, whose son was a 2 striper airmen stationed somewhere in England.
I don't really know the circumstances why they were there.
