That's Hilarious,,, But exactly on the money. You are the brightest Crayola in the box! The retired Perrin AFB has a on site Web page and I'm determined to Speak to a Living Rep there,,,,, I will email them until they respond....(like water boarding)
the spot is not walker or wheel chair accessible so if you are a fast walker you can beat 'em to it! I'm going to do a little research Monday at the museum located there.
Dad was stationed there untill "70, then Panama city Fl,, But the airplane thing happened in the early 50's as I was not yet born (1960) '66 this was when I was told about the Tornado and how Dad hung onto a Aircraft Tie down ring embedded in the tarmac,,, as he was almost sucked up while...
Exactly, A interesting reply has me thinking that the loss of the aircraft and them being disposed into a pit conveniently dug at the end of a runway was for a reason and was tied directly to the upgrade of planes at that time. They were switching from Prop To Jets, it was During Viet Nam war,
ok, so that happened before the airplane up-grades from b-17's and p-51's, dirt pile runs N-W (at the edge of the field), we parked and quail hunted in that west field. that aria was a bunch Of trees and open fields
Update, I thought it was in 1968, but after a old family album search I see it was in 1966 as we were living on a street ( Hickory street in Denton Tx,) At that time my Dad was a Master Sargent I think, and we lived off base housing, and raised german short hair bird dogs, As my dad was a MP we...
OK I had to look twice at sheppard AFB on google maps, I don't think thats the spot, Although My Dad may hay been stationed there, but the spot. It might be 500 yrds from the (Crazy Crow) I think, I seem to remember,,( I was 6yrs yrs old, and when your 6 you remember when dad spent a nickel on a...
No I'm not the captain you were referring to, You would have had to be a King Crabber out of Dutch Harbor Alaska, Or a Tuna fisherman on the East coast, to have know me. that's why I'm disabled
exactly, lots of small but priceless parts, just in aluminum its a big find. you would be challenged to assemble a whole plane, I was at a Air show where an old plane was being restored, the lack of vintage parts was a big issue Thats basically the beginning of my thoughts on this pit of parts.
After hard thought on your post I seem to remember my Dad saying something about them fazing out of the airplanes or something like that, the time was around '52-'55,** (BIG CLUE HERE!) the base was shut down and sold and is now a private air port. NOW You have a great clue because of You...
Funny I've thought about this story all my life, now at the end, I died 2x's in 2000, and God gave me a bunch more Time after a short talk, now I'm totally disabled, so it's fun to share it with interested persons from then, I'll never make it back there I'm toast ( reattached R-ankle, Replaced...