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Hangar Digest Is a Publication of Th E Amc Museum Foundation, Inc THE HANGAR DIGEST IS A PUBLICATION OF TH E AMC MUSEUM FOUNDATION, INC. V OLUME 8, I SSUE 3 Hangar Digest J ULY 2008 INSIDE THIS ISSUE: INSIDE THIS ISSUE Inside From the Story Director 32 Inside Cruisin’ Story with Jim 32 Inside Name theStory Plane 52 Inside We Were Story There Once 63 Inside Building Story 1301 84 Inside An Artifact Story Fact 95 Inside Museum Story Scenes 106 A P-47 assigned to the 4146th Army Air Force Base Unit, Dover Army Air Field. It was that unit that developed the first successful combat proven air-launched LOOKING rocket systems used by the United States Armed Forces in World War II. BACK I am sorry to announce that Mike Boyd a valued member of our Museum Forty year ago, the family has passed away. He was responsible for the “AMC Museum Air- first McDonnell craft Profile” that appears in this and has appeared in past Hangar Di- Douglas C -9A gests. Mike left us with an extensive library of aircraft illustrations and Nightingale was histories. He will be missed. delivered to the I conclude the history of Dover’s Building 1301. Few knew of its role in 375th Aeromedical the development of an aerial rocket delivery system used in World War II Airlift Wing, Scott that led to the more sophisticated weapons of today’s Air Force. AFB, Illinois, to serve as an air- On May 7th the Museum played host in honoring Delaware resident Doro- borne hospital thy Lewis, a Normandy Nightingale. Dorothy was one of eighteen nurses ward. The modified with the U.S Army Nurse Corps who treated Allied soldiers, under fire, on version of a com- th Omaha Beach on June 10 , 1944, four days after the Normandy invasion mercial DC-9 was th on June 6 . Joining her at the Museum were two other Nightingales, one the first military of whom served with Dorothy at Normandy. See page 11 for photos of aeromedical this event. evacuation aircraft Congratulations to Dover AFB, the Air Force recipient of the 2008 Com- to be jet powered. It could carry up to 40 mander-in-Chief’s Annual Award for Installation Excellence! This is a first ambulatory pa- for Dover and the Air Mobility Command. Joining Dover for this highly tients or 30 litter- competitive Presidential award were the U.S. Army’s Fort A.P. Hill, Bowl- borne patients at a ing Green, Virginia; Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, San Diego; Na- cruising speed of val Base Coronado, San Diego and Defense Supply Center Richmond, 500 miles per hour Richmond, Virginia. for distances of Soon to be up and running—our new web site designed by Hal Sellars. over 2,000 miles. Check it out at www.amcmuseum.org. Source: Toward the Air Mobility Com- Our Annual Fall Mixer is set for 5 September. See page 13 for details. mand 1994 Revised. Harry E. Heist, Editor PAGE 2 VOLUME 8, ISSUE 3 Air Mobility Command Museum Mission Statement The mission of the Air Mobility Command Museum is twofold: ●The primary mission is to present the history and development of military airlift and tanker operations. ●The second closely aligned mission is to portray The Hangar Digest the rich history of Dover Air Force Base and Dover is published quarterly and Army Airfield, its predecessor . is dedicated to the preser- vation of our airlift and tanker heritage. All arti- cles, unless otherwise Staff: AMC Museum Foundation noted, are written by the Director Board of Directors: Mike Leister President editor. All photographs Curator Brig Gen Michael Quarnaccio, USAFR are the courtesy of the Air Jim Leech (Ret) Mobility Command Mu- Operations Manager Vice President John Taylor Col Donald Sloan, USAFR (Ret) seum unless otherwise Chief of Restoration Secretary designated. MSgt Rick Veller, USAF Lt Col Phil White, USAF (Ret) Viewpoints expressed are Collections Manager Treasurer Deborah Sellars MSgt Harry Van Den Heuvel, USAF (Ret) those of the contributing Archivist/Editor Hangar Digest Members authors and do not neces- Lt Col Harry E. Heist, USAF (Ret) Brig Gen Richard Bundy, USAF (Ret); sarily reflect the opinions Museum Store Manager Col Arthur Ericson, USAF (Ret); Ms. Jon Rehm Michele Robinette; CMSgt Donald “Doc” of the AMC Museum Educator Adams, USAF (Ret); Mr. Robert Ber- Foundation or of the Mu- Dick Caldwell glund; Mr. Jim Douglass; Col Richard seum’s staff. Volunteer Coordinator Harper, USAF (Ret); Mr. John Friedman; Janice Caldwell Mr. Dick Caldwell; Lt Col Paul Gillis, Subscriptions are free Librarian USAFR (Ret); Mr. Everett “Sonny and are mailed via non- MSgt Bob Wikso, USAF (Ret) Kruhm. Membership Manager profit standard mail to Deborah Sellars paid-up members of the Website (www.amcmuseum.org) Museum hours: Tuesday through Sun- AMC Museum Founda- Hal Sellars day—9:00 am to 4:00 pm. Closed Fed- eral Holidays tion, Inc. Contributions. Reader’s comments, articles and From the Museum Store: ideas are solicited for fu- Summer’s in full swing and it’s time to get into those shorts and T-shirts ture issues. Mail to: Harry along with that cool refresher by your side. So, check out the store for E. Heist c/o The Hangar your can and bottle cozies, BBQ items, Air Force theme summer wear, Digest, P.O. Box 02050, flying models for the kids and books for leisure reading. Dover AFB DE 19902- Contact store manager Jon Rehm by phone at (302) 677-5992 or by 2050; FAX (302) 677- FAX at (302) 677-5949 and email: [email protected]. Members, 5 9 4 0 a n d e m a i l : be sure to ask for your 10% discount when ordering. Not yet a Friend of the Museum? Join now by filling out the Membership Application on [email protected]. page 15. HANGAR DIGEST PAGE 3 From the Director First things first: The C-47 diorama, created entirely in-house by our exhibit team, just received the AMC Heritage Award for 2008. Jim Leech led the team consisting of Deborah Sellars, Hal Sellars and MSgt. Rick Veller (photo on page 10). They created a very engaging exhibit. Congratulations to them all. Another new exhibit that we are very proud of came to our Museum with the cooperation of the German Embassy. It commemorates the 60th Anniversary of the Berlin Airlift. We are the very first museum in the United States to display this traveling exhibit. It details the history of the Airlift (in photos and memorabilia) and we have temporarily incorporated it with our own long-term exhibit. Later this year it will be at the Na- tional Air & Space Museum and the National Museum of the USAF. You can see it here first until July 15th! Signs of progress are everywhere you look. The C-121 restoration is coming to the point where it is slowing down as it is getting closer to completion. After more twists and turns than a summer novel, our volunteer crew has obtained, refurbished and installed 40 “like new” airline seats; so, that in the future, we can use this plane as a classroom for our summer Aviation Camp. (More about the Camp later.) With most of the work near completion in the passenger cabin, the cockpit work is coming along quite well. Our last major chal- lenge is to find a proper radome and extension in order to match the standard military configuration of the C- 121s. There is also progress on our B-17, which has been patiently awaiting a top turret and left cheek window. Both parts are currently being fabricated and they should be installed before the end of this year. The A-26 Invader was removed from its former home at the Bonanzaville Museum in Fargo North Dakota and moved to Omaha Nebraska where it is in storage awaiting preparation for air shipment to Dover. You may know that the A-26 was one of the prime aircraft used here in Hangar 1301 as part of the rocket test program during World War II. We are anticipating the arrival of this great aircraft before the end of summer. The AMC Museum Foundation has stepped up and hired a certified teacher for our summer Aviation Camp, Corey Pennypacker, who teaches at Caesar Rodney High School. He will be working with our volunteer educator Dick Caldwell. The program will broaden the educational impact of the Camp. In April, I was privileged to visit the Air Force Field Museum at FE Warren AFB in Wyoming. Most Air Force people never get to see FE Warren as it is a missile base. It does not even have a runway, but, it does have several thousand artifacts from its days with the US Army Cavalry in the 1800s. There are over 200 historic buildings on base but all-in-all, I was happy to get back to our big birds here at Dover. Till the next time, Mike Cruisin’ with the Curator With the price of gasoline continuing to creep upward, we’ll park the Cruiser and take the shoe leather ex- press. But before we step off, a few updates: The C-131 is still in restoration and the paint prep work is con- tinuing slowly. The new Dover timeline wall has been constructed by a local contractor and once it’s primed and painted, the graphics will be applied. As part of this project the gate shack exhibit has been moved to the mezzanine. The plans for the history of airlift exhibit are being polished and we’ve talked with a contractor about the early stages of construction.
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