Goose Air Base
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Aerial view of Goose Air Base - September 1959.
Courtesy Gordon Wilson.
Aerial view of Goose Air Base showing F-102 jet fighters on the ramp - September 1959.
Courtesy Gordon Wilson.
G/C Swetman, CO of RCAF Station Goose Bay - July 1959.
Courtesy Don Hodgson.
RCAF Station Goose Bay Astra Cinema - July 1959.
Courtesy Don Hodgson.
RCAF Headquarters building - July 1959.
Courtesy Don Hodgson.
View of Hamilton river from the control tower during the day - July 1959.
Courtesy Don Hodgson.
View of Hamilton River from the control tower at nightfall - July 1959.
Courtesy Don Hodgson.
RCAF military police and RCMP building - July 1959.
Courtesy Don Hodgson.
RCAF Officer's Mess - July 1959.
Courtesy Don Hodgson.
Aerial photo of Happy Valley - July 1959.
Courtesy Don Hodgson.
RCAF Allstars vs a USAF team at a softball game - July 1959.
Courtesy Don Hodgson.
RCAF Allstars vs a USAF team at a softball game - July 1959.
Courtesy Don Hodgson.
USSR Aeroflot TU-104 airliner - July 1959.
This was a rare visit by a Russion airliner. Personnel were allowed to visit the empty plane. Note the RCAF control tower in the background.
Courtesy Don Hodgson.
Interior photo of the Goose Bay control tower - July 1959.
Courtesy Don Hodgson.
RCAF B-25 Mitchell bomber - July 1959.
This aircraft was on its way to an air show in Europe.
Courtesy Don Hodgson.
RCAF DC-3 Dakota - July 1959.
The Dakota was the workhorse of the RCAF for many years.
Courtesy Don Hodgson.
RCAF Lancaster bomber - July 1959.
This aircraft was on its way to an air show in Europe.
Courtesy Don Hodgson.
TCA L-49 Super Constellation - July 1959.
This was virtually the last of the line before jet liners took over.
Courtesy Don Hodgson.
Maritime Central Airways (MCA) C-46 on the ramp - July 1959.
Courtesy Don Hodgson.
USAF SAC base - July 1959.
The Americans had roughly 5,000 personnel assigned to Goose Bay.
Courtesy Don Hodgson.
USAF B-47 ready for take off - July 1959.
Courtesy Don Hodgson.
A USAF MATS C-124 Globemaster taxis to the ramp - July 1959.
Courtesy Don Hodgson.
USAF B-47 parked on the ramp - July 1959.
Courtesy Don Hodgson.
USAF KC-135 air refuelling aircraft - July 1959.
This was a modified B-707.
Courtesy Don Hodgson.
USAF KC-135 tanker at take off - July 1959.
Courtesy Don Hodgson.
USAF T-33 waits for a USAF KC-135 to depart - July 1959.
Courtesy Don Hodgson.
USAF Airmen's quarters AKA "Goose Hilton" - July 1959.
Courtesy Don Hodgson.
USAF KC-97s lined up on the ramp - July 1959.
These were propeller driven refuelling tankers which were in use before the KC-135 jet aircraft.
Courtesy Don Hodgson.
Three USAF B-47s waiting to take off - July 1959.
Courtesy Don Hodgson.
Maritime Central Airways aircraft on the ramp - June 1959.
Courtesy Syd Atkinson.
The Goose Hilton in the background - 23 May 1959.
Courtesy Werner Lamm.
Young USAF airmen in the "Polar Lodge" - 23 May 1959.
Werner Lamm (middle is on his way to the Gap Filler at Fox Harbour.
Courtesy Werner Lamm.
USAF personnel in front of a Goose "Snow Plow" - 23 May 1959.
Werner Lamm (left).
Courtesy Werner Lamm.
Unidentified USAF airmen at Goose Air Base - 23 May 1959.
Courtesy Werner Lamm.
USAF F-89 on the ramp - 23 May 1959.
Courtesy Werner Lamm.
Unidentified USAF airmen on the ramp - 23 May 1959.
Courtesy Werner Lamm.
Goose Air Base. In the centre foreground is the Goose Hilton, the six storey dormitory - April 1959.
Courtesy USAF.
Eastern Provincial Airways aircraft on the Canadian side - 18 January 1959.
Courtesy Syd Atkinson.
EPA aircraft preparing for a trip to Cartwright - 18 January 1959.
Courtesy Syd Atkinson.
EPA aircraft airborne from Goose Air Base heading for Cartwright - 18 January 1959.
Courtesy Syd Atkinson.
USAF aircraft on American ramp - 15 January 1959.
Courtesy Syd Atkinson.
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Updated: December 11, 2004