Saskatoon Mountain/Beaverlodge, AB
Photographs


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  1. Looking northeast from the family trailer housing area - November 1958.
    Courtesy Joseph Blum.

  2. Another pretty winter scene - November 1958.
    Courtesy Joseph Blum.

  3. Our trailer with a winter background - November 1958.
    Courtesy Joseph Blum.

  4. Recovery team departing for Nose Mountain crash scene of L-20A aircraft - 20 October 1958.
    Courtesy Joseph Blum.

  5. Recovery team departing for Nose Mountain - 20 October 1958.
    Courtesy Joseph Blum.

  6. Recovery team departing for Nose Mountain. T/Sgt Thomas T Stuart (NCOIC) far left, and Lt. Bl;um (OIC) standing in front of the tent - 20 October 1958.
    Courtesy Joseph Blum.

  7. Aircraft crash scene - 20 October 1958.
    Courtesy Joseph Blum.

  8. Aircraft crash scene - 20 October 1958.
    Courtesy Joseph Blum.

  9. Aircraft crash scene - 20 October 1958.
    Courtesy Joseph Blum.

  10. Aircraft crash scene. Lt Lawrence L Anderson was in the left seat flying as the pilot and Captain William E Varns, co-pilot and aircraft commander, was in the right seat - 20 October 1958.
    Courtesy Joseph Blum.

  11. Cockpit wreckage - 20 October 1958.
    Courtesy Joseph Blum.

  12. Sunset over the crash scene - 20 October 1958.
    Courtesy Joseph Blum.

  13. Recovery party securing recivered aircraft equipment (radios etc) - 21 October 1958.
    Courtesy Joseph Blum.

  14. Non salvaged airframe was abandoned in place - 23 October 1958.
    Courtesy Joseph Blum.

  15. Non salvaged airframe was abandoned in place - 24 October 1958.
    Courtesy Joseph Blum.

  16. Fording Nose Creek on return from the crash site - 24 October 1958.
    Courtesy Joseph Blum.

  17. Arrival back at the 919th after a five day recovery operation - 25 October 1958.
    Courtesy Joseph Blum.

  18. Lt. General Romelius Puryear, Commander Air Defense Command and Major Barnett - October 1958.
    Courtesy Joseph Blum.

  19. General Puryear with Major and Mrs. Barnett - October 1958.
    Courtesy Joseph Blum.

  20. Major James G Barnett, CO 919th AC&W Squadron and RCMP Corporal Arnold H Mansell of the Beaverlodge Detachment - September 1958.
    Courtesy Joseph Blum.

  21. Lt Blum and Corporal Mansell - September 1958.
    Courtesy Joseph Blum.

  22. Function in Officers Club in honor of visit by RCAF officers, including Air Commodore Ross (far left) - August 1958.
    Courtesy Joseph Blum.

  23. Click here for photo. Note Air Commodore Ross' gloved right hand -- Click here for article - August 1958.
    Courtesy Joseph Blum.

  24. Open House for the local area citizens, usually with a large and enthusiatic turn-out - 4 July 1958.
    Courtesy Joseph Blum.

  25. Captain William Varns chatting with the guys - July 1958.
    Courtesy Allison Varnes.

  26. View of our trailer and our car - May 1958.
    Courtesy Joseph Blum.

  27. Another view of our trailer and car - May 1958.
    Courtesy Joseph Blum.

  28. View from the back of our trailer - May 1958.
    Courtesy Joseph Blum.

  29. Station fire engine on display for trailer court kids - May 1958.
    Courtesy Joseph Blum.

  30. Station fire engine on display for trailer court kids - May 1958.
    Courtesy Joseph Blum.

  31. A pretty double rainbow over the barracks area - May 1958.
    Courtesy Joseph Blum.

  32. Looking north off the site at the rainbow - May 1958.
    Courtesy Joseph Blum.

  33. Road to the Beaverlodge Hospital (that's my 1955 Chevrolet) - April 1958.
    Courtesy Joseph Blum.

  34. The new Beaverlodge hospital - April 1958.
    Courtesy Joseph Blum.

  35. New Beaverlodge hospital on the left - old hospital on the right - April 1958.
    Courtesy Joseph Blum.

  36. New Beaverlodge hospital parking area - April 1958.
    Courtesy Joseph Blum.

  37. Main street in Beaverlodge during the spring thaw - April 1958.
    Courtesy Joseph Blum.

  38. View of a typical side street in Beaverlodge during the spring thaw - April 1958.
    Courtesy Joseph Blum.

  39. View of a typical side street in Beaverlodge during the spring thaw - April 1958.
    Courtesy Joseph Blum.

  40. View down a typical side street in Beaverlodge during the spring thaw - April 1958.
    Courtesy Joseph Blum.

  41. Typical Beaverlodge residential area during the spring thaw - April 1958.
    Courtesy Joseph Blum.

  42. Milk delivery to Wilke's Grocery in Beaverlodge (one of two in town at the time) - April 1958.
    Courtesy Joseph Blum.

  43. Beaverlodge Post Office (at left) in the spring thaw. Mud often flowed through the doors into the building - April 1958.
    Courtesy Joseph Blum.

  44. Local CNR Express which served Beaverlodge - April 1958.
    Courtesy Joseph Blum.

  45. USAF L-20A #52-6070 and crew. Lt Blum on left (near prop), Captain William E Varns in center, SSgts Jackie D Herth (crew chief) on right - March 1958.
    Courtesy Joseph Blum.

  46. Aerial view of Operations area looking north - March 1958.
    Courtesy Joseph Blum.

  47. Aerial view of Administrative area looking north - March 1958.
    Courtesy Joseph Blum.

  48. Aerial view of entire site looking northeast - March 1958.
    Courtesy Joseph Blum.

  49. Our home in the trailer park - March 1958.
    Courtesy Joseph Blum.

  50. Our trailer and 1955 Chevrolet - March 1958.
    Courtesy Joseph Blum.

  51. 919th Squadron main gate - February 1958.
    Courtesy Joseph Blum.

  52. Station Administration building with Canadian and American flags - February 1958.
    Courtesy Joseph Blum.

  53. Motor Pool area - February 1958.
    Courtesy Joseph Blum.

  54. Two search radar towers and a height finder tower - February 1958.
    Courtesy Joseph Blum.

  55. Operations complex with three radar towers and radomes - February 1958.
    Courtesy Joseph Blum.

  56. Mobile home housing area on site. I believe that there were 6 or 7 trailers, with a laundry building in the center of the row. All trailers were privately owned - and not provided by the USAF - February 1958.
    Courtesy Joseph Blum.

  57. 919th Squadron main gate - January 1958.
    Courtesy Joseph Blum.

  58. Station Administration building with Canadian and American flags - January 1958.
    Courtesy Joseph Blum.

  59. Restricted access entrance to the Operations area - January 1958.
    Courtesy Joseph Blum.

  60. Domestic site looking northeast off Saskatoon Mountain - January 1958.
    Courtesy Joseph Blum.

  61. Domestic site looking north off Saskatoon Mountain - January 1958.
    Courtesy Joseph Blum.

  62. Looking southwest off Saskatoon Mountain - January 1958.
    Courtesy Joseph Blum.

  63. Looking southeast off Saskatoon Mountain - January 1958.
    Courtesy Joseph Blum.

  64. Looking south off Saskatoon Mountain - January 1958.
    Courtesy Joseph Blum.

  65. A pretty sunrise over the site - January 1958.
    Courtesy Joseph Blum.

  66. Lt. Gary Connolly - January 1958.
    Courtesy Allison Varns.


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