AIRPORT DIAGRAM-NORTH FIELD GUAM

Hey, Fibber! Its fun exploring this stuff, huh? Good find!

That map of North Field is one of the ones I used as a reference for my project- actually I guess I used a less annotated version- probably from some side link at that same site.

It is from some page where a guy, retired B-29 Pilot, was describing the standard mission taxing and take-off protocol at North Field.

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FYI, here is a great "core" link from which to get to any and most all other links about PTO airfields, units assigned to them and individual Unit History home web sites- including the link above to the 330th web site. It is a treasure house.

United States Army Air Forces In the Central Pacific
United States Army Air Forces In the South Pacific
United States Army Air Forces In the South West Pacific
United States Army Air Forces In Australia
United States Army Air Forces In Okinawa

Keep on keeping on!
 
JUST POKING AROUND

Ghost; I did also find on the site , under aircraft, that it listed all the B-29s serial numbers, sqd designations, paint schemes, and tail emblems, but I figured you already had that.
MR; went through them and also tried Naval Constuction Battalions for that East (Kagman) Field. All I found was that it was a single runway with ac disbursements on the North and off field on the South. Very little more on it.
 
MaskRider said:
It is from some page where a guy, retired B-29 Pilot, was describing the standard mission taxing and take-off protocol at North Field.
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Now that's something I've often wondered about. Just how long did it take a B-29 crew to taxi to take-off position? Especially one from the 19th BG - who seem to be a the very end of the line.

Fantastic link btw. :)
 
North field- how it turned out

Well here are a few screenies- also a re-posting of the missing attachment above:

MR
 
Pips said:
Now that's something I've often wondered about. Just how long did it take a B-29 crew to taxi to take-off position? Especially one from the 19th BG - who seem to be a the very end of the line.

Fantastic link btw. :)
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At North Field Guam, they would utilize both strips side by side. They would begin the roll 30 sec. apart and then one minute behind each other on any one runway.

So runway A would roll.., then 30 seconds later runway B would roll. 30 secs after that runway A would roll again etc. What a site, sound and smell that must have been!!!!

Of course we glorify it now.., but that been it was ALL business..., and blood and guts.., etc.
 
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