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Ken Mckellar emails: "I was one of the last nine
Air Force members stationed [at BW1 before the Danes took over]. I remember
the Base Hospital and walking through it even if it was a spooky
situation. We also would bowl at the old bowling
alley; half of us would set the pins and the other half would bowl. We
drove all the [left-behind] military vehicles around the base, and many
other things to pass time while there. I was always a little confused on
why I went to BW1. I was a Disk Jockey with Armed Forces Radio. Yes it
had a full broadcast facility and for a couple days [I] spun records for
the other eight guys, but they got tired of it so I stopped being a DJ
and just hung out for a year."
Bruce Casper emails: "My uncle Ralph Casper was onboard the USS Dorchester enroute to BW-1 when it was sunk 70 miles off Greenland on Feb. 3, 1943. We are unsure as to whether his body was recovered and buried at BW-1 or he was lost at sea. I have been advised that the graves were moved from there in 1958 but no one can tell me there final resting place or which service moved them. Any help in the quest would be appreciated." If you can help, please send email. Blue skies! -- Dan Ford ![]()
Here is Bluie West One at the height of its powers, with the
east-west runway now hard-surfaced, a secondary runway at an
angle to it, and a full quota of buildings. Not visible is
Hospital Valley, off the top of the photo beyond the the
end of Runway 27. This photo would have been taken about 1950.
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