AST # 5


HQ-Atkinson Field
Georgetown, British Guiana(Now Guyana)
Callsign-Sheepdog #15

Aerial Survey & Photomapping of Venezuela, British Guiana, French Guiana, Surinam, and Brazil

Training base for British Coldstream Guard and Black Watch

Ground stations also supplied from Belem and Teresina, BR

Many thanks to Bill Ahern, Jim Kinter, Bob Oberst, Kent Sawyer, Ken Flynn, Bob Cassube, Hank Silvia, Earl Mahoney, Don Lavinder, Dick Reynolds, Dale Peckman,george Tamanini, and the 1961 1370th PMW Yearbook for these pictures



Pete Kessinger Photos

 

We set up NCS at that time. Those of you who remember the antenna strung between the termite-ridden telephone poles would be interested to learn that TSGT Stanley '2-Watt' climbed the pole to install the antenna that high -- those of us who watched were waiting to see the pole break


Dale Peckman Photos

   


Images From AST5


 Cloud Rainbow from RB-50F Atkinson Field, BG 1962 Jungle trail near enlisted barracks


Don Lavinder and RB-50F 47-0162-1961    The British side, tug-of-war, Playboy Lounge, Atkinson Field, BG


ClickHEREfor pictures from Roy Velvick


ClickHEREfor pictures from George Tamanini


ClickHEREfor pictures from Bob Oberst


ClickHEREfor pictures from Ken Flynn


ClickHEREfor pictures from Dick Reynolds


ClickHEREfor pictures from Bill Ahern



Busting up 'Shaky Magoo' for the trip back to Turner


1370th PMW Boeing-Vertol CH-21B 53-4324. Disassembly for shipment on C-124 back to Turner AFB, GA. Bob Cassube picture-1962- AST #5, Atkinson Field, British Guiana Boeing-Vertol CH-21B 53-4324. Bob Cassube picture-1962- AST #5, Atkinson Field, British Guiana Boeing-Vertol CH-21B 53-4324. Bob Cassube picture-1962- AST #5, Atkinson Field, British Guiana Boeing-Vertol CH-21B 53-4324.Bob Cassube picture-1962- AST #5, Atkinson Field, British Guiana Boeing-Vertol CH-21B 53-4324. Bob Cassube picture-1962- AST #5, Atkinson Field, British Guiana

To see 1998 pictures of Shaky Magoo click HERE



Pix from Brazil

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RB-50 shadow HIRAN Ground Station, Brazil


The Zone From The Top Of The King Hotel Iron Bridge, Teresina, BR Jimbo at Benedito Leite, BR Teresina, BR, 2000


    


    


CH-21B 53-4359 Broken H-21 in Brazil Broken H-21, side view   CH-21B 53-4376 in Brazil

C-47 stuck in the mud C-47 un-stuck Kent Sawyer, C-47, somewhere in Brazil, 1962   



AST#5 members from 1961 1370th PMW Yearbook


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