Title

Dow Field and Surroundings: 1379th AAF Base Unit North Atlantic Division Air Transport Command

Alternative Title

70th Base Unit Air Transport Command Fourth Atlantic Division

Creator

Dow Air Force Base (Me.)

Publisher

New England Telephone and Telegraph Co.

Date

1945

Description

Dow Field, formerly called the Bangor Air Base, dates back to February 11, 1941, when construction began on the site of a small municipal airport, established originally as a northern terminus for Northeast Airlines. Most of the construction was completed during the summer and fall of 1941. Numerous buildings for barracks, storage, hangars and hospitals, were erected on what was formerly a low, swampy area. Extensive filling and seeding have produced an attractive area of well-kept lawns and fields, landscaped with thousands of trees typical of the local scene. In 1941 and 1942, Dow Field was used mainly as a training base for bombing and reconnaissance groups, and as a training base for an aviation engineering regiment. One large bombardment group from Dow Field sailed on the maiden voyage of the Queen Mary as a troop ship pilots flew their own planes, of course but the large ground echelon went by boat.

Contents

Dow Field Achievements--Dow Field Facilities--The Telephone Center--Northeast Maine--Maine Hunting and Fishing--City of Bangor--Calendar for 1945

Subject

Bangor (Me.)--History--20th century

Dow Air Force Base (Me.)--History

United States. Army Air Forces. Air Transport Command

World War, 1939-1945

Type

Guidebooks

Local histories

Spatial Coverage

Bangor (Me.)

Temporal Coverage

Nineteen forties

Twentieth century

Language

English

Is Part Of

Bangor Public Library Special Collections

Note

This booklet has been issued for the information of personnel at Dow Field, Bangor, Maine. Compiled by the Public Relations Office at the Station, and published by the New England Telephone and Telegraph Co.

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