JUST DISCOVERED THIS SITE AND TO SAY THE LEAST IT BRINGS BACK A LOT OF MEMORIES.
THOUGH I DID NOT KNOW YOUR FATHER,I WAS STATIONED AT BIGGS A.F.B.FROM FEBRUARY 1950 UNTIL NOVEMBER 1952.I WAS ASSIGNED TO THE 340TH BOMB SQUADRON THERE AS AN AIRCRAFT MECHANIC ON THE GROUND CREW OF A B50.ULTIMATELY I ATTAINED THE RANK OF S/SGT AND BECAME A CREW CHIEF.
IN ABOUT JUNE/JULY OF 1950,SHORTLY AFTER THE OUTBREAK OF THE KOREAN WAR, WE WERE SENT TO ENGLAND ON TDY (TEMPORARY DUTY) WHERE WE REMAINED FOR SEVEN MONTHS AT R.A.F.STATION SCULTHORPE,NEAR NORWICH.RETURNED TO BIGGS IN ABOUT FEB,1951.AGAIN IN EARLY 1952 WE AGAIN WERE SENT TO ENGLAND ON TDY AND THIS TIME ROTATED BACK TO BIGGS AFTER THREE MONTHS (APPROXIMATELY).
PRIOR TO BEING ASSIGNED TO BIGGS,AFTER 13 WEEKS BASIC TRAINING AT LACKLAND AFB IN SAN ANTONIO,I ALSO WAS ASSIGNED TO CHANUTE AFB IN ILLINOIS,THERE COMPLETING A COURSE IN AIRCRAFT FUNDAMENTALS AND AN ENGINE SPECIALIST COURSE OVER A PERIOD OF NINE MONTHS.
I,TOO,WOULD ENJOY HEARING FROM ANYONE WHO MAY HAVE BEEN THERE DURING THIS TIME PERIOD.
VICTOR
I APOLOGISE FOR FOR INCORRECTLY ADDRESSING YOU AS "KENNETH".MUST HAVE BEEN A SENIOR MOMENT.I HAD JUST PRIOR EMAILED ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL BY THE NAME OF KENNETH.AGAIN,SORRY ABOUT THE FLUB.
ROBERT OGDEN
