from author and historian Jim Ignasher
Charlestown Aux. Naval Air Station
Automobile Registration Decal
Charlestown R.I. Air Station
Automobile Registration Decal
This decal/parking permit would have been placed on the windshield of civilian automobiles belonging to servicemen or workers at the Charlestown Aux. Naval Air Station in Charlestown, Rhode Island. The time frame in which it would have been issued is unknown.
Decal image courtesy of the Mr. Larry Webster of the Quonset Air Museum.
Quonset Point Naval Air Station OS2U-2 Kingfisher
March 20, 1941
These photos are of a U.S. Navy OS2U-2 Kingfisher, (Bu. No. 2193) belonging to Scouting Squadron 2, stationed at Quonset Point Naval Air Station in Rhode Island at the beginning of World War II. (Note the Quonset Point designation on the fuselage.)
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U.S. Navy OS2U-2 Kingfisher
U.S. Navy Photo
National Archives
U.S. Navy OS2U-2 Kingfisher
U.S. Navy Photo
National Archives
U.S. Navy OS2U Kingfisher Fuel Gauge
Quonset Point Naval Air Station Vintage Images
The Quonset Point Naval Air Station was located on Narragansett Bay in the town of North Kingstown, Rhode Island.
To see hundreds more vintage images of the Quonset Point Naval Air Station one can obtain two books published through Arcadia Press in their Images of America series titled: Quonset Point Naval Air Station, Volumes 1 & 2, by Seam Paul Milligan. Both books are highly informative.
Before the navy base, Quonset Point was a summer community. This real estate ad is from July of 1930.
Vintage Post Card View Of The Former Entrance To Quonset Point, NAS.
Quonset Point Naval Air Station Insignia patch
A Vintage Post Card View Of A Helicopter Over Quonset Point Naval Air Station
USS Bunker Hill (CV-17)
USS Bunker Hill just four days after her
launching at Quincy, Massachusetts.
December 11, 1942
National Archives Photo
The USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) was one of 24 Essex Class aircraft carriers built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for the Battle of Bunker Hill, which was fought in Boston, June 17, 1775. Her launching took place December 7, 1942, one year to the day after the attack on Pearl Harbor, and her commissioning occurred just over five months later on May 24, 1943. She saw a lot of action in the Pacific Campaign and survived the war.
The Bunker Hill was sold for scrap in 1973.
South Weymouth Naval Air Station
NAS South Weymouth, in South Weymouth, Massachusetts, served as an operational air field from 1942 to 1997.
Also see Shea Naval Aviation Museum http://www.anapatriotsquadron.org/
K Class Navy Airship
South Weymouth Naval Air Station
October 2, 1942
National Archives Photo
U.S. Navy Blimp
South Weymouth Naval Air Station
February 11, 1944
National Archives Photo
U.S. Marine Corps O2U Corsair, Bu. No. A-7661
WWII Aircraft Carrier, USS Ranger CV-4, ashtray from the Warrant Officers Mess. The Ranger visited New England during the war.
Squantum Naval Air Station – P-47 Thunderbolt – September 12, 1946
Squantum Naval Air Station – May 10, 1947
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