Navy jets over the St. Louis Riverfront (before the Gateway Arch was built). Date: 4 May 1951. Flying jet numbered 102 was Lt. Gerell and 104, LCDR Griese. These planes operated out of the St. Louis Naval Station, located at Lambert Field. Photo contributed by George Everding, LCDR USN (ret). [Enlargement]
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Civilian
travel at Lambert Field via Trans World Airlines. There was no luxurious
air-conditioned gates or terminal. The control was rather small, at right in
first image. These were snapshots taken by Buford and Dorothy Holley at the St.
Louis Airport, circa 1945-1950. Collection of Scott K. Williams, Florissant, Mo.
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Articles:
McDonnell Douglas Years of J. H. Williams ("Operation Jack Frost"--Voodoo F-101; GAM Missile; Mercury / Gemini Space program.)
History of St. Louis Aviation, by Wilbur Tackaberry, CMS USAF (ret) (w/ Photo Collection)
Lambert Field’s Forgotten Aviator: Howard William Bode, by John L. Maurath
"The Navy at Lambert Field, 1925-1958", by George Everding, LCDR USN (ret)
Summary History of the 131st Fighter Wind, Missouri Air National Guard
Airports, Airfields and Balloon Ascension Grounds of St. Louis
ZR-1 "Shenandoah" Zeppelin, U.S. Navy Over St. Louis in 1923
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