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Griffiss Air Force Base

B-52s Were Ready to Fly in Central New York

March 4, 2022 by Bob Cudmore 1 Comment

The Historians LogoThis week on The Historians Podcast Jim Coulthart, an amateur aviation historian, tells airplane tales based on a collection of aircraft incidents, and accidents dating back to the Second World War with ties to Central New York.

Coulthart spent a year and a half curating family accounts, newspaper clippings, online resources, and official reports to develop a program on local aviation history. Griffiss Air Force Base in Rome, NY, was in use from 1942 until 1995 when the federal government closed the base. At one point B 52 bombers were assigned to Griffiss which is now the Griffiss Business and Technology Park. [Read more…] about B-52s Were Ready to Fly in Central New York

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History, Mohawk Valley, Western NY Tagged With: Air Force History, Aviation History, Griffiss Air Force Base, Military History, Oneida County, Podcasts, Rome, World War Two

Griffiss Air Force Base Subject of Video Series

January 28, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Griffiss AFB courtesy Rome Historical SocietyOn January 18th, 2022 Rome Historical Society (RHS) announced a new video series called The Griffiss Experience. Throughout 2022 RHS will release four videos on YouTube, featuring members of the community and their memories of Griffiss Air Force Base. [Read more…] about Griffiss Air Force Base Subject of Video Series

Filed Under: History, Mohawk Valley, Western NY Tagged With: Air Force History, Aviation History, Black History, Griffiss Air Force Base, Military History, Oneida County, Rome, Rome Historical Society

Got A Story From Griffiss Air Force Base? History Project Seeks Participants

August 14, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Griffiss AFB courtesy Rome Historical SocietyThe Rome Historical Society is looking for community members willing to share their memories of Griffiss Air Force Base in a video interview.

Constructed in 1941-42 under the supervision of future Manhattan Project engineer Kenneth Nichols.  It was finally named in 1948 to honor Buffalo native and 1922 West Point graduate Lt. Col. Townsend Griffiss (1900–1942). Griffiss was the first U.S. airman killed on duty in Europe during the Second World War. His B-24 Liberator bomber was shot down by friendly fire over the English Channel. [Read more…] about Got A Story From Griffiss Air Force Base? History Project Seeks Participants

Filed Under: History, Western NY Tagged With: Aviation History, Cultural History, Griffiss Air Force Base, Labor History, Military History, Oneida County, Oral History, Rome Historical Society, Social History, World War Two

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