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Old October 30th 04, 06:38 PM
Orval Fairbairn
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"J. McEachen" wrote:

On the north end of Oakland International Airport I used to see WWII
type wooden buildings and even one or two hangars that were associated
with the Navy, in the mid-70's. Mel Shettle's monumental work, "NAS's of
WWII" volume 2 (Western States) chronicles NAS Oakland. I vaguely
remember looking at a Mapquest or Terraserver aerial photo of the
airport and thinking I saw some outlying buildings I thought were Navy
remnants. It was a big NATS terminal.
Joel McEachen VAH-5

Jdf4cheval wrote:

Over a few beers today with a former Marine and sailor from the Fifties,
"NAS
Oakland" was mentioned. The Marine recalled it was in the old section of
what
is now Oakland Internatinal Airport. One of the surviving buildings may
still
have Navy wings on it. Has anyone else heard of NAS OAKLAND?


I have been there. Along the east side are remnants of dock facilities
(the channels have since silted up). IIRC, some of the hangars still
have Navy wings on them. Oakland North Field is certainly an old
military base. Some of the old Quonset huts survive and house
businesses, among which is Savage Magneto Service, where most people
take their antique and warbird mags for service.
 




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