Phillips Airfield, Aberdeen Proving Ground,MD
Photos taken 12 OCT 1955 from the control tower at Phillips Field, Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG), Maryland . One photo shows the Instrument Shelter, Rain Gauge, and Ceilometer before they were moved in 1957. One photo was taken from the weather detachment’s instrument shelter and shows the front of the Operations building and control tower. In the photos there is one modern fighter (F86) and scores of discarded WWII aircraft. A couple of operational B-17’s are shown. I was stationed at Weather Detachment 27, 4th Weather Group, at Phillips Field when the Field was deactivated in late 1957. I salvaged these photos from the trash. If some one in AWS History would like these photos let me know and I will mail them. I offered them to APG but did not get a response.
Ross B. Yingst
PO Box 155
Lemitar, NM 87823  

Looking NW	Looking North	Looking NE
SW from Instrument Shelter	west southwest	Looking East
Looking West Northwest