Pennfield Ridge Air Station
Newspaper Stories

1940

• January 4^th: Big Airport May Be Located At Pennfield For Warplanes and Trans-Canada Airlines ("The Saint Croix Courier")
• August 29^th: Two Hundred Men Now At Work At Pennfield Airbase ("The Saint Croix Courier")
• November 7^th: Half Million For Buildings At Pennfield Airport ("The Saint Croix Courier")
• November 21^st: One Cheering Thought ("The Saint Croix Courier")

1941

• January 23^rd: Pennfield Airport Given First Test ("The Saint Croix Courier")
• May 15^th: Air Navigation School At Pennfield Soon Ready For Use ("The Saint Croix Courier")
• July 8^th: Flying Officer Hill Appointed Engineer At Pennfield School ("The Saint Croix Courier")
• July 24^th: Pennfield Air Base Opened With Little Ceremony On Monday ("The Saint Croix Courier")
• October 9^th: Airmen Entertained By Border Bandsman ("The Saint Croix Courier")
• November 13^th: Information Given On Pennfield Airport ("The Saint Croix Courier")
• November 27^th: Airmen At Pennfield Given Entertainment By Local Performers ("The Saint Croix Courier")
• December 4^th: Two Airmen And Civilian Hurt Seriously In Pennfield Crash ("The Saint Croix Courier")
• December 14^th: Airmen Win Over All-Stars ("The Saint Croix Courier")

1942

• January 1^st: Children's Party At Pennfield Airport ( "The Saint Croix Courier")
• May 14^th: Pennfield A.N.S. Is Being Amalgamated With Rivers Station ("The Saint Croix Courier")
• May 14^th: Air Navigation School Transfer Is Explained ("The Montreal Gazette")
• August 27^th: Air Bomb Tail Units Highly Dangerous ("The Saint Croix Courier")

1943

• February 11^th: Entertainment By R.A.F. At St. Andrews ("The Saint Croix Courier")
• February 11^th: Daring Pilot Saves Stranded R.A.F. Plane ( "The Saint Croix Courier")
• March 11^th: Troops Entertained At Variety Concert ("The Saint Croix Courier")
• July 1^st: This Is Not Funny ("The Saint Croix Courier")
• August 5^th: Commissioned In Air Force ("The Saint Croix Courier")

1944

• March 16^th: St. George Loses Two Buildings By Fire ( "The Saint Croix Courier")
• April 6^th: Army Hoopsters Win From Pennfield 43-29 ("The Saint Croix Courier")
• April 13^th: Pennfield Air Station To Be Utilized As Transport School ( "The Saint Croix Courier")
• May 4^th: Death of Milltown Airman  Severe Blow ( "The Saint Croix Courier")
• June 15^th: Funeral Of W.O. Allan Murchie ( "The Saint Croix Courier")
• July 20^th: Air Cadets At Pennfield ("The Saint Croix Courier")
• August 3^rd: Air Force Was Grounded ("The Saint Croix Courier")
• September 7^th: Ball Game Tonight ("The Saint Croix Courier")
• September 7^th: Pennfield Airmen Tie With All-Stars ("The Saint Croix Courier")
• November 9^th: Six Injured In Car Crash At Pennfield Yesterday ("The Saint Croix Courier")
• November 16^th: Military Stations In Charlotte Set Pace In Loan ("The Saint Croix Courier")

1947

• August 14^th: 69 Pennfield Buildings Sold To N.B. For Lumber, War Assets Announces ("The Telegraph-Journal")

1969

• August 18^th: Quartet escape air crash ("The Gazette")

1992

• June 16^th: He Flew For Country, He Died On Hills Point ( "The Saint Croix Courier")

2005

• September 17^th: The Forgotten Base by Nellie Allen ("The New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal")
• September 17^th: Pennfield Ridge, N.B. - Part of VE Day by Nellie Allen

2007

• December 18^th: Pennfield Parish Military Historical Society Formed by G. Christian Larsen ("The Saint Croix Courier")

2008

• November 11^th: Pennfield Air Station Remembered by G. Christian Larsen ("The Saint Croix Courier")

2009

• December 1^st: Pennfield Ridge memorial project under way ("The Saint Croix Courier")

2010

• November: Pennfield Ridge ("Dispersals, 2nd Tactical Air Force Medium Bombers Association Newsletter")
• November: Crosswind Landing by Fred Guest ("Dispersals, 2nd Tactical Air Force Medium Bombers Association Newsletter")
• November 11^th: Moncton was 'Air Force Blue' during the war ("Times and Transcript")

2011

• January 4^th: Relatives of veteran planning to visit next year ("The Saint Croix Courier")
• January 18^th: An Ontario veteran shares memories of Moncton in 1943 ("Times and Transcript")
• July 29^th: "We're Going To Rebuild (Legion Branch/ Millville landmark damaged by fire)" ("The Daily Gleaner")
• August 5^th: "Legion's war memorabilia saved, but building will be demolished" ("The Daily Gleaner")
• August: Airfield Kindles Memories ("Dispersals, 2nd Tactical Air Force Medium Bombers Association Newsletter")
• October 25: Would-be rescuers mark first station fatalities by G. Christian Larsen ("The Saint Croix Courier")
• November 1: A dangerous time by G. Christian Larsen ("The Saint Croix Courier")
• November 4: Remembering Sgt. Hubert John Burnham by G. Christian Larsen ("The Saint Croix Courier")
• November 8: Services remember history, fallen by G. Christian Larsen ("The Saint Croix Courier")

2012

• January 31^st: Family remembers history of plane crashes ("The Saint Croix Courier")

• BLENKINSOP, Edward W. "Teddy", DFC, C de G - "One Who Almost Made It Back"
• COLLINS, Stanley "Stan" - "Unexpected guest arrives from England"
• CONNELL, Phillip Frederick, DFM - "Decorated Second World War veteran proud to serve at home and aboard"
• CRAMMOND, John C. "Jack" - "Vet amazed at how many flyers survived"
• DOWN, Orland Ross "Dody" - "Winging It"
• HENRY, Walter - "Memories of LAC Walter Henry"
• HIGGINS, J. Redmond - "Canadian Postmaster announces retirement"
• MILLER, Frank Robert, , CC, CBE, CD, B.Sc, LL.D. - "Air Chief Marshal Frank Miller - A Civilian and Military Leader"
• NORTH, Leonard - "War vet made certain kids knew price of freedom" 
• SHAUGHNESSY, Hon. Marguerite K./ Mercury Club, St. Andrews

Various Newspaper Stories

• 1940: Various Newspaper Stories
• 1941: Various Newspaper Stories
• 1942: Various Newspaper Stories
• 1943: Various Newspaper Stories
• 1944: Various Newspaper Stories
• 1945: Various Newspaper Stories
• 1946: Various Newspaper Stories

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