I arrived at Chelveston airbase in June 1953, staying until the closure in 1964. We were all government employees, Civil Servants, [Ministry of Public Buildings and Works] all trades - Electricians, Fitters, Drivers, Boiler Men, and many more, working round the clock shifts 24 hours as this was known as the Cold War Period, State of Emergency.
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Freddie Tabrahams, Loll Garton, Arthur Pentalow,
Johny Carpenter, not known, Ron Pack.
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At least four of the men on the photograph (above) are deceased, which leaves as me being the sole survivor I reckon, I don't bring to mind any one else being around now that was with us.
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Dennis Pell and Lee 'Shorty' Gordon, S/Sgt USAAF, Ball Turret Gunner WWII, taken at Bedford Moat House Hotel, at a Chelveston 305th Reunion, c1986
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After the closure of the airfield I was posted to Molesworth but continued to go back to Chelveston to carry out various electrical repairs to the Base Housing and the Dependents School.
Dennis Pell, 2015.
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