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This historical World War 2 hangar caught fire yesterday. That story in the comments.
Our family has driven by it a dozen times.
We saw the smoke yesterday evening thinking it was a major truck fire on the nearby freeway.
This is how dilapidated it looked before it caught on fire.
In 1943, 500 aircraft landed here one day in Edmonton on the way to Russia as part of the lend- lease.
Because the building was pretty much abandoned, We worry if it was broken into and set on fire by druggies/homeless. It could have also been old wiring that caused the fire.This is just speculation on my part. We have homeless, but not as bad as California.
This historical World War 2 hangar caught fire yesterday. That story in the comments.
Our family has driven by it a dozen times.
We saw the smoke yesterday evening thinking it was a major truck fire on the nearby freeway.
This is how dilapidated it looked before it caught on fire.
In 1943, 500 aircraft landed here one day in Edmonton on the way to Russia as part of the lend- lease.
Because the building was pretty much abandoned, We worry if it was broken into and set on fire by druggies/homeless. It could have also been old wiring that caused the fire.This is just speculation on my part. We have homeless, but not as bad as California.
Hangar 11 — Forgotten Edmonton
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Pretty sure I've been in that hangar. We brought a FB-111 to Edmonton for an Air show in the late 70s and pretty sure that was where we all checked in and got schedules, etc. There are still a few of those WWII hangars in use, we have one here at MacDill AFB, but I saw it may be on the chopping block as they build new hangars to support the KC-46. Hope it survives.
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https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/edmontons-historic-hangar-11-at-blatchford-goes-down-in-flames-monday-night
Good to know you've been there before. I forgot to attach the original story.But it's been updated since I saw it this morning. There are Night pictures and it looks like the burning of the King Kong set in the movie Gone with the Wind.
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Good to know you've been there before. I forgot to attach the original story.But it's been updated since I saw it this morning. There are Night pictures and it looks like the burning of the King Kong set in the movie Gone with the Wind.
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel LTC Eugene Chu
SMSgt Lawrence McCarter Lt Col Charlie Brown Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen CPT Jack Durish LTC Stephen F. CSM Charles Hayden 1SG Russell S. 1SG Patrick Burke SFC Dr. Jesus Garcia-Arce, Psy.D SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL SFC John D. LTC Trent Klug CDR Andrew McMenamin, PhD Col (Join to see) 1st Lt Padre Dave Poedel CPT (Join to see)
MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D.
'Suspicious': Edmonton's historic Hangar 11 at Blatchford goes down in flames
The Municipal Historic Resource on Blatchford's eastern portion in Edmonton was one of the last of its kind in Western Canada.
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
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LTC (Join to see) It's a shame that the entire building was lost.
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