Vintage Midway Island Postcards – This is an assortment of postcards from the 1960’s and 1970’s.
An aerial view of the Midway Islands, site of the famous World War II sea battle fought in June 1941. The two islands, Sand (larger one) and Eastern, are located 1150 miles northwest of the Hawaii and is 2 1/2 square miles in area.
EM Beach, Midway Island
Air Control Tower at Midway Islands
Midway Memorial Chapel – Exterior
Midway Memorial Chapel – Exterior
Midway Memorial Chapel – Interior
Gooney Bird (Laysan Albatross) U. S. Naval Station on Midway Island
Black Gooney Bird (Black Footed Albatross) Midway Island
One Reply to “Vintage Midway Island Postcards”
I was a captain on Midway’s C-117D, Bureau Number 99857 in 1975-1977 and I flew it many times to Honolulu. That aircraft did not crash off Guam like the story said in the post of August 9, 2019 “Midway’s Doomed C-117”. That must have been another C-117. 99857 was purchased out of the boneyard in Arizona by a Delta Airlines captain in Florida and it flew around for some years in that part of the country. I have photos I can send you of it on the ground and in the air with Midway’s Gooney Birds on the tail . . .
I was a captain on Midway’s C-117D, Bureau Number 99857 in 1975-1977 and I flew it many times to Honolulu. That aircraft did not crash off Guam like the story said in the post of August 9, 2019 “Midway’s Doomed C-117”. That must have been another C-117. 99857 was purchased out of the boneyard in Arizona by a Delta Airlines captain in Florida and it flew around for some years in that part of the country. I have photos I can send you of it on the ground and in the air with Midway’s Gooney Birds on the tail . . .