European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 11, 1953, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes on 84hour Alert at shepherds Grove Raf station in East Anglia ready to take off on 4hree minutes inset maj Gen Francis Griswold 3d of cd in England for defense of West american and Royal air Force flags Are flying Side by Side today Over stations Dot the Icse reactivated theh the Force resume to the United King in Small numbers in have taken strides since overgrow a runways and crumbling is have been aircraft Nance shops have been constructed Are under everywhere on these there Are new signs of is a very different of from that was based at Raf on during world War our airmen land attempt to carry out their in an Anonymous manner and re virtually unnoticed by Many Brit you Stop to ask directions to an Erica its quite Likely that the in the Street in England cant Tell where it even though its in an where he May have lived All his like where driving h a town can at once Tell that or Irmert Are stationed there be of the men in uniform you see on a Picans in Britain Wear i clothes on the they drive their families live in British it is All part of the ass pol the americans into the Community and is a policy has paid off in pm running Anglo american reaction of the British to the presence americans on the More favor than you would the of says incident rate in Britain is at a mini Royal air Force flags Fly Side by Side Over installations in la f by Don staff writer yes filling All gasoline must be purchased on the British there Are bit these Are largely stocked with British made in England is directed from both at South a London suburb near Northolt these Are the 3d of and the 7th air maj Gen Francis Griswold commands the 3d which is responsible for the administration and logistical support of Allaf units in the the 7th air div is under the command of maj Gen John the Divi Sion directly under the strategic air Corrid airmen on Tempo Rary training under sacs rotational Are brought to England for policy of integration also has been to the British annually spend millions Hort Britain Tor fuel and luxury Jet Britain there is no such thing As an men off the 68th aaa Awn at Lakenheath Kay station assemble prefabs made in build offs like this Are replacing tents on most bases to provide warmer to train with medium bomber and fighter the bases in England retain their Des ignation As Raf and they Are air this is another Point in the integration the bases Are strictly although there is a vast expansion pro Gram under most of tote construction of a permanent nature involves the build Issaih expanding of maintenance shops and the housing for airmen and officers appears to be tem a steady building pro Gram has now brought the larger share of men out of tents and into warmer the bases in from the housing Are anything but Central heating is extremely More common is a potbellied Coal Burner or a kerosene or electric to get from one building to another you often must walk inboard planks to avoid the yet morale does not appear to be one of the ass big problems in in some of the Remote bases the airmen quip about the for Shep herds one of the East Anglia bases in a lonely area of West is known As shepherds for airmen on permanent duty this situation has been partly overcome by the completion of pm clubs and Heaters on All the some of the service clubs have arranged to provide floor shows from London major Heaters arid night members of Sac units have such a Busy schedule during their 90day tour in eng land that theres Little time to think about when the first units of the of arrived in july most of the Raf stations were nearly abandoned and Only Skeleton Crews were standing by to maintain today the Raf personnel on the bases continued on Page i
