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3rd February 2024, 12:32
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Re: SAS (Servicing Aircraft Section) meaning on AM 78 cards
When the Americans first arrived in July 1942, 37MU ( Site "G" on the map) personnel transferred to 48MU at Hawarden in N. Wales; the Americans added 3 more hangars.
The airfield (the main one serving these facilities though MUs had Satellite Landing Grounds ( "SLGs")) was between Gt. Sankey and Warrington: Burtonwood was actually to the NW. BRD was at the south end close to Sankey so maybe why that name was used. The parent company at BRD was Fairey Aviation so I assume mostly civilian workers, they processed mainly US aircraft on Direct Purchase ( Lend-Lease from March 1941) contracts. Burtonwood was officially turned over to VIII ASC as Station 590 on 15 July 1943. I think the only British presence after that were police and security. Nick 
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