United States Coast Guard
USCGC Northwind (WAGB-282)
Air Detachments
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Air Detachment
Mementos
Many Northwind aviation detachments (AvDet) left their mark on a
bulkhead in
aviation spaces over the years. The early detachments were numbered
Icebreaker Support Section (IBSEC) deployments. Most entries on the
bulkhead list the names of the detachment personnel.
Some record detachment dates, flight hours, ports of call, and cruise comments. The bulk head was removed after the cutter was
decommission in 1989 and restored by ATC Mobile personal in 1991. You can
view the bulkhead art at the National Museum of Naval Aviation in Pensacola,
Florida, where these photographs were taken in February 2007.
If you have details to assist in identifying missing
information please send them to the mailbouy at this domain.
Semper Paratus,
Web Bos'n
Overview
of AvDet bulkhead Large Image
IBSEC 1
April - October 1969
Northwest Passage
Manhattan Project