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 Siskiyou smokejumper base, Illinois Valley Airport, Highway 199, Cave Junction, Oregon.
 Ford Trimotor takes off from airfield at Siskiyou Smokejumper Base 
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1943-1949

Historic Siskiyou Smokejumper Base, Cave Junction, Oregon
Smokejumper crew of consceientous objectors prepare Fairchild 81 aircraft for flight, circa 1943. Siskiyou smokejumper base, Illinois Valley Airport, Highway 199, Cave Junction, Oregon.
Smokejumper crew with Fairchild airplane circa 1943		 Smokejumpers on tarmac with Fairchild 81 and Forest Service truck circa 1943. Siskiyou smokejumper base, Illinois Valley Airport, Highway 199, Cave Junction, Oregon.
Siskiyou Smokejumper Base tarmac circa 1943
 		 Wrecked smokejumper airplane, a Fairchild 81, August 1944. Siskiyou smokejumper base, Illinois Valley Airport, Highway 199, Cave Junction, Oregon.
Fairchild wreckage 1944. Cave Junction		 Siskiyou smokejumper, 1945. Siskiyou smokejumper base, Illinois Valley Airport, Highway 199, Cave Junction, Oregon.
Siskiyou smokejumper 1945		 Siskiyou Smokjumper Base parachute loft circa 1947. Located behind the Redwood Ranger Station, Highway 199, Cave Junction, Oregon.
Siskiyou smokejumper parachute loft circa 1947		 Smokejumper crew pouring the first warmup pad at the airfield, 1945. Siskiyou smokejumper base, Illinois Valley Airport, Highway 199, Cave Junction, Oregon.
North warm-up pad construction, Cave Junction, 1945
Siskiyou smokejumper tent residence located behind the Redwood Ranger Station, Cave Junction, Highway 199, Oregon
Smokejumper tent residence, Cave Junction, 1945		 Siskiyou smokejumper parachute training device, circa 1945. Located behind the Redwood Ranger Station, Cave Junction, Oregon.
Smokejumper practice parachute, Cave Junction, 1945		 Siskiyou smokejumpers training to use let-down ropes, circa 1945. Located behind the Redwood Ranger Station, Cave Junction, Oregon.
Smokejumper let-down rope training, Cave Junction, 1945		 Siskiyou smokejumper training tower located behind the Redwood Ranger Station in Cave Junction, Oregon. Circa 1945.
Smokejumper shock tower, Cave Junction, 1945		 Redwood Ranger Station (far left) in Cave Junction before being moved to the airfield, 1945. Siskiyou smokejumper base history pictures, Illinois Valley Airport, Highway 199, Cave Junction, Oregon.
Redwood ranger station (left), Cave Junction, 1945		 Entrance sign to the Siskiyou Smokejumper Base, circa 1948. Siskiyou smokejumper base history pictures, Illinois Valley Airport, Highway 199, Cave Junction, Oregon.
Siskiyou base entrance sign, Hwy 199, circa 1948
Siskiyou smokejumper Jack Heinzelman with pilot and the Noorduyne Norseman that had just been given to the base by the Army Air Corps, 1945. Siskiyou smokejumper base history pictures, Illinois Valley Airport, Highway 199, Cave Junction, Oregon.
Army gives airplane to smokejumpers, 1945 		Noorduyne Norseman parked next to runway with shadow of smokejumper hangar in foreground, 1945. Siskiyou smokejumper base history pictures, Illinois Valley Airport, Highway 199, Cave Junction, Oregon.
Army airplane on smokejumper tarmac, 1945		 Siskiyou Smokejumper Base L-5 spotter plane on runway, 1945. Siskiyou smokejumper base history pictures, Illinois Valley Airport, Highway 199, Cave Junction, Oregon.
L-5 spotter plane on runway, 1945
 		 Siskiyou Smokejumper Base barracks with the cookhouse in background. Circa 1948. Siskiyou smokejumper base history pictures, Illinois Valley Airport, Highway 199, Cave Junction, Oregon.
Barracks and cookhouse, circa 1949		 Siskiyou Smokeumper Base with old cook house center-left and the shower house iin the far background right. Circa 1949. Siskiyou smokejumper base history pictures, Illinois Valley Airport, Highway 199, Cave Junction, Oregon.
Cook house and bath house (next to barracks), 1949		 Siskiyou smokejumper, circa 1948. Siskiyou smokejumper base history pictures, Illinois Valley Airport, Highway 199, Cave Junction, Oregon.
Siskiyou smokejumper, 1948
Siskiyou smokejumpers carrying cargo packaged for parachuting to smokejumpers. Noorduyne Norseman, circa 1948. Siskiyou smokejumper base history pictures, Illinois Valley Airport, Highway 199, Cave Junction, Oregon.
Cargo flight, Noorduyne Noorseman, circa 1948		 Ford Trimotor sits on the warmup pad that was installed by smokeumpers in 1946. Photo circa 1948. Siskiyou smokejumper base history pictures, Illinois Valley Airport, Highway 199, Cave Junction, Oregon.
Ford Trimotor on north warm-up pad, 1948
 		 Siskiyou smokejumpers loading a Ford Trimotor. Fuel tank cover can be seen in the lower right of the picture, circa 1948. Siskiyou smokejumper base history pictures, Illinois Valley Airport, Highway 199, Cave Junction, Oregon.
Loading gear into Ford Trimotor, 1948
 		 Ford trimotor taking off with warmup pad on right and shadow of hangar on left, circa 1948. Siskiyou smokejumper base history pictures, Illinois Valley Airport, Highway 199, Cave Junction, Oregon.
Ford Trimotor, north warm-up pad, hangar shadow, 1948		 Siskiyou smokejumper heating water for shower house (left) with barracks in background right, circa 1948. Siskiyou smokejumper base history pictures, Illinois Valley Airport, Highway 199, Cave Junction, Oregon.
Water heater for bath house. Barracks behind, circa 1949		 Siskiyou smokejumper Bob Nolan "hitting the silk", circa 1948. Siskiyou smokejumper base history pictures, Illinois Valley Airport, Highway 199, Cave Junction, Oregon.
Smokejumper, Cave Junction 1948
Siskiyou smokejumpers with Noorduyne Norseman. Fuel tank in background, circa 1947. Siskiyou smokejumper base history pictures, Illinois Valley Airport, Highway 199, Cave Junction, Oregon.
Tarmac - fuel tank in background, circa 1947
 		 Siskiyou smokejumper Noorduyne Norseman next to warmup pad, circa 1947. Siskiyou smokejumper base history pictures, Illinois Valley Airport, Highway 199, Cave Junction, Oregon.
Noorduyne Norseman, north warm-up pad, circa 1947		 Siskiyou smokeumpers on tarmac with Noorduyne Noseman, circa 1945. Siskiyou smokejumper base history pictures, Illinois Valley Airport, Highway 199, Cave Junction, Oregon.
Noorduyne Norseman with smokejumpers, 1945		 Siskiyou smokejumpers with smokejumper airplane hangar in background, circa 1945. Siskiyou smokejumper base history pictures, Illinois Valley Airport, Highway 199, Cave Junction, Oregon.
Hangar and smokejumpers, circa 1945		 Siskiyou smokejumper with pilot shack in background, circa 1948. Siskiyou smokejumper base history pictures, Illinois Valley Airport, Highway 199, Cave Junction, Oregon.
Pilot shack with ready platform left, circa 1948		 Siskiyou smokejumper Bob Nolan, circa 1948. Siskiyou smokejumper base history pictures, Illinois Valley Airport, Highway 199, Cave Junction, Oregon.
Smokejumper, circa 1948

From the archives of the Siskiyou Smokejumper Base Museum Project, 501c3 nonprofit.
Photos by Bob Nolan, Bill Green, Al Boucher, Paul Block, Neal Pauls, Chalmer Gillin, and others

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