Glasgow Army Airfield Norden Bombsight Storage Vault

1/2 mi. N. of Glasgow, Glasgow, Montana. County/parish: Valley.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places November 18, 2011. NRIS 11000824.

1 contributing structure.

Also known as:

  • 24VL0780
  • Glasgow Satellite Airfield Norden Bombsight Storage Vault

From Wikipedia:

Glasgow Army Airfield Norden Bombsight Storage Vault

The Glasgow Army Airfield Norden Bombsight Vault was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.

It is a one-story 16.5 by 13 feet (5.0 m × 4.0 m) concrete shed with an 11 by 6 feet (3.4 m × 1.8 m) projection that has 8 inches (0.20 m)-thick walls and a poured concrete floor. It protected Norden bombsights at the Glasgow Army Air Field during World War II. The bombsights were top-secret and were used on B-29 bombers. It had steel vault doors which have been removed.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71976649

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