Astro-Dome
Class 44-06, Ellington Field, Ellington, Texas

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Authors:

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Contributors:

Ben Guttery

Published: April 1944

This book belonged to Earl T. Brown of Geneva, New York, pictured on page 11.

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Item: 001007

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Training

Class/Unit Number:

44-06: Class 44-6

Special Features:

Owner - Includes the name of the original owner
Signatures - Includes signatures of cadets and/or instructors

Locations:

Ellington Field; Ellington, Texas, USA

Contributors:

Ben Guttery

Repositories:

Private Collection

This is one of 5 items in the Astro-dome series.

Added: August 02, 2021

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Class book for navigator class 44-6 at Ellington Field, Ellington, Texas.

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[1] Paul M Webber (08-Feb-2023 09:12 PM)

James W. Hyland Jr, Army serial number O-722852, is pictured in this book with Flight Two. Lt Hyland was later navigator on the crew of Lt Lloyd W Kersten, 836th Bomb Squadron, 487th Bomb Group, at Lavenham, England. The crew was shot down by flak north of Zeitz, Germany on November 30, 1944. Lt Hyland survived and became a prisoner of war. Here is his findagrave page:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156484248/james-w-hyland

For details about the shoot-down, see the findagrave page of the copilot, Lt Henry E Gerland:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56655394/henry-eugene-gerland

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