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Solo
Class 43-G, Gibbs Field, Fort Stockton, Texas

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Published: circa 1943


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Item: 000246

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Categories:

  • Class Books
  • Training
  • Training, Primary Flight

Class/Unit Number:

  • 43-G: Class 43-G
  • 9th AAFFTD: 9th Army Air Forces Flying Training Detachment

Special Features:

  • Hometowns - Includes cadets' hometowns
  • Signatures - Includes signatures of cadets and/or instructors

Locations:

  • Gibbs Field; Fort Stockton, Texas, USA

Contributors:

  • Ben Guttery

Repositories:

  • Private Collection

Related Items:

  • 000081: Solo
    Class 43-F, Gibbs Field, Fort Stockton, Texas
  • 000082: Solo
    Class 44-E, Gibbs Field, Fort Stockton, Texas
  • 000247: Solo
    Class 44-F, Gibbs Field, Fort Stockton, Texas

This is one of 18 items in the Solo (Gibbs) series.

Added: May 21, 2011

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000246-01-00.pdf Class book for primary pilot class 43-G at the 9th Army Air Forces Flying Training Detachment (AAFFTD), Gibbs Field, Fort Stockton, Texas.

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[1] Paul Webber (21-Mar-2020 03:13 PM)

Wilburn E. Furr is in this book. He went on to serve as a pilot in the 487th Bomb Group at Lavenham, England. He was killed in action due to a midair collision during the 487th Bomb Group mission to Bielefeld, Germany on September 30, 1944. He is buried at Oakwood Cemetery in Concord, North Carolina. See:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/78093113/wilburn-eugene-furr

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