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Rank'n' File
Class 42-I, Rankin Aeronautical Academy, Tulare, California

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Published: May 1942

This book is added to the collection in honor of Willard L. "Mike" Michaels of Omaha, Nebraska, pictured on page 22. He became a B-24 pilot/co-pilot and his first mission was the Ploesti Oil Field raid.


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Item: 000688

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Comments: 2 (see below)

Categories:

  • Class Books
  • Pilots
  • Training
  • Training, Primary Flight

Class/Unit Number:

  • 42-I: Class 42-I

Special Features:

  • Annotated - Includes handwritten notes or descriptions
  • Hometowns - Includes cadets' hometowns
  • Owner - Includes the name of the original owner

Locations:

  • Rankin Aeronautical Academy; Tulare, California, USA

Contributors:

  • Mike Michaels

Repositories:

  • Private Collection

This is one of 18 items in the Rank'n' File series.

Added: April 20, 2015

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Army Air Forces Collection, "Rank'n' File: Class 42-I, Rankin Aeronautical Academy, Tulare, California" (item 000688), AAF Collection, https://AAFCollection.info/items/list.php?item=000688 (accessed 28 March 2024).

000688-01-00.pdf Class book for primary pilot class 42-I at Rankin Aeronautical Academy, Tulare, California.

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[1] Larry (23-Apr-2015 01:53 PM)

Great addition to the Rankin Collection, glad to see another one. Tanks for the contribution. Maybe you have other class books from his other training related to ultimately ending up driving a B-24 you can provide. My dad was a Radio Operator/Radio Mechanic on B-24's.

[2] Mike Michaels (10-Jan-2016 01:16 AM)

Thank you for your comment Larry. I do not any more training books, unfortunately. My Dad was in the 44th Bomb Group, here is a link I found for their history http://www.8thairforce.com/44thbg/ if you are interested.
Again, thank you for your interest and you comment. I'm sorry I didn't answer your comment more timely, I should have checked back at this site more often.

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