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Luke Field
Class 43-H, Luke Field, Phoenix, Arizona
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https://aafcollection.info/items/list.php?item=000997
Authors:
- none listed
Contributors:
- Bonnie Vanecek
Published: Phoenix Arizona Engraving and Lithographing Company, 1943
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Item: 000997
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Categories:
- Class Books
- Pilots
- Training
- Training, Advanced Flight
Class/Unit Number:
- 43-H: Class 43-H
Special Features:
- Hometowns - Includes cadets' hometowns
- Memorial - Includes a memorial to those killed during training
- Sweethearts - Includes pictures of girlfriends and wives
Locations:
- Luke Field; Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Contributors:
- Bonnie Vanecek
Repositories:
- Private Collection
This is one of 4 items in the Luke Field series.
Added: July 29, 2021
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Class book for advanced pilot class 43-H at Luke Field, Phoenix, Arizona.
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Curator: Mike Voisin
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[1] Bobby Silliman (22-Oct-2021 01:39 PM)
I know one of the airmen mentioned and shown in this class book. His name is Lt Evertt D. Atkinson and he turned 99 on June 3rd 2021. He shared a story with me regarding a cadet student named Malcolm F. Hayles. Evertt was flying as an instructor in an AT-6 two seat trainer. On December 11, 1943, and about 7 miles west of Luke Field, the engine died and would not re-start..Nothing was below them except giant cactus and huge boulders. Evertt took the controls and aimed his now gliding AT-6 at a small cotton patch that looked smooth enough to make a wheels up landing on. He did it with minimal damage to the aircraft! He saved a souvenir of the occasion, a small handful of cotton and cotton stems that were stuck in the engine cowling. He still has these after almost 75 years!