Letter
Cadet Jack H. Gardner's Letter to his Parents

During a routine training mission, cadet Gardner put his aircraft into a spin as instructed. The instructor was unable to recover the aircraft and bailed out, unbeknownst to cadet Gardner. Once cadet Gardner realized the instructor had bailed out, he was able to recover from the dive and land safely while his instructor floated to the ground. See related items below for cadet Gardner's notation in his flight log about this incident.

Authors:

• none listed

Published:

• May 17, 1942

Categories:

• Pilots
• Training
• Training, Basic Flight

Locations:

• Curtis Field; Brady, Texas, USA

Contributors:

• Bronson Gardner

Repositories:

• Private Collection

Related Items:

• 000340: Pilot's Flight Log
  Flight Log of Jack H. Gardner, Book 1

Collections:

• Jack H. Gardner

Direct Link (Item 000342):

• https://aafcollection.info/items/list.php?item=000342

Citation:

• Army Air Forces Collection, "Letter: Cadet Jack H. Gardner's Letter to his Parents" (item 000342), AAF Collection, https://AAFCollection.info/items/list.php?item=000342 (accessed 20 April 2024).

Added: August 26, 2012

A letter written by cadet Jack H. Gardner to his parents. He describes a death-defying experience he had while in basic flight training 0.2Mb 1 page; PDF (.pdf) Original item: Letter Resolution: 100 dpi Quality: 70%