Historical Documents from World War II
Gig Sheet, The
Class 41-G, Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas
This item was added to the collection in honor of Colonel Robert D. Kalb, USAF, pictured on page 60.
Authors:
- Melvin J. Price, Editor
Published:
- September 26, 1941
Categories:
- Class Books
- Pilots
- Training
- Training, Advanced Flight
Class/Unit Number:
- 41-G: Class 41-G
Special Features:
- Biographies - Includes biographies of some cadets or officers
- History of Class - Includes a class narrative or history
- Hometowns - Includes cadets' hometowns
- Memorial - Includes a memorial to those killed during training
Locations:
- Kelly Field; San Antonio, Texas, USA
Contributors:
- Ben Guttery
Repositories:
- Private Collection
This is one of 6 items in the Gig Sheet (Kelly) series.
Direct Link (Item 000421):
- https://aafcollection.info/items/list.php?item=000421
Citation:
- Army Air Forces Collection, "Gig Sheet, The: Class 41-G, Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas" (item 000421), AAF Collection, https://AAFCollection.info/items/list.php?item=000421 (accessed 26 April 2024).
Added: September 02, 2014
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Class book for advanced pilot class 41-G at Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas.
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Comments
[2] Dick Field Jr (09-Aug-2016 03:18 PM)
I recently donated my father's (Capt Richard A Field, USAF Ret.) copy of this item to the library of the Wings Over the Rockies museum in Denver, Colorado. It included a contemporary, separate, glossy photograph of class members arranged by unit and an engraved graduation invitation. It also contained a group reunion photo from the 1980s.
[3] Sam Eugene Pennartz (06-Mar-2021 11:51 PM)
Ref: page 46, S Flight, Class 41-G:
KIA: Asst. Group Ops Officer; Mission Observer O-377851 Clarence Perkins Holman, Jr. Maj AL. B-29 Superfortress serial #42-93905 tail code: Black-Square-O-26, aircrew 43-13, 43rd Bomber Squadron, 29th Bombardment Group (VH), 314th Bomb Wing, XXI Bomber Command, 20th Air Force stationed at North Field on Guam in the Mariana Islands of the Central Pacific Theatre of Operations.
[4] Sam Eugene Pennartz (30-Nov-2021 02:42 AM)
German Pierce Culver (ref page 16): Class of 12 June 1935: USMA at West Point, New York. He died after ejecting from his F-84G Thunderjet off the coast of northern Japan in 1953.
[5] Sam Eugene Pennartz (19-Jan-2023 09:07 AM)
APC Pilot: O-427549 Joseph Robert Irvin, Capt. KIA 28-11-1944 B-29 #42-24662 tail code: Z-SQ-2
[6] Sam Eugene Pennartz (19-Jan-2023 11:50 AM)
Pilot: O-427465 Hugh Lamar Moore 1Lt GA KIA: 28-JULY-1943 B-17F serial #42-3326
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[1] Richard Kalb Capt USN ret (03-Sep-2014 08:53 AM)
Mike,
Thank you so much for adding the class book for advanced pilot class 41-G at Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas to the collection. My twin bother Tom's and my late father, Col. Robert D. Kalb, USAF Ret., was in that class. Our father and mother, who our Dad met while at Kelly, would attend Class 41G reunions well into the 1970s. I recognized some of the other names in the class book as men that were life long friends of our father. They truly were the greatest generation.