Item 000726 Detail

Army Air Forces Collection
Historical Documents from World War II

Victory Field
Class 44-C, Victory Field, Vernon, Texas

This book belonged to Darrell C. Powell of Des Moines, Iowa, pictured on page 45. He was a flight instructor at Victory Field.

Authors:

Jacob W. Zansitis, Editor

Published:

circa 1944

Categories:

Class Books
Pilots
Training
Training, Primary Flight

Class/Unit Number:

44-C: Class 44-C

Special Features:

Annotated - Includes handwritten notes or descriptions
Photos of Local Area - Includes pictures of the local community

Locations:

Victory Field; Vernon, Texas, USA

Contributors:

Greg Valentine

Repositories:

Private Collection

Collections:

Darrell C. Powell

This is one of 21 items in the Victory Field series.

Direct Link (Item 000726):

https://aafcollection.info/items/list.php?item=000726

Citation:

Army Air Forces Collection, "Victory Field: Class 44-C, Victory Field, Vernon, Texas" (item 000726), AAF Collection, https://AAFCollection.info/items/list.php?item=000726 (accessed 19 April 2024).

Added: November 27, 2015

Class book for primary pilot class 44-C at Victory Field, Vernon, Texas.

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Original item: Book
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Quality: 70%

Comments

[1] Paul Webber (16-May-2020 11:44 AM)

Richard J. Orlemanski of Erie, Pennsylvania is pictured in this book on the page labeled 'Student Officers'. He went on to serve as an aerial gunner (tail gunner) on the crew of Lt Robert L. Root in the 836th Bomb Squadron, 487th Bomb Group, at Lavenham England.
There is a photo of the Robert L. Root crew on the 487BG website:
- http://www.487thbg.org/Photos/RootCrew.shtml
There is also the same photo of Richard J. Orlemanski that is in this class book:
- http://www.487thbg.org/Photos/RichardOrlemanski.shtml

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Revised: January 11, 2023