Army Air Forces Collection
Historical Documents from World War II
Historical Documents from World War II
Take-Off
Class 43-B, Blackland Army Flying School, Waco, Texas
Authors:
- none listed
Published:
- February 16, 1943
Categories:
- Class Books
- Pilots
- Training
- Training, Advanced Flight
Class/Unit Number:
- 43-B: Class 43-B
Special Features:
- Hometowns - Includes cadets' hometowns
- Signatures - Includes signatures of cadets and/or instructors
Locations:
- Blackland Army Air Field; Waco, Texas, USA
Contributors:
- Ben Guttery
- Marty Upchurch
Repositories:
- Private Collection
This is one of 15 items in the Take Off series.
Direct Link (Item 000818):
- https://aafcollection.info/items/list.php?item=000818
Citation:
- Army Air Forces Collection, "Take-Off: Class 43-B, Blackland Army Flying School, Waco, Texas" (item 000818), AAF Collection, https://AAFCollection.info/items/list.php?item=000818 (accessed 28 April 2024).
Added: February 17, 2017
Class book for advanced pilot class 43-B at Blackland Army Air Field, Waco, Texas.
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Comments
[2] Nicole Milton (25-Mar-2024 01:34 AM)
My grandfather, Jack Milton is also in this book. My dad has a copy of it also and I am working on writing a biography for my grandfather. However, finding information about him is proving very difficult.
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[1] Dan Beverly H Reigle (28-Oct-2018 04:01 PM)
We are thrilled to find this copy of this class book. Beverly's father, James R. Butler, is on pdf page 34, and his friend Barlow Brown is on pdf page 33. They were "best men" for each other's wedding, Browns' just before they left Blackland, and Butlers just after they arrived at Gowen Field in Boise for B-17 transition. Butler flew 54 missions in the 301st BG in the Mediterranean theater, and remained in the AAF/USAF after the war until he was killed in a B-26 accident flying out of Biggs AFB in 1949. Brown flew in the 388th BG out of England, was shot down on 6 Sep 1943, and interned in Switzerland until the end of the war. He lived in Seattle until 1980.
Many thanks for collecting these materials and making them available.
Dan