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Plane Wrangler, The Class book for class 42-F at Stamford Flying School, Stamford, Texas. |
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Plane Wrangler, The Class book for primary flight class 42-G at Stamford Flying School, Stamford, Texas. [1] Sam Eugene Pennartz (25-Apr-2021 01:02 PM)2nd Lt William Wing Canada, 308th FTD, |
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Plane Wrangler, The Class book for pilot class 42-H at the Stamford Flying School, Stamford, Texas. Also mentions classes 42-G and 42-I. [4] Carol Johnson Smith (27-Mar-2023 02:31 PM)So, so happy to find this! A kind gentleman contacted me via Ancestry with info about my dad's WWII service. Until then, we had no idea that he'd done flight training. I have only one photo of him (house fire) so I was ecstatic to find his photo here. Thank you! [3] Sam Eugene Pennartz (20-Oct-2021 08:45 AM)https://www.fold3.com/page/84728541/james-c-crim/stories [2] Sam Eugene Pennartz (25-Apr-2021 01:04 PM)2nd Lt William Wing Canada, 308th FTD, [1] TouchoTexas (15-Jun-2014 09:20 AM)Thank you so much for having this on your site! I am currently reading letters written by my Mom and Dad during the time he was in Stamford and he talked about the Plane Wrangler. I don't know what happened to his copy but I'm so glad to find this one!! My dad was Clair J. Clark. |
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Plane Wrangler, The Class book for primary flight class 42-I at Stamford Flying School, Stamford, Texas. [1] Sam Eugene Pennartz (25-Apr-2021 01:05 PM)2nd Lt William Wing Canada, 308th FTD, rn1942 at Stamford Flying School, Arledge Field, Texas |
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Plane Wrangler, The Class book for primary flight class 42-K at Stamford Flying School, Stamford, Texas. [1] Sam Eugene Pennartz (25-Apr-2021 01:06 PM)2nd Lt William Wing Canada, 308th FTD, |
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Plane Wrangler, The Class book for primary pilot class 43-B at the Stamford Flying School, Arledge Field, Stamford, Texas. 308th Army Air Forces Flying Training Detachement. [2] Sam Eugene Pennartz (02-May-2022 03:46 AM)Richard Mark Labadie: Pilot (right seat) O-675082 assigned to B-29B-40-BA (Bell Atlanta) Superfortress serial #42-63653, 16th Bomber Squadron, 16th Bombardment Group (VH), 315th Bomb Wing, XXI Bomber Command, 20th Air Force, USAAF at Northwest Field on Guam in the Mariana Islands, Pacific Theatre of Operations. [1] Sam Eugene Pennartz (25-Apr-2021 01:10 PM)1st Lt William Wing Canada, 308th FTD, |
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Plane Wrangler, The Class book for basic pilot class 43-E at the Stamford Flying School, Arledge Field, Stamford, Texas. [1] Mary Ann (29-Jun-2009 07:27 PM)My dad E. L. "Buck" Kent was one of the flight instructors shown in this yearbook. I was born in Stamford while Dad was an instructor at Arledge Field primary school. There is an historical marker there that commemorates Arledge Field and the role it and other civilian air schools played in Texas (there were 20 in all)in training pilots for the Army Air Force. The school opened in 1941 and closed in 1944. |
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Plane Wrangler, The Class book for pilot class 44-E at the Stamford Flying School, Stamford, Texas. [3] Mike Voisin (12-May-2020 02:51 PM)This primary flight training class was scheduled to graduate in early 1944, so this book is probably 1943. [2] Judith Zervas (12-May-2020 10:42 AM)What year is this from? [1] Todd Mayer (22-Aug-2014 02:42 PM)My dad is in this book, flight V from cincinnati Ohio, Robert Bud or Red Mayer. I have his copied with a lot of signatures from the other cadets. |
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Plane Wrangler, The Class book for primary pilot class 44-J, Stamford Flying School, Arledge Field, Stamford, Texas. [2] Mike Voisin (19-Jan-2016 04:55 PM)Ben, Every air field used the same designations for its classes, even though they were different classes. For instance primary pilot class 44-J at one field had different cadets than primary pilot class 44-J at another. Furthermore, a given group of cadets used the same class designation as they graduated each phase of their training. Each phase (pre-flight, primary, basic, and advanced) was usually at a different air field. So you will see primary class 44-J at one field. These cadets graduated and went on as basic flight class 44-J at another field. By the way, the designation 44-J means they would eventually graduate advanced flight training in 1944. The "J" does not indicate the exact month in 1944. That depends on the type and duration of training at a given air field. "A" would be at the start of the year, and "J" later on, perhaps spring, etc. [1] Ben Atkinson (19-Jan-2016 03:44 PM)My dad trained with the Pilot Class 44-J La Junta Army Air Field, Colorado 23 December 1944 based what told us before he passed on. After finding this class book it does not seem to be the same 44-J this one is out of Texas. Can anyone clarify. |
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Polar Tech, The Base newspaper for the Sioux Falls Army Air Field, Army Air Forces Training Command, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. [1] Marty Dale Whitacre (16-May-2021 05:09 PM)Thanks for sharing. I'm currently transcribing letters from my uncle who was at the Sioux Falls base in 1943. He comments often about the newspaper in his letters. So far I've been unable to locate any of the issues from 1943, but still looking. Thanks again |
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Polaris Class book for bombardier and navigator class 43-23 at Ellington Field, Ellington, Texas. [1] Lindsay (24-Jun-2023 10:47 AM)Wondering if the owner of the book remembers my relative James G Buck. In flight 2/ Squadron C/Group 23n. |
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Precision Class book for bombardier class 43-15 at the Midland Army Air Field, Midland, Texas. [2] Marcia Stinson (06-Nov-2013 06:03 PM)Does anyone know where I can order a copy of pictures taken at the Midland,Texas Bombardier School? [1] Georgeann Johnston (29-Sep-2011 11:39 AM)My dad was in the AAF and stationed at Midland, Keesler, where he got his airplane mechanics certificate and also at Liberty Field in Kansas. I don't have his DD214 and I am researching with little success. He was enlisted, probably a togglier. On his dress uniform he has lapel pins that are bombs. Is this significant? Can anyone tell me about these pins? Does it suggest a squadron? |
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Preflight A pictorial of pilot preflight class 43-D at Maxwell Field, Montgomery, Alabama. Volume 4, Number 2, "Eager Beaver."
[2] David Gaw (12-Nov-2018 05:37 PM)I am looking for info/pictures of my uncle Bruce Gaw. I have some information that he started with Class 43-D, but I think he may have washed out. Thank you for your consideration. [1] W Webb (26-Jan-2014 06:50 PM)The MIA B-24 pilot I am researching was a member of Maxwell Preflight Class 43-F (about Nov.-Dec. 1942). I look forward to hopefully seeing your alert about 43-F. Thanks for all you're doing here! |
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Preflight Class book for pre-flight pilot class 43-F at Maxwell Field, Montgomery, Alabama. Volume 2, Number 6. [1] W Webb (25-Feb-2014 07:40 PM)Thank you for adding the Class 43-F Maxwell Field book where the pilot I am researching had his preflight! He is MIA in WWII. My cousin, the crew's navigator, is also MIA. He was at Hondo Field, TX, in Class 43-10. I have been unable to find that classbook and would certainly welcome seeing it if available at your site. My cousin graduated from Hondo July 15, 1943. |
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Preflight Class book for pilot pre-flight class 44-K at Maxwell Field, Montgomery, Alabama. [1] Pat Watts (16-Feb-2018 03:03 PM)Thank you for displaying these books. I believe my 92 year old dad, Lynn V. McDonald, was in this class, but I don't have the book and I am trying to piece his history together. Alzheimer's has taken away much of his memory in the last few weeks, and I am trying to understand his military life so I can provide him with an album of these years. I did not know much about this phase of his training, so now I can try to put things together. This is special - thank you! ...Pat Watts |
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Propwash Class book for pilot class 42-H at Sequoia Field, Visalia, California. [1] MASchardt (22-Nov-2012 12:52 PM)Hello. I would like to Buy Any of the Propwash (Cadet) Year Book's If Available. THANK's |
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Propwash Class book for pilot class 42-I at Sequoia Field, Visalia, California. [3] Allen Crosson (15-Aug-2021 06:30 PM)My father grew up in Exeter just east of Visalia. He worked at Sequoia Field just before entering aviation cadet training in March 1942. He was a first pilot in the 381st bomb group flying out of Ridgewell, Essex, England. He and his crew were shot down over Bremen, Germany on 20 December 1943 and spent 16 months in German prison camps. He is on one of the murals in Exeter honoring Exeter???s veterans. [2] Jackie (12-May-2017 07:30 AM)My grandfather is in this yearbook. They called him Texas. Where woud I be able to purchase this yearbook or is it even available for purchase? [1] Dan Frame (06-Sep-2009 06:28 PM)I'm wondering if Mr. Nethaway knew Bert Frame who was also in the CBI flying with the 9th PRS and was killed on January 31st, 1945? Bert was my Uncle (I was born in 1948) and all I ever knew about him was he was killed "in India". Recently I've come across some information about how he died and what squadron he was in. Tks. Dan Frame. |
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Propwash Class book of pilot class 42-K, Sequoia Army Air Field, Visalia, California. [1] SamEugenePennartz (17-Feb-2022 04:11 AM)Austin Rodney Keith, 1Lt, KIA: 25-FEB-1945. |
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Propwash Class book of pilot class 43-H, Sequoia Army Air Field, Visalia, California. [1] Leslie Ahrens (17-Dec-2020 03:27 PM)I was happy to find a picture of my uncle, Frederick C. Ahrens in this book. He was, however, eliminated from pilot training April 12, 1943, two days before this book was published. He went on to gunnery training and bombardier/navigator training and was killed in a training flight crash out of Toome AAF, North Ireland, on June 21, 1944. He was a bombardier/navigator on B-26 #41-18042. |
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Radar Observers' Bombardment Information File (ROBIF) This reference guide was used by bombardiers to keep up to date with the latest technology in radar bombardment, also known as Bomb Through Overcast (BTO).
[6] Mike (22-Jan-2014 10:35 AM)My farther was a radar observer-mechanic Bombardment 2867. Does anyone know what he would have done in the position. Would he have been a crew member on a bomber or what? Thanks [5] caesar BINGO benigno (24-Jan-2013 02:01 AM)hi if you are interested i was a graduate of the UK ECM school at chedddington air base dec 1944 i flew 20 odd missions in a B 17 assg to 452nd bm gp. the equipment i used was a APR 4 and a APT 1. my last assignment, was a Boeing test team member at Edwards AFB 1986=1989, on the B-1 evalating the ecm capabilities of the B-1. caesar benigno Col USAF/ ret [4] THOMAS G HARRISON (07-Aug-2012 04:41 PM)OUTSTANDING RESEARCH ITEM ..... KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK ! [3] Peter Boczar (27-Sep-2009 12:17 AM)I've been researching my missing uncle Larry Grasha whose unit, 3rd Sea Search Attack Squadron, was testing a lot of radar equipment. He was reassigned to something called project AQ7 located at Morrison Field. However, his plane went missing enroute to Belem, Brazil. There were two radar techinicians on board named Benjamin Evans and Louis Enderle. Can anyone tell me what was AQ7. Did anyone serve with these men? Many thanks. [2] G Dale Cartwright (12-Sep-2009 07:20 PM)I took my training at Boca Raton and Morrison Field in Florida. I flew as a Radar Observer with the 53rd. Weather Recon. Sqdn. USAAC and later the 373rd. Long Range Weather Sqdn. This Radar Equipment was very good, but in the early days the Pilots didn't have much faith in it. [1] Mike Voisin (12-Jul-2008 05:40 PM)This book belonged to my father, John E. Voisin. He was being trained as a Radar Observer (Bombardment) at Yuma, Arizona as the war ended. This was no doubt in preparation for the planned invasion of Japan. |
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[1] Sam Eugene Pennartz (25-Apr-2021 01:01 PM)
2nd Lt William Wing Canada, 308th FTD,
1942 at Stamford Flying School, Arledge Field, Texas