Army Air Force Contract Flying School - Primary Yearbook (Camden, AR)

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N, t y. MAURICE L. WILLIAMS, INSTRUCTOR t4th From Leftj WILLIAM A. FOX has his home in the Clinton, Tenn., directory. 'Machinist is the title of his old job-he certainly wasn't one in a million, by any means. The 'University of Tennessee was his choice for advanced edu- cation after Clinton High lost his presence. ROBERT P. GILROY from Scranton, Penna., supervised a dairy route. Holy Cross boasts of him as alumni and -the C. P. T. program started him flying. JACK HARING, East Orange, New Jersey worked for the railroad, attempted shorthand at secretarial school, plays a swell boogie- woogie treble and played basketball J. V. This biographic sketch is lacking something. Oh yes, he also does impersonations. HANNIBAL, MISSOURI 3000 Flying Hours BENJAMIN H. HODGES, a peach state boy from Benjamin, Georgia, surveyed Uncle Sam's land for the Engineering Dept. Mercer U. is who he roots for at sport rallys. GERALD W. JOHNSTON made the sheets of metal that make the boats that carry the supplies that our soldiers need to help to win the war. Home--Summit, Mississippi. Wm Fl o ..1-- . - ,-- - -

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Squadron v RALPH A. PURINGTON, INSTRUCTOR Fourth From Left ROBERT L. HARWELL sound off! Aviation Cadet Harwell R. L.-14175964 Ward, Ala- bama,-I eat my Wheaties with peaches and cream, Sir. GEORGE V. HARRISON is that tall boy in squadron A from Ellisville, Mississippi. He had C. P. T. training prior to U. S. A. A. F. training which aided in his becoming an H. P. JAMES W. HAYNES, Savannah, Tennessee. This fellow put the right thing in the right place on an aircraft assembly line. On, the irony of it all if his instructor had said the first day, This is a plane. A RALPH E. IRWIN JR., delved into the arts at one time in an effort to picture the country- side of Massachusetts, North Dartmouth in particular. This was done when the electrical concern which he Worked for was forgotten. MELVIN E. DUFFY is from the car city of De- troit, Michigan. His bars give him the rank of Second Lieutenant.

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Mn... M . Q ,, .. Q. ,. ,. V.- f .'4i,H.r- 1'w...., - I Egg-,Hj:1f'i:'s,' ,E t+ if-5,ag:f 'z '- WILLIAM B. DUNN, INSTRUCTOR 14th From' Leftj GEORGE DALE BRANNON, from Tipton Cno relation to the teaj Oklahoma, formerly 'farmed ol' Mother Earth. A forced landing is nothing for him 'cause he can probably tell which way the furoughs run in a field from 5000 feet. The glider pilot training that he had before really cinches those landings. CHARLES E. BRYNER glided in the skys above Pleasantville, Pennsylvania before zooming an engine driven ship above Arkansas. He was an interior decorator formerly. JAMES W. BERRY, is one of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma's citizens. He had approximately 100 hours of glider training under the Army Air Forces as a suplement to his present flying experience. He was also a law stu- dent at one time but apparently life at the bar was unattractive. Don't ask us what bar, either. HOMER H. ANDREWS, Jr., is one of the ex- glider pilots we have with us. His former civil occupation was that of a sheet metal worker, but that didn't prevent him from indulging in a bit of dramatics on the side. His home town is Electra, Texas. JOHN BOLENDER, Kew Gardens, L. I. New York, was a baker in civilian life. He en- listed as a Glider Pilot and had 80 hours to his credit before he started to put a Stearman through its paces.