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

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f FRED W. JENKINS, INSTRUCTOR K fRight Endp LOUIS P. BRYANT, New York, N. Y., is one of our former glider pilots. He had a total of 65 hours in Cubs and Aeroncas. His travels took him to Switzerland where he attended school but most of his education came in this country-New York City and Princeton U. JAMES F. BLAKE-LOBB, from Jamaica, Long Island, sold immentionables off the B. V. D. corporation. He changed from Glider Pilot Training to Cadet-hood but is still up in the air. STEPHEN J. BUICH, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, came down from the Alto-Curnulos to swap a glider for a P. T. 17. But now he is back up in the Cumulos and all is well. Soon he will probably Come down to trade the P. T. for a B. T. ' FRED H. JACOBUS, was an Orange, New Jer- sey sport fan. He played baseball with the local boys when not installing telephones. Bet he has some good numbers. ' DONALD M. BISHOP, Yoakum, Texas, formerly was associated with the Agricultural Adj- ustment Administration as a pelemeter oper- ator Ca whatj and clerk. He also was a Glider Pilot before assuming the togs of an Air Force Pilot. ll' G f l Q-.. L. ki '?3i1.i M ' Eg.4.4.....-.:g.g WEN

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eff t ' X MARION F. HANEY, INSTRUCTOR THOMAS W. GORDON, 2nd Lieutenant, a Texan from Georgetown, tried almost everything before the Army. A Southwestern U. man, this flier does everything from build a cup- board to philabuster. THOMAS M, GERBING, 2nd Lieutenant from The Dalles, Oregon, was commissioned while in the Signal Corps at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. The alto-stratus facinatcd him too. fOn Wingj JOHN F. LANCE, another Lone Star lad was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the Air Corps Reserve and was a former Aerial Photography student. The spot he chooses for simulated forced landings should be bet- ter than ours 'cause he was a geologist. FRED A. JOHNSON, Oak Park, Ill., is a former Northwestern Univeristy boy. He's spent a number of years in deep study, to be sure, but there was a time when the left half- backls post on the N. U. football team look- ed mighty attractive.

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Qs . I my ' Q , 1 BWI , y ,. . PAUL H. BIBINS, INSTRUCTOR HUGH E. HOLLADAY, Pell City, Ala., spent a RO good portion of his time as a student. He attended the U. of Alabama for a few years in addition to his high school training. While at the latter institution he used football and basketball as a means of relaxation-arf, arf!! DONALD H. JAMES, from New Bedford, Mas- sachusetts. Spliced wires for the New Eng- land Tel. and Telegraph. It must have been while tapping wires that he heard of the need for Pilots-so here he is-piloting. COn Planej BERT C. IANNELL is from Keyport, New Jersey where he played put and take behind a bank window. And this fellow didn't put anything down for extra-curricular activi- ties-imagine. FORREST A. HOUDYSHELL, is one of Penn- sylvania's products from Allenport. The glamour of the Air Corps overcame him suf- ficiently to cause his abandonment of civil- ian life. c, mea! 67 ly l 5 I M lm DONALD M. HOWLAND, aPortland, Maineiad, gassed planes for the Civil Air Patrol and did a little flying on the side. Flying is his main job now and his side line is burning up the gas. W