Merced Army Flying School - Yearbook (Merced, CA)

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All Dispafcher's office, con- frol fower, hangar, fire sfafion and mechanics af worlr are all visible in fhis glimpse of fhe former Orange Counfy Airporf in Soufhern Cal- ifornia, now fhe head- quarfers airdrome for fhe Army Air Forces Wes! Coasf Training Cenfer af Sanfa Ana. The wing in fhe fore- ground belongs fo a fraining plane based af fhe field. Under fhe snubby fuse- lage of a fraining plane may be glimpsed fhe line of liaison ships used by officers of fhe Army Air Forces Wesf 'Coasf Training Cenfer af San- fa Ana. The adiacenf Orange Counfy Airporf has been falren over by fhe AAFWCTC as head- quarfers airdrome.

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-P 1 V' o HEADQUARTERS 35TH FUIDIG TRAINING WIN Office of the Gonmandins General ea me-my nymg School llerc Merced, California 24 rem-um' 1913 'IOTHEHEN UF TEEWDED ARF! FLYING SCHOOL: The choice of the leroed Ari? Flying School as the head- quarters site :er em-'nav asm raging 'rx-sigma une nee P1-me me be an excellent ene. the morale and alertness ef the officers and enlilffed men are a welcome sign. to rind where nn are 'Keepin' 'nw rlyi-IW! ly staff and I are working and 13.13. continue to work About you 611331118 the many mouths to come. In these trying times of global iarfare we of the training comland have a job to complete., I fell eeruin we 'hell pull long and herd at our 'seek to give the jir Forces necessary for complete iriotory. i'b'l full striking power ' I 1 'fha 3 General, USA Commanding Brigadier L P161 A X, e f