Merced Army Flying School - Yearbook (Merced, CA)

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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

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LELAND HEWITT Baigacfim Qewml Commanding General, 35fh Flying Training Wing Born: Mansfield, Louisiana, on December 5, l898, Home Town: Mansfield, Louisiana, Schools Affended: Tulane Universify, New Orleans, Louisiana, Service Schools Affended: Air Corps Tacfical School, Maxwell Field, Alabama, Command and General Sfaff School, Forf Leavenworfh, Kansas. Rafings: Command Pilof. Ofher Former Sfafions: Sevenfeen monf'h's pursuif flying in France during World War l, affer graduafion from Pursuif School, lssoudum, France, Randolph Field, Texas, Moffeff Field, California, Mafher Field, Sacramenfo, California, Assumed command of fhe 35fl1 Flying Training Wing, February I8, I943. lf-171 The 35+h Flying Training Wing consisfs of fhe following Schools fall under command of General Hewiffl: I. l3fh AAFFTD, Dos Palos, California, 2, Third AAFFTD, King Cify, California, 3. Firsf AAFFTD, Sanfa Maria, California, 4. Fourfh AAFFTD, Tulare, Cali- fornia, 5. Eighfh AAFFTD, Visalia, California, 6. Minfer Field, Bakersfield, California, 7. Chico Army Flying School, Chico, Cali- fornia, B. Lemoore Army Flying School, Lemoore, California, 9. Merced Army Flying School, Merced, California, IO. Gardner Field, Taff, California, Il. Sfoclcfon Army Flying School, Sfoclxfon, Cali- fornia, IZ. Mafher Field, Sacramenfo, California.