US Naval Air Training Center - Yearbook (Corpus Christi, TX)

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SQUADRON 18A Main Bose LT. B. R. CheverTon, USNR ExecuTive Officer LT. Commander G. E. Garcia, USN Commanding Officer LT. V. H. Norris, USNR Personnel Officer Captain J. L. Rone, USMCR Chief of FIighT W. T. Tozer, USN Engineering SQUADIHINS Along The Oceon Drive of The N.A.T.B., The Iorge hongors moke o remarkable oppeoronce righT on The edge of The sea. In These buildings, The PoTrol Bombers, which Troin TuTure Novol AvioTors, ore housed. There are Three main Types of oircroTT used in Training The many codeTs who go Through This Advanced Training. The PBY-5 ore more widely known as The CoTolino; The PBM MorTin Mariner; end The older Type of PBY's wiThouT gun biisTers os porT of Their equipmenT. The CoTolino perhaps is noT Too beouTiTul in oircrofT oppeoronce buT olong wiTh The heavy TighTing, bombing and scouTing oircrofT of The Navy, iT does iTs work mosT efficienle. The rescues of Naval AvioTors oTTer enemy ocTion is one main purpose of These Flying BooTs. They also deliver The moroie-building moil To small islands and ships wiTh long sToys upon The sea. The Time saved by TronsporTing The wounded from boTTle oreos is one of The mercies of war. The ocTuol Troining consisTs of primary, odvonced and group Tiying sToges. The codeTs are given The primary sToge wiTh o Thorough Tomiliorionion in The Technique of handling Twin-engine croTT. The change from single engine croTT To These Twin engine P booTs demands The besT insTrucTion, which is supplied by The flying officers of This squadron.

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of The sea. 3 of aircraft 1e Coialinc; :Tion is one long 5W5 siege wiih 3 These in SQUADRON 183 Main Base LT. J. R. Bishop, USNR Executive Officer Commander R. J. Davis, USN Commanding Officer LT. V. W. Marsh, USNR Chief of Flight de ATTer nineTeen hours of Toke-offs, spirals, Turns, glides, and full sToli landings, The codeT is ready for his TwenTy-Tour check ThoT musT be passed before his enTronce inTo his advanced sToge of flying. In This sToge, beach approaches, Toxiing, and pre- cision landings ore greole sTressed. Soon ofTer This check, sTudenTs are grouped and conTinue To fly TogeTher unTil They groduczTe. To make The TUTure onchdogs of The TleeT beTTer equipped To face The problems of comboT, codeTs are given rigid courses in NovigaTion, bombing hops and nighT flying. The codeTs who groduoTe from Squadrons 18A 0nd 188 noT only have To be capable leers buT capable leaders, able To shoulder The responsibiliTy of Taking Their crew mm The comboT areas of The Navy. The lives of many 0 Novel Carrier AviCITor have been saved by The PoTrol Bombers in order for Them To reTurn To The enemy in another TighTing ship and reTurn vicToriously.