Description

Brooks Field — Class 43-C
Army Air Forces Gulf Coast Training Center • World War II •

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Document Overview

Compiled and edited by the graduating aviation cadets of Class 43-C under editor-in-chief Thomas R. Turner, this is the official class book of Brooks Field, San Antonio, Texas, home of the Army Air Forces Gulf Coast Training Center. It documents the cadets’ advanced flying training, from processing and ground school through instrument flying, squadron life, athletics, and graduation, alongside staff and command rosters, squadron listings, and an In Memoriam tribute. This listing is a digital download of a scanned copy of the original class book.
Campaigns: Advanced Pilot Training, Gulf Coast Training Center Operations, World War II Home-Front Training Mission
Commanders: Major General Gerald C. Brant, Brigadier General Warren R. Carter, Colonel Stanton T. Smith, Lieutenant Colonel Howell M. Estes Jr., Lieutenant Colonel Roy W. Osborn, Major George H. Wenn

Table of Contents

Dedication
Command & Administrative Staff
1042nd Two-Engine Flying Training Squadron
66th Single-Engine Flying Training Squadron
Processing & Arrival at Brooks Field
Ground School
Class Roster
In Memoriam
Mess Hall
Stand-By Inspection
Reveille
Instrument Flying Training
Sports & Physical Training
Here and There About Brooks Field
Things We Like to Remember
The Flight Line
Ground Crew & Mechanics
Farewell

“No other endeavor is so intolerant of carelessness as flying.”
— The Editors, Class 43-C Class Book, Brooks Field, 1943