Description

Chico Army Flying School — Class 43-G
Training Group II, U.S. Army Air Forces • World War II •

52 pages scanned. Instant PDF download.

Document Overview

Compiled by Class 43-G cadets Clyde D. Carter (Editor), W. L. Morrison (Assistant Editor), Joseph L. Piche and S-Sgt. J. D. O’Brien (Cartoons), and Sgt. R. L. Pound (Photography), this graduation yearbook documents the nine-week flying training program at Chico Army Flying School, capturing squadron rosters, cadet portraits, staff photographs, and the wry humor of pilot trainees preparing for combat. This is a digital download of a scanned copy of the original wartime publication.

Campaigns: Stateside pilot training — Chico Army Air Field, California (no combat deployment; graduating class prepared for further Air Corps assignment).

Commanders: Colonel G. F. Hartman (Commanding Officer, CAAF); Major F. A. Quinn (Commandant of Student Officers); Captain R. W. Wolcott (Executive Officer); Lt. Col. A. B. Packard (Director of Training); Major C. J. Sheeler (Director of Flying); Major A. S. Blum, Jr. (Deputy Director of Training); Captain J. F. Holzapfel (Commanding Officer, Training Group II); Major C. H. Frost, Jr. (Director of Ground School Training).

Field newspaper: unknown

Table of Contents
Dedication
Editor’s Note
Commanding Officer’s Message
Commandant of Student Officers
Executive Officer
Director of Training Staff
Squadron 11
Squadron 12
Squadron 13
Squadron 14
Squadron 15
Ground School Training
Bomber Pilot Transition

“By your deeds will we remember you.”
— Colonel G. F. Hartman, Commanding Officer