Description

Eagle Pass Army Air Field — Class 43-G, “The Eagles”
Army Air Forces Advanced Flying School • World War II •
68 pages scanned. Instant PDF download.

Document Overview
Edited by Aviation Cadet N. David Fulton with assistant editor John F. Gardner, this is the class yearbook of Class 43-G, “The Eagles,” at Eagle Pass Army Air Field, an Army Air Forces advanced flying school in Eagle Pass, Texas. It carries a defiant wartime dedication to the Japanese Empire, and covers the staff, ground school and physical training instructors, the officers and aviation cadets, class memoirs, cartoons, and features. This listing is a digital download of a scanned copy of the original wartime class book.

Training: Advanced flight instruction under the Army Air Forces, culminating in the graduation and wings ceremony of Class 43-G in 1943.

Commanders: Colonel John H. Bundy, Commanding Officer; Major John McCorkle, Director of Training; Capt. Paul W. Paustian, Director of Ground School.

Field newspaper: unknown

Table of Contents
Dedication
The Staff
Ground School Instructors
Physical Training
Officers and Aviation Cadets
From Raos to Riches
My Life as an Underdog
Cartoons
Features

“You have attained the goal for which you have been striving, the day you received your wings.”
— Colonel John H. Bundy, Commanding