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MIDLAND ARMY FLYING SCHOOL — BOMBS AWAY, CLASS 42-11
Army Air Forces Flying Training Command • World War II •

50 pages scanned. Instant PDF download.

Document Overview: Written and edited by the cadets themselves under co-editors B. K. Butt and W. E. W. Stevens, and printed by Newsfoto Publishing Co. of San Angelo, Texas, Bombs Away is the class book of Class 42-11 at Midland Army Flying School, the Army Air Forces’ bombardier school in West Texas, which graduated in August 1942. It contains a farewell message from Brig. Gen. Isaiah Davies, portraits of the tactical, operations, and flight officers and the pilots and bombardier instructors who trained the class, a profile of famed air racer Maj. Arthur C. Goebel (a member of the class), cadet songs and verse including a tribute to the Doolittle Tokyo raid, photo pages on athletics, mess, and flight operations, and a full cadet roster with hometowns and colleges, among them future Unbroken subject Louis S. Zamperini. This is a digital download of a scanned copy of the original book.

Campaigns: None — stateside bombardier training; this volume documents Class 42-11’s course at Midland, Texas, through graduation and commissioning in August 1942.

Commanders: Brig. Gen. Isaiah Davies (Commanding Officer, Midland Army Flying School); Lt. Col. B. C. Harrison (Group Commander); Maj. Daniel E. Wade (Commandant of Cadets); Maj. W. M. Hendrix (Group Operations Officer); Maj. T. C. McNeal (Squadron Commander); Cadet Irvin F. Teykl (Cadet Squadron Commander).

Field newspaper: unknown

Table of Contents
Dedication
Pioneers
Message from the Commanding Officer
Tactical Officers
Major Arthur “Art” C. Goebel
Operations Officers
Flight Commanders and Senior Instructors
Tokyo Bombed!
Class Songs and Verse
Pilots and Bombardier Instructors
Squadron Cadet Officers
The Staff
Athletics
Mess
Operations
Aircrew
Class 42-11 Cadet Roster
Acknowledgments

“You can speed our victory by executing each and every mission as though it alone would win the war.”
— Brig. Gen. Isaiah Davies, Commanding, Midland Army Flying School