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PICA PILOT: CLASS 43-3
Army Air Forces Technical Training Command • World War II •

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Document Overview:
Produced by the men of Class 43-3, Army Air Forces Technical Training Command, this is the third edition of the Pica Pilot, the class book of the AAF Training Detachment at Oklahoma A. and M. College in Stillwater, covering the class’s course of study from January 26 to March 20, 1943. It profiles the detachment’s officers and civilian faculty, including instructors in typing, military correspondence, and engineering and operations, and records every flight of enlisted students with names, hometowns, and good-natured one-line quips, alongside photographs of daily routine, physical training, the obstacle course, and the class’s friendships with the Navy WAVES stationed on campus. This is a digital download of a scanned copy of the original publication.

Campaigns: Stateside technical training, AAF Training Detachment, Oklahoma A. and M. College, Stillwater, Oklahoma (January–March 1943); prior basic training at Sheppard Field, Texas

Commanders: 1st Lt. George L. Edwards (Commanding Officer); 1st Lt. John C. Walker (Adjutant); Chief Warrant Officer Benjamin Harrison (Director of Training); Dean Raymond D. Thomas (Administrative Head, AAF School); Student Major John E. Rutter

Facility newspaper: unknown

Table of Contents
Foreword and Dedication
Oklahoma A. and M. Campus: Our Training Center
Administration and Faculty
The Commander’s Farewell
Headquarters Staff and Medical Staff
Departmental Supervisors and Faculty
Individual Flights (Enlisted Men)
Student Major and Student Adjutant
Flight Leaders
Class Council and Representatives
Flights A through J: Rosters, Hometowns and Quips
A Day in Class 43-3
Activities
Calisthenics Hour
Muscle Builders
Pica Staff
WAVES
Appreciation
The Army Air Corps: Official Song of the U.S.A.A.F.
Sustineo Alas

“These will be warriors forged from the men called students!”
— “Sustineo Alas,” Pica Pilot, Class 43-3, March 1943