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BoMBf AWAY Publi.shed by
BOMBARDIER ,., AT'\ - ...,,},VETS
Class 42·17
A. A. F. B. S.
Big Spring, Texas
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Th,· prcs.:rvatmn, in photogra ph.ic rec· nrd;, or one phase of Cadet life as the purpot;e of this volume In the years to come may che pictures shown and those sugg~ted recapture the spirit of the llcdgling Bombardiers engrossed m the study and trainmg which have made us "The Most Dangerous Men in the World."
H. /\.Wieser Editor
C. M. Blackwell Co-Editor
A. F. Van Buren Business Manager
W. H. Byron, Jr. R. C. Breitlow ] . F. Cannon ArtistS
F. E. Arnold H. R. Copeland
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To Captain S. W . Bradstreet , Com· mandant of Cadets, whose sincere and
impartial interest ia the welfare and progress of every Cadet has been our in
spiration, we, the first class of Big Spring
Bombardier Cadets, respectfully dedicate this book.
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las than a year ago the Big Spring AAFBS was nothing more th.an the dream of aty fathers to establish a government Oymg field near the tO\\.TI , Brit?f,, pomting out the n1Sting facilities, bad been shuttled from office to office, with no vi$1ble mules, but with the dadaratton of war the trurung tempo quickened. and announcement of the loca· tion of the school was made April 2, 194 2.
Soon, engmeers were on the field staking out locations, and before long, the con· trac:tmg f1nn began operations. In May Col Sam L. Ellis was dispatched from Randolph Field to supervise the army's pan m the undertakmg, and by September the five months' nunde WU ready for its first cadets.
aus -42·17 caught first glimpse of the fo:ld the morrung of September 2~. and ""'1 thin a few hours..... · ~-m10g operat10n5 wen well unckrway.
BOMBARDIERS WERE IN THE MAKING.
lt . J••~• W. Tol"" rt
Arhlr tJc Ojrector
Capt. S. W. Br•dttr~et
C01MVJndanr of Cadets
Lt . llm. H. Nigh
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AVIATION CADETS Stt. Barrett Sgt. Melnyk
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LIEUTENANTS
Agnes Smith
Mary Petee
Bernice Van Shoten
Hilda Marks
Barbara Beyer
Genieva RusanO\\'sh
Grace Dunnam
Wanda Gustafs on
tla t ilda Gr inev ich
Gloria Klein
Julia Riley
Margaret Eger
Evelyn Tollette
Marie McDaniel
Edna Sundal
~~jor L. R. Braswell
Flight S•~rgeon
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Ll . Celonr\ 0 l•d• CNMo~ndl"A Olf 1crr
2nd Pr~v,••~n•I Gr~uf
PILOTS
COMMISSIONED
Clarke, Oliver. 2nd Lt. Drolcy. Bill. 2nd Lt. Duke.-, J F .• 2nd Lt. Fel•, Edward T ., 2nd Lt. Fostc1, Rose~. l~t Lt. Fox, Donald, 2nd Lt. Gillingham. \Vm., !st Lt. Mahaffie, Ray, !st Lt. Miller, Robert, 2nd Lt. Myers, Thomas, 2nd Lt. Powell, Craig, 2nd Lt. Russell. Wm. A., 2nd Lt. Shannon, Emmet, 2nd Lt. Silvernale, John, 2nd Lt. Sinclair, Wm., 2nd Lt. Snuth, Jackson, 2nd Lt. Stewart, Robert, 2nd Lt. St. Clair, Ernest, 2nd Lt. Sullivan, Wm., 2nd Lt. Tusken, Robert, 2nd Lt. Twilligear, Lum, 2nd Lt.
Kelly, R. L. Lawrence., A. W . Lindberg, Leo ~.Roy Ba onsky, R. J.
wden, R. J. Berry, M. A. Boehm, R. E.
ENLISTED
Abercrombie, R. T ., 2nd Lt. Beaudair, J. E., 1st Lt Cook, C . L .. 2nd Lt. Davis, R. B., 2nd Lt. Devlin, W . L., 2nd Lt. Fehrman, B. C., 2nd Lt. Ferguson, G. W ., 2nd Lt. Green, L. C., 2nd Lt. Haver, F. W., 2nd Lt. Herzing, E. A . 2nd Lt. Jackson, F. D., 2nd Lt. Martin, R. H ., !st Lt. Mmer, L. M .. 2nd Lt. Stewart, R. E., 2nd Lt. Vicary, G. T ., 2nd Lt. Walsh, E. A ., 2nd Lt. West, A. B., 2nd Lt. Wilson, G. C ., 2nd Lt. Vallee, J. R.
Bradford, L. G. Brown, J. A. Byrd, K. E. Carlson, R. B. Colquitt, R. E. Crim, J. C. Manoocb, G. S. --.......
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Capt. Ja~s C. togan
Director, Ground School
Capt. J, B. Crall>
Capt . W. \\'. Kin>t
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CADET OF FICERS F/jAht Lieutenants
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~=====--===== The classbooi of 42· l 7 would not have been po1'5tble wl[hout th~
35.'istance of Capt. W . E. Turner and S$?t Nank Coffman nf the Publi.:
Relations Office, Lt. J. R . Anthony, Cpl "C1" Frei/icl:I and Cpl Htlmholz
of the Photographic Laboratory.
W e are also indebted to the many ccmtributors who knt their •nap·
shots and ideas to the presentation of this book.
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