Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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| (iiicis qnd ENLISTEDPERSONNEL^ ^ ^ ? 1 I at U. s. Air Corps Training Detachmfent-Southern Aviat.on School, Camden, S. C, | First Lieutenant H. C. Huglln, Commanding Officer, Air Corps Supervisor. Born in Fairfield, Iowu. Graduated at West Point and Kelly Field, Texas. Captain (\ A. Plgford Flight Surgeon. Horn In Mobile, Ala. Graduated at 1'nlverslty Tennessee. Five years at Maxwell Field before transfer to Camden. ] Captain J. N. Brown, Adjutant Born in Johnston County, N. C. Has been residing for past ten years in Lock Haven, Pa., before his assignment at Camden. y"\ First Lieutenant T. H. Jackson Assistant Adjutant. Born In Florence, S. C. Has been living In Greenwood, S. C., previous to assignment at Camden. First Lieutenant W. R. Fahs Commandant of Cadets, Ordnance Officer, Recruiting Officer, Public Relations Officer. Born in York, Pa. Graduated dt Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Pa. Second Lieutenant T. W. Ronner Assistant Air Corps Supervisor, I ( Operations Officer, Engineering Of* I fleer, Acting Q. M. Born in Dillon* I I valle, Ohio. Graduated at Missis- I t sippi State and JCelly Field, Texas. H Stationed at Maxwell Field previ* H ous to duty at Camden. . ..... S.-i mid I ,i? iii en,mi Ii. M. Hanprich A >si> I a n I Air Corps Supervisor. llecI.imat ittn ( Kfimr. Ass t. I-Tnu 1 n i iiiK officer Ass'i (ipt'ial ions Officer. Horn in (Jstry. Indiana, (iraduaied at I'urdiif I'nlvcrsitv and Maxwell Field. Ala. S.toihI Lieutenant .1 II Forever Assistant Air Corps Supervisor, Ass t Supply (tfficer. Ass t. Knuineeiiiiu Officer. Ass t. Commandant of Cadets Horn in Roslyn. Lotm Island Graduated at Tulane Cnlvcrsltv and Maxwell Field. Ala. 30,000 Military Pilots Per Year For Defense of the United States The efficiency of the Air Corps personnel! assigned to the Air Corps Training Detachment at Camden, S. C. and their whole-hearted cooperation with the personnell of the Southern Aviation School has been a contributing factor in establishing a smooth running organization for the training of pilots for both the*U. S. Air Corps and the Royal A*ir Force of England. Each individual shown on this page feels their responsibility keenly In seeing that every effort is made to give the student fliers every opportunity and get full benefit of their training to become military pilots. The students recreational" schedule to keep them alert and physically ilf; their social and amusement desires in making them contented and last but most Important their progress and learning the art of flying are all of vital interest to these Air Corps officers. * it is no ea&y assignment and one for which the air corps selects its men with the utmost of care. ^Lieutenant Henry C. Huglln, Commanding officer and those assisting him have proven most worthy of the confidence 1 placed in them. Lielitenant Huglin is a graduate of West Point and Kelly Field, Texas and was transferred to his pit-sent command from a similar school at Sikeston. Mo. Southern Aviation School is one of the 33 training schools under the jurisdiction of The Southeast Air Corps Training Center. All of these, composing a single and unilied system for training flyng cadets, are under command of Brgadier General Walter It. Weaver, with headquarters at Maxwell Field. Ala. The Southeast Training (tutor is one of three renters each doing the same joh. The other two ar. lie Gulf Coast Training Center, with headquui ters at Randolph Field. T- \ . and the West Coast Training Center, with headquarters at Moffett Field. Calit. ir is exported rhnT the ~\pTUistoii program now in progress will be completed this tall and the otcput of these three centers is slated to he "ii iinn officer pilots a year. i-nio-n schools are in operation. The combined personnel of those in op- : ttion is 1.181 officers, 1,938 American cadets, :1 an British RAF students and :2.2a8 enlisted men. When the lfi new schools now under construction are in operation they will more than douhlo the personnel of the Training Center. At Camden tin* Southern Aviation School litis already made plans to build another barracks, hangar and recreation building to take care of i larger classes ot students that will be assigned the school in the next thirty days. The se\en primary schools now in operation in the center are civilian schools under contract to the Army Air Corps and are located at: Albany, (in.; Jackson. Miss..: Lakeland. Fla.; Tuscaloosa, Ala.; Americus, Ga.; Camden. S. C.: and Arcadia, Fla. u , Second Lieutenant W. J. Moore- Assistant Commandant of Cadets. Lorn in Tallahassee, Florida. Attended University of Florida. Stationed at Camp Stewart, Georgia, before present ^assignment at Cam1 den. -- Second Lieutenant O. L. Dunctkl^B t Assistant Air (^orps SupervisorTjrM Supply Officer, Ass't. Operations J H Officer, Ass't Commandant of Ca- j ] (lets. Born in Rock Hill, S.C. Grad- |li u^ted from Citadel and Advance Jfl Training School, Stockton, Calif. Master Serpeant H H. Aurand Supply Serpen nt Horn In Yale. Iowa. Has served nineteen years In IV S Army. His time spent In Air Corps includes service at Clark Field. Philippine Islands, Hamilton Field, Calif., and five years previous to his transfer here was spent at Maxwell Field, Alabama. I.eft- Tech Sergeant H F Vandergrift, Technical Inspector Horn in Cresent City. Florida Has been in the Air Corps twelve \ears, five which wt-re spent at Maxwell Field. Ala., before his transfer to Camden. Right ? Sergeant S W. Howell, Ass't. Tech. Inspector. Horn in Cana. N. C. Served over four years in the Air Corps at Maxwell Field, Ala., before his transfer here. LeH?Sercrant R. C. Seott, Administrative Ass't. Born in Cleveland, Ohio. Has been In the Air Corps a year and half at Maxwell Field,Ala..before his transfer, here. Right ?Staff Sergeant W. O. Marsh. Sergeant Major. Horn at Hirmlngham, Ala. Has served two years In th6 Panama Canal Zone and w&a stationed at Maxwell Field, Ala., before hla transfer to Camden. Left?Corp. W. H. Taylor, Flight Surgeon Ass t. feorij in McKenzie. AJS~ Stationed at Maxwell Field, Ala., in tyedlcal section before transfer h _ Center?Private O. E.'Cartledge, Clerk in Medical Section. Born prer'^ Camp, Mississippi. Stationed at Maxwell Field, Ala., before transfer Right?Private O R. Still, Clerk in Medical 8ectlon. Born in Cullman, Al* Stationed at Maxwell Field, Ala., before tranefer to Canle^i? tC> * \