Majority Of Accidents Are Preventable, Ground Safety Officer Says
Lt. Guy V. Lewis, ground safety officer at Sheppard Field, reports most injuries arise from errors in judgment and failure to follow instructions. Of 40 accidents this week, 19 occurred during training, six were vocational, four athletic, four in fights, two from horseplay, two on buses, and one at home. Most injuries happened during duty hours. sun exposure is also largely preventable. Obstacle courses and physical training cause many incidents. proper falls education could reduce them. Learn and Live Buy Bonds.
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Sheppard Field
Guy V. Lewis
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Lone Star
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Col. W. B. Stewart Transferred to Sioux Falls Post
Col. William B. Stewart chief of Sheppard Field dental service is ordered transferred to Sioux Falls South Dakota to head the dental service at the Army Air Forces installation there. A Kansas City Dental College graduate with a DS degree he joined the Dental Corps in 1917 at Fort Oglethorpe and has served at Sheppard Field since November 1941 after moving from Hamilton Field California. His family will remain at 2508 Brook Street Wichita Falls for the time being.
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William B. Stewart
Sheppard Field Dental Service
Sioux Falls
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Army Air Forces
Kansas City Dental College
University of Kansas
Dental Corps
Fort Oglethorpe
Georgia
Stewart
Sheppard Field
Hamilton Field
California
Brook Street
Wichita Falls
Big Time Operator Joins South Gate Flight Line
Martin B-26 Marauder nicknamed Big Time Operator was added to Sheppard Field's display alongside a North American Mitchell and a Waco CG-4 glider. The planes, leftovers from a closed mechanics school, are open for inspection and photography by military personnel and families.
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Sheppard Field
Multiple Chapel Services Listed Across Buildings
A long schedule lists chapel services and Bible studies across Buildings 546 540 345 672 344 172 632 872 782 232 1241 and others. Daily masses and weekday services include times from 6:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. with specific locations such as the Bivouac Area Building 546 and Building 540.
Ex-GM Here Killed In Glider Crash Buried Thursday
Cpl. Ralph E. McEwen formerly of Section C was killed in a glider crash 12 miles northeast of Lubbock Texas. He was transferred to Lubbock Army Air Field May 4 and served as a glider mechanic. Burial was at 3 p.m. Thursday in Hastings Oklahoma with pallbearers from Sheppard Field Glider School and a firing squad.
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Ralph E. McEwen
Lubbock
Texas
Corporal McEwen
Lubbock Army Air Field
Hastings
Okla
Structures Branca
Sheppard Field
Jenis B. Frashure
Jack Austin
Milton Strong
Harold Logsbon
Everett Miller
Robert Smith
Otis M. Kiser
Robert L. Moore
William Jackson
Raymond Lee
Clifford G. O’brien
John M. Griffith
Guy T. Young
James M. Fountain
Billie B. Felton
Raywood Young
Daniel C. Brunson
William P. Perrington
Hardy B. Beger
William Koslowski
Tilton J. McKenney
John F. Biba
Hot Check-Writers Go On Report To General
Reports to the commanding general of Sheppard Field require action when dishonored checks by military personnel are not settled by the maker. Maj. Gen. J. E. Chaney ordered section commanders to speed reimbursement from check makers. Courts martial may follow if the bad check reflects discredit on the service.
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Sheppard Field
J. E. Chaney
Flying officer shares news with mother at service station
Lt. John D. Horn of Sheppard Field stopped at a Bur nett filling station on a Med mission to tell a Texas mother her son Lt Lloyd Withers of the 20th Squadron Second Bomber Group was a pilot overseas. The mother said Withers had been shot down over Germany and was a POW. Horn, back from Berlin and Vienna missions, had spent an hour with the family.
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John D. Horn
Sheppard Field
San Antonio
Horn
Burnett
North Africa
Lloyd Withers
Withers
George
Germany
Berlin
Vienna
Whitefish
Montana
United States
GP Trainee Injured in Glider Plane Crash at Electra
Aviation student Donald Cartwright, a basic glider flight trainee, was slightly injured with a lacerated forehead when his training plane nearly demolished in a Wednesday morning crash at Electra airport. He could not confirm if the stall or a downdraft caused the accident during final approach.
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Donald Cartwright
Electra
Cartwright
Former Sheppard Trainee Killed in Italian Air Crash
Pvt. Max Huett of Tecumseh Oklahoma, a former Sheppard Field trainee with the 612th TG, was killed in an aerial crash in Italy. He arrived at Sheppard in August 1943 and earlier joined the army in August 1942 after training as a field artillery liaison pilot and later completing the WST light course.
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Max Huett
Tecumseh
Okla
Sheppard Field
Italy
Huett
612Th TG
Army
WST
Cobb reassigned as assistant to basic training director
Maj. William H. Cobb, longtime commanding officer at Section A, is transferred to duties as assistant to the director of basic training. Capt. Paul B. Terry will assume command of Section A after returning from a detached service assignment.
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William H. Cobb
Paul B. Terry
Post Publishes Office Opened in Building 946
The Publications Office, newly created to handle storage and distribution of all blank forms and publications, is located in Building 946 at the back of the post office and PX No. 1 on the post.
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Station Publications Office
PX No. 1
Major Fox Transferred to New Duties as Assistant Director
Major Lawrence J. Fox moves from Section M where he commanded to Section B with new duties as assistant director of basic training. Captain Albert W. Cutler, formerly in Section L, takes over as CO of Section M.
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Lawrence J. Fox
Albert W. Cutler
Major Fox
Cal. Joe Miller Held Prisoner in European War
War Department notifies relatives that Joe Miller formerly of Sheppard Field is a prisoner of war after a bombing incident in Europe last March 18. Mrs. Ed Kemp of Wichita Falls learned of the notice from Miller’s mother in California. Capt. Kemp, another former Sheppard Field officer, serves in England with the same unit. Colonel Miller was academic director of the Sheppard Field fire plane mechanics school.
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Wissio
Europe
Joe Miller
Sheppard Field
War Department
Ed Kemp
Wichita Falls
Burbank
Calif
England
Mille
Miller
Sheppard Field Fireplane Mechanics
Enemy Dummies Show Enemies at War Information Center
The Training Aids Department of the Reproduction Office completes two life sized dummies representing a Japanese and a German soldier. Sculptor William Ort, aided by William Edwards, add finishing touches while the figures wear authentic uniforms for display in the War Information Center.
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War Information Center
Guenters
William Ort
William Edwards
War Informatic Center
Unclear fragment notes train item labeled Ceci
Fragmentary OCR mentions a train Ceci with partial words likely a railroad item. No clear persons, dates, or events readable.
Hollywood Star and War Bond Show Comes to Wichita Falls
Brian Aherne and the Sheppard Field Loan Stars headline a tour stop at Sheppard Field and Wichita Theater. The group has drawn applause across communities within miles of the base and aims to boost war bond purchases toward the million dollar mark. Performances are military personnel only at Sheppard Field Tuesday and open to the public Wednesday with two showings at 7 30 and 9 30 p m. admission earned by bond purchasers with local bond issuing agencies.
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Sheppard Field
Brian Aherne
Sheppar Field
Hollywood Star
War Bond Shop
Wichita Theater
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