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Newspaper
Sheppard Field Texacts
Location
Sheppard Field, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1943
Page
1
An Army Air Forces memorandum urges discipline and emotional restraint to prevent housing neglect near Sheppard Field and Wichita Falls. It warns soldiers and fathers to ensure wives and babies stay at home, advising direct family guidance to avoid shelter and nutrition risks.
The Flight Engineers School at Sheppard Field will transfer to a new airbase with sturdier runways by order of Gen. H. H. Arnold. The move follows inability of Sheppard Field runways to withstand repeated landings by four engine aircraft used as flying classrooms.
A Thursday memorandum from headquarters warns of severe housing strain in Wichita Falls near Sheppard Field. Enlisted men and their families face scarce lodging, with many wives and infants returning home due to lack of accommodations and advance notice gaps. Commanding officers are to inform local units through lectures and boards.
In line with a Third District headquarters order the AM school dropped the basic branch. Starting June 18 the course merges publications and forms into equipment instruction and redefines the AM program into 12 phases: Tools, structures, hydraulic systems, engines, electrical systems, fuel and oil systems, instruments, propellers, engine operations, inspection, graduation field sets and field training. The course length and class schedule stay the same.
The 307 TG won the BTC parade trophy with 1060 of 1100 points and its third top finish. Second place went to 302 TG with 1040 points, followed by 301 TG with 1035. 304 TG finished fourth and 303, 305, 306 TGs tied fifth with 995. 308 TG finished sixth with 985 points.
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