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Newspaper
Sheppard Field Texacts
Location
Sheppard Field, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1944
Page
2
Dozens of returned flight officers at Sheppard Field move from bombardier and navigator roles to pilot training under the rotation plan. They bring long combat records from Africa, Europe, and the Pacific, with many earning Air Medals and Distinguished Flying Crosses as they await new air duties.
Section A seeks softball players as Pie announces plans to form a club. Jack Beers and remnants of the undefeated 62nd Air Base squad lead the effort, with a nucleus remaining in the same fold post reorganization. Interested players should contact Lt. Ted Skrodzki or Private Beers at the post photo section.
Special Service presents a military dating game at Service Club No. 2 on Wednesday at 8 p m. Twelve soldiers aim to win dates with six Wichita Falls girls using persuasive charm in a light hearted program for servicemen and civilians.
Chess enthusiasts are urged to attend a meeting in Service club No. 2 at 11 o'clock Sunday morning to form a post club. Soldiers interested in learning the international game will receive instructors for lessons as approved by the Special Service Office.
Three former instructors from the Sheppard Field aviation mechanics school are assigned to duty at Amarillo Army Air Field. Capt. Loraine Boyer is assistant technical school training inspector, Capt. Willard M. Wattman is branch chief of graduation field test, and Lt. Marion L. Matherly is branch chief of fuel systems.
Tech Sgt. Ralph G. Landherr of Burkburnett received the Air Medal for five bomber missions over Europe. Maj. Gen. J. E. Chaney presented the award to Landherr’s wife Mrs. Loretta O. Landherr at the Basic Training Center review. Landherr has been a prisoner of war in Germany since January.
Ann Carolyn Embree of Belsen Texas joined the hospital Red Cross staff as a staff aid. A former Baylor College of Women student who did social work in New York City, she comes to Ashland General Hospital in McKinney. Mary Hickey of Chicago will join as social worker next week per Miss Ruth Kelly.
Lt John R Cairnes will attend a one month training course at the Special Service school located on the Washington and Lee University campus in Lexington Virginia starting next week.
Private Ostrom a former Sheppard Field mechanic trained instructor at Amarillo Army Air Base has invented a timing device to speed aircraft engine timing. The third model was sent to Army and NBS for checks after two earlier versions from Sheppard Field were rejected for not being accurate enough. The gadget would replace the top dead center timing disk costing over 200 dollars, with an estimated mass production cost of 20 dollars per unit. Ostrom trained at Sheppard Field and San Angelo, later worked on bombers and for academ engineering. Two units will ship overseas with a mobile trains unit from Amarillo.
Wichita Falls City Council approved securing water from Burkburnett to supplement regular Sheppard Field supply at an estimated extra 100 dollars monthly. Military personnel will treat and haul the water, with Colonel Ez noting improved palatability for summer use. The plan aims to ease Wichita Falls water taste issues for coffee and other drinks.
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