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Local Aerial Gunner Gets Silver Wingsc:Sch rea IflVl he, ch'll - • ing• ■ »i .H:*E . ;;VyIU«icIwi;HI CJ Heani:rcc• I S'mu tn x nil perlh.nlt; -mlolliHarlingen Army Air Field, TexasPFnoni n-Another class of aerial trigger- Almen to guard Army Air Forces' w.( bombers was graduated this week * from the Harlingen Army Air Field, aerial gunnery school of Hie AAF Training Command, and among theng l.qualified “Sharpshooters of the Sky” was Pfc. Frank T Chrastka, son of Mr. anri Mrs. F. F Chrastka, 84i5 Circle avenue.Along wilh his diploma he n-ceivcd a paii of Aenul Gunnei s wings and a pnunolion iri giade ite. v23,onvisaimgs ibrief graduation exercises In-Id hereAfter a delay m route to visit relatives. he will join un aerial com butleiMClgichDiwlMguedClt;teum, unless retained at Harlingen to serve as u gunnerv instructor He was prepared for his place in America’s stepped-up air offensive by a comprehensive six weeks course in every phase of aerial gunnery warfare. Besides learning to fire every type weapon front carnet a guns to tlie deadly caliber SO Brownings, he studied turret manipulation, aircraft Identification and j T learned to tear down und assemble * machine guns while blindfolded He climaxed, the course by firing un towed targets from Texan training planes, medium bombers and Liberators. vP:nlli■IfM
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Forest Park Review and Forest Parker

Forest Park, Illinois, US

Thu, Mar 16, 1944

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