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Tahoka Man Awarded Service Pilot Wings At Randolph Field(Special To The Avalanche)RANDOLPH FIELD, Sept. 9— Eight Texans, half of them from Austin, received their silver wings and commissions in the Army Air Forces today as members of the third graduating class of the Service Pilots school at Randolph Field.The men arc: Walter J. Richter, Joseph K. Kutscher, W i 1-liam T. Jones, Robert Jessie Hewitt, all of Austin: Robert A. Nuckolls of San Antonio; James J. Dailey of Freer; Charles E. Heidingsfeld-er, Jr., of Houston: and L#« E. King of Tahoka.Lee King became the fourth member of his family to enter the armed forces. His brother, Jack King, is a gun pointer in the Navy some place on the globe. Another brother, Staff Sergeant C. B. King, is a glider pilot at Albuquerque, N. M., while the other. William King, is an instrument technician at the Air Forces base at Sheppard Field.Lee King learned how to fly under Harry B. Crevvdson, a former Army pilot who operated from a pasture at Tahoka. He took a refresher course at Breedlove Aerial Service at Lubbock. In addition to doing his work as a motion picture projectionist, and flying. King found time in his civilian days to build his own short wave receiving and broadcasting set over which he talked to all parts of the world.
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Lubbock Morning Avalanche

Lubbock, Texas, US

Thu, Sep 10, 1942

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