Army Air Transport Command expands to world reach
The Army Air Transport Command, predecessor to the largest airline by history, now operates globally ferrying planes, freight, and troops. Officers say it will soon be ten times larger than any nation's airlines, with super cargo planes capable of carrying tanks and heavy loads to front lines while missions span North Africa to India and Australia. Captains like Bill Vickers have circled the globe in months, delivering equipment and personnel as routinized air routes emerge worldwide.
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U.S. Army Air Transport Command
Army Air Forces Ferrying Command
A.A.T
International Airways
Bill Vickers
Vickers
Beaumont
Tex
North Africa
U. S
William C. Bullitt
Middle East
Java
India
Australia
Capetown
Iraq
London
Delhi
Far East
Unclear Text Record From May Cologne Raid
Fragmentary OCR notes mention a Cologne raid in May and a possible first over finish. The readable parts reference a DEEROLT and a SCL tadron leader with unclear names and actions. Further readable context is insufficient to determine a definite event, people, or outcome.
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Cologne
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Tadron
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Cards Inform Families Of Troops Safe Arrival
Washington reports that arriving U S soldiers overseas will be notified to families and friends via arrival cards mailed by the War Department. Each soldier gets three cards to send to a designated contact and two to others, with APO mailing and cable addresses included.
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Washington
U. S
War Department
APO
Private Treks 150 Niles in Burma to Delay Japs
Pvt Laurence O Short with an emergency demolition crew crossed jungles in Burma to slow Japanese advance. He carried a machine gun and lived on rice and wild berries plus scant rations during a 150 mile retreat with Gen Joseph Subvellan’s forces, part of a pene iaif operation in 1945.
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EMDNA
Laurence O. Short
Burma
Short
Joseph Subvellan
Pene Iaif
Flying Sergeant Fails 42 Miles and Lives
Fraser Faulkner an Australian flier writes from a German prison camp at Bremen describing a bailout over Northern France. He fell 24 000 feet unconscious after bailing from his fighter, recovered enough to pull his ripcord and landed safely before being captured.
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Melbourne
Fraser Faulkner
Bremen
Faulkner
France
Yanks in Canadian Army Switch to U.S. Forces
A Washington Special Commission repatriated American soldiers in the Canadian Army who wished to join the United States Forces. The transfers, from 33 Canadian cities, moved most to U S service with loss of rank. Several who switched later retired from American service.
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Washington
United States
Canada
Draft registration opens for 3,000,000 young men
Washington reports more than three million men aged 18 to 20 registered for the fifth draft call set for June 30. The lottery is scrapped, with induction by age order. 18 and 19-year-olds likely not called immediately, though volunteers may push later service. Many plan to join a preferred branch, often where an older relative already serves.
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Washington
U. S
Deat & Coltetes J
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