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V'ing Comxxnder • Col» Rudy C. Mueller
Dept, Coj-^naEdor — Lt, Col« Earlo C,
Roynolds
AF-CAp Lip.ison - Capt, France M, Bov/nr.n
Acijuito.nt - Lt, Dorothy M* Ctithors
Personnel Officer - lifijor Paul S, Read
Cadet Conmndor - I!ajcr Roy Highfield
Operations Officer - ISajor Vic Schroedor
Public Info, Ofor. - lfoj« Soren Toinkof
Supply Officer • Ce.pt, V^endoll Georgo
En/;;inoering Ofcr, - Capt, H , 0, Borgs t r o n
Air Inspector - Ifcjor Leonard Heinson
Approximately 25^Cf>0 persons are ex»
pected to attend the AIR FORCE DAY
Celebration and Open House at Offutt
Field, Fort Crook, Mebreska on Sun
day, 19 September 194S, A Civil
Air patrol Ereckfast Flight is
scheduled for 8j30 AM* Breakfast
vrill be served at "yie Offieers Club
at a charge of sixly cents* It is
expected that over 200 civilian
pilots from lovra and Nebraska will
fly to the Breakfast Sunday morning*
Latest Air Force equipment will be
open to the public for inspection^
i n c l u d i n g F - ' S S j e t s , h e l i c o p t e r,
P*80»g, P-82^3, P-60ts, P-51, C-47
and others# CAP Cadets of the Omaha
Squadrons, accompanied by Lt* P.J»
Stavneak and Lt« Lucy Daniels, Com
manding Officers <f Squadrons 2 and
3, v/ill go to Offutt Field Sunday
t« assist in directing traffic*
Conariunications - ifcjor Orlo Pov^ell
The celebration 'S'.dll be a '^swaa song^
Tiodicrxl Officer • I.ki.jor A, D. Cloyd
f o r t h e Te n t h A i r F o r c e , w h i c h w i l l
close at Offutt Air Force Base on
IffiBR, MlUG liDQTS,
24 September 194Q and reopen at Fort
Benjamin Harrison, Indienapolis,
Indiana on 25 September 1948*
710 Fodorn.l Building
Qnaha, Nobraskor
The Strategic Air Command will move
V vccievi b>he«JO ^<.\SX\yYJ5
Lt, H# L» Colemn, Conrr.ndinc
Officer of the Grand Islcind Squadron
has o.nnounced that his Unit is plan
ning cv Model Airplane Contest to be
hold on IQ) October 1948, This con-
tost vnill bo under the co-'sponsorship of tho Veterans of Foreign V/ars
through thoir Grand Island Chapter..
lu C' e S \'i 1 cr^
ElTec-tflve 28 August 1548, the
to Offutt Field from J^ndrevrs Air Force
Base around October 1*
C -ivV- N\"Ova
rdur Kelsraska* e^uea^fors were'^asked
Tuesday,. 14 September 1948, to assist
in "ttie planning a new and better
pre-flight manual for CAP*
Major E. K* Rawlins, representing
national CAP command at Washington,DC
spent the d^y in Lincoln consulting
^vith Dr* F»E» Sorensou, chairmaa of
32d Air Force Base Unit (^lationel
Deportment of Educational Services
at University of Nebraskaj Desn F»E,
Headquarters, Civil /ir Patrol) is re—
designated Headquarters, a^d Headquart^
H e n z l i k o f t h e U n i v e r s i t y Te a c h e r s
C o l l e g e ; L e o P, 3 i i c k . S t a t e D i r e c t o r
ers Sfxuadron, Civil Air Patrol, United
States Air Forces*
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man, liaison officer f<r the Nebraska
One of ihe pilots at the Seribw
ner Manuevor (see P, 4) was Elinor Wo'rden of Lincoln, last year's flight i
scholarship
winner*
of Cirriculum, and '^'ayne Reed, State
Supt» of Schools* Capt* Frank Bow»
—
CAP, was also present* Captain Boww
man stated the CAP is eulistlag the
aid of three groups of prominent
educators*
CADE'"
ENC A/APMiiN t
The annual CAP Cadot Encr.mpirtent ,
for North Dakota, South Dnkota, Kor.oai
and
Ilebraska
vas
held
at
Offutt
Fiold
Air Force Base, Fort Crook, NebrasksL^
August 15 to 22»
Eighty-five cadots were privil<j»ged
t o a t t e n d . To n c r x m e f r o m N o r t h D a k o t a ,
MORFOLK HOLDS
I'AQD.LL AIR sue*
. The Norfolk Squadron atifracted
statewide attention by its'sponsorship
of a Ibdol Air-Show Sunday, July 25,
1948, A large crowd made possible a-
profit of approximately |300 for the
sqmdron.
Many instructive exhibits were
five from South Dakota, thirty-one from
o ff e r e d t h r o u g h o i i t t h e d a y. O n t h o
flight line were: a B-25 from Offutt
Kansas, hikI thirty-nins from UebrasP^a,
Air Base, Omaha, Nebr; a FBY from
Tho following officers assisted in
the Enc.impncnt: Camp Coinmander, Cc.ptoin
Howard liurphy of Norfolk; Deputy Comm a n d o r, C a p t , J o h n S . F i t z p a t r i o h o f
Kansas; Operations Officer, Vi/O Logan
L e G r n n d o o f K a n s a s ; L t , W e i l Va n D u i ; e n
o f K a n s a s ; a n d AT- 6 p i l o t s C a p t . F r a n k
Bowman of Nebraska, Capt, Oliver Crespo
of South Dakota, and Captain Corald sV«
i.ioCoy of North Dakota.
On 19 August Col. William C. Booth
and Major Arthur D, Rhodes came from
Cj\P Headquarters in V/ashington, D« C»
and inspected all departments. A dinner
for the officers v;as arrJ\ngod by Lt.Col.
Earlo'C. Reynolds at the Fontcnello
Hotel.
Lee Udyne Frakes, aged seventeen,
of Bayard, Nobr., vms named tho outstand
ing State cadot of the cnoampmoirfc. Col..
Rudy C. i.tueller awarded Lee a ton-hour
flying scholarship. Leo hns been a CAP
cadot for almost three years and vms the
winner of a series of competitive cxa-»
minations given at the conclusion of the
encampment,
The training schedule included in
struction in flight lino procedure,
rifle rango, chemical v/arfare, swimming
first aid, code, FCC regulations, radio
procedure, parachutes, fire fighting,,
production line maintainance, link
t r a i n e r s , p h o t o l a b , w e a t h e r, a n d d r i l l ,
A highlight of the encampment v;as
an actual flight for each cadet in an
AT-6. Pilots Y/ere: Capt. Frank Boi'mian,
Capt.. Oliver Crespo, and Capt, G,'w*. lucCoy. The cadets served as observers
during the flights,. Orientation flif.hts
Olathe, Kansasp; a mountain rescue plane
from Lov/ry Field, Denver, Colorado;, and
a C-47 transport from Offutt Field.
One of the most thrilling sights
v/as the appcarance of a P-82 from the
Kearney Air Base, It v/as the first
tine many of'the spectators had seen
the ^ircrart*
T h r o e AT- 6 ' s f r o m t h e S i o u x C i t y
Air
Base
executed
maneuvors
over
the
field, earning an enthusiastic salute
from the crowd.
An L-4 piloted by the State Highv/ay Patrol visited the field. The
Lincoln Air Guard was represented by
four P-51 pilots ^•ho flew over the
field in formation,
A mobile landing unit was operated
by Omaha Squadron 1, Cadot A, Demorest
handled the biscuit gun during the
afternoon, Capt, Frank Bov/Eff»n, CAPA F L i . ' i s o n O f fi c e r, d i r o c t o d t h e l a n d
i n g s a n d t a k e - o ff s o f a l l A r n y a n d
Navy aircraft,
A C-47 from Offutt Field brought
personnel from the Onalm and Lincoln
Squadrons, An Arny bus in command
of Capt, Bob Fisk and Lt, Lucy Daniels
transported fifteen girls and twelve
boys from OniRha to Norfolk* The Omahis
Cadots :-.ssisted the Ilerfolk Squadron
at the refreshment stands, T<orking
in two hour shifts wore: Goldie Stevens
liarie Pace, Betty Jones, and Lou Thomp
son, Cadets from Omaha Squadron 1 also
directed traffic in the parking lots,
Lt,
Robert
Carlisle
of
Norfolk
was
i n c ? i . a r g e o f t h o H o d e l r a c e s . Tw e l v e
trophies aiid twenty-four prizes v/ere
awarded in all classes of model compe
were given in L-4's. Lt. Bob Carlisle
tition,
vation planes. Free tine v/as spent in
Swimming instructors were Tfn, O'Hearn r
and Bette Slattery of thelccalRed Cross*
and Vf/o Peter Corlentini flev/ the obser
(cor.t, next column)
swimciiiig,. volleyball and other'©-ports*
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"A meeting oi* all Squadrons of tho
Omaha CAP v;as held at the Municipal Air
port Thursday, August 12#
Lt« Col. Earle C# Roynolds amounced
tentative plans for a practico air rescue
search
to
be
conducted
from
the
Scribncr
Air Base on August 29» (See P 4)
Lt, Bob Piske shov/ed two U» S» Army
movies, "Talc of Two Cities", and "The
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Numerous Flight Breakfasts have
been held by various CAP Units through^
out Nebraska during the summer months^
During August and September highly
successful Breakfast Flights wfire held'
at Wahoo, E3^ in,' Nebraska City, flfeyord,
Crete and Albion. Bayard celebrated
i t s a n n u A l FA L L F E S T I VA L w i t h a n a i r
shima and Nagasaki; the second related
to events in the European invasion*
show, ball game, dance and fireworks,
in addition to the breakfast^ on
31 August 1948.
Approximately 169 planes landed
at Elgin for the Breakfast held on
The pictures wore shown on an outdoor
1 jiugust 1948. To give an idea of the
screen,' and tho sound of many planes
quantity of food consumed by the fsople,
1,690 eggs v/ere fried along with 60
pounds of bacon—and it required 20
p o u n d s o f c o ff e e t o s a t i s f y t h e g u e s t s ,
as well as over 3,500 biscuitsi
Cmaha V/ing Staff members have
True Glory" ^ The first picture showed
the
effects
of
the
atom
bomb
on
Hiro
id landings and take-offs from the
Municipal Field provided a realistic
note,
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Lt» Annette Ostrowsky loft Cmaha
August 21 to make her home in Now York,
Formerly an officor in tho Girls* Squad
ron, Lt, Ostrowsky was Adjutant of Group
761 at the time of her departure^
The Nebraska moiribors of CAP will
miss a faithful and enthusiastic member.
O l i v e r V, Ty l e r, J r. o f O m a h a
Squadron has requested transfer from
the Nebraska to the Kansas Wing.
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2nd Lt. Frank Anderson, formerly
of Minneapolis, has moved to Fremont."
An activo member of tho Hinnosota CAP,
Lt, Anderson hopes to assist in tho
reactivation of tho Fremont TJnit.
Itc
ite
dr
ed a 'picnic at "Ronv/ood", north of Flor
ence, July 9. Entertainment included
USAF movies shown by l^Sgt, Richard
Crydorman, a softball game, and horse
shoe pitching. The food committee,
headed by Lt, Lucy Daniels, served potato
salad, saiidwichcs, piokles, and pop.
"Renwood" is the base for Station
KULR, and the surrounding grounds make an
ideal picnic grounds,
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blanks and recruiting nev; members at
these broakfastsr.
xo Csnal}.
Nobraslca vms one of 24 statos^
honored by having a CAP cadet selected
to ropresont the United States at the
RCA Cadet Canp at Patricia Bay, British
Columbia,. Canada.
Donald L. Hide,. CAP Cadet from
Jfeistings, was the^"Goodwill ^Imbassador"
from the Cornhusker State. He has been
an activc mojnber of the Hasting? Flight
sincc it v/as organized.
Donald
About fifty members and cadets attend
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been taking along CAP application
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celebroted
his
sixteenth
birthday August 20 by soloing several
types of planes at the Hastings airport.
Included among tho ships he 1ms flo^/n
are Aeronca Champion, Aeronca Chiof,
P T- 1 9 , . C e s s n a 1 4 0 , P i p e r C u b J - 3 a n d
P i p e r S u p e r C r u i s e r.
Donald tells of his experiences
in Canada on the following page of the
Cornhusker
Hfcwj
News.
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The Lexington Plight has a nevi'
A full page of the Sunday I&gazine
Section of the Oj^aha^/orId-Herald T;as de
Headquarters Building, which was pur
voted to CAP activities in Nebraska. It
at LlcCook, Nebraska and moved to its
present location. Building has a class'
appeared in tho /v„g^ist 15th issue.
chased from V/ar Assets Administration
room, radio station, shop and Tink room.
AIR PgVER IS PEACE
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SEPrEIBEK 18th IS AIR FORCE DAY
^ • • ■ v c i Jones,
uaaeTs Anderson, Hastings,' o o v \ x
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Pace, Rossen, Rundeback, Stockwell, Tompsett, Uoore and Buster of Omaha Girls
Sqdn. helped with the Traffic Count held
^ ^ ^ ^ c Ci02it, fra-n P:ige 3
bv the Onnha Parkin? and Traffic Connittoe
on 8 July 1948, Cnc^ots Hoolior, iiudolph^
Rood and'Batten of the Boys Squadron r.lsso
assisted*
1 The Civil Air Pntrol mourns the unitiinely doath of Colonel Georgo A.
|Stonc, CAP, Ciiptain Harry L# King, VSI'S, j
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This year a highly successful cadet
exchange prof^ran with Canada wac in
augurated, Tv;cnty-four CAP Cadets and
twenty—four Roy^l Canadian Air Cadets
p a r t i c i p a t e d i n t h e t h r e e w e e k a f f a i r.
Accompanying officers for the CAP
Cadots v;erc Llajor L, A, Ed:wards,CAP;
iiichigan u'ingj Capt, E;L. Armstrong,
A F - C A P L i a i s o n O f fi c e r, I o w a I fi n g j
!and T/Sgt» C, E. Chaplin, USAF, killed ' f/l E. Shcjrlock,'R,C,A,F, and F/L
,in the crash of a B-26 while enroutc to ;
.Colunbus, Ohio from Boiling Air Force Basd
on the aftornoon of Aur;ust 20, 1948, '
General C-xrl Spaatz, recently retired ;
las Chief of Staff of the U, S, Air Force, j
• succeeds Colonol Stone as Chairnr.n of |
'the Civil Air i^itrol Board at Boiling .
iAir Force Base, Hoadqu'^.rters f of CAP
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ar-y-y-y-
A . D a g g , R , C , A , F,
T h e t r i p s t a r t e d f o r n e o n 2 8 J u l y,
when Capt, Bowman, AF-CA? Liaison Offi
cer for the Nebraska ^'^ing, flew me to
Denver in his "6", Lov/ry Air Force
Base, Cenver, Colo, was tho assembly
point for the 12 CAP Cadots from the
\-estcrn part of the nation, Selfredge
AFB in Itichig'.n being the one for the
12 Cadets from the Ea.'stern part, Fri
Tw e n t y p i a n o s f r o n fi v e N e b r a s k a U n i t s
took part in a practice Search and Roscue
IJission hold Sunday, 29 August 1948, at
the Scribnor Air Base, It is hoped that
similar
maneuvers
can
be
held
i:i
the
future \;ith other IMits taking part,
evixion . CAD"t-V*'3
For the inforn^'bion of nil concornod,
Scction VI T13 12-425, Personnel Classi
fication, deals "/ith the proprration of
day morning, 50 July, we left Lov^ry on
a V I P ' d C - 4 7 f o r C a l g a r y, A l b e r t a , v i a
Ye l l o v / s t o n e P a r k r n r G r e a t F a l l s , I ' o n t ,
/ifter circling over a few points of
i n t e r e s t i n Ye l l o v / s t o n e a n d t a k i n g
some pictures, v;e continued on to Great
Falls, whore we cloarod with U, S,
Customs officials. Upon our arrival in
Calgary we v/ere greeted by 12 Canadian
Cadets v/ho were preparing to leave for
t h e i r t o u r o f t h e T ^ i t e d S t a t e j r,
Soldier*s Qualification Card, ViD AGO
several
officials
and
Forra 20, Paragraph 66g of citod manual
Alberta
Committee
of
is quoted:
League, and several newspaper men who
"For
Civil
Air
Patrol
Cadets
horc-
officers
the
Air
of
tho
Cadet
I believe wore consistently v:ith us-
o f t e r e n l i s t e d o r i n d u c t e d i n t o t h e A r r y,
a notation will be entered in "Remarks"
t h r o u g h o u t t h e t o u r,
that
RCAF Dakota for a trip over the Cana
a
course
in
Civil
Air
Patrol
train
ing has been completed, Ex-i'npler Civil
Air Patrol Cadet trng, compl (date)",
" t o
Girls* Squadron will lose the
fo l l o w i n g me mb e rs i n th e n e a r fu tu re ,
Nadino Laws, Mary Phillips and Rita
Brennan will leave shortly for college,
Saturday noon vre left Calgary on an
dian Rookies to Sea Island RCAF Base,
at Vancom*er, BC, That same evening,
v/ith the help of a very elaborate
police escort, we were taken in private
c a r s t o a l a r g e H o t e l i n d o v m t o w n Va n
c o u v e r, w h e r e w e v ; o r e v / o l l f e d a n d w o n
d e r f u l l y e n t e r t a i n e d b y t h e m a y o r, t h o
British
Columbia
Committee
of
the
Air
the Hodel Air Show held at Norfolk,
Cadet League, and a group of Canadian
Cadets who had just completed their
first flight training,
Patricia Bay Air Cadet Camp was
Nebraslca on 25 July 1948 was sent to
our next stop. There we not the 12
Pra*\ se^' A'lr SIkuJi
A report and photographs coveriilg
Eastern Cadets, v/ho arrived from Ottawa
Vj'ashington Hoadq\iarters»
at the sf\me time wo arrived fron
In an indorsement dated 3 Au(;;^st 48,
National Headquarters coTnmonted as follows? V a n c o u v e r ,
"It is felt that this shov/ has beon ex
tremely successful, both from an opera
tional and model program standpoint,,.The
Civil Air Patrol in its first yoar of
Highlighting that v/eek was a tour
of Victoria nnd the light cruiseir
"H,i;;,C,S, Ontario" on Monday^ a cruise
up the B,C, coast on Tuesday, a PT boat
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\\CYoi VS ^\^OuJCon.^t, fron Pn.ge ^
C^V^ KD\ f KCm/^rCM fron P>^
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r i d e b a c k t o t h e r / \ i n l a n d o n V v e d n e s d a y,
pr^rt of tho overall cadet progr^ini rail
where we went through the largest fishcannery in the British Empire, a trip
to Prince CJoorge and the Alcan Highway
stress
on
nodol
^.ircrnft
activitios
be expected to conduct a niiraber of
those wing nodol rwcts» It is plc^nnod
to establish the project reported on
in basic corjnimicc.tion ns soincwhat of
a criteria frcri v;hich to bnse plans
for i:iodol noets'of its type through
out tho country^ '*
C O \\ i\\ v; w ! C M-'i O h F
'./r.shington Headquarters anticipates
holding a Comunications Conferonce in
each of tho eight Rci^icns, starting" at
Region 1 on or about 4 October 1948,
on Thurs. and Fri,, and to top it off
w o w o r e g u e s t s o f t h e R o y a l Va n c o u v e r
Yacht Club dt their Ilid-sianncr Regatta
on Saturday^
The next week v/as also packed with
Y/onders; Monday v/e -.vent to Sprocjt Lake
on a PBY, and saw sono real logging
oporations--Viedne5dny v^e again v/ont
for a PBY ride, this tino to Powell
River, vvhero vit '»vent thr'^ugh a giant
paper mill# On Thursday vra %verc guests
t a k i n g e a c h l i c ' i i o n i n n u n e r i c r j o r d e r,
of
Tho purpose of this Conference T\'ill
be to discuss the forthconinc regula
famous Stanley Park, v/hers that cam©
evening v/o saw tho Operetta, "The Groat
Vfaltz,"' The follov/inc day v;e had agoing avmy party at a private hone in
Vancouver,' aiKi Saturday A!f v;o returned
t o C a l g a r y. B - t i ff N a t i o n a l P a r k v / a s on the schedule Saturday afternoon, and
that evening we had a tcrrific banquet.
All 48 participating cadets and
theii* acconpanying cffi6ers'\vore pro- '
sent,, plus Genor-tl Beau,. Mr. Alec Ros.^^
presideiit cf tho Air C(\dots of Canada,
and numerous other important'officials-
tion CjOverning the use of tho new
frequencies allocatod to CAP»
Presort pirns aro to hold there con
ferences starting; on or about the ni;;ht
of
4
October
1948
at
Grcnier
Air
Forco
Base, Manchester, N,H» and holding tho
last conference at Los Angeles, Cal,
on or about 16 October 1948.
i!oro data will be available lator
about
the
Conferonce
to
be
scheduled
for this Kegion#
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a
and
Civil
Luncheon
officers
of
in
both
Va n c o u c e r * s
n a t i o n s V. ' o
had
real entertairj;ient and'some v/onderful
Call Sign "KW C W" has boon assign
National Headquarters*
addresses that e\'oning. General Beau
expressed hop§ tlint arrangements could
b e o f.r.p l e to d fo r a si n i l a r p ro g ra m
next year, not only v,'ith Canada but
also with England.
The trip sure went over big with
/\\ E h, HTP
who will never fTget it. I figured up
ed tli© Crete Squadron by the Federal
Comunications Cormssion^ Itcdio li
censes for North Flatto and Lexington
have been subnitted to FCC through
I^'s" ro. get behind the "CAP
r.II?".333R£>HlP DRIVE" to be held by tho
Kebraslca v/ing fron 15 September to 15
October and reach the goal of*250 new
Soy'ior i;;Cy'i];>ors and_25a Cadets I '
everyone, and tj^e* are'a lot of pcjople
that I spent 53^- hours in tho air on
the trip, in T-6*s, C-47*s, PBY*5 ar^d
Lancasters.
l.Tiat
DOMID L, KIDE.
beii.jg* forv'drded to each Unit under sepa
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r a t e c o v e r, ,
Appl'ua"'V', I'll- Senior Ilonbership ha\*e
boor? r.c'-'rr-;. O-'oa airiest all Squadrons,
but j'O.ay": a-od Kearney have been
sendjr^; iTioro tbun tho ether Ibits.
A ni^r,I"*ar oT apoHcations for
Senior at tx-nding—includins
IV. Riiyn^-'a lull of r^c;^stGura, and Vcc^
lifel
the lucky one next year? "
Ini')ri;\ation about the Drive is
Grand Inland, Hrrth Platte and
Lincol?; ncur.drcns have been the It^aders
in i.rnv Cadot nombers •
a
\Vhich of you Cadot readers will be
If
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"THE CCRJIHUSKER NEIVS" has been
appearing infrequently—due chiefly to
lack
of
tine
since
tho
staff
has
been
busy with n:\tters pertaining'to Sumner
Enc'^pnent,. Brer^kfast Flights, ctc.
Lt. Dorothy Gathers, Adjutant, Nebraska
v. ' i n ^ S t a ff , o ff e r e d h e r v a r y a b l e
assistance in getting this edition
to press—and it is hoped that the pevirsletter can bo published monthly,, GET
Viilliam 0*Hoarn of the local Red Crosfr.C'o YOtJR miS ITEIS TO US BY THE 5TH EA MOl
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V'ing Comxxnder • Col» Rudy C. Mueller
Dept, Coj-^naEdor — Lt, Col« Earlo C,
Roynolds
AF-CAp Lip.ison - Capt, France M, Bov/nr.n
Acijuito.nt - Lt, Dorothy M* Ctithors
Personnel Officer - lifijor Paul S, Read
Cadet Conmndor - I!ajcr Roy Highfield
Operations Officer - ISajor Vic Schroedor
Public Info, Ofor. - lfoj« Soren Toinkof
Supply Officer • Ce.pt, V^endoll Georgo
En/;;inoering Ofcr, - Capt, H , 0, Borgs t r o n
Air Inspector - Ifcjor Leonard Heinson
Approximately 25^Cf>0 persons are ex»
pected to attend the AIR FORCE DAY
Celebration and Open House at Offutt
Field, Fort Crook, Mebreska on Sun
day, 19 September 194S, A Civil
Air patrol Ereckfast Flight is
scheduled for 8j30 AM* Breakfast
vrill be served at "yie Offieers Club
at a charge of sixly cents* It is
expected that over 200 civilian
pilots from lovra and Nebraska will
fly to the Breakfast Sunday morning*
Latest Air Force equipment will be
open to the public for inspection^
i n c l u d i n g F - ' S S j e t s , h e l i c o p t e r,
P*80»g, P-82^3, P-60ts, P-51, C-47
and others# CAP Cadets of the Omaha
Squadrons, accompanied by Lt* P.J»
Stavneak and Lt« Lucy Daniels, Com
manding Officers <f Squadrons 2 and
3, v/ill go to Offutt Field Sunday
t« assist in directing traffic*
Conariunications - ifcjor Orlo Pov^ell
The celebration 'S'.dll be a '^swaa song^
Tiodicrxl Officer • I.ki.jor A, D. Cloyd
f o r t h e Te n t h A i r F o r c e , w h i c h w i l l
close at Offutt Air Force Base on
IffiBR, MlUG liDQTS,
24 September 194Q and reopen at Fort
Benjamin Harrison, Indienapolis,
Indiana on 25 September 1948*
710 Fodorn.l Building
Qnaha, Nobraskor
The Strategic Air Command will move
V vccievi b>he«JO ^<.\SX\yYJ5
Lt, H# L» Colemn, Conrr.ndinc
Officer of the Grand Islcind Squadron
has o.nnounced that his Unit is plan
ning cv Model Airplane Contest to be
hold on IQ) October 1948, This con-
tost vnill bo under the co-'sponsorship of tho Veterans of Foreign V/ars
through thoir Grand Island Chapter..
lu C' e S \'i 1 cr^
ElTec-tflve 28 August 1548, the
to Offutt Field from J^ndrevrs Air Force
Base around October 1*
C -ivV- N\"Ova
rdur Kelsraska* e^uea^fors were'^asked
Tuesday,. 14 September 1948, to assist
in "ttie planning a new and better
pre-flight manual for CAP*
Major E. K* Rawlins, representing
national CAP command at Washington,DC
spent the d^y in Lincoln consulting
^vith Dr* F»E» Sorensou, chairmaa of
32d Air Force Base Unit (^lationel
Deportment of Educational Services
at University of Nebraskaj Desn F»E,
Headquarters, Civil /ir Patrol) is re—
designated Headquarters, a^d Headquart^
H e n z l i k o f t h e U n i v e r s i t y Te a c h e r s
C o l l e g e ; L e o P, 3 i i c k . S t a t e D i r e c t o r
ers Sfxuadron, Civil Air Patrol, United
States Air Forces*
iK
i|C
if(
4k
man, liaison officer f<r the Nebraska
One of ihe pilots at the Seribw
ner Manuevor (see P, 4) was Elinor Wo'rden of Lincoln, last year's flight i
scholarship
winner*
of Cirriculum, and '^'ayne Reed, State
Supt» of Schools* Capt* Frank Bow»
—
CAP, was also present* Captain Boww
man stated the CAP is eulistlag the
aid of three groups of prominent
educators*
CADE'"
ENC A/APMiiN t
The annual CAP Cadot Encr.mpirtent ,
for North Dakota, South Dnkota, Kor.oai
and
Ilebraska
vas
held
at
Offutt
Fiold
Air Force Base, Fort Crook, NebrasksL^
August 15 to 22»
Eighty-five cadots were privil<j»ged
t o a t t e n d . To n c r x m e f r o m N o r t h D a k o t a ,
MORFOLK HOLDS
I'AQD.LL AIR sue*
. The Norfolk Squadron atifracted
statewide attention by its'sponsorship
of a Ibdol Air-Show Sunday, July 25,
1948, A large crowd made possible a-
profit of approximately |300 for the
sqmdron.
Many instructive exhibits were
five from South Dakota, thirty-one from
o ff e r e d t h r o u g h o i i t t h e d a y. O n t h o
flight line were: a B-25 from Offutt
Kansas, hikI thirty-nins from UebrasP^a,
Air Base, Omaha, Nebr; a FBY from
Tho following officers assisted in
the Enc.impncnt: Camp Coinmander, Cc.ptoin
Howard liurphy of Norfolk; Deputy Comm a n d o r, C a p t , J o h n S . F i t z p a t r i o h o f
Kansas; Operations Officer, Vi/O Logan
L e G r n n d o o f K a n s a s ; L t , W e i l Va n D u i ; e n
o f K a n s a s ; a n d AT- 6 p i l o t s C a p t . F r a n k
Bowman of Nebraska, Capt, Oliver Crespo
of South Dakota, and Captain Corald sV«
i.ioCoy of North Dakota.
On 19 August Col. William C. Booth
and Major Arthur D, Rhodes came from
Cj\P Headquarters in V/ashington, D« C»
and inspected all departments. A dinner
for the officers v;as arrJ\ngod by Lt.Col.
Earlo'C. Reynolds at the Fontcnello
Hotel.
Lee Udyne Frakes, aged seventeen,
of Bayard, Nobr., vms named tho outstand
ing State cadot of the cnoampmoirfc. Col..
Rudy C. i.tueller awarded Lee a ton-hour
flying scholarship. Leo hns been a CAP
cadot for almost three years and vms the
winner of a series of competitive cxa-»
minations given at the conclusion of the
encampment,
The training schedule included in
struction in flight lino procedure,
rifle rango, chemical v/arfare, swimming
first aid, code, FCC regulations, radio
procedure, parachutes, fire fighting,,
production line maintainance, link
t r a i n e r s , p h o t o l a b , w e a t h e r, a n d d r i l l ,
A highlight of the encampment v;as
an actual flight for each cadet in an
AT-6. Pilots Y/ere: Capt. Frank Boi'mian,
Capt.. Oliver Crespo, and Capt, G,'w*. lucCoy. The cadets served as observers
during the flights,. Orientation flif.hts
Olathe, Kansasp; a mountain rescue plane
from Lov/ry Field, Denver, Colorado;, and
a C-47 transport from Offutt Field.
One of the most thrilling sights
v/as the appcarance of a P-82 from the
Kearney Air Base, It v/as the first
tine many of'the spectators had seen
the ^ircrart*
T h r o e AT- 6 ' s f r o m t h e S i o u x C i t y
Air
Base
executed
maneuvors
over
the
field, earning an enthusiastic salute
from the crowd.
An L-4 piloted by the State Highv/ay Patrol visited the field. The
Lincoln Air Guard was represented by
four P-51 pilots ^•ho flew over the
field in formation,
A mobile landing unit was operated
by Omaha Squadron 1, Cadot A, Demorest
handled the biscuit gun during the
afternoon, Capt, Frank Bov/Eff»n, CAPA F L i . ' i s o n O f fi c e r, d i r o c t o d t h e l a n d
i n g s a n d t a k e - o ff s o f a l l A r n y a n d
Navy aircraft,
A C-47 from Offutt Field brought
personnel from the Onalm and Lincoln
Squadrons, An Arny bus in command
of Capt, Bob Fisk and Lt, Lucy Daniels
transported fifteen girls and twelve
boys from OniRha to Norfolk* The Omahis
Cadots :-.ssisted the Ilerfolk Squadron
at the refreshment stands, T<orking
in two hour shifts wore: Goldie Stevens
liarie Pace, Betty Jones, and Lou Thomp
son, Cadets from Omaha Squadron 1 also
directed traffic in the parking lots,
Lt,
Robert
Carlisle
of
Norfolk
was
i n c ? i . a r g e o f t h o H o d e l r a c e s . Tw e l v e
trophies aiid twenty-four prizes v/ere
awarded in all classes of model compe
were given in L-4's. Lt. Bob Carlisle
tition,
vation planes. Free tine v/as spent in
Swimming instructors were Tfn, O'Hearn r
and Bette Slattery of thelccalRed Cross*
and Vf/o Peter Corlentini flev/ the obser
(cor.t, next column)
swimciiiig,. volleyball and other'©-ports*
C
v-niv
h
fv-s.
n
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"A meeting oi* all Squadrons of tho
Omaha CAP v;as held at the Municipal Air
port Thursday, August 12#
Lt« Col. Earle C# Roynolds amounced
tentative plans for a practico air rescue
search
to
be
conducted
from
the
Scribncr
Air Base on August 29» (See P 4)
Lt, Bob Piske shov/ed two U» S» Army
movies, "Talc of Two Cities", and "The
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WO
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Numerous Flight Breakfasts have
been held by various CAP Units through^
out Nebraska during the summer months^
During August and September highly
successful Breakfast Flights wfire held'
at Wahoo, E3^ in,' Nebraska City, flfeyord,
Crete and Albion. Bayard celebrated
i t s a n n u A l FA L L F E S T I VA L w i t h a n a i r
shima and Nagasaki; the second related
to events in the European invasion*
show, ball game, dance and fireworks,
in addition to the breakfast^ on
31 August 1948.
Approximately 169 planes landed
at Elgin for the Breakfast held on
The pictures wore shown on an outdoor
1 jiugust 1948. To give an idea of the
screen,' and tho sound of many planes
quantity of food consumed by the fsople,
1,690 eggs v/ere fried along with 60
pounds of bacon—and it required 20
p o u n d s o f c o ff e e t o s a t i s f y t h e g u e s t s ,
as well as over 3,500 biscuitsi
Cmaha V/ing Staff members have
True Glory" ^ The first picture showed
the
effects
of
the
atom
bomb
on
Hiro
id landings and take-offs from the
Municipal Field provided a realistic
note,
»
♦
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♦
♦
Lt» Annette Ostrowsky loft Cmaha
August 21 to make her home in Now York,
Formerly an officor in tho Girls* Squad
ron, Lt, Ostrowsky was Adjutant of Group
761 at the time of her departure^
The Nebraska moiribors of CAP will
miss a faithful and enthusiastic member.
O l i v e r V, Ty l e r, J r. o f O m a h a
Squadron has requested transfer from
the Nebraska to the Kansas Wing.
♦
3|>
'
4(
4t
2nd Lt. Frank Anderson, formerly
of Minneapolis, has moved to Fremont."
An activo member of tho Hinnosota CAP,
Lt, Anderson hopes to assist in tho
reactivation of tho Fremont TJnit.
Itc
ite
dr
ed a 'picnic at "Ronv/ood", north of Flor
ence, July 9. Entertainment included
USAF movies shown by l^Sgt, Richard
Crydorman, a softball game, and horse
shoe pitching. The food committee,
headed by Lt, Lucy Daniels, served potato
salad, saiidwichcs, piokles, and pop.
"Renwood" is the base for Station
KULR, and the surrounding grounds make an
ideal picnic grounds,
*
*
*
blanks and recruiting nev; members at
these broakfastsr.
xo Csnal}.
Nobraslca vms one of 24 statos^
honored by having a CAP cadet selected
to ropresont the United States at the
RCA Cadet Canp at Patricia Bay, British
Columbia,. Canada.
Donald L. Hide,. CAP Cadet from
Jfeistings, was the^"Goodwill ^Imbassador"
from the Cornhusker State. He has been
an activc mojnber of the Hasting? Flight
sincc it v/as organized.
Donald
About fifty members and cadets attend
*
been taking along CAP application
*
celebroted
his
sixteenth
birthday August 20 by soloing several
types of planes at the Hastings airport.
Included among tho ships he 1ms flo^/n
are Aeronca Champion, Aeronca Chiof,
P T- 1 9 , . C e s s n a 1 4 0 , P i p e r C u b J - 3 a n d
P i p e r S u p e r C r u i s e r.
Donald tells of his experiences
in Canada on the following page of the
Cornhusker
Hfcwj
News.
oX
The Lexington Plight has a nevi'
A full page of the Sunday I&gazine
Section of the Oj^aha^/orId-Herald T;as de
Headquarters Building, which was pur
voted to CAP activities in Nebraska. It
at LlcCook, Nebraska and moved to its
present location. Building has a class'
appeared in tho /v„g^ist 15th issue.
chased from V/ar Assets Administration
room, radio station, shop and Tink room.
AIR PgVER IS PEACE
m
m
SEPrEIBEK 18th IS AIR FORCE DAY
^ • • ■ v c i Jones,
uaaeTs Anderson, Hastings,' o o v \ x
\\\ ^
Pace, Rossen, Rundeback, Stockwell, Tompsett, Uoore and Buster of Omaha Girls
Sqdn. helped with the Traffic Count held
^ ^ ^ ^ c Ci02it, fra-n P:ige 3
bv the Onnha Parkin? and Traffic Connittoe
on 8 July 1948, Cnc^ots Hoolior, iiudolph^
Rood and'Batten of the Boys Squadron r.lsso
assisted*
1 The Civil Air Pntrol mourns the unitiinely doath of Colonel Georgo A.
|Stonc, CAP, Ciiptain Harry L# King, VSI'S, j
n
I
Ci
»
I
^
This year a highly successful cadet
exchange prof^ran with Canada wac in
augurated, Tv;cnty-four CAP Cadets and
twenty—four Roy^l Canadian Air Cadets
p a r t i c i p a t e d i n t h e t h r e e w e e k a f f a i r.
Accompanying officers for the CAP
Cadots v;erc Llajor L, A, Ed:wards,CAP;
iiichigan u'ingj Capt, E;L. Armstrong,
A F - C A P L i a i s o n O f fi c e r, I o w a I fi n g j
!and T/Sgt» C, E. Chaplin, USAF, killed ' f/l E. Shcjrlock,'R,C,A,F, and F/L
,in the crash of a B-26 while enroutc to ;
.Colunbus, Ohio from Boiling Air Force Basd
on the aftornoon of Aur;ust 20, 1948, '
General C-xrl Spaatz, recently retired ;
las Chief of Staff of the U, S, Air Force, j
• succeeds Colonol Stone as Chairnr.n of |
'the Civil Air i^itrol Board at Boiling .
iAir Force Base, Hoadqu'^.rters f of CAP
I
ar-y-y-y-
A . D a g g , R , C , A , F,
T h e t r i p s t a r t e d f o r n e o n 2 8 J u l y,
when Capt, Bowman, AF-CA? Liaison Offi
cer for the Nebraska ^'^ing, flew me to
Denver in his "6", Lov/ry Air Force
Base, Cenver, Colo, was tho assembly
point for the 12 CAP Cadots from the
\-estcrn part of the nation, Selfredge
AFB in Itichig'.n being the one for the
12 Cadets from the Ea.'stern part, Fri
Tw e n t y p i a n o s f r o n fi v e N e b r a s k a U n i t s
took part in a practice Search and Roscue
IJission hold Sunday, 29 August 1948, at
the Scribnor Air Base, It is hoped that
similar
maneuvers
can
be
held
i:i
the
future \;ith other IMits taking part,
evixion . CAD"t-V*'3
For the inforn^'bion of nil concornod,
Scction VI T13 12-425, Personnel Classi
fication, deals "/ith the proprration of
day morning, 50 July, we left Lov^ry on
a V I P ' d C - 4 7 f o r C a l g a r y, A l b e r t a , v i a
Ye l l o v / s t o n e P a r k r n r G r e a t F a l l s , I ' o n t ,
/ifter circling over a few points of
i n t e r e s t i n Ye l l o v / s t o n e a n d t a k i n g
some pictures, v;e continued on to Great
Falls, whore we cloarod with U, S,
Customs officials. Upon our arrival in
Calgary we v/ere greeted by 12 Canadian
Cadets v/ho were preparing to leave for
t h e i r t o u r o f t h e T ^ i t e d S t a t e j r,
Soldier*s Qualification Card, ViD AGO
several
officials
and
Forra 20, Paragraph 66g of citod manual
Alberta
Committee
of
is quoted:
League, and several newspaper men who
"For
Civil
Air
Patrol
Cadets
horc-
officers
the
Air
of
tho
Cadet
I believe wore consistently v:ith us-
o f t e r e n l i s t e d o r i n d u c t e d i n t o t h e A r r y,
a notation will be entered in "Remarks"
t h r o u g h o u t t h e t o u r,
that
RCAF Dakota for a trip over the Cana
a
course
in
Civil
Air
Patrol
train
ing has been completed, Ex-i'npler Civil
Air Patrol Cadet trng, compl (date)",
" t o
Girls* Squadron will lose the
fo l l o w i n g me mb e rs i n th e n e a r fu tu re ,
Nadino Laws, Mary Phillips and Rita
Brennan will leave shortly for college,
Saturday noon vre left Calgary on an
dian Rookies to Sea Island RCAF Base,
at Vancom*er, BC, That same evening,
v/ith the help of a very elaborate
police escort, we were taken in private
c a r s t o a l a r g e H o t e l i n d o v m t o w n Va n
c o u v e r, w h e r e w e v ; o r e v / o l l f e d a n d w o n
d e r f u l l y e n t e r t a i n e d b y t h e m a y o r, t h o
British
Columbia
Committee
of
the
Air
the Hodel Air Show held at Norfolk,
Cadet League, and a group of Canadian
Cadets who had just completed their
first flight training,
Patricia Bay Air Cadet Camp was
Nebraslca on 25 July 1948 was sent to
our next stop. There we not the 12
Pra*\ se^' A'lr SIkuJi
A report and photographs coveriilg
Eastern Cadets, v/ho arrived from Ottawa
Vj'ashington Hoadq\iarters»
at the sf\me time wo arrived fron
In an indorsement dated 3 Au(;;^st 48,
National Headquarters coTnmonted as follows? V a n c o u v e r ,
"It is felt that this shov/ has beon ex
tremely successful, both from an opera
tional and model program standpoint,,.The
Civil Air Patrol in its first yoar of
Highlighting that v/eek was a tour
of Victoria nnd the light cruiseir
"H,i;;,C,S, Ontario" on Monday^ a cruise
up the B,C, coast on Tuesday, a PT boat
C (
\\CYoi VS ^\^OuJCon.^t, fron Pn.ge ^
C^V^ KD\ f KCm/^rCM fron P>^
rtG
r i d e b a c k t o t h e r / \ i n l a n d o n V v e d n e s d a y,
pr^rt of tho overall cadet progr^ini rail
where we went through the largest fishcannery in the British Empire, a trip
to Prince CJoorge and the Alcan Highway
stress
on
nodol
^.ircrnft
activitios
be expected to conduct a niiraber of
those wing nodol rwcts» It is plc^nnod
to establish the project reported on
in basic corjnimicc.tion ns soincwhat of
a criteria frcri v;hich to bnse plans
for i:iodol noets'of its type through
out tho country^ '*
C O \\ i\\ v; w ! C M-'i O h F
'./r.shington Headquarters anticipates
holding a Comunications Conferonce in
each of tho eight Rci^icns, starting" at
Region 1 on or about 4 October 1948,
on Thurs. and Fri,, and to top it off
w o w o r e g u e s t s o f t h e R o y a l Va n c o u v e r
Yacht Club dt their Ilid-sianncr Regatta
on Saturday^
The next week v/as also packed with
Y/onders; Monday v/e -.vent to Sprocjt Lake
on a PBY, and saw sono real logging
oporations--Viedne5dny v^e again v/ont
for a PBY ride, this tino to Powell
River, vvhero vit '»vent thr'^ugh a giant
paper mill# On Thursday vra %verc guests
t a k i n g e a c h l i c ' i i o n i n n u n e r i c r j o r d e r,
of
Tho purpose of this Conference T\'ill
be to discuss the forthconinc regula
famous Stanley Park, v/hers that cam©
evening v/o saw tho Operetta, "The Groat
Vfaltz,"' The follov/inc day v;e had agoing avmy party at a private hone in
Vancouver,' aiKi Saturday A!f v;o returned
t o C a l g a r y. B - t i ff N a t i o n a l P a r k v / a s on the schedule Saturday afternoon, and
that evening we had a tcrrific banquet.
All 48 participating cadets and
theii* acconpanying cffi6ers'\vore pro- '
sent,, plus Genor-tl Beau,. Mr. Alec Ros.^^
presideiit cf tho Air C(\dots of Canada,
and numerous other important'officials-
tion CjOverning the use of tho new
frequencies allocatod to CAP»
Presort pirns aro to hold there con
ferences starting; on or about the ni;;ht
of
4
October
1948
at
Grcnier
Air
Forco
Base, Manchester, N,H» and holding tho
last conference at Los Angeles, Cal,
on or about 16 October 1948.
i!oro data will be available lator
about
the
Conferonce
to
be
scheduled
for this Kegion#
4>
*
#
*
«
a
and
Civil
Luncheon
officers
of
in
both
Va n c o u c e r * s
n a t i o n s V. ' o
had
real entertairj;ient and'some v/onderful
Call Sign "KW C W" has boon assign
National Headquarters*
addresses that e\'oning. General Beau
expressed hop§ tlint arrangements could
b e o f.r.p l e to d fo r a si n i l a r p ro g ra m
next year, not only v,'ith Canada but
also with England.
The trip sure went over big with
/\\ E h, HTP
who will never fTget it. I figured up
ed tli© Crete Squadron by the Federal
Comunications Cormssion^ Itcdio li
censes for North Flatto and Lexington
have been subnitted to FCC through
I^'s" ro. get behind the "CAP
r.II?".333R£>HlP DRIVE" to be held by tho
Kebraslca v/ing fron 15 September to 15
October and reach the goal of*250 new
Soy'ior i;;Cy'i];>ors and_25a Cadets I '
everyone, and tj^e* are'a lot of pcjople
that I spent 53^- hours in tho air on
the trip, in T-6*s, C-47*s, PBY*5 ar^d
Lancasters.
l.Tiat
DOMID L, KIDE.
beii.jg* forv'drded to each Unit under sepa
4;
r a t e c o v e r, ,
Appl'ua"'V', I'll- Senior Ilonbership ha\*e
boor? r.c'-'rr-;. O-'oa airiest all Squadrons,
but j'O.ay": a-od Kearney have been
sendjr^; iTioro tbun tho ether Ibits.
A ni^r,I"*ar oT apoHcations for
Senior at tx-nding—includins
IV. Riiyn^-'a lull of r^c;^stGura, and Vcc^
lifel
the lucky one next year? "
Ini')ri;\ation about the Drive is
Grand Inland, Hrrth Platte and
Lincol?; ncur.drcns have been the It^aders
in i.rnv Cadot nombers •
a
\Vhich of you Cadot readers will be
If
*
It
9k
"THE CCRJIHUSKER NEIVS" has been
appearing infrequently—due chiefly to
lack
of
tine
since
tho
staff
has
been
busy with n:\tters pertaining'to Sumner
Enc'^pnent,. Brer^kfast Flights, ctc.
Lt. Dorothy Gathers, Adjutant, Nebraska
v. ' i n ^ S t a ff , o ff e r e d h e r v a r y a b l e
assistance in getting this edition
to press—and it is hoped that the pevirsletter can bo published monthly,, GET
Viilliam 0*Hoarn of the local Red Crosfr.C'o YOtJR miS ITEIS TO US BY THE 5TH EA MOl