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G O R N H U S K E R C A P N LW S . 1 9 A u u s t 4 9 p a g e 1
ARTHUR GODFREY JOINS CaF SQUADRON NEBRASKA T/IHG ANNOUNCES PR0M0TI0I4S
A r t h u r G o d f r e y, C o l u m b i a B r o a d c a s t - I n a c c o r d a n c e w i t h P e r s o n n e l O r d e r s
ing^s hottest bet' of the year and currently issued by National Hoadquarters and
a favorite from coast to coast on radio recently received fey this Wins, "the
and television, and as unassXiming and sincere following promotions are announced
a guy as you will taeet in a long day^s walk, by the Nebraska Wing: '
has been adopted by the Frederick, Maryland
CAP Squadron, or maybe it's the other v;ay
TO MAJOm .
around. In any e-^^nt. Captain Godfrey has
become a part of the recently reactiv^kted
squadron nd is moving with might and main^
as are a^l its members, to make it one of
the outstanding organizations in the
national picture* Godfrey's frequent
mentioning of CAP and his favorite squadron
on his programs is of immense help in gett
ing information about CAP to the public.
PUERTO RICO DEVELOPING CAP WING
Col, James ^"7, Thonson, Major Arthur
D. Rhodes, Maj, Herbert G, Rollins,
Capt. Lawrence So Heral and Capt, John S,
Finlay, all National Headquarters per
sonnel, recently attended a series of
confercncos with government officials,
school authorities and aviation enthusif.sts
in Puerto Rico to lay the framework for
sotting up a Puerto Rico V/ing, the 52nd^
of the Civil Air Patrol#
Progress is slow at this early stage ••
of the organizing a new wing. Col, Thora^
son reported, but every sign is bncouraging and we hope this fall to be able to
announce activation of squadrons. As the
schools open in this terri^ry in August,
Major Rollins wont nvor introduction of tho
now CAP manual into the regular* curricu
lum v/ith officials there#
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OMAHA GIRLS TO VISIT LINCOLN SQUADRON
Arrangements have been made with the
3902nd Base Unit, Offutt Field to secure an
Air Force bus for the members of the Omaha
Girls' Squadron, who are planning to visit
GEORGE, Wendell W., 7-6-1115,
Supply & Maintenance Officer,
Nebraska 7/ing»
MURPHY, Howard S-, 7-6-1772,
Conmanding Officer, Norfolk Sqdn,
T O C A P TA I N ;
AMRINE, Herschel E., 7-6-1767,
Commanding Officer, Lexington •
F l i g h t a n d T r a i n i n g O f fi c e r,
Group 764.
Carlisle, Robert L,, 7-6-1780,
E x e c u t i v e O f fi c e r, N o r f o l k S q d n .
T O 1 S T L T.
H ^ I N G , M a r t i n J . , J r. , 7 - 6 - 1 6 5 2 ,
Communications Officer, Omaha Sq 3r
FULLER, Vern W., 7-6-12 55, Asst.
Communications Officer, Nebr. Wing
TO 2nd LT,
BEN2LER,' Theodore A., 7-6-1927 ,
P u b l i c I n f o r m a t i o n ' O f fi c e r, K e a r n e y
Flight.
COSTELLO, John J,, 7-6-1962, Engr.
O f fi c e r, N o r f o l k S q u a d r o n ,
DUTSCW, Lawrence H,, 7-6rl922,
Commandant of Cadets, Omaha Sqdn.
FLEMING, John P., 7-6-1531, Train
the Lincoln Squadron on T/ednesday evening,
i n g O ff i c e r, " B l a i r F l i g h t , ■
Central High School at 5j30 PM on the 31st.
FR;;Z.IBR, MelvinPf., 7-6-3 62,
P h o t o g r a p h i c O f fi c e r, N o r t h P l a t t e
Squadron'
31 August 1949, The bus will depart from
The girls of -ttxe Omaha Squadron have
been meeting regularly on Thursday evenings
at the United Air Lines lounge, Cfeaha
^'un^cip^il Airport*
(cont. Col. 2, page 2 )
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;0R1TOSKER CAP NiiVrfS
A1QJ^MD»''NEB^SKA ACTIVATES Wtl UNIT PROMOTIONS .IN NEBRASKA WING Ccgnt)
There were 22 persons present at
ho organizational meeting, held at
•akland,.Nebraska.on 24 July 1949#
jt. Coli Earle" C.' Reynolds attended
;he" meeting^ and told .the. groxip about
ihe organization and work of CAP.
T h e O a k l a n d F l i g h t i s o ff t o a
fine start, with 15 senior applications
pending at the present time and cadet
TO 2nd Lta, cont#
FREDERICKS, Keith K; 7-^1935, Operations
and Training Officer, Kearney F^^t
HELMUTH, MaynafdVv,, 7-6-1928, Adjutant,
Kearney
Flight,
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HINDS, John D., 7-6-1933, Operations Of
fi c e r, L e x i n g t o n F l i g h t .
applicatic!n& on the way# 'Mr. Earl .
Brunton has been appointed acting
Flight Commander#
LONGVffiLL, Robert L.,-7-6-1938, Communi
c a t i o n s O f fi c e r, K e a t * n e y F l i g h t #
PLATTSMOL^H TO'PARTICIPATE IN CARNIVAL
MILES, Henry S#, 7-6-1i970, Commanding
O f fi c e r, A i n s w o r t h F l i g h t .
The Plattsmouth Flight plans on
taking an actiw part in the aruaual
STEEN, Tfilliam M., 7-6-1985, Commanding
September 14 to 17th. An air to
ground radio demonstration is con
templated, and senior members and
cadets,-oC the fli^t will, participate
in the parrade on Friday, Septentoer 16.
WITTEKIND, Tvarren 0., 7-6-1689, Intelli
O f fi c e r, O r d F l i g h t .
Cass' .County Kom Karnival,
gence Officer, Omaha Sq. 1
AERONAUTICAL RATIN(IS
.The following CAP personnel have re
ceived aeronautical ratings, as indi
There aro^ now thirty licensed
pilots signed up" with the Flight,
cated, in accordance with the provi
according to. Lt. ^Burrell,Evans, unit
sions of. CAP Regulation 50-l»
c o Q ^ a ^ ^ e r. * • .
:K *]|i' « «|t' He He *■ *" *
OBSERVER
Major Soren Munkhof
Omaha, Nebraska
OMAHA ■ SENIOR: AMBERS gUES-T&:OF- NAA
Senior members of the Omaha CAP
Squadrons, together"with officers of
PILOT
• ' R o b e r t H . P i Ti t t
Srfottsbluff,; Nebr# ..
the Air Reserve, were guests of the '
PILOT
.Ruble:'!
N a t A b h a l - A e r o j fi a u t l i o s A s s o c a i i i O i i - o n ^ ' •Lyle R. Nebraslca
Omaha-i
Friday ^vening, 12 August'4-at
the Embagisy Room of the Font^fetie^le
Richard E. Viiageai..' .!.
Omaha, Nebraska.
H o t e l .
OIvlAHA CADETS SELL TICKETS ON TV SET
^ To irai-se ^100 to reimburse the Wing
treasury f cr money seiit to Natiorial Headi^
quarters to help cover costs of sending
Cadet C^pt. Edwin. Burrell tb^'Canada, and
to
create'a
fund
for
official
CAP
PILOT
Carl R.. Wedol
Omaha, Nebraska
PILOT
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^Merwin R, Barf oof •
Scbttsbluff, Nebr«- '
cadet
activities in Omaha, the Omaha cadets are
selling ehfehces- on a $200#00 portable
televis-ioil*set# ' The cad^'seflling the* '
winning ticket will receive a portable
radio, and team selling th9 most tickets
will receive o 45'minute ride in Capt#
Bowman's T-T. Contest closes Sept. 14th#
PILOT
Robert K. Knox
PILOT
'Scottdbluf^f, Nebr. •
Everett L# Haxby
S CO ttsbluf f ; • 5Jel}raska
PILOT
COHIIHUSKelR C/iP NEY/5
THIS
VIEEK
P o m s
A u g u s t
»The
Form
CADET CAAU'.'i/E TO RETURN 'AUGUST ^5
lA
(quoted fron Weekly Flying Safety SugRestions for Cornmanders^ The Inspector
G e a i e r e s l , U S A F, O f fi c e o f t h e A i r I n s p e c
The
Nebraska
Cadets
will
be
most
anxious to hear about Cadet Burrell* s
trip to Canada and Cadet Caauwe^s trip
tor, Flying Safety Div., Langley AFB)
to England, and the Cornhusker News
plans on printing accounts from both
Are pilots in your wing properly
boys in the September issue# Cadet
impressed \7ith the importance of the
Form lA?
Pilot responsibilities in this
Edwin Burrell of Omaha went directly
to summer can^ at Rapid City upon his
return from Canada on 15 August 1949,
and Cadet Russell Caauwe is scheduled
rospect are twofold. In the first
place, the Form lA is the pilot^s means,
of determining that the airplone ho has;
been assigned to fly has been properly
serviced and is in good flying condi
t i o n . S e c o n d l y, a n d p o s s i b l y m o r e
to return to Washington, D. C« from
England on 25 August 1949.
Pending further word from the boyS;
however, w© are quoting below an arti
cle T/^ich appeared in the Morning Edi
important, the pilot is responsible
tion of the Omaha 'Vorld Herald on
for. making accurate, detailed nota
tions of any discrepancies noticed or
incidents that occurred during^ the
flight which might have resulted in
damage to the airplane. If a pilot
24 August 1949, which gives us a little
information as to what Cadot Captain
Caauwo has been doing in England#
foils'to accomplish either of these
responsibilities, he fails in his
duties as a pilot.
FLYING SAFETY suggests that all
pilots be iiripressed continually vdth
the fact that proper use of the Form lA
is a vitf.l phase of safety. It always
works to'the advantage of the pilot*
Cadet Capt« Russell Gaauwe, 17,
Norfolk, who is spending the summer
in lEurope on an air cadet exchange
program, likes everything about England
except the food, although he east si*
tiiaes a day#
"Vfe have little butter and so we
eat dry bread", he wrote in a letter to
GAP Capt. Robert Carlisle, Norfolk*
'*I have yet to eat warm potatoes or
KEY/ CADET MAMJAL TO BE DISTRIBUTED SOON
The Nebraska T7ing has received word
from National Headquarters that the CAP
^iviation Study Manual will be distribu
ted in the near future. The printers
were
to
deliver
the
manuals
to
National
Uwudquarters on 15 August 1949, and
distribution schedules are being prepcired there at the present timo* Enough
copied have been allocated to the Nebr
aska V7ing to permit distribution to all
u n i t s •
C A P A U T Q M O B I L I : : . I D E N T I F I C AT I O K P L AT E S
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day), lettuce, cold meat and tomatoes*"
"The English youths", he wrote,
"are really envious of our pilot^s
licenses. They consider learning to fl;;
t o o g r e a t a l u x u r y t o e v e n c o n s i d e r.
Most of then have their solo licenses
in gl iders. The boys range .from 14 to
(cont. Col, ,2^ page 4: ) ,
cents (35;^) each or |i3.50 a dozen* Re
The New York V\fing, Room'544, Post
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eat six times a day» We never are hun
gry and we are never filled up. Most o.
otir food consists of tea (six times a
plates are available at thirty-five
GAP 'DLCJU.S'"A5E AVAILABT^ ■
r\or-;
warm food of any kind besides soup. T/e
ri-s^4_
quests should be submitted directly to
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comrausKER cap
A "u K u s t "
CIVIL AIR PATRCi TODAY'
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CADET CAAtJWE EATS SK MEILS DAILY IN
EWGLAHD (conta from page 3 )
by/Gen-. CARL SPAATZ, USAF^ Ret.
^Wotej We have special permission to
quote thas article by Gen* Spaatz^
which appeared in the August 15 issue
of NEWSWEEK magazine).
"^n air-age. approach to the problem of
18. T/e have been treated like kings#
We have two private buses and a car#
had newsreel pictures taken the first
day here# *Ve even h&ve an Air Ministry
photographer with us all of the time»^'
Wr i t i n g a b o u t a t r i p a b r o a d t h e
understanding among the nations—one
HMS Illustrious, aircraft carrier, the
which may have, important repercussions
in the difficult years ahead—is being
Norfolk Cadet said« "Man, was it
dirty# The only clean place was the
undertaken this summer by the Civil
officers* wardroom and that*s whore we
Air Patrol, with the aid and guidance
had tea# They showed us -Hieir Spit
of the United States Air Foroe^.
fires and Seafires and also some Fire
flies# v;e came over in a Constellation
"An exchange of air*^minded youth of
England, France, Switzerland, Canada,
with plush-lined seats and rug on the
floor* V/e even had a pressurized dabin-
and the United States was under way
Yo u k n o w, I h a v e n * t e v e n s e e n t h e o c e a r
when an Air Force Constellation
It rained oil day and we flew all night#
landed at the National Airport,
Washington, D. C*, August 6* Aboard
were 35 European air cadets picked up
24 hours earlier at their point of
assembly in London, after the Con
"T7e have the best pilots they could
find# It seems strange, but I have just
about seen more of England than I have .*
the United States. Commander Walker
stellation had deposited a similar load
said we have seen more than most English
of 35 American CAP Cadets, flown to
men have#**
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England to be guests of the three old*
world
nations»•
GEIIERAL BEAU, NATIONAL COMMANDER,
GIVES VIEVYS OF CIVIL AIR PATROL
"The week before, two Civil Air Patrol
0-47*8 arrived from Canada, bringing 26
Canadian air cadets to visit the United
States in exdxange, for 26 CAP cadets
taken nprth for a view of Canada and'
Canadian air operations,
"For tv/o v/eeks the young air enthusiasts
\vilj, tour the. United States, meet Ameri
can boys. and. girls of their own age,
see this country's air bases ^.n operatUm, inspect some of the. aircraft .
f t i c t o r i e s , v i e w, t h e v a s t n e s ^ o f t h e
Jlme.rican continent,, and exp.erienjce •
American life ,in its various aspects•
^'The French.will fly directly to the
University of Illinois; from whi^ base
they'will make a number of side trips;
the Smss will use Randolph'Aii* Base,
S a n A n t o n i o , Te x a s , & s t h e i r t r a v e l
hub. The British, having'no language
difficulties, will fly to Cal^ornia,
in shofi hops. This year'^h'e Canadians
will tour only the 7/ebtem half of the
United States# (cont» page 5 )
The advancement of widened knowledge
of the theory of flight and participav
tion in the development of resources
of the air, throug^i the aircraft in
dustry, through private flying, mili
tary training, communications, weather
reporting and other allied phases of
**flying", are t'he aims and ambitions of
the Civil Air Patrol in this nation,.
Major General. Lucas V# Beau, National
Coimnander, recently told a Washington
audience#
The purpose of the CAP is to con
tinue .the .growing awareness of the
pptentialities of our program to "tiie
community, its importance, to the youth
of .the nation and the recruiting and
reenlistment
of
thousands
of
inactive
and new members ill 'the senior program,
the General said#
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CIVIL AIR PATROL TODAY, cont. .
"Originally organized a few days before
^^Across the. Atlantic the Amerioon
fiur.ope — 25 in En^jland and five in
each of the two continental countries#
On the schedule will be a flight to
Berlin. In France and Switzerland tho
American:: ;7ill receive intensive train
ing in glider flying.
^^The age of the American cadets avornges 17 to 18 years, the Canadians a
l i t t l e o l d e r, 1 8 t o 1 9 , w t i i l e t h e a g e o f
the Buropeaus ranges from 20 to 23#
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"On both sides of the ocean these i^ir
citizens of the future—many of whom
will bo leaders in a eouple of decades—
learn
ternational.
more
&bout
relia-tions
basic
in
two
human
weeks
in
then
in many years of classroom lectures.
And if previous experiments' of the
kind are any criteria, the young visi
tors
v^ill
return
home
enthusiastic
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P e a r l H a r b o r, t h e C i v i l A i r P a t r o l
boys will bo sampling life in postwar
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bassadors of internation good will*
To quote young Anthony Demetriades fron
Athens, Gruece, one of tho European
students who took part in the Marshall
plan countries' air tour of -Oie United
States last spring urder sponsorship
of the USAF and the CAPi
'Kaybe some day I will vrrite a
book ••• and tell how a group of toys
and girls, sinking "Should Auld Ac
quaintance be Forgot" 11,000 feet above'
tho ground, discovered -Uie greatest
truth of 'lit that people all over the
world are simple, plain people tdiat
can get olong together very well.»
"'Eventually, it is hoped, the CAP
ex'oSiange will be extended to include
other nations in iiiurope, Africa an^
Asia. Sweden has indicated a desire
to participate next summer#
"The American cadets hail from all
of the 51 wings (one.for eoch state plus
the District of Columbia, Hawaii, and
Alaska)# They were nominated by the
wings and selected by National Head
quarters on the basis of their personal
and academic qualifications♦
performed long arid valuable service for
t h i s ' c o u n t r y d u r i n g t h e w a r. " M o s t o f
them flying their private planes, the
senior
members
maintained
a
constant
patrol of the coastal areas of the
Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico,
scouting for German'submorines. They
also patrolled power lines, relieving
for combat duty many Air Force planes
which would have been obliged to do. th?. ^
job# They flew machine parts and other
supplies across the country#
"'The cadet branch gave iiiousands of
youths a pre-flight training that
enabled them to skip the ABC's of avia
tion when they were old enou^ to enter
the
Air
Force#
"Since the vrar the CAP has continued it
activities as an auxiliary of the
United States Air Force, concentreting
on peacetime duties. Its senior
members have- piloted their planes in
thousands of flights, searching for
missing civilian and military aircraft,
pfitrolling forest-fire and flood areasreconnoitering, dropping food and •
supplies (they did outstanding service
in the "Eaylift-Snowdrop-Snoi^'bound"
Operations last winter), and coopera
ting mth the Red Cross to bring re
lief to regions struck by disaster#
"The CAP has continued to stress its
cadet program, as a •means of creating t.
junior air reserve Sor the notion in
p e a c e o r w a r. T h e o r g a n i z a t i o n i s
conducting a drive to recruit 100,000
cadets by May'1950#- Any boy or girl,
if an American citizen, between the
ages of 15 and 18, can enroll in the
CAP cadet program# These cadets are
given pre-flight instruction v^ich
i n c l u d e s m e t e o r o l o g y, n a v i g a t i o n , a e r o
dynamics, and aircraft enginges, to
gether with military drill and instruc
tion in citizenship and international
affairs*
Those
courses
extend
over
period of three years# After comple
ting his instruction, the CAP male
•cadet has a priority status if he
chooses the Air Force as a career#
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CORNHUSKER CAP NE^fS
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PROP
AIR INSPECTION OF NEBRASKA V/ING HELD.-
The annual air inspection of the
Nebraska Wing v/ns conducted')'^ Captain
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— S g t , E ^ v a r d F i n i s L e i g h , U S A F,
v/ho was formorly'-stationcd xit -Offutt
James J. Pargoe,; USAF, ils-s'istant Air*
Fiold as a radio nochanic, has been
Inspector, CAP National •Headquarters^
ru.-..
transferred to Hawaii and is'nov/ a'
Captain Pargoe inspected the
Piattsmouth Plight and Oitiaha Cadet and
member of the ^C/P V/ing thore. Sgfb.
Leigh v/as a member of Omaha Squadron
'3 while in Omaha»
Senior Squadrons during his visit from
19 July to 21 July«
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Lt« Vern Fichter, who was very
active in the CAE pofmmuni cat ions prograr
at Omaha and Grand Island, has request
ed transfer to the Idaho Wing. He
now resides at Mountain Home, Idaho.
The AF-CAP Liaison Officers frcan
Minnesota, Iowa and South Dakota flev/
to Offutt Air Force Base, on 21 July
to confer v/ith Capt» Bowman, Nebraska
Liaison Officer* on matters concerning
the Cadet S\nTiner Encampment to be hold -
at Rapid City Air Base. ^
aska v;ill attend the encampment from
14-August - 27 August 1949, Senior
CAP members and USAF Reserve personnel
each
state
will
assist
C i t y, N e b r a s k a . H i s a d d r e s s t h e r e i s
Box 2-D, Route 3. Central City haa
been interested in forming a Civil Air
Patrol unit for some time and a new
An estimated 300 boys and 80 girls
from the five state region of North and
South Dakota, Minnesota, lov/a and Nebr
from
John McAllister, formerly of
Omaha Squadron 3, has moved to Central
at
the
encampment as instructors, o6unsolors,
e t o » M a j o r H o v r a r d ff u r p h y, C d m m n n d i n g
Officor of the Norfolk Squadron, has*
been appointed Canp Commander# Senior
Flight may be established there in the
near
future.
CIVIL AIR PATROL TODAY by Gen. Spaatz
•(continued from page 5 )
"Squadrons of the CAP are in existence
throughout the United States for train
ing these cadets. In many instances
small communities such as Boyertown,
my own little town in Pennsylvania,
personnel from the Nebraska Wing who will have such squadrons. The CAP is given
aasist at .the encampment are Capt» Jack advice and tedinical assistance by the
Lewis, Commanding Officer, Bayard Flight) Air Force, but funds for its pp^ration
Capt. Herschel Amrine, Commanding Officor, «»re raised by-voluntary contributions
Lexington Flight; May Coleman of the Grand from patriotic and far-^seeing citizens
Island. Flight J Capt. Robert Carlisle, Lt. '>f the 48 states, Hawaii, and Alaska.
Leon Buckley and Lt. Wayne Hi-lkqmeier# "The cadet exchange program this year
all of Norfolk) and Patricia Sires and is the Civil Air Patrol's first dip
Clara Spindler of Omaha.,' ! Capt^.'Frank into, the realm of international affairsM.. Bowman and M/Sgt» R. V,-Gryderman. of except for the original exchange of
the AF-CAP Liaison Office will be present cadets with Canada-1mt;year, the sucat the encampments . cess of which prompted'the presents-project. The idea of preparing our. future
Cadets from Lexington# Norfolk^ Lincoln/airmen to think, intelligently in
Grand Island, Bayard, Omaha and Hasjt^ings v/ill/terms of other, p.eoples is peculiarly
fly to. South Dakota by C*?47 aircraft'.. The Appropriate since the airplane has don-.,
encampment this year is the first .to ^^^ioh so mich to erase. nat,ional frontiers,
The eventual, gpw^.. a worldwide
girls have been admitted* . The eventual, gpw^.. of of a worldwide
Ca.det Capt. Edwin Burrell'of Omaha,
Nebraskajj who represented Nebraska this
year in the exchange.program vrith Canada^
was floym iProm Denver to the. Rap id City
camp on 15 August 1949 by Capt. Bowftnan^
air fraternity should.prove.a power
ful force-in international good
.(General Spaatz is., chair man of the
National Executive Board of the CAP.
Last spring he f;lew: .to- Europe to arr
ange the interchange of cadets).
CORNHUSKER CAP NEWS
August
AIR FORCE READIES KIrlERGENCY TEAM
A new emergency disaster service is
available to Nebraska and 12 other re
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CAP FILM MADE AT RAPID CITY SNCAMPMSKT
A special photographic crew from
the 2nd Combat Camera Unit, McGuire Air
gional states, the Air Force announced
Force Base, Fort Dix, New Jersey flew
r e c e n t l y,
to Rapid City Air Base to take 35 m.m.
movies of the cadet encampment# The
A vet .''an of the haylift operations
last winter was named head of the "emer
gency team." He is Lt, Col» Joe K.
M c K a y, s t a t i o n e d w i t h t h e Te n t h A i r
Force
in
Indiana*
Disasters caused by earthquakes,
floods, snov7s and other emergency situa
tions, will bring the team into action.
Air Force officials said#
They e^^lained that the team v^ill
cooperate with the Red Cross, National
Guard, Civil Air Patrol and other organi
zations of a similar nature.
film will be shown to CAP units through
o u t t h e c o u n t r y, a n d p a r t s o f t h e fi l m
may 'appear in national news reel filmsc
During the filming, a group of
young people attending the encampment
were flown to Norfolk, Nebraska for
the shooting of scenes at Norfolk Highschool showing hovr the Norfolk program
fits into "the overall training schedulet
Other shots were taken of the town and
airport, and of the group of young
people Irnding in a B-17 picturing theii
N£W CADET INSIGNIA FORTHCOMING
return
Nebraska Wing Headquarters has re
ceived numerous inquiries from units v/ho
The CAP cadets vrho took part in
this particular phase of the film
are Codet Alice Cannon, Fargo, North
have been advised by Federal Supply
Company and other supply houses that
the nld CAFO gold/black chevrons are
no longer regulation#
New cadet insignia is to be put
into usage in the near future, and a
regulation covering this subject will
soon be forthcoming frcsn National
Headquarters* Upon receipt of addi
tional information in regard to this
subject, unit conroandors will be noti
fi e d i m i i ^ c u i a t e l y.
home.
Dakota, Cadet iHalvin Koons, Grand
Forks, North Dakota, Cadet Bonnie Peters
Grand Island, Nebraska and Cadet Don
Hide, Hastings, Nebraska# CiiP Lt#
May Coleman of Grand Island was chaperon
for the group#
Mayor B# A. McCreary of Norfolk,
Allen B« B\irkhardt, Superintendent of
Schools^ Lt# Niels V/odder, aeronautical
instructor in the Norfolk course, and
A n d y R i s s e r, l o c a l fl i g h t i n s t r u c t o r
and ai rport operator w ere flow n to
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I^JOR CHARLES TAYLOR IS WING TRAINING OFCR
Colonel Rudy Mueller, Nebraska VVing
Commander, has announced the appointment
SianOR MI:,MBEHS IN NEBRASKA NUMBER 420
Inactive CAP personnel files were
uf Llajor Charles E. Taylor, Lincoln,
Nebraska as Training Officer for the
recently sent to National Headquarters,
Nebraska V<ing, effective at once#
Nebraska V7ing has approximately 420
Major Taylor, a CAP member since
1943, has been active in the Lincoln
Squadron and has served in the capa
c i t y o f Tr a i n i n g O f fi c e r f o r t h e L i n c o l n
Sqviadron and Director of Training and
Operations for Group 762#
Y R H L S M ^E T^E I LC C S
O K OD I v S \ R I U D'
A R
York, Nebraska held a ten act aerial
and current records indicate that the
active CAP senior members, with 35 new
senior applications pending at the
present time. In next month's CORNHUSK
ER CAP IffiyJS we will publish a breakdown
of the number' of active senior and
cadet members in each unit.
National Headquarters recently
advised that in the fliture any CAP
senior member carried in an inactive
status who desires to return to active
G O R N H U S K E R C A P N LW S . 1 9 A u u s t 4 9 p a g e 1
ARTHUR GODFREY JOINS CaF SQUADRON NEBRASKA T/IHG ANNOUNCES PR0M0TI0I4S
A r t h u r G o d f r e y, C o l u m b i a B r o a d c a s t - I n a c c o r d a n c e w i t h P e r s o n n e l O r d e r s
ing^s hottest bet' of the year and currently issued by National Hoadquarters and
a favorite from coast to coast on radio recently received fey this Wins, "the
and television, and as unassXiming and sincere following promotions are announced
a guy as you will taeet in a long day^s walk, by the Nebraska Wing: '
has been adopted by the Frederick, Maryland
CAP Squadron, or maybe it's the other v;ay
TO MAJOm .
around. In any e-^^nt. Captain Godfrey has
become a part of the recently reactiv^kted
squadron nd is moving with might and main^
as are a^l its members, to make it one of
the outstanding organizations in the
national picture* Godfrey's frequent
mentioning of CAP and his favorite squadron
on his programs is of immense help in gett
ing information about CAP to the public.
PUERTO RICO DEVELOPING CAP WING
Col, James ^"7, Thonson, Major Arthur
D. Rhodes, Maj, Herbert G, Rollins,
Capt. Lawrence So Heral and Capt, John S,
Finlay, all National Headquarters per
sonnel, recently attended a series of
confercncos with government officials,
school authorities and aviation enthusif.sts
in Puerto Rico to lay the framework for
sotting up a Puerto Rico V/ing, the 52nd^
of the Civil Air Patrol#
Progress is slow at this early stage ••
of the organizing a new wing. Col, Thora^
son reported, but every sign is bncouraging and we hope this fall to be able to
announce activation of squadrons. As the
schools open in this terri^ry in August,
Major Rollins wont nvor introduction of tho
now CAP manual into the regular* curricu
lum v/ith officials there#
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OMAHA GIRLS TO VISIT LINCOLN SQUADRON
Arrangements have been made with the
3902nd Base Unit, Offutt Field to secure an
Air Force bus for the members of the Omaha
Girls' Squadron, who are planning to visit
GEORGE, Wendell W., 7-6-1115,
Supply & Maintenance Officer,
Nebraska 7/ing»
MURPHY, Howard S-, 7-6-1772,
Conmanding Officer, Norfolk Sqdn,
T O C A P TA I N ;
AMRINE, Herschel E., 7-6-1767,
Commanding Officer, Lexington •
F l i g h t a n d T r a i n i n g O f fi c e r,
Group 764.
Carlisle, Robert L,, 7-6-1780,
E x e c u t i v e O f fi c e r, N o r f o l k S q d n .
T O 1 S T L T.
H ^ I N G , M a r t i n J . , J r. , 7 - 6 - 1 6 5 2 ,
Communications Officer, Omaha Sq 3r
FULLER, Vern W., 7-6-12 55, Asst.
Communications Officer, Nebr. Wing
TO 2nd LT,
BEN2LER,' Theodore A., 7-6-1927 ,
P u b l i c I n f o r m a t i o n ' O f fi c e r, K e a r n e y
Flight.
COSTELLO, John J,, 7-6-1962, Engr.
O f fi c e r, N o r f o l k S q u a d r o n ,
DUTSCW, Lawrence H,, 7-6rl922,
Commandant of Cadets, Omaha Sqdn.
FLEMING, John P., 7-6-1531, Train
the Lincoln Squadron on T/ednesday evening,
i n g O ff i c e r, " B l a i r F l i g h t , ■
Central High School at 5j30 PM on the 31st.
FR;;Z.IBR, MelvinPf., 7-6-3 62,
P h o t o g r a p h i c O f fi c e r, N o r t h P l a t t e
Squadron'
31 August 1949, The bus will depart from
The girls of -ttxe Omaha Squadron have
been meeting regularly on Thursday evenings
at the United Air Lines lounge, Cfeaha
^'un^cip^il Airport*
(cont. Col. 2, page 2 )
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;0R1TOSKER CAP NiiVrfS
A1QJ^MD»''NEB^SKA ACTIVATES Wtl UNIT PROMOTIONS .IN NEBRASKA WING Ccgnt)
There were 22 persons present at
ho organizational meeting, held at
•akland,.Nebraska.on 24 July 1949#
jt. Coli Earle" C.' Reynolds attended
;he" meeting^ and told .the. groxip about
ihe organization and work of CAP.
T h e O a k l a n d F l i g h t i s o ff t o a
fine start, with 15 senior applications
pending at the present time and cadet
TO 2nd Lta, cont#
FREDERICKS, Keith K; 7-^1935, Operations
and Training Officer, Kearney F^^t
HELMUTH, MaynafdVv,, 7-6-1928, Adjutant,
Kearney
Flight,
,
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HINDS, John D., 7-6-1933, Operations Of
fi c e r, L e x i n g t o n F l i g h t .
applicatic!n& on the way# 'Mr. Earl .
Brunton has been appointed acting
Flight Commander#
LONGVffiLL, Robert L.,-7-6-1938, Communi
c a t i o n s O f fi c e r, K e a t * n e y F l i g h t #
PLATTSMOL^H TO'PARTICIPATE IN CARNIVAL
MILES, Henry S#, 7-6-1i970, Commanding
O f fi c e r, A i n s w o r t h F l i g h t .
The Plattsmouth Flight plans on
taking an actiw part in the aruaual
STEEN, Tfilliam M., 7-6-1985, Commanding
September 14 to 17th. An air to
ground radio demonstration is con
templated, and senior members and
cadets,-oC the fli^t will, participate
in the parrade on Friday, Septentoer 16.
WITTEKIND, Tvarren 0., 7-6-1689, Intelli
O f fi c e r, O r d F l i g h t .
Cass' .County Kom Karnival,
gence Officer, Omaha Sq. 1
AERONAUTICAL RATIN(IS
.The following CAP personnel have re
ceived aeronautical ratings, as indi
There aro^ now thirty licensed
pilots signed up" with the Flight,
cated, in accordance with the provi
according to. Lt. ^Burrell,Evans, unit
sions of. CAP Regulation 50-l»
c o Q ^ a ^ ^ e r. * • .
:K *]|i' « «|t' He He *■ *" *
OBSERVER
Major Soren Munkhof
Omaha, Nebraska
OMAHA ■ SENIOR: AMBERS gUES-T&:OF- NAA
Senior members of the Omaha CAP
Squadrons, together"with officers of
PILOT
• ' R o b e r t H . P i Ti t t
Srfottsbluff,; Nebr# ..
the Air Reserve, were guests of the '
PILOT
.Ruble:'!
N a t A b h a l - A e r o j fi a u t l i o s A s s o c a i i i O i i - o n ^ ' •Lyle R. Nebraslca
Omaha-i
Friday ^vening, 12 August'4-at
the Embagisy Room of the Font^fetie^le
Richard E. Viiageai..' .!.
Omaha, Nebraska.
H o t e l .
OIvlAHA CADETS SELL TICKETS ON TV SET
^ To irai-se ^100 to reimburse the Wing
treasury f cr money seiit to Natiorial Headi^
quarters to help cover costs of sending
Cadet C^pt. Edwin. Burrell tb^'Canada, and
to
create'a
fund
for
official
CAP
PILOT
Carl R.. Wedol
Omaha, Nebraska
PILOT
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^Merwin R, Barf oof •
Scbttsbluff, Nebr«- '
cadet
activities in Omaha, the Omaha cadets are
selling ehfehces- on a $200#00 portable
televis-ioil*set# ' The cad^'seflling the* '
winning ticket will receive a portable
radio, and team selling th9 most tickets
will receive o 45'minute ride in Capt#
Bowman's T-T. Contest closes Sept. 14th#
PILOT
Robert K. Knox
PILOT
'Scottdbluf^f, Nebr. •
Everett L# Haxby
S CO ttsbluf f ; • 5Jel}raska
PILOT
COHIIHUSKelR C/iP NEY/5
THIS
VIEEK
P o m s
A u g u s t
»The
Form
CADET CAAU'.'i/E TO RETURN 'AUGUST ^5
lA
(quoted fron Weekly Flying Safety SugRestions for Cornmanders^ The Inspector
G e a i e r e s l , U S A F, O f fi c e o f t h e A i r I n s p e c
The
Nebraska
Cadets
will
be
most
anxious to hear about Cadet Burrell* s
trip to Canada and Cadet Caauwe^s trip
tor, Flying Safety Div., Langley AFB)
to England, and the Cornhusker News
plans on printing accounts from both
Are pilots in your wing properly
boys in the September issue# Cadet
impressed \7ith the importance of the
Form lA?
Pilot responsibilities in this
Edwin Burrell of Omaha went directly
to summer can^ at Rapid City upon his
return from Canada on 15 August 1949,
and Cadet Russell Caauwe is scheduled
rospect are twofold. In the first
place, the Form lA is the pilot^s means,
of determining that the airplone ho has;
been assigned to fly has been properly
serviced and is in good flying condi
t i o n . S e c o n d l y, a n d p o s s i b l y m o r e
to return to Washington, D. C« from
England on 25 August 1949.
Pending further word from the boyS;
however, w© are quoting below an arti
cle T/^ich appeared in the Morning Edi
important, the pilot is responsible
tion of the Omaha 'Vorld Herald on
for. making accurate, detailed nota
tions of any discrepancies noticed or
incidents that occurred during^ the
flight which might have resulted in
damage to the airplane. If a pilot
24 August 1949, which gives us a little
information as to what Cadot Captain
Caauwo has been doing in England#
foils'to accomplish either of these
responsibilities, he fails in his
duties as a pilot.
FLYING SAFETY suggests that all
pilots be iiripressed continually vdth
the fact that proper use of the Form lA
is a vitf.l phase of safety. It always
works to'the advantage of the pilot*
Cadet Capt« Russell Gaauwe, 17,
Norfolk, who is spending the summer
in lEurope on an air cadet exchange
program, likes everything about England
except the food, although he east si*
tiiaes a day#
"Vfe have little butter and so we
eat dry bread", he wrote in a letter to
GAP Capt. Robert Carlisle, Norfolk*
'*I have yet to eat warm potatoes or
KEY/ CADET MAMJAL TO BE DISTRIBUTED SOON
The Nebraska T7ing has received word
from National Headquarters that the CAP
^iviation Study Manual will be distribu
ted in the near future. The printers
were
to
deliver
the
manuals
to
National
Uwudquarters on 15 August 1949, and
distribution schedules are being prepcired there at the present timo* Enough
copied have been allocated to the Nebr
aska V7ing to permit distribution to all
u n i t s •
C A P A U T Q M O B I L I : : . I D E N T I F I C AT I O K P L AT E S
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s.
day), lettuce, cold meat and tomatoes*"
"The English youths", he wrote,
"are really envious of our pilot^s
licenses. They consider learning to fl;;
t o o g r e a t a l u x u r y t o e v e n c o n s i d e r.
Most of then have their solo licenses
in gl iders. The boys range .from 14 to
(cont. Col, ,2^ page 4: ) ,
cents (35;^) each or |i3.50 a dozen* Re
The New York V\fing, Room'544, Post
1vv^
eat six times a day» We never are hun
gry and we are never filled up. Most o.
otir food consists of tea (six times a
plates are available at thirty-five
GAP 'DLCJU.S'"A5E AVAILABT^ ■
r\or-;
warm food of any kind besides soup. T/e
ri-s^4_
quests should be submitted directly to
• ♦ • V * o > To v r V r > y » V
comrausKER cap
A "u K u s t "
CIVIL AIR PATRCi TODAY'
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CADET CAAtJWE EATS SK MEILS DAILY IN
EWGLAHD (conta from page 3 )
by/Gen-. CARL SPAATZ, USAF^ Ret.
^Wotej We have special permission to
quote thas article by Gen* Spaatz^
which appeared in the August 15 issue
of NEWSWEEK magazine).
"^n air-age. approach to the problem of
18. T/e have been treated like kings#
We have two private buses and a car#
had newsreel pictures taken the first
day here# *Ve even h&ve an Air Ministry
photographer with us all of the time»^'
Wr i t i n g a b o u t a t r i p a b r o a d t h e
understanding among the nations—one
HMS Illustrious, aircraft carrier, the
which may have, important repercussions
in the difficult years ahead—is being
Norfolk Cadet said« "Man, was it
dirty# The only clean place was the
undertaken this summer by the Civil
officers* wardroom and that*s whore we
Air Patrol, with the aid and guidance
had tea# They showed us -Hieir Spit
of the United States Air Foroe^.
fires and Seafires and also some Fire
flies# v;e came over in a Constellation
"An exchange of air*^minded youth of
England, France, Switzerland, Canada,
with plush-lined seats and rug on the
floor* V/e even had a pressurized dabin-
and the United States was under way
Yo u k n o w, I h a v e n * t e v e n s e e n t h e o c e a r
when an Air Force Constellation
It rained oil day and we flew all night#
landed at the National Airport,
Washington, D. C*, August 6* Aboard
were 35 European air cadets picked up
24 hours earlier at their point of
assembly in London, after the Con
"T7e have the best pilots they could
find# It seems strange, but I have just
about seen more of England than I have .*
the United States. Commander Walker
stellation had deposited a similar load
said we have seen more than most English
of 35 American CAP Cadets, flown to
men have#**
« If A ♦ iC lie« ♦ ♦ « ♦ ♦
England to be guests of the three old*
world
nations»•
GEIIERAL BEAU, NATIONAL COMMANDER,
GIVES VIEVYS OF CIVIL AIR PATROL
"The week before, two Civil Air Patrol
0-47*8 arrived from Canada, bringing 26
Canadian air cadets to visit the United
States in exdxange, for 26 CAP cadets
taken nprth for a view of Canada and'
Canadian air operations,
"For tv/o v/eeks the young air enthusiasts
\vilj, tour the. United States, meet Ameri
can boys. and. girls of their own age,
see this country's air bases ^.n operatUm, inspect some of the. aircraft .
f t i c t o r i e s , v i e w, t h e v a s t n e s ^ o f t h e
Jlme.rican continent,, and exp.erienjce •
American life ,in its various aspects•
^'The French.will fly directly to the
University of Illinois; from whi^ base
they'will make a number of side trips;
the Smss will use Randolph'Aii* Base,
S a n A n t o n i o , Te x a s , & s t h e i r t r a v e l
hub. The British, having'no language
difficulties, will fly to Cal^ornia,
in shofi hops. This year'^h'e Canadians
will tour only the 7/ebtem half of the
United States# (cont» page 5 )
The advancement of widened knowledge
of the theory of flight and participav
tion in the development of resources
of the air, throug^i the aircraft in
dustry, through private flying, mili
tary training, communications, weather
reporting and other allied phases of
**flying", are t'he aims and ambitions of
the Civil Air Patrol in this nation,.
Major General. Lucas V# Beau, National
Coimnander, recently told a Washington
audience#
The purpose of the CAP is to con
tinue .the .growing awareness of the
pptentialities of our program to "tiie
community, its importance, to the youth
of .the nation and the recruiting and
reenlistment
of
thousands
of
inactive
and new members ill 'the senior program,
the General said#
♦ CORHHUSKER CAP NE5JS, published ♦
« monthly by AF-CAP Liaison Staff *
CORKHUSKER CAP NSVS
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CIVIL AIR PATROL TODAY, cont. .
"Originally organized a few days before
^^Across the. Atlantic the Amerioon
fiur.ope — 25 in En^jland and five in
each of the two continental countries#
On the schedule will be a flight to
Berlin. In France and Switzerland tho
American:: ;7ill receive intensive train
ing in glider flying.
^^The age of the American cadets avornges 17 to 18 years, the Canadians a
l i t t l e o l d e r, 1 8 t o 1 9 , w t i i l e t h e a g e o f
the Buropeaus ranges from 20 to 23#
/
"On both sides of the ocean these i^ir
citizens of the future—many of whom
will bo leaders in a eouple of decades—
learn
ternational.
more
&bout
relia-tions
basic
in
two
human
weeks
in
then
in many years of classroom lectures.
And if previous experiments' of the
kind are any criteria, the young visi
tors
v^ill
return
home
enthusiastic
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P e a r l H a r b o r, t h e C i v i l A i r P a t r o l
boys will bo sampling life in postwar
•/dll
8
am
bassadors of internation good will*
To quote young Anthony Demetriades fron
Athens, Gruece, one of tho European
students who took part in the Marshall
plan countries' air tour of -Oie United
States last spring urder sponsorship
of the USAF and the CAPi
'Kaybe some day I will vrrite a
book ••• and tell how a group of toys
and girls, sinking "Should Auld Ac
quaintance be Forgot" 11,000 feet above'
tho ground, discovered -Uie greatest
truth of 'lit that people all over the
world are simple, plain people tdiat
can get olong together very well.»
"'Eventually, it is hoped, the CAP
ex'oSiange will be extended to include
other nations in iiiurope, Africa an^
Asia. Sweden has indicated a desire
to participate next summer#
"The American cadets hail from all
of the 51 wings (one.for eoch state plus
the District of Columbia, Hawaii, and
Alaska)# They were nominated by the
wings and selected by National Head
quarters on the basis of their personal
and academic qualifications♦
performed long arid valuable service for
t h i s ' c o u n t r y d u r i n g t h e w a r. " M o s t o f
them flying their private planes, the
senior
members
maintained
a
constant
patrol of the coastal areas of the
Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico,
scouting for German'submorines. They
also patrolled power lines, relieving
for combat duty many Air Force planes
which would have been obliged to do. th?. ^
job# They flew machine parts and other
supplies across the country#
"'The cadet branch gave iiiousands of
youths a pre-flight training that
enabled them to skip the ABC's of avia
tion when they were old enou^ to enter
the
Air
Force#
"Since the vrar the CAP has continued it
activities as an auxiliary of the
United States Air Force, concentreting
on peacetime duties. Its senior
members have- piloted their planes in
thousands of flights, searching for
missing civilian and military aircraft,
pfitrolling forest-fire and flood areasreconnoitering, dropping food and •
supplies (they did outstanding service
in the "Eaylift-Snowdrop-Snoi^'bound"
Operations last winter), and coopera
ting mth the Red Cross to bring re
lief to regions struck by disaster#
"The CAP has continued to stress its
cadet program, as a •means of creating t.
junior air reserve Sor the notion in
p e a c e o r w a r. T h e o r g a n i z a t i o n i s
conducting a drive to recruit 100,000
cadets by May'1950#- Any boy or girl,
if an American citizen, between the
ages of 15 and 18, can enroll in the
CAP cadet program# These cadets are
given pre-flight instruction v^ich
i n c l u d e s m e t e o r o l o g y, n a v i g a t i o n , a e r o
dynamics, and aircraft enginges, to
gether with military drill and instruc
tion in citizenship and international
affairs*
Those
courses
extend
over
period of three years# After comple
ting his instruction, the CAP male
•cadet has a priority status if he
chooses the Air Force as a career#
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CORNHUSKER CAP NE^fS
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PROP
AIR INSPECTION OF NEBRASKA V/ING HELD.-
The annual air inspection of the
Nebraska Wing v/ns conducted')'^ Captain
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WASH
— S g t , E ^ v a r d F i n i s L e i g h , U S A F,
v/ho was formorly'-stationcd xit -Offutt
James J. Pargoe,; USAF, ils-s'istant Air*
Fiold as a radio nochanic, has been
Inspector, CAP National •Headquarters^
ru.-..
transferred to Hawaii and is'nov/ a'
Captain Pargoe inspected the
Piattsmouth Plight and Oitiaha Cadet and
member of the ^C/P V/ing thore. Sgfb.
Leigh v/as a member of Omaha Squadron
'3 while in Omaha»
Senior Squadrons during his visit from
19 July to 21 July«
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/vP-CAP LIAISON OFFICERS HOLD CONFERENCE
ON CAPC SU!«R ENC.\£ffI.ENT
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Lt« Vern Fichter, who was very
active in the CAE pofmmuni cat ions prograr
at Omaha and Grand Island, has request
ed transfer to the Idaho Wing. He
now resides at Mountain Home, Idaho.
The AF-CAP Liaison Officers frcan
Minnesota, Iowa and South Dakota flev/
to Offutt Air Force Base, on 21 July
to confer v/ith Capt» Bowman, Nebraska
Liaison Officer* on matters concerning
the Cadet S\nTiner Encampment to be hold -
at Rapid City Air Base. ^
aska v;ill attend the encampment from
14-August - 27 August 1949, Senior
CAP members and USAF Reserve personnel
each
state
will
assist
C i t y, N e b r a s k a . H i s a d d r e s s t h e r e i s
Box 2-D, Route 3. Central City haa
been interested in forming a Civil Air
Patrol unit for some time and a new
An estimated 300 boys and 80 girls
from the five state region of North and
South Dakota, Minnesota, lov/a and Nebr
from
John McAllister, formerly of
Omaha Squadron 3, has moved to Central
at
the
encampment as instructors, o6unsolors,
e t o » M a j o r H o v r a r d ff u r p h y, C d m m n n d i n g
Officor of the Norfolk Squadron, has*
been appointed Canp Commander# Senior
Flight may be established there in the
near
future.
CIVIL AIR PATROL TODAY by Gen. Spaatz
•(continued from page 5 )
"Squadrons of the CAP are in existence
throughout the United States for train
ing these cadets. In many instances
small communities such as Boyertown,
my own little town in Pennsylvania,
personnel from the Nebraska Wing who will have such squadrons. The CAP is given
aasist at .the encampment are Capt» Jack advice and tedinical assistance by the
Lewis, Commanding Officer, Bayard Flight) Air Force, but funds for its pp^ration
Capt. Herschel Amrine, Commanding Officor, «»re raised by-voluntary contributions
Lexington Flight; May Coleman of the Grand from patriotic and far-^seeing citizens
Island. Flight J Capt. Robert Carlisle, Lt. '>f the 48 states, Hawaii, and Alaska.
Leon Buckley and Lt. Wayne Hi-lkqmeier# "The cadet exchange program this year
all of Norfolk) and Patricia Sires and is the Civil Air Patrol's first dip
Clara Spindler of Omaha.,' ! Capt^.'Frank into, the realm of international affairsM.. Bowman and M/Sgt» R. V,-Gryderman. of except for the original exchange of
the AF-CAP Liaison Office will be present cadets with Canada-1mt;year, the sucat the encampments . cess of which prompted'the presents-project. The idea of preparing our. future
Cadets from Lexington# Norfolk^ Lincoln/airmen to think, intelligently in
Grand Island, Bayard, Omaha and Hasjt^ings v/ill/terms of other, p.eoples is peculiarly
fly to. South Dakota by C*?47 aircraft'.. The Appropriate since the airplane has don-.,
encampment this year is the first .to ^^^ioh so mich to erase. nat,ional frontiers,
The eventual, gpw^.. a worldwide
girls have been admitted* . The eventual, gpw^.. of of a worldwide
Ca.det Capt. Edwin Burrell'of Omaha,
Nebraskajj who represented Nebraska this
year in the exchange.program vrith Canada^
was floym iProm Denver to the. Rap id City
camp on 15 August 1949 by Capt. Bowftnan^
air fraternity should.prove.a power
ful force-in international good
.(General Spaatz is., chair man of the
National Executive Board of the CAP.
Last spring he f;lew: .to- Europe to arr
ange the interchange of cadets).
CORNHUSKER CAP NEWS
August
AIR FORCE READIES KIrlERGENCY TEAM
A new emergency disaster service is
available to Nebraska and 12 other re
I
CAP FILM MADE AT RAPID CITY SNCAMPMSKT
A special photographic crew from
the 2nd Combat Camera Unit, McGuire Air
gional states, the Air Force announced
Force Base, Fort Dix, New Jersey flew
r e c e n t l y,
to Rapid City Air Base to take 35 m.m.
movies of the cadet encampment# The
A vet .''an of the haylift operations
last winter was named head of the "emer
gency team." He is Lt, Col» Joe K.
M c K a y, s t a t i o n e d w i t h t h e Te n t h A i r
Force
in
Indiana*
Disasters caused by earthquakes,
floods, snov7s and other emergency situa
tions, will bring the team into action.
Air Force officials said#
They e^^lained that the team v^ill
cooperate with the Red Cross, National
Guard, Civil Air Patrol and other organi
zations of a similar nature.
film will be shown to CAP units through
o u t t h e c o u n t r y, a n d p a r t s o f t h e fi l m
may 'appear in national news reel filmsc
During the filming, a group of
young people attending the encampment
were flown to Norfolk, Nebraska for
the shooting of scenes at Norfolk Highschool showing hovr the Norfolk program
fits into "the overall training schedulet
Other shots were taken of the town and
airport, and of the group of young
people Irnding in a B-17 picturing theii
N£W CADET INSIGNIA FORTHCOMING
return
Nebraska Wing Headquarters has re
ceived numerous inquiries from units v/ho
The CAP cadets vrho took part in
this particular phase of the film
are Codet Alice Cannon, Fargo, North
have been advised by Federal Supply
Company and other supply houses that
the nld CAFO gold/black chevrons are
no longer regulation#
New cadet insignia is to be put
into usage in the near future, and a
regulation covering this subject will
soon be forthcoming frcsn National
Headquarters* Upon receipt of addi
tional information in regard to this
subject, unit conroandors will be noti
fi e d i m i i ^ c u i a t e l y.
home.
Dakota, Cadet iHalvin Koons, Grand
Forks, North Dakota, Cadet Bonnie Peters
Grand Island, Nebraska and Cadet Don
Hide, Hastings, Nebraska# CiiP Lt#
May Coleman of Grand Island was chaperon
for the group#
Mayor B# A. McCreary of Norfolk,
Allen B« B\irkhardt, Superintendent of
Schools^ Lt# Niels V/odder, aeronautical
instructor in the Norfolk course, and
A n d y R i s s e r, l o c a l fl i g h t i n s t r u c t o r
and ai rport operator w ere flow n to
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I^JOR CHARLES TAYLOR IS WING TRAINING OFCR
Colonel Rudy Mueller, Nebraska VVing
Commander, has announced the appointment
SianOR MI:,MBEHS IN NEBRASKA NUMBER 420
Inactive CAP personnel files were
uf Llajor Charles E. Taylor, Lincoln,
Nebraska as Training Officer for the
recently sent to National Headquarters,
Nebraska V<ing, effective at once#
Nebraska V7ing has approximately 420
Major Taylor, a CAP member since
1943, has been active in the Lincoln
Squadron and has served in the capa
c i t y o f Tr a i n i n g O f fi c e r f o r t h e L i n c o l n
Sqviadron and Director of Training and
Operations for Group 762#
Y R H L S M ^E T^E I LC C S
O K OD I v S \ R I U D'
A R
York, Nebraska held a ten act aerial
and current records indicate that the
active CAP senior members, with 35 new
senior applications pending at the
present time. In next month's CORNHUSK
ER CAP IffiyJS we will publish a breakdown
of the number' of active senior and
cadet members in each unit.
National Headquarters recently
advised that in the fliture any CAP
senior member carried in an inactive
status who desires to return to active