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1949 0 0 "t o b e r 1949

CQRNIIUSKER CAP »;S

CAP, HIGH SCHOOL C00PEHA1 ]HG IN AVIATION

COURSE A ITOHTH PLA
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TTE, NEBR,

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F O I i j i S R L I N C O I I ? C A D E T T. Z O ' J Z Y Z S

DAT ION F:.OVi CLF-^VI^L-MfD, OHIO S-'^.UADP.QN

liajor J, 0, Jenkins, coimnanding
officer of the North Platte Squadron of
the CAP, announced recently in the Korth
Platte press that the CAP ivill cooperate
v;ith the Senior High School in North
Platte in giving lab training in aero

The Lincoln Squadron v;as pleased
and ;^')roud to rccoivc the folln^ing
letter from the Fifth C'lcvcland Squad
ron, signed by Donald C!-, "c.rinchak.
Adjutant, '.c aro quoting this letter

nautics to a class of 27 students*

vxll

below as it clearly inc-'icatcs hovv
trained

CAP

cadctf;

can

render

scTvicos on rpccial occasions, not
The aeronautics course is being of
fered

for

the

first

time

at

the

I To r t h

P l a t t e h i { ^ h s c h o o l , i l i s s S a l l y Yo d e r,
m a t h e m a t i c s i n s t r u c t o r, w i l l c o n d u c t t h e
classroom theory course and Major Jenkins
r/ill be in charge of laboratory training,
FIVE

Jenkins

Homs

said

it

IN

is

AIR

the

course

at

least

five

in other CAP units and other communit i o c ,

"The Fifth Clrvolr.nd Squadron i;;ishes
to extend a tribute to Donald E,
j ' . : a u n d c r, o f y o u r S q u a d r o n f o r v o l u n

aim

of

the

CAP to give each student registered for
the

only in their o\/n units but also

hours

in

the

teer sorvicos rcndored curing the
national Air Hr^-cos, hold in Clovel a n d o n t h e [ " - 4 - 5 o f o c o t c m b o r,

air for orientation v/ork v/ith an experi
enced pilot. The students v/ill not re

"';;'o appreciate the sup'oort the Above

ceive flying instl'uction but rather ivill
study problems of navigr.tion p.nd related
subjects v/hile getting thsir air tine.

named cadot gave us in {.uarding, and
v,'c *-ish you ":ill. accroc.it him r;ith
approximately 10 hours in his cadot

training program for the splendid
Although the lab course calls for

five hours air time, Jenkins said the
CAP will be hard pressed for funds to
carry this out,. He said' the planes cost
a b o u t t h r e e d o l l a r s p e r h o u r, t h u s m a k i n g
a total expenditure of J;15 for each
student registered. He said that per
sons interested in seeing this course
carried

out

are

inVited

to

make

contri

butions to the program.
Only juniors and seniors v/ere'
allowed to register for the courffe.
Tw e n t y - f o u r b o y s a n d t h r e e g i r l s i n d i
cated they would be interested*
"SCHEDTTLE SET UP
The schedule has been set up so that
students v;ill have five days of class—ork
at school each ivoek and v/ill go to the

C/iP cabin at the Airport one evening to
receive their lab training. Students
were required to get a signed release

vork

he

did,

"Cadet i-teundor's conduct and dross
'•as that of a model cadot. His

ability in handlinj, the rituation
a n d c r o Y / d v. f a a t h a t o f a v r o l l t r a i n e d

cadot, v/hich he ov-es to a -rood cadot
training",
*»>)»>>

fr!

i'n

»;<

+

Fo rish to express our aporcciation
to Robert 0» Davson, senior member
of Ctoaha Squadron 3, T/ho designed
tho very artistic cover for last

month's "COR.rrrJSICEIt CAP NEVA'S", The
original stencil cannot bo used again

(running 800 copies of the v;oars
the stcncils out in a hurry); hov;cvcr^
Bob is designing another stencil so

from their parents in order to partici

you v;ill be seeing this covor again.
Bob has boon a member of Omaha Squadron

pate in the flying program.

sinco November of 1945,

Both classroom and laboratory text
books are being furnished by the C.^P
N a t i o n a l * H e a d q u a r t e r s , P i l o t s w h o Y; i l l

take the students up aro contributing
their time free of charge.

Our thanks is also extended to rlrs.
U, H, V'illiamson of Plattsmouth,
Nebraska viho generously donated hor
sorvicos to nonding the toars in tho
Civil Air Patrol flag.

CamuaCEE

CAP

im-IS

October

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F&ge

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I.IITCHSLL CAP FLIES ON ^SEARCH i-IISfJQN* • ■ CT^OUP-reS ACTIVATED ON OCTOBER 10

The Mitchell Squadron bf'(jroup ' On Monday, Octobor 10, Group 765
765 of the Nebraska I7ing went.on a dry run was activated officially as an opera-

search for a "''lost aircraft" on "ednesday" ting Group, rtnd correspondence bcSeptember

21,

:

tv/ccri

Mng

Hoadqu.artors
and
the
units
in this .group'v'ill be channeled
The alert alarm was given at 7:30 through Group Headquarters in the
P i t o n d b y 7 : 4 5 t w o a i r c r a f t h a d t a k e n • f u t u r e . . M a j o r P, B r e n n a n o f
off to search for the "lost plane". '^itchell is the commanding officer
•At 8:06 the aircraft reported to the of tho Group. Under tho 765th is
base that "the r/recka^e had been spotted- the Scottsbluff Squadron commandGd by
was on fire and had crashed about three C'^TJtnin Ostenbcrg IIIj the Kinball
miles west of Mitchell". Ground rescue .Flight com;iandcd by Lt. R, R, Kelsoj-

crews were dispatched, and directed by the Bayard Flight headed by Capt.
radio to within a half mile of the ' Jack Lewis; Uitchcll, Squadron, Capt.

rreckage. The fire was easily seen Harold Black; Alliance Flight, Lt,-^
through the darkness, and upon reach- Curtis Bill; and Oering Flight, B, R,
in£ the wreckage, the ground rescue .Myers*
crews radioed back that apparently all

aboard the plane had been killed in The group is manned by 106 senior

the crash and were burned beyond recog- • ' members and 110 cad?ts, v.-ho are
nition,



scattered

throughout

the.

various

units of-the group.

The planes v/hich flew over the-area
in the simulated search were piloted by . The" 765th's communication ccntcr

Captain Harold Black, Commanding Officer is in the Consumers Public Power'
of the !;itchell Squadron and George District building in Scottsbluff,
Kealey of tho Hogan Flying Service at Hoadquartors is at.at Scottsbluff
Mitchell, At a critique after the dry airport. There is an office, a
run, Capt,. Black stated that the first - supply room, a pilots* and cadets*

dry run of Idle squadron had proven tho " lounge .and -study room at headquarters,
a b i l i t y o f t h e s q u a d r o n t o h r. n d l e a n y
situation, but that more vrould be held An L-5 "ambulanpe plane, equipped
to continue to improve on the search and vith two-v/ay ^adioj flares and lights
rescue technique of the squadron,, . for night flying, -and y-ith-a sot of
4=
skis
for
snovt
landings
is
located
at

Bi^.YARD FLIGHT PMS IKTER "DRY-RUN" Scottsbluff airport, roady for
emergency use in the panhandle area.

The-Bayard Flight is planning ta L.t.. Everett* Kaxby, Group Air Inspechold a %vinter-."dry run", sometime this "^or and: oraer of tho Bluffs Aviation
month,; The purpose of this practi-co Conpajiy, said the plane will be on
maneuver will bo to see if the winter call 24 hours a day, vdth at least

dry runs- arc as efficient as the one pilot in each term Having a CAP
hot

v/eather

runs,

standing

by

to

fly

the

ambulance

u n i t . To d a t e H a x b y, C a p t , H a l B l a c k

The Bayard Flight hold a highly . of..Mitchell, Capt, Jack Lewis of
succossful dr^^ run,-"Operation:Fild- Bayard and Lt, Bill i-yers of Gering
cat" on 24 April 1949, the first of ^ro assigned to fly the ship»

a series of practice rescue missions#
The mission last month lasted almost IVing roprdsentatives flew to Scott'
twenty-four hours and v/as the first bluff on 22 September 1949 for a

overnight mission undertaken by the • meeting v/ith t^jor P, .'Brennan anc
unit,
'

other
group
officers»

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DID YOIT Kmr TII^iT

Two nojnbers of Omaha Squadron

arc on sick call# Cadet Jon 0\"cns,
one of the Cfeiaha boys v^ho attended
summer camp, vras taken to the Childrens »
Meniorial Hospital early this week,

t*

IVo v;ill be anxious to hear more about

J o n f r o m h i s f a t h e r, D i c k O w e n s , w h o

is a senior mombor of the Omaha Squadron.
.Our sympathies aro extended to
Sgt, Pat Sires, who suffered a broken
hand this week v/hon on her way home
from *.;ing Headquarters v/hore sho had
been doing some work* Pat had a car
door slammed oh her hand, a pretty
painful ordeal.
Several

of

the

cadets

from

the H/iSTINGS PLIGHT drove to GRAl-lD

ISLAND on 29 September 1949 for a
visit with that flight# I.Iany of tho
outstate cadets bocainc acquainted at
this yearns summer encampment and are
keeping in touch with each other*
Cadets from all over Omaha turned

The puzziitc'd little fcllcnv you soo
above

is

the

inascot

of

the

Omaha

Cadets

out for an'cmcrgoncy rescue mission
O c t o b e r 11 , T h e m i s s i o n I ' Va s n o t i n

of Squadron 3» Ho doosn't have a name

any Y.fp.y rehearsed# Little Jerry Prost
of Benson vras reported missing about

yot, but the Qnaha cadets arc having

7:00

a contcst to scloct a name and thcloeal

cident about lOtOO PTi# ""any cadets

cadot making tho best suggestion ^vill
Tin a half hour airplane ride.
The Omaha cadets nov/ have their own

HI#

turned

Tho

out

to

cadets
aid

in

learned
the

of

search

tho
for

in
tho

child# Tho body of the tv/enty months
old baby v/as recovorod from the Donson
Park lagoon shortly after the cadots

ncwspr.por, "Tho Cadot Capers", which is

arrived on the scene#

Clarke Brintnall, The paper mil bo
published once a month and tho cadots

plan to send a copy to each unit for tho

A fl y i n g t r i p t o T. c s t c m N e b r a s k a
wag made on 2 October 1949 by Major

Hcinsen, Air Inspector, Lt# Vern Fuller,

edited by Cadet Lts, Harold Storm and

infomation

of

outstatc
*

*

*

cadets*

*

The QTiaha Cadet Squadron 3 radio

Communications Officer and Captain

Prank 3ov/man# Communications vras the

main purpose ef tho trip# It is hoped

class is holding meetings every '.'odnesday t h a t s t a t i o n s o n t h o 2 S 7 4 n o t ^ ' r o r k v / i l l

night at 7;30, in tho CAP radio building
directly v.-est of the Omaha Municipal
airport* Cadet 1st Lt, Dcv/aine Sporer

Ainsworth and Kimball#

Lamphoro as second in command of communi

Iilajor Hbinson and Captain Bov.Tnan
drove to York, llebraska on October 18,

has appointed Cadot. T/Sgt« Donald

s o o n b o o p e r a t i n g a t S e o t t s b l u ff , G c r i n g ,

cations of tho Ctoiaha Cadet Squadron,

where approximately 35 persons attended

Tv;clvc Omaha cadets have been selected

to attend special classes in disaster

a meeting# Although the York Flight was
deactivated several months ago, there is

vork,■including Glasses in first aid,

still considerable interest in C A J', an

radio, v.-ater rescue and land rescue#

a possibility of reactivation#

CORNHUSKER* CAP
OIL CH/iiTGE ON L-4 Am L-5 .MROMFT

AEROMUTICAL PJiTINGS ▶ NSBR. ' ING

Unit conuTjandcrs and operations officers

Tho following CAP personnel"have re

arc again reminded that oil change on
aircraft equipped with opposed type

ceived p.oronc'.utical ratings, as indi
cated, in accorda'ncc vrith the provisions
of CAP RegulatioiS* 50-1:

engines (^-4 and L-5) is to. be. accom
plished after every 25 hours of flying
time and so indicated on the^ fp,rirv 41B
of that aircraft. This apr>lics. to

^ L-4»s and L-5»s.' ' '•

SEt?Cg.^PILOT

Lt, irt-hur Feikort, X^^rncy, Nebr,
PILOT /.•'

VriNG-REQUESTS EIGHT Lr4 AlRCR/iFT
The ITcbraska V;ing has requested
consideration for eight of the L-4

aircraft that v/ere recently made
available to National Headquarters,
CAP at Pyoto Air Forco Base, Thoro

are 105 L-4's available at Pyote,

Paul H. .i/0f61meyer, Omaha .
Eugene L, B-j^d, Lexington
J, L, Brummett, Scottsbluff
Gone R. Chase, Scottsbluff"
Patricia J, Frank,•Scottsbluff

Donald R, Pearson*, Mitchell

52 of vhich are brand now and still

Capt» V/, Hr Os't"inhc,rg," Scottsbluff

in "their crates, vith only one hour

T h e o d o r e P i o p e r, i a t c h e l l
R o b e r t K , S e h w a e h e r, S c o t t s b l u f f

of time on them—-the necossary manu
facturers test hop. The follo^ving
Nebraska units have stated that they

v/ould^y.'ke to reccivo one of those.:. ^
aircraft; Lexington Flight, Omaha

Squadro^i, Hastings Plight,' North Piatto
Squadron, Scotts-bluff Squadron, Kin-

b"all Flight, Bayard Flight and Kitcholl
Squadron, The expenses im^olvod—
insurance, registration, demilitariza
t i o n , a s s e m b l y, r e m o v a l f r o m p r e s e n t

site, operation, maintenance, etc.—

•are to bo paid by the individual
unit, or group, receiving the aircraft.
Group 765 expressed an interest, in"

the L-4^s at Tinker Air. Forco Base,
" v. ' h i c h a r o u s e d a i r c r a f t w i t h o u t e n

gines, and the V^ing has request-od
consideration for four of those air
c r a f t ,

National Headquarters rill make
allocation of theso aircraft to tho '

'■'ings. The units who requested L-4*s
should bear in mi.nci tna.t althou.f.h tho
Iving roquestod eight airiJlancs. only

a few may be allocated becauso of tho

small number available and thp roguests

frcan 51 V"inp:s that must be considered^
As soon as fitrthcr v/ord is receivod

about these aircraft, unit commandors

v»-rll 'b(5'advised immediately, " " '* "

Clinton N, Allison, Gering
I.t; .H&i» A, ■Ba"rrett, Grand Island

/^Lt, H, L« Colem^n^^ Grand J;sla^ _
P h i l i p R , C o u l t e r, S c o t t s b l u f f
Lt, R. R. Kelso, Kimball
John H, Kuns, Kir.ball
r i l l i a m 1 - , R a p c r, ' K i m b a l l
Robert E, Russell,"Goring

V;/0 George Seibold, Omaha Ralph A, Uhlken, Scottsbluff
D o u g l a s R , ? f a l k o r, S c o t t s b l u ff
Important Notic e
CAP RgGUL/iTION NO, 60-2, dated

To October 1949^ makes it
a b s o l u t e l y, m a n d a t o r y t h a t i n

order to be eligible to operate

USAF Q-yvncd aircraft, "each CAP
pilot must poissoss iPpilot r^ing

issued by National Headquarters

of Civil Air Patrol,

Copies of .this nev,' regulation were
distributed to all unit commanders

last week.
Units v/ho have not submitted

applications for aeronautical rating

(cap Form 3A) arc urged to do so at

once, as pilots arc not eligible
r.to operate L-4 or..L'*5. adr-craf±

until they recoivc this aeronautical
rating.

JOP.MTTUGKER C-'.P

Oct

0

VISIT .TO "t-HE UlflTED KINGDO:i OF ME'IBERS

OF TiVi^ :JIF'RIC/.iT CIVIL -MR P.'.TRQL

(by Cedct Captain Russell D, Caauwo,
Trorfolk, Nebraska)
It iv.?.s about eight o^clock l.'Ionday
n.orning, tho 1st of August, v:hcn I
loft I'orfollc, Cfipt, Bor.Tian froa Omaha
flcr: nc to "..Dshington in an AT-6, (Ho

l.;t mo fly to Colunbus^ Ohio.) V'o

b

c

Pago ^

r

Ho wore then interviewed by
B»B,C, and left the airfield by bus
for tho base, vhich v/as Station,
Uxridgo.

Sat, Auji^ust 6th, v.'o had a church

parade. I't wos the most thrilling
thing I have ever boon in. There wo
v/oro, F.nglis'h cadots, Canadians and

..•\r.xricans, all marc}iing together. They
had the best military band in all ling-

landof] at Ch?.n.utc Field and again at

land play as v/o marched, '..'o ma'rchod

Columbus, Ohio* Six hours lator wo
touchod riovn in '..ashington, D. C« That

down the streets ?.nd thc'rc vrcro people

ovoning I f;ot settled and then v/ont into

It really mado our chests sv/ellj

town to look around. The next morning
the Captain and I v/ent to the Vandonborg

lined up on the street's vratching us.
JText v/o had lunch and then v/ent to

room p.nd had breakfast vith Congressman
Karl Stoffc.n. That afternoon I again
v/ent £i;jht-nceing and sav: tho '.'ashini^ton

l>'indsor Castle, sav; so many things

-onunont, tho FBI Bui-lding, the 3mithGonian Institute, the Capitol, and quitb
a fc:v other buildings# ''"'e'nlso saw tho

v/as the changing of the gurrd* They
v.-oar very bri(;ht clothing and do a
lot of stamping of their feet which is

President Is yacht.

typical of British marching,

y ; ' e l e f t l a t e T h u r s d a y, t h o 4 t h
0"^ Au;^ust, for the first stop on our way

to i-cnron» \:c landed at Stofansvillo,
ITov/foundlpnd and stnycd there n few
hours and had lunch^ '..'c. then took off

f o r L o n d o n , Vo a r r i v e d i n L o n d o n a t

..ortholt ..-.ir Base -w^re greeted by Air
Officer Commander-in-Chir f^ .\ir .[arshal
Sir Alan Lees, This is vhat he said:

"It gives mo particular plcjasurc to
v^lconc you to the United Kingdom. V.b
have prepare,d a vc.ricd programc for your

stay here, vhich I hope v/ill shov; you

the more itcresting items of historical
interoct, and f;ivo>you an opportunity
to do a libtle exploring on your ov;nt
"I need not cmphacizc. the value that
cc,n be derived from these oxchango

\"isits, i.'.uch can bo learned by reading

that it would t'^ko e-. book to describe

them^ but to me the most vivid thing

Yv o h a d t e a i n t h e ; - / h i t e H a r t H o t e l

and thon went back to Uxbridge and had
another tor., '.:c npcnt tho nifht in tov;n
and tried to do some shopping, but bocsuse "c --Udn't knov- the money very
• ; e l l y e t w e d e c i d e d t o v / a i t t i l l l a t o r.
Here again wo found our chosts sivcllinf. as v.e "w.lkcd dc/.'n the street and

heard oeoplo cay "Look, the .'mericr.ns,
Mon,, iiugust 8, started out with

the cxcitoment of ^oing to see Oxford
University, . './c f inished our tour

thr.rc "nd r-^nt to again have tea -ith
the r-iivorsity Air Squadron Club,
.0 then l.'ft for Stratford-on-Avon

to see Shrkespeare*s birthplaco. Here
we had our first long free time, but
it didn't do us any r^ood becruse 'the
stores wore closed for tea, "c then

wont !-nd had toa with the Lord ayor

but personal contact and experiences
arc more valuable in obtaining a really
true picture of the vrayn of life and
conditions existing in other parts of

.'einorial Theater, After the play
I'/e left for RAF Filtoh (near 'Bristol)

the v;orld,

to stay for the night,

"V.c are all very pleased to see you,
Kakc tho inost of your vis:it, and I hope

of Stratford-on-Avon, In the evening
v;o sa-vv "Othello" at the Php-kesncaro

Tues, August 9th, found us touring

tho Bristol /croplane Co^ pany and we'

you v;ill take oway v/ith you pleasant
m e m o r i e s o f y o u r r. t a y i n t h i s I s l a n d "

got a look at the Brabar.on Air Liner*
l.'o then h.ttendod a 'civic rccer)tion and

(cont, next column)

(cont, 'next page)

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VI?'IT TO ITUITED KIHGDOt!, cont» ^ Everj"one hit as .rc know..
the noxt T^cck vould bo a busy onc^

lumchcon
given
by
the
Lord
Mayor
of
.
Bristol, From thcro wc went td thc -."ills* Xionday, August 15,.y/g r ent to EAF •

Tobacco Factory and had tea, "e then Station, Hullavinston, to have lunch,
returned to Filton for tea, •• That night then left in a C-47 for Scotland,

w . v-crc to attend a dance, but;as wo \hilc vjc were cnroute, the pilot c«mc-.-

rorc very tired vrc \:cnt to bod, " bade .and asked us if any of us had a

pilot's license, I said that I had a

"•;...^d, IQ Au-ust, we left Filton for license in light aircraft, and ho told

Bristol ngpan. There wo v/ere to take a mo to comc up in the cockpit. He shored
boat to Cardiff,, in V<alcs, but as tho mo the- ingtrtJimcnts and then told mo he
tide was out. we drove* Later wo were had to have his tea. He then vrcnt back

glVc. v;o did because saw sone of the and let rac fly it oil alone for 45

most b'e?.utiful country that any of us minutes,
had se«:.n before, '.^o had tea v/ith the

Lord 'laypr of Cardiff and then toured Throuch no help of .mine, wo arrived
Cr rdiff Castle. V:o then had tea in the in Scotland at 5s45 and v.-cr.o welcomed

city hnll and proceeded to Bridgend, by Air Commodore E, B, Burns, "e
Glamorgr^.n, by coach. There we v/ere then got something -to oat and got

entertained at dinner by the 1092 Squad- settled in our barracks. It ivas at

ron A.T.C,, followed by a dance at Perth- this base that we f^oxmd the best livcawl, "fre then v'cnt to St, j^ntan to- stay in^ quarters that we had at any time in
o v e r n i g h t , ' ' o u r s t a y. T h e f o o d v. ' a s ^ . o o d a n d a b o v e
all wc'had clean eating utensils ond

T h u r s d a y, A u g u s t 11 , v / e h a d b r o n k f a s t t a b l e s , ,
and toured the dry docks and left for

Tintcrn via Chepstow, '''.c sav: Raglan 'Tuesday, Aug, 16, was a big day for
Cf^stle p.hd the "'"ye Valley, V/e had tea us, V.'c left tho basp for Edinburgh,
in the .nenufort Hotel, Tintem, Then There we were taken-to the P-'Jaco in
'wc v.cnt to Ilerport and v.orc given tea Edinburgh, It is- named Holyrood fiouBO^

(binder the dis;;;uiscd name of supper) and then v/ent rnd had :{I won't say it)

went

to

bed,

you

Icnow

vihat^
'..'e
were
entertained
there by tho Lord Provost of Edinburgh,

Fri, j^ugust 12, v/c went to Cardiff to Again then wo had "it", again at the

cc.tch a boat to Vcston-supcr-l!taro and Englisji Speaking Club, An hour was

took our buses to. IvAF Station, Locking, given us to shop and the onl5'- souvenirs
There v'C had tea with tho AfC cadets and I could find were a little Scottish doll

left for tho Chvddar Gorge» Thcro v;c and some bookonds,- Some of the fellows

V ent through a largo cave and had tea got Scottish hi^ts and scarfs (they call
with tho Lor'd St, -udrian at his resi- the^i Tartans), t.e then had tea with
dencc, "Fc.irfield, Stogurney, Bridgov/n.ter, Comriandor Chalmers, and lc=ft for the Firth

";c then loft for Sum.;icr Camp at Chivenor of Forth Bridgo, '..e then returned to

to

stay

oyornight,

Edinburgh

for a party and cance vith the
Scottish ^;irls. They t?.u|^t us to do

Sat, jiUgList. 13, we, i-^cnt to the lioyal some folk dances and it was here I got
I«aval Dockyard and' visited warships at. knocked out. As = I have always said,
Devonport, Plymouth, T/e then proooodod those dances are very strenuous, and

to Plymouth for" tea, V/e thc.n v.ront back another boy and I hit our heads togetheri
to Chivenor, (You guessed. it-POR TEA)J He just got a lump on the head. That
night we wore tired v.'hcn v/o got back but

Sunday ayo.s our rest day and most of spirits were high,

us slept in our bods all day, *Thc rest
of us v;cnt swir.iming, gliding, and other "".red, Augvist 17, foun(?. us at Turnhouse
not too strenuous sports, .I..had my first vhcro wc left for "i-Iortholt, our homo

flight in glider and, gbo,^wQs it funj base, Y'e had a free afternoon, which
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'"o flso sa^-' Bt, Paul's Cathedral and

had a loicnic liuich on the river front.

v/as s^cnt shop'^ing,
T h u r s d a y, t h o 1 8 t h , t ; o v i s i t e d t h o
London County Coujicil and then vent to
soe cn cTiiibition of the London Firo
B r i g r. d c * T h e n v ; c s a v : a L o n d o n c i n c m a
show , nanGd.LI'iTLJ<] TllOTTIE TRUE.

Friday found us all very cxcitod for
this v;as the day v/c v/oro to fly over
G e n r t J ' . n y, l e f t l i o r t h o l t i n t v ; o Yo r k
e'.irpl(?jics and f^.lv/ o\or Gornany, E»jlf:iuin and Holland vic-'ing the "bomb dai^ago
and tho country in general. The trip
vas very interesting and to mc v/as a
sight v/hich v/ill remain in ny nind e.n
a-'vfully long tin:c« A person just does
n't rec.lizc until they have seen it

hov really much dainagc the "bonibs do 'bo
thofc citics," Hor: pooplc li\'e do^'n there
v;as and still is a mystery to ne,

Then v'c got aboard the yacht St, 'Cath
e r i n e a t To r e r P i e r f o r t h e t r i p a r o u n d
the London Docks, c had tea on board.
. ; C t h o n h a d ( ' i n n e r a t t h e S a v o y I To t e l ,

I t v. ' a s t h e l a r g e s t a n d r i t z i e s t p l a c o
'vo.had over scen^ Outside v:orc at

least a dozen Rolls Hoycos and jokers

in tuxedoes -and r;omen vith enough jovels
on to start a jcvolry stord. It took
us five -ninutos to find .the room vherc
we

oto

and

very fcv; c id go because they took: the
op'^ortunity to r/ritc homo#

had

Co<mCola

before

pf the n\en v^'ho load sailed the Atlantic
in t\ 20 foot boat. He and hiS"brothor

"^'eru ver^.'- interesting, ./c had a five
course meal, A'o thou£,ht' thoy r^ould
never stop brin^.in;^ food, T^./onty fi-^^
cadets dro.nk 208 bottles of pop. After
dinner

we

v'cnt

across

tho

street

to

the Daily Kxpress office to see how
t^ioy'•"akv': their ncr/spa-Dcrs, There
also

'.rhcn T7C g,ot baclc from the fli|,ht there
vcre svimninQ, pools available to us but

-,:o

catin^;. At dinner I ao.t ne:!;t to one

'"0

h'ld

core

sr-,;
over

the

'boat

on<,

It

tho
sure

t-xvo

brother?

looked

sma.V

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Tuesday, 23rd of August, tvo left
r^bridgc for London via Constittition
Hill and The l-'allo '"e r/itnessod tho

Saturday '-e hnd a Iccturo on lav
ond history of >''n/.,liGh football.
After

lunch

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I'cnt

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soe

an

Liirlish

football game, I tonl: a for: pictures
of it bcc?usc it is very unique. They
use their heads an rur;h as thoy use

th .ir feet. After the gano v.'o had soriO
of that foul liruir' "i'hcy callTEAo This
v/as at the Strand Pajr.co Hc'iel, ?^cally
though, v:e had a 'v'on:>-rfV'.l time here,
Tncy cv>..n hired an orcnor V"- to play
A i r. c r i c a n n u e i c a n d v. c h n d - . . ' c n d e r f u l

food. The hold v/as vorj"" ]Tgc and
ro could hardly find ovr way out v.hon
v.c rare finished, -'.c then sar/ ''Toush
a t t h o To p " a t t h e A d c l p h i T h c i i t o r a I t
v/an a rr»usical and y-o all c-^.joyed it
iroincns'ly* 3y tho v;ay^ it v.-as a stage
production,

Sunday r/as our free day c::ccpt for
the visit to the Broadcasting House of
B»B,C, -lost of us "-cnt into London to

to sightseeing.

chnn/^inp. of the guarc! at Horse Guards
Parade in ".hitohall. Later v/c had
lunch at the cafe named the liecca
Cafe., """."o thun had a tour of the Houses
of Parliament anc' hac^ tea at the Over

seas. League, -'o sav: a vaudeville

p]?.y_, ''French '.'.ithout Toars" at the
Va u d e v i l l e

Theater

in

London

and

thon

vc returned to base,

^.'.ednesday ve had a rest day and
rcro takjn into London for shoppings
Thursday 'vc left for hom; , stop"
ping at Iceland and NcvfounOland, \.'0

arrfivod'in ..achirigton "^nd went through
cun-^oms, ."lost of tho cadets 1 ;ft im~

mc'-'iately for home, but as a Crcneral
took my scat on the plane I v.-a?: supposed
to ro on, I took another one to Kansas
City„ There I stayed one night and
on. the 27th flov to Omaha, There I

contacted C.''.ptain Bo- man and he flew
mc home.

! M o n d a y - v. - a s ' a b i g d a y a g a i n , ' ' . c s a v : I c a n ' t e x p r e s s h o n m u c h I c n -

thc To' cr of London a W tne crovm jev/cls. Joyed tho trip, or hor; much more in(cont, next -col, (concluded, next page)

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STA:i:lv7.tDB IvIiRTIlIG PI.'.HIIED /.T FJSARMEY VIP IT *^0 UNITED KINPDOH^ cont,
Unit staff officors from all over formed I foci about the British, I
the state of ilobraska xvill mcot at am certainly and sinccroly grateful

iCoarney,. Nebraska on Sunday, Hov, 20th, and indebted to my CAP officors, the
people i:ho dircctly v.'cre hcl^i'fi'.l in

iicprcscjitativos from Kimball, gettin;; mo the trip and, too, the
Bavr.rd and Scottsbluff in the 765th /uncricnn people whose money rado it

Group, and'-Grnnd Island, Hastings, possible for tho cxrhnnf.o to bo formed.
Lexington, Lincoln, Norfolk, North I hope they rc:?.lizo the voluo^of tho
Plr.tto and Onaha aro nlanning on attend- exchange program tov.-ard a bettor
in^.thc mootingi and it is hoped that fooling between Groot Britain and tho
tho other-units will also be able to" United States, .bocausc no^v more than

send staff members to the confcronce^ ovc,r before there is a definite need
for better undcrstanding-.botv/cGn

The CAP officors v;ill havo brc-ak- nations,

fast tpeothor" c.t Soarncy 8,oO Aii,

baforo tho Kccting opens a 9; , sodding us such an intorosting account
Several units hap indioatcv. tnat thoy Enpland, •'Bo felt that
plan to arrive .at ICoaracy on Satu-day Brtioio was so i.oll written

evening duo to the. distance of travel entertaining that wo hovo printed
involved, Ho meetings aro scheduled entire account, r'ord for word.)
f o r S a t u r d a y, h o w o v o r ^
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CAP RoKulations S06 and 50~3
jumping
by
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=

.'.caps.and bounds, ycith applications Information has just been recoived
in largest nurahcrs corauG from Norfolk, National Eeadquartors thct

i;orth Platte and Ctaaho, Cadet papers l?OKulation 50-3 i s underGoing
have aloO boon repoivKd reeomly from correction and -..-ill be distributed

Mrand Island, Oakland, Plattsaouth and . aational prior to IJovor/.ber 1st,
Scottsbluff,

.

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V I- ^ .
A oi CA
ilc';;ul tion 30 6 coveri
There aro presently aboutu 90l scadetsP insigniaa v;ill be -ready'forn g

e.irolled in tho Omaha 3 Squadron, p.rid distribv-tion os soon os the nov;

tho cadets hope that fciis fiiiuro will non-corrunissioned ofificor iasigjiia is
-uach 100 before their reoruitins drive received from'Gemsco, at >hich time
is finished,, ring records indicate v.in bo roproducod and incorporated
t;.mt there are approximately ,381. cadet in the rerulfltien.
:».;;jplications on file at prosent, although "

this fisure includes S7 oadots who havo ■ Profrcssing
rcc-cntly passed ago 18,
A contract has been let by the U, Sr

The importance- of stressing tho poreo's Public Relations organi■■^'.det progran cannot be over emphasized, ^^^^ion for the naking of a CAP movie

.-•.asmuch as it is the desire pf our . ^onioting the various senior and eadet

•..'ational Comm.7ndcr, I.ajor General Lucas aotivitios of our organization. The
/. Beau, that tho tfobraska iVing reach movie Tvill ihcludo'sumer oneampmcnt

its (voal of 1500 oadots by :'ay..l950. sequonoo made at Rapid City, S. D. in
* i}. * .Mc * * * * ;:t :|. * * v-J." * 4c August, other scqucnccs vdil tocludo

* • CO:'"Tir'^l{riR CAP liT'-'S "IHG « the cadet ozehnngo program, tho school

* Published monthly by the'AF - C "A R* education program, and the senior pro-f
* Liaison Offioo ^ gram v/hich is to bo covered in "Opcra* .•{: i;: :{•• * * v * :> if A + >j. * tlou * iart insbur g" in Es.stern Pennsyl
vania to take placG this month.

CO':

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Pago 9

October

mr's
school

OM/^JiA Sqit^DROH ms ITEMS

officials

Major 0. T, Por/ell, Commancling
Officor of the Lincoln Squadron and
i i a j o r C h a r l e s Ta y l o r, T r a i n i n g O f fi c o r
for the Nobraska Ving Kct with Captain

Approximately 35 members of Cinaha
Squadron 1 attended a meeting at

Frank 1 » Bovman and school officials

the

of the Lincoln hi£,hschool on Thursday
a f t e r n o o n , 1 3 O c t o b e r 1 9 4 9 . Ti r, G i l

Legion Club at 8:00 Pi.l on 19 October

b e r t " . i l l c y, S u p e r i n t e n d e n t o f t h e

L i n c o l n P u b l i c S c h o o l s ; I l r, P c l l e y, h i s

S r U . ^ r R O K 1 H O L D S P. E O I ^ G A K I Z A T I Q N M E E T I I ^ G

Chico

Room

of

the

American

1949^ Colonel Rudy C. ^.^ucllcrj Ving
Comiaandor, Llajor L, J. Heinsen, Air
I n s p e c t o r a n d l a j o r Ve n d e l l O c o r g c ,
Supply Officer v/ore also in attendance,

a s s i s t a n t ; a n d r r » l i a r d i s a n d H r.
. ickle, principals of the t^vo Lincoln

together v/ith Captain Boi nan, *.F-CAP

hi^hschools attended the conference*

Liaison

The ncvr CAP training manual and
the possibility of placing the CAP

The staff members of Squadron 1 plan a
follow-up meeting at '.'ing Headquarters
on Thursday evening, 20 October, for

aeronautical

course

in

the

Lincoln

Officer*

hi/hschools vps discussed by the group.

further planning and discussion,

The Lincoln Squadron, Ytiich has
been meeting at CAP Headquarters at
tho liunicipal Airport, hopes to secure
meeting; space in dov.Tito"vm Lincoln, in

P I L O T S R U S S O A N D E AV E Y C A D E T S

order to make it easier for cadets to
attend cIdsscs,

flov; seventeen C^.aha cadets on orienta

John Davcy and John Russo, both senior
members and pilots of Squadron 1,
tion rides on Sunday, October 9,

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HICHSOIOOL

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O ' V i H A P I L O T S P ; J : T I C I PAT E VA S E A R C H

Fourteen cadets at Ord, Nebraska
arc making; out application foms at the
present time. The cadets vill parti
cipate in the CAP-Ord Highschool co
ordinated program, using the ncv; CAP
manual, Ix, Stoddard of the Ord High-

Sight Omaha pilots volunteered to
search for pn L-4 typo aircraft from
Dcs Moines, lor.t*. 'vhieh v/as reported
missing on 18 September 1949, The plane,

s c h o o l w i l l b o t h c i i n s t r u c t o r,

by one of tho CAP pilots and reported

v/hich

had

landed

in

an

?lf?lfa

field

a c r o Ts s t h e r i v e r i n I o v ; a , v, * c \ s l o c a t e d
to tho Liaison Officer, ^oithef the

Cp.ptain Frank Bov.inan drove to Ord,
iTobraska on 21 October 1949, to assist

piano or passengers v/ere harmed.

the

COL* :I1^LLLH:R IS GUEST SPE:^JCER

unit

in

their

orientation

on

the

ncv: pro{iTam, The Ord Flight has tv^entyc i ^ h t s e n i o r m e m b e r s , L t , T. ' i l l i a m S t e e n

Colonel Rudy Jlueller, V/ing Commander

C o m j ' - i u n i c n t i o n s • O f f i c c r,

Fontenelle.

is Commanding Officer; Leslie Nash, Oper addressed the members of the Kighations Officer; Horace Travis, Training ' Tv/olve Club at their - 'onday noon
Officor; John "'ozab, PIOj and Joe Fajmon, lunchoon, 3 October 1949, at tho Hotel