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Hovember '.i949
coRiiHus.m. CAP m':s,
C I V I L h J J i PAT R O L G E L E B R AT 2 S E I O I f T H
A]T!!KERS^Ey ON DECEMBER 1st
In
a
letter
addressed
to
all
Page 1
■ FIFTY 11:10® OFFICERS IIEBT AT KSART1EY
Fifty-ei^ht officers, represent
ing fourteen units of the Nebraska l.'ing
members of the Civil Air "^atrol, dated • attended the state conference at Kear
16 ITovonber 1949, our Katioftal Cofcnander^ ney on Sunday, 20 November 1949,
"ajor Gonerp.l Lucas V, Beau, USAF,
Representatives from Ord, Grand
advised that this year—the eighth anni
versary' of the founding of the Civil
Island, Hor folk, Crete, l^orth Platte,
'Vir Patrol--v/e are ftoing to set rside
Bayard, Scottsbluff, Lexington, Hast
an entire v.-eek to do the job of celcbra- ings, Lincoln, ICearney., Groun 765,
v i n £ a n d t o d r a v ; t h e c o u n t r y ' s a t t e n t i o n Kimball and Central,. City, as v;ell as
to the need for nany new cadets to reach V;ing staff and AF-CAP Liaison Office
our [^00.1 of a national junior air reserve .personnel r/ere present,
CADET AND SCHOOL PROGRAM .
of 100,000.
/'ajor Beau has requested that all
rings, g;roups, squadrons and fli^:;hts •
cooi^erc.to to r;ake this v.EEIC a big success
The anniversary and "beating of ton-
torns " for nev; cadets can be brought
to the attention of the public through
radio and television programs; speefihes
by local CAP members'where possible,
before service clubs, and in school
assemblies (with cadets ap-,rearing, rihere
possible, to plead thoir ovm cause);
and through newspaper articles in local
papers, national Headquarters is hav
ing prepared, by the Air Force, a ret
of transcription plf.tters to be distri
After opening remarks by the
• V/ing Commander,, Colonel to advise the
Ilajor Heinsen was asked Rudy llueller,
group hov; to build their cadet quota,
in the absence of ; i ajor Roy ^Ugh>field who r-as unable to attend,
Wajor Ho^vard Kurphy, Norfolk,
Nebraska, told the group about the
Norfolk Squadron*s experiences ^"ith
the CAP cadet program in^the high-
school and had many helpful pointers
for other units who are also "adopting
the CAP-hi,^,hscho61 coordinated course
in their schools.
Later in the program :,*ajor'
buted to all T-ings, carri^ing a series of
eleven spot recruiting; opperls, each by
a celebrity--stors such as Henry Fonda,
ilurph^/', V'ing Operations Officer, talked
on tho proper use and care of USAF
cnC big nrrae bond leaders. These vill
aircraft, lie outlined a number of pro
b e m a d e a v a i l a b l e t o t h e I To b r a s k a u n i t s
cedures to be foll6v/ed by CAP units
uaing the aircraft,
as soon as received,
^XCEH-RE ON DUY'OTS
ihrour^hout the rfebraska \7ing
dinners, programs and ceremonies rill bo
hsld to comr.ic:morate the founding of
Civil Air Patrol, to re-tell the story
of hor this historic "Llinute-IIen-of-the-
Air" project Vr-as put across, vhat it did
for national defense, and ^olans for the
future, :!ayors of tho various communi
Capt, Jack Lev/is, Commanding
Officer cf the Bayard Flir^ht, gave an
interesting and informative account
of three search and rescue practice
missions recently carried out. They
v;ore called "Operation Eoyt", "Opera
tion V.'ildcat" and "Operation Blackout",
ties should be requested to issue procla
mations recommending public observance
of CAP week.
Capt, Leris explained the pro
cedure followed in c^onducting a success
ful twenty-four hour dry run. Cadets
anr' senior members i/ore used in the
General Beau stated that looking
br.ck over the past year he ivas gratified
search® Use of SCR Gll^s enabled mem
at the, strides y;e have madep and asked,
headquarters, Capt, Le\;is stressed the
bers to keep"in contact rith field
that all CAP members join him in the
iinportance' of careful planning and ex
dctomination to make, the coming year
act
the greatest in our history.
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CQRraSKER CAP NEVfS
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>5 USED FOR TV70. IIERCY MISSIONS BY GROUP "i ^ MEETINGS HELD AT PLATTSMOUTH AND
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Lt, R,R, Kelso Ifekes First Use of
Ambuletnce Plane*^
A Rusebud, South Dakota Indian child,
seriously ill v/ith "brain fever" "vvas
flov/n from Kimball, Nebraska to a
South Dakota reservation hospital on
3 November 1949,
Lt, R# R# Kelso, commanding officer
of the Kimball Flight, called for the
plane from the Scottsbluff Squadron
after the doctor attending Henry Red
BE/^.TRICE FLIGHTS
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Lt» Peter Stavneak, V/ing Personnel
O f fi c e r, r e p r e s e n t e d t h e V / i n g a t a
meeting of the Plattsmouth Flight on
Viednesday evening, 16 November 1949,
Sixteen " senior members and cadets v/6re
present. The meeting was held in one*
o f t h e s t o r e s i n P l a t t s m o u t h | h o w e v e r,
arrjangements are being made to secure'
a m e e t i n g p l a c e a t t h e p u b l i c l i b r a r y.
Approximately eighteen persons
attended'a reorganization meeting at
Shirt, 20 months old^ ordered the child
to the reservation hospital for special
medical care* Harry D. ETnrlich of
Beatrice, Nebraska on Thursday evening,
17 November, Capt, Frank Bowman, AFCAP Liaison Officer drove to Beatrice
Scottsbluff flew the ambulance plane
to attend the meeting and shov/ed the
to Kimball, and Lt, Kelso flev/ the
group some films, including some
child to Rosebud,
colored film he took
stationed in Burma,
himself
while
This was the first time the CAP
L-5 ambulance plane was used in an
emergency ♦
Donald Boyer of Alliance Flys Mercy
Slission in L«*5 Aircraft'
On November 10, Donald Boyer of the
Alliance Flight flew the L-5 to Chadron,
Nebraska to pick up a 61 year old man
v/ho had been injured in a fall,- He
was flown back to Alliance, but &s the
hospital there v;as unable to give him
the necessary medical care Pilot Boyer
flew all night and brought the injured
man to an Omaha hospital.
Only stop on the approximately 570
mile trip v/as made at Grand Island,
APFOINTgEI^TS TO T.ING STAFF IIADE
Colonel Rudy liueller, "iTing Commsnde
recently announced tv/o nevf
o n t h e H i n g S t a ff ,
Ikjor Hov/ard I^urphy of Norfolk,
Nebraska has been assigned as Y/ing
O p e r a t i o n s O f fi c e r, I l a j o r I h i r p h y
has been the commanding officer of
the Norfolk Squadron since November =
of 1947, and served as Camp Commander^
for both the 1948 and 1949 cadet suminer
encampments-,
Lt, Pete r J,'Stavneak,"former
Omaha Squadron 3 commander,-has been
assigned as 'vTing Personnel Officer,
Nebraska, v/here CAP members had hot
coffee ready for the pilot. The L-5
A CAP member since 1943, Lt, Stavneak
arrived at Omaha'around 5iOO AM on
cadet strength of Omaha Squadron 3,
There are now three flights of cadets
in Squadron 3, with a total cadet
11 N o v e m b e r 1 9 4 9 .
Bayard Cadets Receive Observation
Rides
in
1-5
Aircraft
was instrumental in building up the '■
personnel of appropcimately 100,
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and reached Bayard on October 21,
T h e O c t o b e r 2 7 t h i s s u e o f T H E B AYA R D
TRANSCRIPT carried a picture of Lt, Virgil The Bayard cadets have been receiving
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orientation rides in both the L-5 and
Plummer, Adjutant, and Cadets Deloma
L-f4 aircraft. The Bayard cadets have
Karnes, D6nald l^ioranville and James
Stockv/ell, standing by the L-5 aircraft
started a. 28 hour course in Morso
assigned to Group 765, The plane oir^
Code, and recently"sav; the movie,
culates among the units in that group
(cont,)
"Enemy Booby Traps,"
c o . . : T fi i ; s m C A P N E T. V S
1949
N o v.
SQUADRON 3 PL/.WS DINNER P/dlTY
1949
GiUi^D
Omaha Squadron 3 officers, senior
members
and
their
friends
v/ill
have
a
dinner party on l.'ednecday evening,
30 November 1949, f^on 6:00 to 8:00 P:.^
dinner
v/ill
be
held
in
the
Log Cabin Room of the YliCA building at
ISI/CT
AKD
EISTIl'GS
ITK"S
Early this month the Hastings
and Grand Island cadets had fi
v/einer
r o a s t a l o n g t h e P l a t t e R i v e r, h a l f v / a y
b e t i ^ ^ e e n t h e t r. ' o c i t i e s . C a d e t C a p t a i n
Connld
The
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Hide
and
three
other
cadets
from Hastings picked the site and
built
the
fire.
The
Grnnd
Island
17th and Harney streets. For further
cadets fixed up the OP truck v;ith
information, contact Lt» Robert Pisk,
hay and made a"hayrack" ride out of
Coipjiis.nding Officer, at Ke» 1815 (home)
or At, c780 (business),
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OrAHA GIRLS ATTEITD CADET RADIO CLASS
Seven girl cadets in Omaha Squadron
Ho, 3 are talcing radio instruction
tho trip to the camp site. After
the v/einer roast, the cadets used the
5 11 r a d i o s f o r a r ? . d i o d e m o n s t r a t i o n ^
About thirty cadets and senior members
v.'ere present,
$or:^e of the Ifestin^^s cadets have
classes on VIednesday nights at the
visited the Grand Isle.nd Fli'.ht on
Mvmicipal Airnort, Sixteen Omahft
'oys are also in tho class, "Cadet Lt,
Dev/o.ine S'^orer is instructor*
their meeting nights. Cadet.Donald
Hide brought along his colored jrlides.
taken at le.st year's Cndet Exchiange
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raiAT DO YOU THINK A1 OUT MWIHG A CPvIL
Aia PATROL rOKLBTG L"AGUE FOR aiAHA CAP
:..i.:'--ERS? ^OOD njI'LICITY. Airr"'Ay, TALK
■ ELL AS IT C0U1.D BE A WT OF FIST, AS
P r o g r a m i n C a n a d a , a s v. c l l a s ? l i d e s
tnken at the suk er ccrnp at Rapid. City
Air Base r-nd the 1949 Cleveland Air
Races, Donold and two other Hastings
cadets hitch hilted to the Cleveland
A i r R a c e s t h i s y e a r. T h e y a s s i s t e d
the Cleveland CAP Scuadron in h::^ndling
traffic
at
the
reces
and
received
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YOUR
S':UADROK
AND
special letters of commendation frcm
Clevelrnd Squadron 5 for the fine job
L?:T 173 ICra YOUR llEAC^f'IOlv' AT * IirG mJ\D•:':U.'iRT]i?.S—5 0 **2 CAI-T GET T.'IE BALL •iOLLr-JCT, t h e y d i d ,
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Lt, II , L* Coleman, Lt, '!p.y Cole
man, Lt» "^illiajti A, Barrett, Lt, Dale
K, liolub and Stephen Pleharty -- all
of the Grand Island Flij;^ht — recently
each donated a pint of blood to the
American Red Cross at Grand. Island,
Lt, ?,Iay Coleman also assistrd the Red r
Cross at the re^^istration desk,
>t« >:«. if< lii i; i]: it if.
The Cornhusker Cafe at Grand Islan.
v.'as the scene for a- fi'iiQl gathering of
the ■ 'Tolan.A on Sunday night, Nov, 20th,.
The Norfolk group r.-as JiTt'-'leaving vhen
Captain Bo^'man and his five passengers-Kaj, .endell George, Lt, T'orothy Gather;
Sgts, Pat Sires and Clara Spindier—
drove up in tho staff c-r. Shortly
afterwards, Lt, Stavneak'drove up ^vith
Kaj, Ileinsen, Lt, "^uller, Vo 3©ck,
Edt/in Burrell and Lts, Louis and :;.ay
Coleman, Over that "last cup of coffoe
the Kearney meeting was finally closed.
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Lt." R4 R, Kelso of Kiniball. told
If you ask us, some of the CAP of a mercy mission flo\\Ti by his unit
members vMo were meandei-ing around recently, vhen a sick'Indian child
Kearney on Saturday night (represen- ^as flo\'.'n from i'^irnbaU to a resenrs:^
tativos from Omaha, Norfolk, Scotts- tion hospital in Rosebud, South Dakota»
bluff. Bayard and Grand'Island) need
to be briefed on navigationi The ' Lt.Vern Fuller, rin^ Communicar
gang got separated into two groups, tibns Officer^ presented a Nebraska,
each of v.'hich spent hours searching Y;ing Communications'Pro cram bulletin
for tho other, (No emergency search to every conference member. The'
procedure available either,) "hen bulletin CQntp.ii>s -an area map, a
v;e finally all got together every- complete roster' of Nebi'aslca CAP radio-thing had closed up tighter than a stations and other ihformaition regard^
drum J Oh v;cll, we tried* ing the V.ing communications n^tv/ork,
/ . II Lt. Fuller explained procedures in
M/Sgt. R, V. Crydeman ("Hiav/atha the care and maiutainance of radio
Cryderman, that is) was one of the equipment and told the group about
missing persons at Kearney. He v/ent the nev/ly organized Nebraska Wing
duck hunting instead and is rather Comrrtunications Flight,
proud of the fact that he bagged four
Lt. Col, Barle Reynolds, Deputy
ITing Commander, addressed, the con-
The Omaha staff car didn^t exactly ference after the official dinner,
break dovm on the return trip, but told the group of the service perCaptcin Bov/man vjas 'mighty vrorried formed by Civil Air Patrol nationally
for a fev/ miles, Mg "flew lov/" since its organization ei^';;ht years
at about 12 rriph until wo reached ago. Ke complimented the members on
Central City,v/here Capt. B. per- their achievements*in cadet training
formed an emergency maintenance in- and mercy missions,
spedtion and corrected the defect •
(something about the carburetor) vith Lt. Jack Stavneak, Hing Personnel
t h e . h e l p o f . a f i n g e r n a i l f i l e • O ff i c e r, e x p l a i n e d t h e . a p p l i c a t i o n
loaned .by Sgt. Pat Sires, Clo&e to and record system used.at T.'ing Headr
Omaha xte ran into heavy snow and it » quarters. He urged the unit command-
was "instrument flying" for the last ^^s to check all applications sent in,
fifty
miles
or
so.
NEBRASKA
DISASTER
PLAN
Capt, Frank Boviman <iistributed
Guess v.ho meandered into the T^ing
office today — Lt. (Doc) Ekwald
of the Norfolk Squadron, He wanted
the address of Station KULR—for
besides being an 1-,D. by profession
Hiid a pilot, Lt, Ekv/ald is a radio
enthusiast. His trip back to Norfolk
from Kearney with Lt, '.".ayne Hilkem e i e r, i n t h e L - 5 , . i v a s q u i c k - - b u t
CCLD,
the Nebraska Wing Disjaster Plan to the
members present aiid. esfplained the pro
cedure unit cCi^^ers af.e to follow
in event of local/or state, emergency^'and the coordination tjijat is" necessary
bet\7een CAP, the-^Air/Ros-cue* Service
and the Red Cro'ss'i"'
Tho state has been divided into
tv.enty-six areas^ ' The plan lists the
Spealcing of the cold v;eathor., Sgt,
Cryderman v/ill heod "f.oah .the deep •
Saouth" on Monday, the 2Bth, To
Lexington, Kentucky, in fact--kit
.not to see the Souiihorn belles. He's
tf.kin^; the K-60 truck to pick up equip
ment.
f o l l c v ; i n g i n f o r m a t i o n : C A P. ; p e r s o n n e l
in charge of area, names of counties,
American Red" Cross headquarters addresr^
aircraft available, radio station call
letters, and"possible operational
headquarters, / .
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COL, lOIELLilR IS AWARDED BLUE RIBBON CAP COTJFIKTUCE AT 7J:aRNEY (concluded)
Colonel Rudy C. luueller, V.'ing
Commander has been avmrded the Blue
Service Ribbon by Notional Headquart
ers, Civil Air Patrol for completion
of the mijaimum of six years faithful
service
to
the
Civil
Air
Als'^ found in the state plan bulle
tin are f'^rms fnr rep'^rts on emergencies,
'Operational instructions f»>r air search
and rescue, and a Nebraska map showing
the t\7cnty-six areas.
Patrol,
COIXLUSICN
The conference program was concluded
NORTH PLATTE SQDN. VISITS L^XimTGW
On 31 October 1949, Major Jen
kins, Commanding Officer of the
North Platte Squadron and a fow
of the members of his squadron,
vdth a general discussion period, I'^^^or
Leonard Heinsen presented the subject of
a proposed national dues.
Itfajor V'sndall George asked for an
expression of opin"'^n on the distribution
of a limited number of cadet uniforms,
visited the Lexington Flight on their
regular meeting night,
Capt, Horschel Amrine, Lexing
t o n F l i g h t C o m m a n d e r, h a s e x t e n d e d
an invitation to anyone interested in
flying, radio, link trainer or in
^iEBRASKA TaNG STAFF ME?aERS
Wing Commander - Col, Hudy Mueller
Deputy Wing Commander - Lt, Col, L, C»
Reynolds
the aviation course ^vhich is to be
tnu^ht in the Lexington Highschool
Adjutant - Lt, Domthy Gathers
the second semester to attend their
P e r s o n n e l O f fi c e r - L t , P, J , S t a v n e a k
meetings on Monday nights,
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Operations Officer - Maj. Howard kurphy
CHi\NGE OF ADLRiiSS
Cadet Commandant - Maj, Roy ^lighfield
Group 765 fleadquarters has requested
that their mailing address be changed
from Post Office Box 536, Scottsbluff,
Nebraska, to the follovdngj
PIO - Major Soren Kunkhof
Asst, PIO - W/O Cecil Y/illiams
Patricia Frank, Adjutant
Group 765, Civil Air I atrol
Supply & Maint, - yaj, W, ■", George
2210 - 5th Avenue
Engr, Officer - Capt, H, 0, Bergatrom
Scottsbluff, Nebraska
Air Inspect'^r - Maj, L, J, Heinsen
A HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL CAP MLIaBERS
C o m u n i c a t i o n s O f fi c e r - L t . Ve r n F u l l e r
I/edical Officer - Maj, A, D, Cloyd
Training Officer - Kaj, Charles E, Tay
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CORNHUSKER
CAP
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Published monthly by the AFCAP Liaison Office staff and
Yi i n g A d j u t a n t
Hovember '.i949
coRiiHus.m. CAP m':s,
C I V I L h J J i PAT R O L G E L E B R AT 2 S E I O I f T H
A]T!!KERS^Ey ON DECEMBER 1st
In
a
letter
addressed
to
all
Page 1
■ FIFTY 11:10® OFFICERS IIEBT AT KSART1EY
Fifty-ei^ht officers, represent
ing fourteen units of the Nebraska l.'ing
members of the Civil Air "^atrol, dated • attended the state conference at Kear
16 ITovonber 1949, our Katioftal Cofcnander^ ney on Sunday, 20 November 1949,
"ajor Gonerp.l Lucas V, Beau, USAF,
Representatives from Ord, Grand
advised that this year—the eighth anni
versary' of the founding of the Civil
Island, Hor folk, Crete, l^orth Platte,
'Vir Patrol--v/e are ftoing to set rside
Bayard, Scottsbluff, Lexington, Hast
an entire v.-eek to do the job of celcbra- ings, Lincoln, ICearney., Groun 765,
v i n £ a n d t o d r a v ; t h e c o u n t r y ' s a t t e n t i o n Kimball and Central,. City, as v;ell as
to the need for nany new cadets to reach V;ing staff and AF-CAP Liaison Office
our [^00.1 of a national junior air reserve .personnel r/ere present,
CADET AND SCHOOL PROGRAM .
of 100,000.
/'ajor Beau has requested that all
rings, g;roups, squadrons and fli^:;hts •
cooi^erc.to to r;ake this v.EEIC a big success
The anniversary and "beating of ton-
torns " for nev; cadets can be brought
to the attention of the public through
radio and television programs; speefihes
by local CAP members'where possible,
before service clubs, and in school
assemblies (with cadets ap-,rearing, rihere
possible, to plead thoir ovm cause);
and through newspaper articles in local
papers, national Headquarters is hav
ing prepared, by the Air Force, a ret
of transcription plf.tters to be distri
After opening remarks by the
• V/ing Commander,, Colonel to advise the
Ilajor Heinsen was asked Rudy llueller,
group hov; to build their cadet quota,
in the absence of ; i ajor Roy ^Ugh>field who r-as unable to attend,
Wajor Ho^vard Kurphy, Norfolk,
Nebraska, told the group about the
Norfolk Squadron*s experiences ^"ith
the CAP cadet program in^the high-
school and had many helpful pointers
for other units who are also "adopting
the CAP-hi,^,hscho61 coordinated course
in their schools.
Later in the program :,*ajor'
buted to all T-ings, carri^ing a series of
eleven spot recruiting; opperls, each by
a celebrity--stors such as Henry Fonda,
ilurph^/', V'ing Operations Officer, talked
on tho proper use and care of USAF
cnC big nrrae bond leaders. These vill
aircraft, lie outlined a number of pro
b e m a d e a v a i l a b l e t o t h e I To b r a s k a u n i t s
cedures to be foll6v/ed by CAP units
uaing the aircraft,
as soon as received,
^XCEH-RE ON DUY'OTS
ihrour^hout the rfebraska \7ing
dinners, programs and ceremonies rill bo
hsld to comr.ic:morate the founding of
Civil Air Patrol, to re-tell the story
of hor this historic "Llinute-IIen-of-the-
Air" project Vr-as put across, vhat it did
for national defense, and ^olans for the
future, :!ayors of tho various communi
Capt, Jack Lev/is, Commanding
Officer cf the Bayard Flir^ht, gave an
interesting and informative account
of three search and rescue practice
missions recently carried out. They
v;ore called "Operation Eoyt", "Opera
tion V.'ildcat" and "Operation Blackout",
ties should be requested to issue procla
mations recommending public observance
of CAP week.
Capt, Leris explained the pro
cedure followed in c^onducting a success
ful twenty-four hour dry run. Cadets
anr' senior members i/ore used in the
General Beau stated that looking
br.ck over the past year he ivas gratified
search® Use of SCR Gll^s enabled mem
at the, strides y;e have madep and asked,
headquarters, Capt, Le\;is stressed the
bers to keep"in contact rith field
that all CAP members join him in the
iinportance' of careful planning and ex
dctomination to make, the coming year
act
the greatest in our history.
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1949 5Tover.ber 1949
CQRraSKER CAP NEVfS
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>5 USED FOR TV70. IIERCY MISSIONS BY GROUP "i ^ MEETINGS HELD AT PLATTSMOUTH AND
-
Lt, R,R, Kelso Ifekes First Use of
Ambuletnce Plane*^
A Rusebud, South Dakota Indian child,
seriously ill v/ith "brain fever" "vvas
flov/n from Kimball, Nebraska to a
South Dakota reservation hospital on
3 November 1949,
Lt, R# R# Kelso, commanding officer
of the Kimball Flight, called for the
plane from the Scottsbluff Squadron
after the doctor attending Henry Red
BE/^.TRICE FLIGHTS
'
'J
Lt» Peter Stavneak, V/ing Personnel
O f fi c e r, r e p r e s e n t e d t h e V / i n g a t a
meeting of the Plattsmouth Flight on
Viednesday evening, 16 November 1949,
Sixteen " senior members and cadets v/6re
present. The meeting was held in one*
o f t h e s t o r e s i n P l a t t s m o u t h | h o w e v e r,
arrjangements are being made to secure'
a m e e t i n g p l a c e a t t h e p u b l i c l i b r a r y.
Approximately eighteen persons
attended'a reorganization meeting at
Shirt, 20 months old^ ordered the child
to the reservation hospital for special
medical care* Harry D. ETnrlich of
Beatrice, Nebraska on Thursday evening,
17 November, Capt, Frank Bowman, AFCAP Liaison Officer drove to Beatrice
Scottsbluff flew the ambulance plane
to attend the meeting and shov/ed the
to Kimball, and Lt, Kelso flev/ the
group some films, including some
child to Rosebud,
colored film he took
stationed in Burma,
himself
while
This was the first time the CAP
L-5 ambulance plane was used in an
emergency ♦
Donald Boyer of Alliance Flys Mercy
Slission in L«*5 Aircraft'
On November 10, Donald Boyer of the
Alliance Flight flew the L-5 to Chadron,
Nebraska to pick up a 61 year old man
v/ho had been injured in a fall,- He
was flown back to Alliance, but &s the
hospital there v;as unable to give him
the necessary medical care Pilot Boyer
flew all night and brought the injured
man to an Omaha hospital.
Only stop on the approximately 570
mile trip v/as made at Grand Island,
APFOINTgEI^TS TO T.ING STAFF IIADE
Colonel Rudy liueller, "iTing Commsnde
recently announced tv/o nevf
o n t h e H i n g S t a ff ,
Ikjor Hov/ard I^urphy of Norfolk,
Nebraska has been assigned as Y/ing
O p e r a t i o n s O f fi c e r, I l a j o r I h i r p h y
has been the commanding officer of
the Norfolk Squadron since November =
of 1947, and served as Camp Commander^
for both the 1948 and 1949 cadet suminer
encampments-,
Lt, Pete r J,'Stavneak,"former
Omaha Squadron 3 commander,-has been
assigned as 'vTing Personnel Officer,
Nebraska, v/here CAP members had hot
coffee ready for the pilot. The L-5
A CAP member since 1943, Lt, Stavneak
arrived at Omaha'around 5iOO AM on
cadet strength of Omaha Squadron 3,
There are now three flights of cadets
in Squadron 3, with a total cadet
11 N o v e m b e r 1 9 4 9 .
Bayard Cadets Receive Observation
Rides
in
1-5
Aircraft
was instrumental in building up the '■
personnel of appropcimately 100,
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TRANSCRIPT carried a picture of Lt, Virgil The Bayard cadets have been receiving
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orientation rides in both the L-5 and
Plummer, Adjutant, and Cadets Deloma
L-f4 aircraft. The Bayard cadets have
Karnes, D6nald l^ioranville and James
Stockv/ell, standing by the L-5 aircraft
started a. 28 hour course in Morso
assigned to Group 765, The plane oir^
Code, and recently"sav; the movie,
culates among the units in that group
(cont,)
"Enemy Booby Traps,"
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SQUADRON 3 PL/.WS DINNER P/dlTY
1949
GiUi^D
Omaha Squadron 3 officers, senior
members
and
their
friends
v/ill
have
a
dinner party on l.'ednecday evening,
30 November 1949, f^on 6:00 to 8:00 P:.^
dinner
v/ill
be
held
in
the
Log Cabin Room of the YliCA building at
ISI/CT
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EISTIl'GS
ITK"S
Early this month the Hastings
and Grand Island cadets had fi
v/einer
r o a s t a l o n g t h e P l a t t e R i v e r, h a l f v / a y
b e t i ^ ^ e e n t h e t r. ' o c i t i e s . C a d e t C a p t a i n
Connld
The
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Hide
and
three
other
cadets
from Hastings picked the site and
built
the
fire.
The
Grnnd
Island
17th and Harney streets. For further
cadets fixed up the OP truck v;ith
information, contact Lt» Robert Pisk,
hay and made a"hayrack" ride out of
Coipjiis.nding Officer, at Ke» 1815 (home)
or At, c780 (business),
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OrAHA GIRLS ATTEITD CADET RADIO CLASS
Seven girl cadets in Omaha Squadron
Ho, 3 are talcing radio instruction
tho trip to the camp site. After
the v/einer roast, the cadets used the
5 11 r a d i o s f o r a r ? . d i o d e m o n s t r a t i o n ^
About thirty cadets and senior members
v.'ere present,
$or:^e of the Ifestin^^s cadets have
classes on VIednesday nights at the
visited the Grand Isle.nd Fli'.ht on
Mvmicipal Airnort, Sixteen Omahft
'oys are also in tho class, "Cadet Lt,
Dev/o.ine S'^orer is instructor*
their meeting nights. Cadet.Donald
Hide brought along his colored jrlides.
taken at le.st year's Cndet Exchiange
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ATTEi:TTOxs^ OiJAHA 3a U5RS
raiAT DO YOU THINK A1 OUT MWIHG A CPvIL
Aia PATROL rOKLBTG L"AGUE FOR aiAHA CAP
:..i.:'--ERS? ^OOD njI'LICITY. Airr"'Ay, TALK
■ ELL AS IT C0U1.D BE A WT OF FIST, AS
P r o g r a m i n C a n a d a , a s v. c l l a s ? l i d e s
tnken at the suk er ccrnp at Rapid. City
Air Base r-nd the 1949 Cleveland Air
Races, Donold and two other Hastings
cadets hitch hilted to the Cleveland
A i r R a c e s t h i s y e a r. T h e y a s s i s t e d
the Cleveland CAP Scuadron in h::^ndling
traffic
at
the
reces
and
received
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YOUR
S':UADROK
AND
special letters of commendation frcm
Clevelrnd Squadron 5 for the fine job
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Lt, II , L* Coleman, Lt, '!p.y Cole
man, Lt» "^illiajti A, Barrett, Lt, Dale
K, liolub and Stephen Pleharty -- all
of the Grand Island Flij;^ht — recently
each donated a pint of blood to the
American Red Cross at Grand. Island,
Lt, ?,Iay Coleman also assistrd the Red r
Cross at the re^^istration desk,
>t« >:«. if< lii i; i]: it if.
The Cornhusker Cafe at Grand Islan.
v.'as the scene for a- fi'iiQl gathering of
the ■ 'Tolan.A on Sunday night, Nov, 20th,.
The Norfolk group r.-as JiTt'-'leaving vhen
Captain Bo^'man and his five passengers-Kaj, .endell George, Lt, T'orothy Gather;
Sgts, Pat Sires and Clara Spindier—
drove up in tho staff c-r. Shortly
afterwards, Lt, Stavneak'drove up ^vith
Kaj, Ileinsen, Lt, "^uller, Vo 3©ck,
Edt/in Burrell and Lts, Louis and :;.ay
Coleman, Over that "last cup of coffoe
the Kearney meeting was finally closed.
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Lt." R4 R, Kelso of Kiniball. told
If you ask us, some of the CAP of a mercy mission flo\\Ti by his unit
members vMo were meandei-ing around recently, vhen a sick'Indian child
Kearney on Saturday night (represen- ^as flo\'.'n from i'^irnbaU to a resenrs:^
tativos from Omaha, Norfolk, Scotts- tion hospital in Rosebud, South Dakota»
bluff. Bayard and Grand'Island) need
to be briefed on navigationi The ' Lt.Vern Fuller, rin^ Communicar
gang got separated into two groups, tibns Officer^ presented a Nebraska,
each of v.'hich spent hours searching Y;ing Communications'Pro cram bulletin
for tho other, (No emergency search to every conference member. The'
procedure available either,) "hen bulletin CQntp.ii>s -an area map, a
v;e finally all got together every- complete roster' of Nebi'aslca CAP radio-thing had closed up tighter than a stations and other ihformaition regard^
drum J Oh v;cll, we tried* ing the V.ing communications n^tv/ork,
/ . II Lt. Fuller explained procedures in
M/Sgt. R, V. Crydeman ("Hiav/atha the care and maiutainance of radio
Cryderman, that is) was one of the equipment and told the group about
missing persons at Kearney. He v/ent the nev/ly organized Nebraska Wing
duck hunting instead and is rather Comrrtunications Flight,
proud of the fact that he bagged four
Lt. Col, Barle Reynolds, Deputy
ITing Commander, addressed, the con-
The Omaha staff car didn^t exactly ference after the official dinner,
break dovm on the return trip, but told the group of the service perCaptcin Bov/man vjas 'mighty vrorried formed by Civil Air Patrol nationally
for a fev/ miles, Mg "flew lov/" since its organization ei^';;ht years
at about 12 rriph until wo reached ago. Ke complimented the members on
Central City,v/here Capt. B. per- their achievements*in cadet training
formed an emergency maintenance in- and mercy missions,
spedtion and corrected the defect •
(something about the carburetor) vith Lt. Jack Stavneak, Hing Personnel
t h e . h e l p o f . a f i n g e r n a i l f i l e • O ff i c e r, e x p l a i n e d t h e . a p p l i c a t i o n
loaned .by Sgt. Pat Sires, Clo&e to and record system used.at T.'ing Headr
Omaha xte ran into heavy snow and it » quarters. He urged the unit command-
was "instrument flying" for the last ^^s to check all applications sent in,
fifty
miles
or
so.
NEBRASKA
DISASTER
PLAN
Capt, Frank Boviman <iistributed
Guess v.ho meandered into the T^ing
office today — Lt. (Doc) Ekwald
of the Norfolk Squadron, He wanted
the address of Station KULR—for
besides being an 1-,D. by profession
Hiid a pilot, Lt, Ekv/ald is a radio
enthusiast. His trip back to Norfolk
from Kearney with Lt, '.".ayne Hilkem e i e r, i n t h e L - 5 , . i v a s q u i c k - - b u t
CCLD,
the Nebraska Wing Disjaster Plan to the
members present aiid. esfplained the pro
cedure unit cCi^^ers af.e to follow
in event of local/or state, emergency^'and the coordination tjijat is" necessary
bet\7een CAP, the-^Air/Ros-cue* Service
and the Red Cro'ss'i"'
Tho state has been divided into
tv.enty-six areas^ ' The plan lists the
Spealcing of the cold v;eathor., Sgt,
Cryderman v/ill heod "f.oah .the deep •
Saouth" on Monday, the 2Bth, To
Lexington, Kentucky, in fact--kit
.not to see the Souiihorn belles. He's
tf.kin^; the K-60 truck to pick up equip
ment.
f o l l c v ; i n g i n f o r m a t i o n : C A P. ; p e r s o n n e l
in charge of area, names of counties,
American Red" Cross headquarters addresr^
aircraft available, radio station call
letters, and"possible operational
headquarters, / .
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COL, lOIELLilR IS AWARDED BLUE RIBBON CAP COTJFIKTUCE AT 7J:aRNEY (concluded)
Colonel Rudy C. luueller, V.'ing
Commander has been avmrded the Blue
Service Ribbon by Notional Headquart
ers, Civil Air Patrol for completion
of the mijaimum of six years faithful
service
to
the
Civil
Air
Als'^ found in the state plan bulle
tin are f'^rms fnr rep'^rts on emergencies,
'Operational instructions f»>r air search
and rescue, and a Nebraska map showing
the t\7cnty-six areas.
Patrol,
COIXLUSICN
The conference program was concluded
NORTH PLATTE SQDN. VISITS L^XimTGW
On 31 October 1949, Major Jen
kins, Commanding Officer of the
North Platte Squadron and a fow
of the members of his squadron,
vdth a general discussion period, I'^^^or
Leonard Heinsen presented the subject of
a proposed national dues.
Itfajor V'sndall George asked for an
expression of opin"'^n on the distribution
of a limited number of cadet uniforms,
visited the Lexington Flight on their
regular meeting night,
Capt, Horschel Amrine, Lexing
t o n F l i g h t C o m m a n d e r, h a s e x t e n d e d
an invitation to anyone interested in
flying, radio, link trainer or in
^iEBRASKA TaNG STAFF ME?aERS
Wing Commander - Col, Hudy Mueller
Deputy Wing Commander - Lt, Col, L, C»
Reynolds
the aviation course ^vhich is to be
tnu^ht in the Lexington Highschool
Adjutant - Lt, Domthy Gathers
the second semester to attend their
P e r s o n n e l O f fi c e r - L t , P, J , S t a v n e a k
meetings on Monday nights,
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Operations Officer - Maj. Howard kurphy
CHi\NGE OF ADLRiiSS
Cadet Commandant - Maj, Roy ^lighfield
Group 765 fleadquarters has requested
that their mailing address be changed
from Post Office Box 536, Scottsbluff,
Nebraska, to the follovdngj
PIO - Major Soren Kunkhof
Asst, PIO - W/O Cecil Y/illiams
Patricia Frank, Adjutant
Group 765, Civil Air I atrol
Supply & Maint, - yaj, W, ■", George
2210 - 5th Avenue
Engr, Officer - Capt, H, 0, Bergatrom
Scottsbluff, Nebraska
Air Inspect'^r - Maj, L, J, Heinsen
A HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL CAP MLIaBERS
C o m u n i c a t i o n s O f fi c e r - L t . Ve r n F u l l e r
I/edical Officer - Maj, A, D, Cloyd
Training Officer - Kaj, Charles E, Tay
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