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BOMBARDIER STUDENTS
MIDLAND, TEXAS
Published By
AAFB!.
NOVEMBER 1942
MANLEY S. HINES Photographic Editor
BUCK W. FOSS Arfot
PAUL E. KELLY Editor
J. GREG KELLY Copy
FRANK P. SREBRO Business Manager
lefl To Righi: R. C. MEEK, J . G . KELLY, F. P. SREBRO, P. E. KELLY, 8. W. FOSS, M. S. HINES
THE BOMBARDIER BY WILLIAM W . LEFLEY, CAPTAIN, ARMY A IR FORCES
The Air c rew filed through the hangar door Out to the ship with its potent load Pilot and g unners and navigator. Swaggering last the small one strode. Lugged his sight, brought up the rear Chest thrown out like a n angry toad
The Bombardier, The Bombardier.
Pilot to cockpit. gunner to gun W ith thumping chutes a nd maps and gear He counted jhem over one by one And called them off for the g round crew's ear· Remar\ed their ratings in vicious fun Told them off with e malice sheer
Did The Bombardier, The Bombardier
As the pilot appeared in his lo fty perch He po\e lo the group with o meaning deer; Muttered o phra.e ne'er heard in church: "'The chauffeur" he soid with a nasty sneer: Hitch~ his suit with a roll ing lurch
Not quite worthless but goddom neor.' Said The Bombardier, The Bombordier.
When the men with the che rts went through the door He burped through o fog of lage r beer And ra ised his voice 11 little more " Ballo,t," quoth ho, •o all could heor. A grin rose up from the frozen core or his heart but it turned to 0 crooked leer
On The Bombardier, The Bombardier.
Last aboard her, he turned to glower Thumbed his nose in o rude solute Snarled a curse at the control tower And disappeared with o wag of his chute Out in the nose to rea ppear And voice one lost derisive hoot.
The Bombardier. The Bombardier.
They thundered aloft with a raging roar To il to the blazing, se lli ng sun. Each at his station checked once more Panel and gadget, rack ond gun And out in the nose, out in the clear The growling , muttering Bombardier.
The Bombardier, The Bombardier.
He placed his sight and twiddled the screws, B11rked a test to the interphone, Promised Herr Goering distressing news And e hellish fire from his eyeballs shone . He though t of' the target and wished it nea r He lived but to blast end burn alone.
The Bombardier, The Bombardier.
A ll in order he settled lo wait Knitting his brows and d rumming his toes Seething with venom, boiling with hote Itching with death for America's foes Short on patience, unknown to fear Long on guts, The Bombardier,
The Bombardier, The Bombardier.
Approaching the target he foxed a glare Down through the sight and his tension rose Clenching controls, this fiend of the oir This imp of hell in the bomber's nose, Yelled a curse and o garbled prayer And let them go with a madman 's cheer
The Bombardier, The Bombardier.
Oh, he laid his eggs in a deadly row, Rozed the torget from front to rear. Thunder and fore appea red below Where Jerry scuttled in mortal fear Bound for Hell, where they a ll shall go And with men like these their time is near
The Bombardier, The Bombardier.
The earth rose up with o ghast'ly show A leg and an arm ond a tattered eor, As they banked awoy o'er the shattered foe He twisted abou t for a porting jeer He c r.,ned hi$ noc.k wit h o mad "Ho! Ho!" Bound for his home and o keg of beer.
The Bombardier, The Bombard ier, The scarcely huma n Bombardie r. Oh, a different breed is The Bombardier.
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ADMINISTRATIVE
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MAJOR C. A. G. LANGNER Flight Surgeon
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CAPTAIN C. E. BISSELL Commandant of Cadets
To you tfie o fficers graduating wit~ class 42-1 b rests he task o l carrying on, in the bes tradition, the many responsibilities of 4n of!i. cer in the United States Army.
We who have been privileged to know you. wish you goo:! luck end G od-speed.
To Lieutenant Louis W. Hansen and his colleagues go our best wishes and since re regret that the day of parting has a rrived.
We are all the richer for having worked with end known our a llies from the Royal Netherlands Military Forces .
Sincerely, C. E. BISSELL. Capt. A. C ..
Commandan t of Cadets
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TACTICAL CAPT. M. R .. BELL
T odicol Officer
LT. J. H. DILKS Tactica l Officer
LT. A. E. POOLE Tocticol :::>fficer
Squadron 111
LT. R. G. SCHAEFER Me~s a nd Recreation Officer
LT. ANWYL T oc ticol Officer
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GROUND SCHOOL LT. COLONEL R. L. JOHNSON
DIRECTOR OF GROUND SCHOOL
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LT. COLONEL BROWN Di red or of T roini ng
LT. C. W . ALLEN Secret<1ry of School
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LT. COLONEL CHAPMAN Assistont Director of Training
Direc tor of Flying
INSTRUCTORS
l T. J. G. HA WT HORNE
LT. W.W. KING
LT. E. F. PERRIN
LT. J. G. SURAK
LT. C. E. NELSON
LT. C.R. ADDINGTON
LT. TROBAUGH
LT. FRENCH
LT. BROWN
LT. SHANNON
LT. GROSSCUP
CORP. KUNDERT
FLIGHT OPERATIONS TRAINING SQUADRON Ill
CAPT. C. C. CORBIN Commanding Officer
C>.PT. E. N. STIDD, JR. O pera tions Officer
CAPT. C. R. FLOYD. JR. Senior Instructor
THE STAFF AT WORK
LT. JOHN H. SHARPE
/'\ Flight Commander
LT. DAY LT. BERRY
LT. GRAECEN LT. COSSELL!
LT. FAMIGLIETTI LT. GRADY
LT. CALVERT
S/ SGT. MAERK
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LT. ALVIN M. WALKER B'" Flight Comma nder
LT. SCOTT LT. HALL
LT. GRUBMAN LT. HEDSTROM
LT. HUFFMANN LT. BROWN
S/SGT. LEMKE S/SGT. SALMON
PILOTS
LT. JOHN l. EDWARDS
C Flight Commander
LT. UPTEGRAPH LT. MILLER
LT. HUDSON LT. JAMES
LT. ETHEREDGE LT. SIMPSON
S/ SGT. BREAUD S/ SGT. McLEAN
S/ SGT. GOODMAN
CAPT. ALVER K. SPIVEY D Flight Commander
LT. ALEXANDER LT. WHEATLEY
LT. COCHRAN LT. WITHERS
LT. WILSON LT. RUPLE
S SGT. HASSIG S/ SGT. ODOM
INSTRUCTORS
LT. CARLTON W . HINMAN Senior Flight Instructor
LT. ELDER LT. GRAVES
LT. HANLON LT. MORAGHAN
LT. WILLIAMS LT. PLASCAK
LT. LEHMAN
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Senior Flight ln,trudor
LT. FROST LT. WILLIS
LT. HUGGARD LT. HOROWITL
LT. f RUDENTHAL
LT. CHARLES R. McCLINTICK Senior Flight Instructor
LT. WELDON LT. CATCHPOLE
LT. HAND LT. GRIFFITHS
LT. GOODSON LT. HAU
LT. AHERNE
LT. TEDDY A . SMITH Senior Flight Instructor
LT. JOHNSON Lr. TROBAUGH
LT. KANTER LT. SCHNELLE
LT. GREEN LT. C. E. SMITH
IN APPRECIATION The material that makes up "Accidental Release" depended upon the co-opera-
tion of a number of people and service departments outside o' our class. To every-
one of these we wish to express our appreciation.
Public Relations-
They write well and wor~ hard anc
we shamelessly called upon t hem tc
open their files. Their co·operatior.
enabled us to have a more inter-• .
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Photographic Department-
A swell bunch of fellows who gave us
everything we asked and did a lot of
extra work to help us out. Especial·
ly our thanks go to S/Sgt. Kormanski
who chased a ll over the field pho·
to9r11phin9 our mugs.
Left to right: Pvt. Milton Bornstein. Pvt. Hilbert Elson. Pfc. Mo,.,.;, Lane, Lieut. Reavis C. O 'Neal, Public Relations Officer (seoted): Corp. Ben W. Bailey, Pfc. Waldo Butler and Pvt. Robert Horton.
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LT. L. W. HANSEN
Sometime d>.1ring the mon th of June, From overseas •hey came,
A barch of Dutchmen well aware Of Midlands bombing fame.
When later · n comoat the " Fighting Filth will show
Their instructors, with honour,
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Each , tudent IS A BOMBER!
Allied enemies the Dutch will fight. Thet II ~now whats wrong, they'!' know
whats right,
As Commanding Officer o f the Dutch Cadets at this station , and in behalf of the R N M F, I wish lo expre ss the most sincere oppreciation to the Commanding General and the entire personnel of the Army A ir Forces Bombardier School, Midland, Texas, for the many courtesies and considerations tendered the Dutch Cadets during their period of lr4ining here. Espec ially do I want to •hank the Comm4ndMt a nd the st11ff of the Aviation Cadet Detachment for the friendly Md willing cooperation they have shown in reg11rd lo our work. We feel that the bombMdier tr11ining which you h4ve heloed the Dutch Students to complete will prove of untold value in our greo t fighl to regain our country. The associ11 tions that we h11ve mede llmong you and your countrymen have been most pleasont and will be wermly remembered. Again we say than~ you."
Sincerely,
Louis W. Hensen, I st Lieutenant R. N. M. F.
They'll bomb their larger and get their goer.
Thanking their success to the Sloan Field school.
Americans, we w11nt lo say, we're grateful for wha t you've done,
And hope that we II .hake han<is again, when thi< world war is WON!
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Senior Ground School Instructor
LT. BESEDA
He said: ·Tll te ll you wh6l to do . . . . And sure his judgment
will see . us through!"
LT. PROF. A. L. ELMER History - Bombsight
He taught upon the Sloan Field Bench The simple theory of Revenge .. . ..
The Bomb!"
Assistant Fl ighf Leader
CAPT. HAYES Adj. and Op. Officer
PILOTS CAPT. J. L MANLEY
LT. G. A. BOWMAN
LT. S. P. MOORHEAD
S. SGT. E. J. DEROCHE
S. SGT. J . l. KARSONOVICH
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Squodron Commander
LT. BISHOP Flight Leoder
LT. BESEDA A.s. Flight Leader
CAPT. SWIFT Sr. Flight Leoder
INSTRUCTORS LT. W . A. GRIESBECK
LT. S. SCHWARZ
LT. H. F. ALVEN
LT. C. A. WINDHOLZ
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LT. J. KOSTEN F\. ght Commander Flight A
CORP. S. MATZEN SGT. P. MULDER PRIVATE P. HMELNITSKY
CORP. W. WALTERING
ENS. W. BADINGS
VDRG. C. W. PAALMAN
CORP. C. T. MULDER
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SGT. W. COEDAM
SGT. A. SYBESMA t
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PLEASANT EXPERIENCES OF A STUDENT BOMBARDIER
S. 1-\ACI( .
When we stort the enemy "whock"
Every bomb will be a "shack."
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Students won 't moke another dry-run .
THOSE COMFORT ABLE PLANES! •• •. •
THE BOMBARDIER IN WINTERTIME! . ..••
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STANO BY! CANCELLED
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I. FINAL INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE THE TAKE-OFF.
2. DISCUSSING THE FLIGHT.
3. MISSION COMPLETED.
4. BEFORE THE SCHOOL.
S. GOING TO GROUND SCHOOL
"ON COURSE"
CADET DETACHMENT GROUP OFFICERS
Left to R19ht Hdrold Z. Ohlmeyer, Gro"c Com monder· Frdnk L Mannin9 , •d tont
SQUADRON OFFICERS
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GRADUATES CLASS 42 - 16
For reasons of militory security. t he complete rosle of Class '42-16 is not published herein.
To \eep us hep ond on the boll. This shove -ta il trio, clossmates 1111: Coll11hon, Inabnit , end Schnieder.
Colloh&n forgets his ra n~ ot four, When the touch bell frocas gets him sore. Collehon, Inabnit, ond Schnieder.
lnobnit looh lile he's swollowed the cot. When he wins o drill regulation •pe t. Cellehen. Inabnit, end Schnieder.
LT. W. S. CALLAHAN Student Officer
Schnieders leaping " O" flight in the groove. t.Ao!.:e us wish we were os smooth. Cellehon, Inabni t, ond Schnieder.
LT. D. J. INABNIT Sudent Officer
LT. R. F. SCHNIEDER Student Officer
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Bachicha, Martin P. El Paso, Texas
Bell, William I. Riverton, Wyoming
Bonney, William Dana Houston, Texas
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Bro•ch, Fr~nl Norman lrvinq, Texas
Bonson H S . ' aro/cJ J Pflng G · reen ' ' ,.
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jo. I( TO TURN >
Canfield 0 . S,.,. A ' . "'•ght J
nfon10 T • ' 6JCOs
Buchanan, William H., Jr. Baltimore, Maryland
C hompion, Patr;c~ 0 . Houston, T eic.&'5
Cohen, Seymour Beyonne, New Jersey
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Dami~ni, Jules V. Galveston, Te~os /o. K. TO TURN >
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Devereux, E. J. St. Louis. M;ssouri
Downing, Woodrow E. W orcester, M .,. (c.'IChY~et-ts
Doan R Al • obert E
omogord . o, N,, . ., M . ex,,0
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Ellberg, Wayne Peru, Illinois
Engli•h. Jock B. Evt.in~lon, lllinoi~
EflencJ L k er, John C " e Char/es L . ..
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l(t LL!..D N I D L A N D, f l ')( ,
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Ferrell , John H. litt le Rod, Arkansas
Fiorstein, Bernard Neworl , N ew J e rsey
John L M'/' · Foof 'rord QL· e
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Geiger 0 • Re•d' ' •v1d G uin9p ' • onns~/ , "on1a
Fulgim, William P. Pecos, Texas
Gorm•n, James A .. Jr. Son Antonio. T e•a\
Fu/ton J Suiph ' ""'es T
ur, Okiaho,;,a
Jo. K. TO TURN>
Hablinski, Bill R. Marlin, Texas
Hargrove, Jack Howard Na<huo, New Hampshire
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Hu,.fer H Dorien • G oward 0 J
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Hill, Underwood Onolosko, T exos
Irwin, R. W. W ilu1y. Kanso
Hollenb Meo~er "c"9~. G. I<.
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lo. K. TO TURN >
1-\enr'{ R. Jones, i exas i eaque,
Kadow, Howard W. New York. New York
Kessler, Eugene S. Hommonton, New Jersey
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Kaliher Illinois
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Leary, W illiam O. Wilmette, lllinoi$
Lockett, W~lter W. La Gronge. Missouri
Levy L B • eo11H ronx N · ' ew " 'Ork
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Lowry, Paul L. Villa Grove, Illinois
Mankin, Cleon J. Grenvillo. New Me 11ic.o
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McAtee, Crane G . Chicago. Illinois
Mooney, Euel M. Purcell. Oklohomo Io. K. TO TURN >
Norris W· Lon • ' •lliorn "'
"ng. lllf· ' "'Cni9on
Northrop, G .
Parker, Jame• H. W ylie, T exes
Pete,., Andrew S. Chico90, Illinois lo. K. TO TURN >
Resnick W'll' N • 1 ram ew York Cit
New y y , ork
Rahl. J . E. I .Jr.
Rey CJ,· " 0 lds IC09 • E.,,, R
o, Illinois ., Jr.
Ro"'"'"' Robert A· Cl" aqo lll•no >
. \ Scholz, Nicholas J . Quincy, Illinois
Smith , Oenv•r J . C:.pnnqh1I l •ttn11
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Snell , Robert M. Miomi, Florido
Sten9er, l'<enk X. St Albo!IS. Lonq h.lat'ld New York
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T ossio, Sam C. Chicago, Illinois
Toliver, John 0. Browning. M onlonb /o K. TO TURN >
Burnette, R•y 0. Peoria, Illinois
C.ldwell, Andrew Ellison Omahe, Nebresko
C.n•dy, George M., Jr. Charleston, South Caroline
Chendiar, P•ul, Jr. Rock Springs, Wyoming
Cox, Hollis R. Lomor, Oklahoma
Chesler, Earl R. Elyria. Ohio
091.p, John E. Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
Thiel, Elmer Denver, Colorado
McCandleu, L.wton Sterling, Illinois
Moore, Wilbur R. Dollos. T exes
Not since the doys of immortal Tom Mi• hove we been seeing so mony rope tricks.
Tele Lorry losso, o not so bad gent , who's och1eving d istinction ot using the hemp.
Tno he's no greot sh,,kes ot stopping the hoirs. he con double releose ond rope them in pairs.
Ando• 12.000 feet, they tell of the time. he lassoed ond hog.tied o very thin dime.
Be1ore vos' ting gentry from south of the border, Lorry paraded h's hich made to order.
A• •he height of the show, in the heart of the range. high in the blu&-lhe disaster come.
Loo>e irom its mooring and ·lree to soar. flew Senor Manuels loupe• out the Bomb Bay door.
The toupee was floating far off the range when our hero let loose with his deadly aim.
In the nick of time. with no more slack. Lorry yanked ond it lit in the "shock.''
Now ou t in combat, in the thick of the fight. Lorry's lassoing 1hem into the Reich!
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The Lieutenant's Lament A lieutenant is on officer, Or so some people soy. He weors pink ponts ond shoulder strops And drows commissionep poy. But if you pouse ond ponder You will see tho! they ore wrong; 'Tis such a couse for wonder That I've put it into song.
The colonels live in quorlers, The privotes live in tents; By the post commonder's orders The lieulenont merely rents. The USO gives dances For the poor enlisted men; The colonels' wives pion parties Where eoch rooster hos his hen. The college girls Cost their peorls Before the crude codets; But t he men of Mors W ith single Bors, 'Tis them the world forgets!
To buy their meols they ore allowed Just sixty cents per doy, But they must mess in with the crowd And ten bits for it poy. And if o post commonder Does, perchance, provide them quarters, He builds them out of tarpaper And living there is orders. Who! is t he rent? Oh, it is meonl To provide such quorlers freeLieutenonl$ merely do without A si.ty dollar fe~ !
Oh, lieutenants they ore officers, Or so some moy hove thought, They wear pinl ponts ond shoulder straps But really they ore nought. They must respect their betters And 'tis numerous they ore, ' Their bars ore reolly fetters To on eogle or o stor-Renk without outhority, Duty without power, Service without glory Officer, for on hour! '
Lt. Donald E. Super Maxwell Field, Alobomo
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