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0020_Group Picture with Planes

0020_Group Picture with Planes

Group photo of 34 men and 6 planes that are a part of the Naval Flight Program.
0021_Instructor with Student Group

0021_Instructor with Student Group

Earl Pohlmann, Flight Instructor, gives ground instruction on Aeronautic maneuvers.
0022_Ground Instruction

0022_Ground Instruction

Earl Pohlmann, Flight Instructor, gives instruction on aerobatic maneuvers.
0023_Students in Dorm

0023_Students in Dorm

Where the students of the Naval Flight program lived. There were many men per room and then two to a bunk.
0024_Student Flyer

0024_Student Flyer

Student flyer getting ready to go up.
0025_In the Classroom

0025_In the Classroom

Secondary group, Marvin Baker, Instructor
0026_Formal Group Picture

0026_Formal Group Picture

It’s a bold photographer who dares interrupt the busy work of the airport long enough to secure a picture of even 1/3 of the planes in use of the half men flying them- 1943.
0027_Going Over Maps

0027_Going Over Maps

Navy primary class recently awarded silver wings together with instructor Raymond Dorenbos.
0028_Norman Van Grop, Flight Instructor Spinning the Propellor

0028_Norman Van Grop, Flight Instructor Spinning the Propellor

Norman (Squad) van Grop, Flight Instructor spinning the propellor.
0029_WTS Boys at Pella

0029_WTS Boys at Pella

WTS boys arrive in Pella. Total at Central now 90 men.