Finally, a pic with some specific info that might make the people more recognizable! Ready for your history lesson/mystery of the day?
This photo was obviously not taken in Lorain, but the guys pictured might have been Lorainians. Who knows? Maybe you!
A Google search of ‘Aviation Cadets 90’ takes me to a section of a Civil Air Patrol manual from “SOUTHERN FLIGHT Dallas, Texas’,
which reveals an insignia that matches the one on your left in the photo above:
Chuck is speculating that Grandpa sent a camera with a friend of the family or a relative.
The friend’s name might have been Adam Abfall[sp?] and the relative might have been someone from the Cobb family.
However, he doesn’t recognize anyone in the photo.
The Google search for the E insignia, ‘civil air patrol bombardier navigator school’,
takes me to an Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base Wikipedia page where I found this:
“Ellington Field was also a site for the USAAC Bombardier School, also known as “the Bombardment Academy of the Air.” At Ellington Field, officials planned to train 4,480 bombardier cadets per year. Bombardier cadets spent most of their time during the 10-week course in the classroom learning the skills necessary to accurately drop bombs on enemy targets. Hands-on training for the bombardier cadets took place over the Gulf of Mexico. In AT-10s or AT-11s, bombardier students practiced bombing several small islands in Matagorda Bay or small target boats anchored in the bay. The Bombardier School remained at Ellington Field until 1942.”
It is safe to speculate that the E insignia may stand for Ellington.
Whoever these guys are, it sounds like they had one heck of an adventure!
I plan to leave the link to this post over at the Civil Air Patrol Cadet History Project site.
I’ll let you know what happens!
If you have any information, please leave it in the comments 🙂
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