After aviation officer candidate school in Pensacola, Florida, she was assigned to a training squadron at Naval Air Station Chase Field in Beeville, Texas, as an instructor pilot teaching student aviators how to fly the Navy T-2 trainer. She calmly landed the Southwest flight and broke barriers...
Wings Up(documentary, USAAF 1943, 20m) Narrator: Clark Gable. AnFMPUproduction starring Robert Preston and Gilbert Roland. Short film depicts the rigors of training cadets go through at the AAF's Officers Candidate School. Winning Your Wings(documentary, USAAF 1942, 18m) D: John Houston. Jean ...
In July 1930, Corporal Elrod was transferred to the Marine Barracks at the Navy Yard, Washington, D.C., where he was “under instruction,” training as an officer candidate. One 10 February 1931, he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, U.S. Marine Corps. 2nd Lieutenant Henry Talmadge ...
and began flight training at NAS Pensacola, Florida, 29 December 1937. He graduated as a Naval Aviator, 1 February 1939, and was commissioned an ensign, USNR.