Crisp County GaArchives Military Records.....KING, GEORGE W. FLIGHT OFFICER February 14, 1945
WWII U.S ARMY AIR CORPS
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GEORGE W KING GETS SILVER WINGS
BIG SPRING, TEXAS FEB.14
 AMONG THE YOUNG ''HELL FROM HEAVEN'' MEN WHO WON THEIR SILVER WINGS RECENTLY AT THE
BIG SPRING BOMBADIER SCHOOL WAS A CORDELE MAN WHO GRADUATED WITH CLASS 44-528 AND
RECEIVED HIS APPOINTMENT AS A FLYING OFFICER IN THE ARMY AR FORCE.
 FLIGHT OFFICER GEORGE W. KING, SON OF MR. AND MRS. B.J. KING,305 18TH AVE. HE
GRADUATED FROM CORDELE HIGH SCHOOL IN 1943, PLAYING VARSITY FOOTBALL FOR TWO YEARS.
 ALREADY SKILLED AERIAL GUNNERSBEFORE THEIR TRAININGHERE,THESE MEN HAVE BEEN
THOROUGHLY SCHOOLED IN THE USEOF THE FAMOUS NORDEN BOMBSIGHT AND HAVE MASTERED THE
ART OF PRECISION BOMBING AS WELL AS THE PRINCIPLES OF DEADRECKONING AND PILOTAGE
NAVIGATION. THEY ARE THE REAL TRIPLE- THREAT AIRMEN, THOSE YOUNG
BOMBADIER-NAVAGIATORS.
 UPON GRADUATION THESE NEW ARMY AIR FORCES OFFICERS WEAR THE SILVER WINGS OF THE
RATED BOMBADIER. THEY HAVE RECEIVED THE BEST TRAINING IN THE WORLD AND NOW LEAVE THE
AAF TRAINING COMMAND, EACH TO BECOME THAT MEMBER OF THE COMBAT CREW KNOWN AS THE
''HELL FROM HEAVEN'' MEN.

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