Crisp County GaArchives News.....LT. SHEPPARD NOW FLYING INSTRUCTOR February 10, 1943 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: WYLIE SHEPPARD JR http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00030.html#0007303 April 21, 2011, 3:20 pm CORDELE DISPATCH February 10, 1943 PAMPA ARMY AIE FIELD ,TEX. LT. JAMES C.SHEPPARD,22, SON OF MRS. B.F. SHEPPARD OF 722 E 14TH AVE CORDELE,GA. IS STATIONED AT THIS TWIN ENGINE ADVANCED FLYING SCHOOL OF THE AAF TRAINING COMMAND AS A FLYING INSTRUCTOR. HE IS MARRIED TO THE FORMER JOHNNIE WATSON OF 402 9TH AVE E.CORDELE A GRADUTE OF CORDELE HIGH SCHOOL, HE ATTENDED MERCER UNIVERSITY AT MACON. PRIOR TO ENTERING THE ARMY IN MARCH OF 1942, HE WAS EMPLOYED BY THE CORDELE HARDWARE COMPANY. LT. SHEPPARD RECEIVED HIS PRIMARY FLIGHT TRAININGAT UVALDA,TEXAS, AND BASIC FLIGHT TRAINING AT RANDOLPH FIELD ,TEXAS. IN DECEMBER OF 1942, HE RECEIVEDHIS PILOT'S SILVER WINGS AND OFFICER'S BARS AT FOSTER FIELD,TEXAS. HE HAS BEEN INSTRUCTING STUDENT PILOTS AT THIS FIELD SINCE JANUARY OF 1942. Additional Comments: THIS IS MY UNCLE .RET. MAJOR J.C. SHEPPARD File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/crisp/newspapers/ltsheppa2975nw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb