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Show OATSC Flight Test Pilot Dies in First Flight Test Fatality Aitieri vas pvJ ffic?al pjfcjj Papef Cf the gde" Air Techmcal Service Command March 8, 1945 Thunderbolt Collides With Bomber From Hill Field and Plummets to Earth and Burns P-4- 7 Red Cross Drive Begins uueprj( tore rji into taking 'ough .Flight test section of maintenance division suffered its first fatal accident in the over three years since the section was formed on Jan. 26, 1942, last Friday in a crash which cost the life of Capt. Robert G. Hodson, 26, of Provo, Utah. The accident occurred while Captain Hodson was. test--. n. fl ing a 47, Thunderbolt lignting plane, vymie nying oyer Ogden, he apparently collided with a 4 Liberator bomber from the field, also, being flight tested by a' pilot in flight test section. The fighter plane plummeted to the earth from an altitude of approximately 2,000 feet into the backyard of B.. J. Meenderink, 160 West Patterson, Ogden. The 4 -returned safely to Hill Field. . mm -- W V MM TTT1 V ' 1 B-2- , a B-2- Workers to r nnrrrmrrir mnmm iiwiiiriiiini GetS1795 For Ideas m m VoKKERS . . . Pictured above are speakers and division chairmen who were present at the Red Cross fcve rally last week. Bottom row, left to right: Lt. Joe Z. Moll, chairman of administration division; Lt. iu McClernan, chairman of personnel and base ser vices; Josephine Mulhall, assistant to Lt. John Walsh Marie Morris, assistant to Lt. Kenneth Carnell of supply; Sheldon Bergeson, Red Cross f maintenance; here; Lt. Kenneth C. Carnell, chairman in supply. Top row, left to right: Lt. Charles P. chairman of the drive for OATSC; Lt. John Walsh; Carl Gaskill, general chairman of the drive Ji Ogden and Weber county; Thatcher Allred, chairman of the speakers' bureau in Ogden for the drive; Arthur G. Nord, chairman of the military installations for Ogden; TSgt. Carl White, who spoke; Lt. Har- ild Berman, assistant chairman for military personnel, and SSgt. Delbert Warner, another repatriated ' f prisoner who spoke. . field director Murphy, Suggestions Will Save $93,970 In Year's Time Awards totaling $1,795 were approved by Col. Paul W. Wolf, OATSC command ing officer, for 26 "sugges tions for victory" made during the month of February by workers at Hill Field, accord Officers, Enlisted ing to Don H. Johnson, "exPersonnel Have ecutive secretary of the civilContributed $1386 ian personnel suggestion com mittee. The awards will be Civilian participation in presented to the winners the drive for Red Cross funds some time in the near future. at OATSC started rather The 26 suggestions will result in slowly during the first week, a total estimated savings of $93,970 the first' year after their according to Lt. Charles Mur during adoption. The cash awards range phy, officer in charge, uniy from $10 to $250- to 34 civilian $453.96 was collected, al employes who submitted the 26 sugthough since today is pay suggestions. Those making con- gestions are as follows: ' that is it expected day, Francis E. Anderson (Ogden) tributions will soar. Device for counting materials such Payday Today Expected to Increase Civilian Contributions to Red Cross U. S. Building Col. Wolf Jet-Propell- ed fighter Planes fighters credited faster than any other are being built in volume by the. United States. This pnouncement' was revealed Wed- jade by Great Britain which disposed that they already have a jet )ne in action. The new American nlane is th Vockheed 0 Shooting Star. It M with a resumed cockDit. pursuit extreme ma neuverability, simple design and pnsiderable range. The engine is m by General Electric Mfg. Co. un. a. ti. Arnold, commanding leneral of the Armv Air Forces. pounced: the new warplane, but pouid permit only a general and banned pictures for The plane is able to rfesent. grry heavy loads of ammunition, 7srapnic equipment, bombs rith lane ow flying - prize-winnin- singie-engin- wtement. me British air ministry 'Continued On Page Twoi . an- - U'lh I lb SPEAKER. . . Col. Paul W. Wolf the shown ai he officially opened Hill Field Red Cross drive last Thursday. 'aptain Hodson Was Veteran f 25 Missions Over Europe . ,stf3 "2 ,llfJ WaJ ir '5 ion?2 -- 10: S'L'1"'.11111 field flight testt v. i meet death i Hdson, 26, was a na- l tr2,b ovo and a veteran of 25 . ssions ffln P. ui :v""" a vaiciiis arts m.r. Hodson, who re- S ot irolhua orth Fourth East in also survived by a CrrA Wldo G. Hodson of Pasaand two sisters, Mrs. Arva W f ' & "cuaing, Calif. a graduate of Provo high he class f 1936 and a an 94i ?,ham Young university e entered the air corps ,u?n cadet in November, receiving kj fi fanJa Maria iiiuiwiy California, his T i at i train- LJ!,ning at Moffett field and u " "aining at stocKton, s second lieuten- kt t if 16, 1842. fed In His B-1- 1 fire farau; a h ,,gnment was to r vjr Continued on Page Two) aii-m- ml A h nrocram. the audi ence heard personal experiences overseas as told with the Red Cross t. Kenneth Carnell. who was w ..rinnwi in Australia anda New TSirt. Carl White, pris and oner of the nazis in France, 13 months Warner, Delbert SSgt. a prisoner in Rumania. Each speaker emphasized the important done morale building work being servoverseas as well as invaluable ice to prisoners of war. Red Cross A short film depicting overseas was aisu activities ?v.i included Lt. Mur .hirers Sheldon Bergeson, field director here, who pointed out lo . calm activities. citfns have been diS' inMo clockhouse and played, one at the personnel the other at the civilian of building to record the progress the drive. GENERAL JACKSON' NOW 'SLUGGER' moThe nickname of the been ha' carriage, tor Jackson changed from "General here. learned was it to "Slugger,'' 90-m- m M-3- AlbU-h- h where he trained oomoarament group Capt. Bob Hodson g nuts and washers for Figures stood on Monday at 1.2 as screws, use on inventorying and binning. per cent participation for civilians, Milbert F. Anderson (Colorado 41 per cent for officers, who conColo.) and Guy B. Nelson Springs, 18.5 per (Preston, Idaho) Portable amtributed $1,206.09, and cent for enlisted personnel, who munition unit for checking elec trical systems of airplanes and for contributed $180.12. rigging engine and suriace condi and Over 300 "minute men" trols. Sanford Angell (Salt Lake City) vision chairmen attended the rally (Layton, ,.k;Ti Viooan ihf drive last Thurs- - and Ruth McSweeney Device for speeding up riav. and heard col. .raui w. won Utah) address which urged manometer adjustments. narticiDation. "In recent Albert A. - Atwood (Ogden) if urppks" he said. "I have taken Special tables with collapsible legs ouite an extensive flying trip over to be hinged to wails in mainte the United States, andmewas very (Continued on Pace Two) bwvi much impressed wim me and Roii rross afforded h vari-ai- r everyone who landed at the fields in the country. Ex-Germ- an vr o tv. .nnt vou can give is too much." Soldiers Tell Experiences refiner ru0ds3n Gregory of Salt a"d Mrs. Jackson Price TSSlfr - Si tPrn stroyed, but Ogden. city firemen prevented the flames from spread ing to nearby buildings. They were unable to recover the body of the pilot. Was Overseas Vet ' ' An overseas veteran of 25 bombing missions over Europe, Captain Hodson was known as one of the most ' experienced pilots on the field with 1900 hours of flying time. He held the third highest record on the field in this respect and the second highest in flight test. In recent "mercy flight," authorized by Col. Paul W. Wolf, OATSC commanding officer, he flew a baby to Boston for a delicate operation, landing in a swirling snowstorm after being forced to remain aloft until the air cleared a trifle. Well over 100 officers and others who knew Captain Hodson gathered at the base chapel Monday afternoon at 1 o'clock to pay their d last respects to the flier. Chaplain Carl G. Carlson conduct ed the shdrt memorial service and appropriate hymns were sung by Wayne Albright. SSgt. Funeral services were held at Provo in the L. D. S. Fifth ward chapel by Frank T. Bennett, bishop, Tuesday afternoon. Pallbearers were Mai. Walter G. Clarke, chief of flight test pilots: Capt. Jack E. Manch, Capt. Harry M. Graham, Lt. Vern H. Mabbott, Lt. Stephen J. Repich and Captain Wells. The Veterans of Foreign Wars conducted the military burial services. Interment was in the Provo City Burial Park. well-like- - P-8- de-pipti- on -- The plane buried itself deeply in the ground and was completely demolished after being enveloped in flames. Some rabbit huts and sheds at the residence were de- 6, Cigaret Buyers Asked to Have Right Change Patrons of the post cafeteria are being asked to have the exact change ready, so far as possible, when purchasing cigarets. Capt. John J. - Niemyski, post restaurant officer, who made the, request, says that the cafeteria is endeavoring to supply one package of cigarets each day ex-to patrons, and . that having the act change will speed up the line and permit serving more customers during the two hours the cafeteria Is open at noon. Prisoner Is Sure 13 Is Very Unlucky Number That he is definitely superstitious about the number "13" is not surprising, when SSgt. Delbert Warner of Provo tells of how he was shot down over the Ploesti oil field in Rumania on his thirteenth bombing mission. Thirteen months in a prison camp as a result is also conducive to his lack of faith in that black numeral, Sgt. Warner says with all the twinkle gone from his eyes. Thirteen months of tortuous bore dom and waiting is the price he paid for that fateful mission. a-- a He was tail gunner on the "Boilermaker No. 2" flying over Ploesti with Col. f'Killer" Kane and his gang that day 20 feet off the ground, catching corn tassels in the bomb bays when his pilot was forced to make a crash landing. At-1- 1 SSgt. Delbert Warner Captured by Nazis One wing was afire, there was a huge hole in the other and the tail controls were shot out, when the plucky pilot guided the crippled craft to the ground and all ten (Continues on Pag Two) |