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Show t7 Hill Field's Air FreighrOepot Small Packets for StZSt Plan Linked With Global Network Critically Needed Vital Parts Flown From Here Each Month Several months ago an urgent request was received at Air Transport Command headquarters in Washington, D. C, from a commanding general in the southwest Pacific theatre. The general was asking for immediate delivery of over 100,-00- 0 pounds of critical material. When the request was received the material was already jiiiiii WASPS End First Year With iiiiii Safety Record f The WASPS, civilian women army air pilots supplementing the out their forces, recently rounded new first year of activity with a military flying. safety record in War Department Last week the disclosed the fact that they flew the equivalent of 3,000,000 miles for each fatal accident Present rate of .05 fatal' accidents for each 1000 hours of flying compares favorably with the overall; fatality 17. S. air forces which rate in the " : ' ".; Jin. is WASP Chief Jacqueline Cochran, famous woman . flyer, explained it : this way:. The regret we feel at the rare loss of one of our women pilots serves to increase our determination to keep the rate of fatalities at the lowest point Qur constant efforts In this direction have been M CAP PLANES DO THEIR PART . . To get small quantities T ivht tn OASC installations not served by Air Transom are planes. Civil Air Patrol (CAP) planes or often the difference beZi in the sir by flyinr2t m tactical airplane's being grounded not having them at a particular time, aw puts to a hands a small packet of supplies taTfWj checker, Turnbaugh, in California. to embarkation Mary an en route, via regular freight, port officer of the 89th air f reirtt E( A. commanding Pickett, Bruce It was located somewhere between Denver and Ogden. At Ogden it in the plane. Note the till Hill Held, who ww loao at detachment 1 was stopped. In less than five hours two freight ears of .material were insignia to the left of Mis Turnbaugh. unloaded and transferred to rail express ears, a third was unloaded,- the The teletype and tuefr heavy wooden crates in which the material was packed removed, and the terminal every day. tn many shift. ef- branoh Is run by Grace must be transfers the material, repacked in cardboard, was shipped by air from Hill cases, cargo son and Leah E. Jons Field. It was another blow struck against the Japanese. fected r that is the ATC may not responsible for receiving and For unusual Initiative and ln-be going all the way to a particular mm, mu veiv7i messages- - ovtr t gehuity displayed in getting the AAF carry vital military supplies destination and so must give lip TWX located in the sir frt its cargo to another plane, prolH job done, Capt. Arnold J. Larson, between major supply depots of Civilian - administrator. uiMrI! ''V.; inably CAP." Hill Field transportation officer, which HiH Field is one army to Capt. Pickett, is Barrett J Fast Work Necessary and Capt Bruce A. Pickett, air stallation and factories, and rewarded." The loading must be done in 60 Pulham, Jr. Pulham is raponK freight; officer, received official through porta of aerial embarkaminutes. To do this requires that for the . administrative' forms commendation from ATC , (air tion, to overseas combat theatres. foreman. He' is responsible for terminal employes do on uic procedures; '.the routing .of- ear transport .command) headquarters Divided the maintenance of trip nthti ware- - and really hep to the know-ho- w terminal in of cargo storage Responsibility in WHsmngion. jcorrespondance and recorii,1 ' f must v , nmm and That was several months 'ago. Responsibility for actually fly houses previous to shipment, As ; part ' of the world's jic is done correctly, faere Since that .time,' Capt. Pickett, ing, tracing and maintenance of see that loading throughout the country business, the ASC, the 39th t ad distriofficer of the 39th to air . weight commanding" freight wing detachment at records of military, air shipment that is according keeps a lot of planes in the air freights wing detachment here, belongs to ASC. The 39th air freight button and ballest He is. also re-- that would otherwise be grounded, Field hi justly proud of the ox moved into 'new quarters on the wing, established by ASC regula- Needed replacement parte are flown ices it Is able to render. It ;( Donsible for the- prompt pick-u- p . apron southwest of. the operations tion in January of 1943, discharges which stock only part of the longest air fre , frora to of freISht' to De , hangar. His detachment is simply this responsibility. of the supplies kept line ' in: the world, stretching fr . fractlon a "the railway express agency for all the site of Hill Field. Dayton, Ohio, to Karachi, India,! The cargo that leaves the Hill the shipping warehouse. in the air freight passing in oi out' of Field air freight terminal- - does Inasmuch as the terminal is run Many depots schedules times take-of- f Big Liberator cargo planes attar this depot and there's a lot of it, not come entirely from our ware- - on a a have been met only because Jn- - others make the round trip I seven basis, days When the stuff must get "there" houses here. Material from instal- were around 12 days. The first tn replacements" three loading shift foremen dispensabler in a hurry, the 39th, in conjunction lations throughout the local area made on the Dayton-Karacn requlred. Each are responsible shipped with ATC facilities, does just that. is also shipped. f,or the correct prepr was made by a converted Liberate Responsible Because' of comparatively limited Thousands of tons are flown for loading of cargo planes and aratlon of airway bllU, , manifests carrying 8,300 pounds of fuel pumf ts in the area, gathering material from the ship-- and labels made out on cargo prior starters, magnetos,, and. other space, only top. priority material monthly to the is shipped by air, material that is other continental installations,. and pmg warehouse. . to' shipment ate Erma Helirie, tical replacements for The . reb theatre. , om Oresa- - Edna Goodell, and CM. Peterson, Burrmv-Indidesperately needed at the moment, to aerial porta of embarkation. m damaeed load waa mainlv. not only in the U. 8., but also in also Pickett says everything shift Capt supervisors. They f foreman te Clyde traffic i en for rush repairs at the crew HnrnldlsuDerv.se Australia, North Africa, or maybe I ruin jeejw i.u nuu mm iwiw of a typists aiaHp shift one occasion It Rohmer. graveyard in the U. He mentioned the Gilberts. gaged in tne same worn on escn depots and bull when a here didn't happen Coordinated With ATC In all, there are 47 detachments were ship dozer and ATC representative here, who ped by air. believe it or not to a of the 39th air freight wing. They works with Capt Pickett to as- remote station on the Aican mgn are all located in the continental sure a smooth flow of cargo in and United States. Several are located out i First Lieut Charles ' S. way, The ATC serves all Bv combininc Yankee insrenuitv at Plumb, air priorities officer, OASC u,lfh harl imrnrlr th mnrhinPI dia. major depots OI (Ue ASL and What material is needed badly mantled and the parts distinguished many enough or is important enough to by splotches of red and white Where ATC provides no service, go by air freight? Lieut. Plumb paint, arrived two days later, and CAP (civilan air patrol) steps' in ! and takes over. In the Ogden air in no time at all a juuai ucLermine mm. m For instance, just last month a bulldozer and a service command the ATC serves sailor in a Butte, Montana, hos- roach at Casper, Wyoming; scraper were churning pital was fighting a losing battle through the wilderness helping to Cheyenne, Wyoming; Denver, Colo-- 1 with pneumonia. Penicilin, the build the road. raao; and Colorado, others are served taxi Some really big airplanes by CAP. . . . amazing new drug, could probably . . . . t. . .1 .! pull him through the crisis. But up on tne air ireignc terminal i xuignt trips are scneauiea tnrougn there was none. An urgent re- apron here. Usually they are C- quest was made to Busnnell hos- D9S, v-- s ana w-- s. mew arrive Bar U Dpefi on a regular schedule. The largest pital in Brigham for some. and Busnnell appealed to Hill Field of them are the ar t for a pilot and plane. The 39th same for withand wing arranged Hold Up to ltOt Pounds in two hours the precious drug was These planes get away with SinCC delivered-a- t Butte. J loads from S0O0 to 12,000 pounds The. air freight transportation and can Uke on pieces or equip- Membership in the Hill Field was organized several years ago ment up to 22 feet long. Capt Federal Credit Union has when the 60th transport wing of Pickett said the ' biggest thing doubled since the first of thenearly year, . the army air corps was created. ever shipped through here was a Evelyn B. Bither, secretary! an- snow-sieone were based was in carried nounced this week Cargo transport planes it at strategic points all over the yuu.c. ' now Total members enrolled :. one weighed 3200 pounds, the other Btands at 146 with no let.up ln U. S. and carried freight to vari "HOT" VUfimMACMT VTSST . . . Prloritr In air freight bostaec ous army installations. as yet, Mrs. Bither said . . . sight , unin cnarge oi loaaing ana Actual mpmberihln fee in 2S rents here. If certain supplies are badly needed by troops in Today, the air freight transport an sir freight system, made possible of trains these routes is a air network of loading freight system theanij a payable but once with the or at Guadalcanal, over which cargo planes or tne air is josepn w. .Haider, terminal first share purchased. Transport Command and the 39th air freight wing ir to get it there In the snorw as aa.a. team, Is .a ready Members may start savings ac working a. nr as a a.sa itr 1a capita P. falM counts in the .union with deposits mldOlC HSafA lAAillna, if. t!ie AMrwaean .sa Mi.e-li- t ewav t wwsk MW iviiiaiiif accepted from . 25 . cents and up, T All deposits are insured. Loans for rush job on "hot" supplies. This giant cargo plane will ny worthy purposes' are guaranteed at sir embarkation port whence they will be flown in a low interest charge of 1 per cent overseas. '1 per month on the unpaid balance. Mrs. Bither said members could borrow money for income tax payments, assistance in any emereencv. . ' ' ouying a car, paying; medical and hospital bills, down payment on a r. a home and other like reasons. - sub-dep- ot I - - 4- ' , . - - T 11 1 L : ;- . - : sub-depo- - ts d- 24-ho- ur r. '. v-- - by-ai- .., sub-depo- ' hi . a -- - 300-o- i! sub-depo- road-scrap- er ts Loading for an Important Flight sub-depo- ts. sub-depo- ts. red-stream- ed - white-splotch- ed sub-depo- ts . m 1 FA 1 1 - mM m 4l C-5- C-4- 4, Membership 6, m Lreait union c-8- 7. JaniiarV i - , d. N. vf.n - a. Giving It aPriority M '. -- I r r Determining Ballast Disposition f Ml. m i L s-- t w h i I lw Memberships may be obtained from any one of the fol owintra of-- . iicers and committeemen: Elmer ext 460; Madeleine Anderson, Brown, 208; Evelyn B. Bithers, 272; Warren M. Garrison, 250; Viva 242; Don Sparks, 249; Marlow Wootton, 8315; A. B. Asay, 242; jonn rv. fan si. 8212: Waltop n Matchclor, 693; and T. L. McClena- nan, B7t. n Old-roy- d, P If -- V' . H Lois Ellison Weds Pfc. Henry Bench Lois W. Ellison, base medical ... Is the Job of First Lt diaries WHAT GOES AND WHAT STAYS 8. Plumb, area priorities officer, ATC Lt Plumb assigns a priority to ail material submitted for air shipment and determines whether or not it will go by air according to the urgency of the need. As air freight facilities are relatively limited, it Is Important that only the most vital supplies are shipped that way. Above, Lt Plumb assigns a priority te a piece of freight as Barrett F. Pulham, air freight terminal manager, makes toe notation, , i Aim pensary employe, and Pfc. Henrv 1 utlltll, . . USD .n r KM UDM n... i t nea last sunday at the home of the bride's mother, Mrs. T, A. EUi- LKe c,ly U c,h!ef of the medH cal i"rCrc , a 's i per irriff w . Are A. w. J ijieeM extremely ,m .J.nt IK"' in loading air freight Plane must be corre ct, !?7j, ajsV -,ore Ail freight Is marked with the weigm m it- - aT0 ,nK' In 11,6 A. Bodgers, W. First Lt picture, .. . "gV . . j nsw o u wii.u .u th ,,i,.. oi explains wnac tne aaiae-rui-e TW ATC hh.e Vni,rfr.8it.y of.Uih where she j Brown, member of the Osrden traffic detachment, lJeta Phi ZcU honorary WKrietiea.1 from New ork, 88kU nitUon, Larson, nd I - autii and eonsldered ,, BALANCES . . . J |