Show dalton wins commission at texas air field james paul dalton son am of mr and mrs harley W dalton was among the class of men who graduated from the U S army amy air force navigation school at the hondo army amy ATS am field texas on thursday mo mom ing june 3 according to word given to us by his parents and an announcement no which canne came direct to us this week along with a very fine picture of paul paid in graduating as a navigator he received the coveted covered wings of a navigator and a commission as a lieutenant in that service this reward we 1 it cattle came to hunt him upon completion of 18 weeks of intensive training til it the graduating class w were lt nelson C lott of lein lehi L and ad lt david E lewis of muford milford and all are 21 years of age the story from the field says that these men can by wing using an ordinary pencil bened a kit of special navigators A tools tia and it a steady hand can find them their way through lien alien slime skies b by Y reference to sun and stars they must be able to tell where the plane is within a tenth of mile no an matter how fast it is going not only is 4 the navigator charged with the task of at getting his bomber over the target at the appoint ed time but he must take over a gain after it the bombs are dropped and guide his ship and crew safely home mrs ralton dalton states that he has been asked to stay at the held field As aa instructor its true and don I 1 know just what jor he will wil d do as yet she also states is that another son donald has fm fin dished his preflight pre flight call course at the santa ana am air field and is now new in his second period of training at ryan field california |