The Michigan Alumnus, Vol XLVIII, No. 27 October 1942: Class of ’37-‘38

Draftsman in civil life.

Primary Flight Training at Hicks Field near Fort Worth, Texas.

Basic Pilot Class 42-H at Goodfellow Field near San Angelo, Texas.

Advanced Pilot Class 42-H at Lubbock Army Flying School, Texas.

6 September 1942: Lubbock Avalanche-Journal from Lubbock, Texas · Page 17

Aviation Cadets To Get Wings:

"Commissions and 'wings' will be presented to class 42-H of flying officers and men at the Lubbock Army Flying School at 10:30 o’clock this morning in the transient hangar, hangar No. 2, on the post. The graduation address will be delivered by Capt. James E. McDaniel, chaplain. Honor graduates of the class are:

Second Lieut. Francis L. Waller of Monmouth, Illinois, in the student officer group;

George H. Hill of Monroe, Louisiana, in the aviation cadet group; and

Sgt. James H. Rinker of Eureka, Illinois, among the aviation student group."