Photographic Memories

 

From Left to Right: Al Stearns, James Tilberg, Lt. Hallet, Bob White and Tom Wilson
Photograph of Hainan Island taken by Tom Wilson from his inverted F-104
From Left to Right: Clinton Butts, Mr. Aroney, Charles Michaud and Tom Wilson
Graham Air Base Main Gate Photo compliment of Charles Jones
Graham Air Base Academics Building Photo compliment of Charles Jones
Graham Air Base Aviation Cadets Graduation Parade Photo compliment of Charles Jones
Graham Air Base Cadet Club Photo compliment of Charles Jones
Front Row Left: Art Page Back Row Left: Henry Douma Photo compliment of Tim Thomas
Ken Roberts
From Left to Right: Evans Parquette and Tim Thomas

Dean Crowder

Walking the tour path.

From Left to Right:
Charles Anderson, Ed Baxter, Instructor Lt. Paul Schafer, Unknown

Photograph taken in late 1954 or early 1955 at Williams Air Force Base

Ed Baxter about to climb aboard an old F-100 for the trip from England AFB, Louisiana to Hickam to Guam to Phan Rang in September 1966.  First leg was a long one - air refueled 5 times!

"My last flight in an RF-4 that the Minnesota National Guard gave me the day before I retired in 1981.  Less hair, more gut than other pictures!  I knew a lot of guard guys (their group commander had been in our lower class
55-R) at Williams when I was there.  They did a nice fly-by over the University of Minnesota-Duluth at about 500 feet where we had the retirement ceremony."

The Ed Baxter Family

From Left to  Right:

Oldest son Edward who died in an F-4 crash in Florida January 1986 - five months after the picture was taken; son-in-law Scott Johnson; daughter Shirley; Ed;
son Dennis and son Michael

The T-33 was hauled back from an Aux Field west of Williams Air Force Base after Ken Roberts and his instructor forgot to gangload the fuel switches and ran out of petrol during a go-around.  They went off the end of the runway and under a barb wire fence.  The wire came up over the top of the blown canopy - notice that the canopy came down on top of the vertical stabilizer!

From Left to Right:
Ed Baxter and Bill Pachura taking in some rays at Panama City on their way to Graham Air Base.

From Left to Right:
Bill Pachura, John Bode and Ed Baxter

In the cadet  area at Lackland Air Force Base

Ed Baxter at Graham Air Base

From Left to Right:
Gordon Henri and Ed Baxter

Standing in front of operations of the
69th Fighter Squadron in Korea in 1956.  This was their first active duty assignment as 2nd Lt. in the Air Force
and were flying F-86 aircraft.

Ed Baxter

69th Fighter Squadron
Summer of 1956

Mel Irwin

69th Fighter Squadron
Summer 1956

From Left to Right:
Carrol Poritt and Ken Richards

Larry Burke

"And the culminating pleasure
That we treasure beyond measure
Is the gratifying feeling
That our duty has been done."

Copy of Record Slip provided by Dean Crowder

From Left to Right:
Philip Prince, Carl Payne, Unknown, Jack Boyd and Edward Stoeckle

Photograph provided by Ed Stoeckle

Remember these Flying Training Records?
This one is Oscar Bayer's from Malden Air Field!

Delta Squadron
Pass in Review - Schonover Squadron CC

Col. Frontezack
Cadet Thg Wing Cmdr.

Shaking hands with Cadet Wing Adj. during open ranks inspection

Bravo Flight - Graham Air Base - 1954

This over-sized photo was scanned twice in order to show all cadets. 
The next photo will show the cadets standing to the right.

From Left to Right:

First Row:
?   Novak   ?   ?   Broswell   Butts   Porritt   ?   ?   Artley   Prince   ?   Berube

Second Row:
?   ?   ?   ?   McNally   Grogan   ?   ?   ?   ?   Baxter   ?

Third Row:
?   Dillingham   ?   ?   ?   ?   ?   ?   Lee   ?   ?   Lange   Dawson

Fourth Row:
Hilton   ?   ?   ?   Miller   Loumeau   Lachappel   ?   ?

1955 Oscar Reunion Highlights

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