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Submitted: 11/21/16 • Approved: 11/21/16 • Last Updated: 11/24/16 • R1162265-G0-S3
04 Oct 1906 - 20 Dec 1943
Marriage: 29 Mar 1930
Husband of Maurine (Hubbard) Harris. James the son of Samuel Lige Harris and Sidney "Siddie" (Richardson) Harris.
History Note:
A/S - Air Service indicated
DNB - Died Non Battle meaning he might have been training or on Base in some type accident. He was training out of Adams Field south of Little Rock. Now known as Clinton National Airport, officially Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport/Adams Field, is a public use airport two miles east of Little Rock in Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA.
Per conversations with Mr. Harold Johnson at the WWII Museum at Walnut Ridge, Lawrence County, Arkansas. "War Training Service, stationed at Adams Field, Little Rock. Looks like he was a civilian instructor in that civil pilot training program. More information:
The Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) was created by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1939 to help expand programs that taught pilots to fly planes. The main purpose of the program was to provide the nation with more aviators. From there, the CAA created the Civilian Pilot Training Program (CPTP) which taught civilians how to be pilots. This program became known as the War Training Service (WTS) between 1941 and 1944. During this time period, pilots were required to sign a contract that they would join the military upon completion of the program. Under specific regulations from the government, colleges and air fields worked together to train future pilots. There were many schools across the United Stated that offered this program. The government would reimburse the colleges and flight schools for 72 hours of ground school and 35-50 hours of flight training, both with instructors and solo flights".
Thanks goes to several people who assisted me in finding this information. Namely Larry & Lyda Harris, Harold Johnson, John Veer, Gary Lynn Martz, Sherry Chilton.
Contributed on 11/21/16 by denise.bratcher63
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