--part1_84.126660a.25d0d8a5_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Kay thanks for you information. I will see if they have the book in the Ft. Worth library. Sincerely, Homer Hodges --part1_84.126660a.25d0d8a5_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-path: KAYNLINN@aol.com From: KAYNLINN@aol.com Full-name: KAYNLINN Message-ID: <c5.19169a0.25d0c857@aol.com> Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 20:16:07 EST Subject: Re: [TXMIDLAN] Gowl and Cemetery Records To: Goober1st@aol.com CC: TXMIDLAN-L@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 38 Homer, There is a small article on the Midland Army Air Field (MAAF) in a book "Historic Midland - An Illustrated History of Midland County," edited by Bill Modisett. Midland leased it's Sloan Field to the War Department for a dollar a year in June 1941. The article states: "Midland's old Sloan Field gave way to Midland Army Air Field (MAAF), site of the "world's greatest bombardier college" and home of the "Hell-from-Heaven Men." The first class graduated on April 30, 1942. Midland ended up with the "number-one bombardier school in the country." The article does not mention anything about paratroopers, but there very easily could have had some. My dad and uncle entered the service at MAAF, and neither of them flew. Another interesting tidbit - "All-told, more than 6,600 MAAF bombardier cadets dropped 1.2 million practice bombs from twin-engine Beechcraft AT-11 aircraft, armed with Norden bombsights, over targets etched in the West Texas plains." Kay --part1_84.126660a.25d0d8a5_boundary--