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A full length image of an airman wearing khaki uniform and side cap standing at the end of a jetty in a lake with trees on opposite banks. Submitted with caption 'Ben Massey, Macon GA'.

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Groups of men in uniform with side caps but no jackets stand outside two storey wooden buildings with suitcases, bags and other luggage.

Additional identification kindly provided by Frank Schilder.

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Certificate appointing Frederick Sawyer as a sergeant in the 'aviation cadet basic training group'.

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Signatures with home address of Americans related to course at Cochran Field in 1942. American flag bottom left and RAF ensign bottom right.

BFoskettPFoskettWv10001.pdf
The first of three chapters of Bill's wartime service. There is a second copy with handwritten edits.

LFoskettW1323050v1.pdf
Bill Foskett’s Aviation Supply Corporation Pilot Flight Record regarding his pilot’s training from 8th July until 2nd October 1942 at the US Army Air Force Training Detachment. Served at Souther and Cochran Fields, Georgia.
Aircraft flown were…

LFoskettW1323050v2.pdf
Bill Foskett’s Flying Log Book from 20th March 1942 until 9th August 1943. Training started at 3 EFTS before moving to training bases in America. Returned to England to 15 OTU from July 1943.
Served at RAF Shellingford, Souther Field USA, Cochran…

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A number of white crosses commemorating members of the Royal Air Force. The central cross reads ‘Leading Aircraftsman 1526951 - Hedger T.H. Killed flying - Macon GA’ on the cross bar and, above ‘RAF’ and below ‘Mar 28 1942. Aged 20’.

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A neoclassical style building with steps up to the entrance and a portico second floor with domed roof. A pole with flying flag is to one side. Labelled 'city auditorium, Macon, GA,- 29'.

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A building in the Greek classical style with a pediment and colonnade. Printed 'City Hall, Macon, Georgia',

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Top left - long single story building with water tower behind. Captioned 'Cochran field from our window'.
Top centre - RAF cadets crossing street in town with car on road,
Top right - single story barrack blocks with road in front. Captioned…

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Various single and two storey buildings arranged around an open space with trees beyond. Utility poles cross the site and a United States flag flies from a flagpole with a group of men at its base. There is a road in the foreground and two parked…

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A building at a crossroads with a domed clocktower. A statue of a confederate soldier stands on a plinth opposite. Printed 'Bibb County Courthouse, Macon, Georgia'.

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Head and shoulder portrait of an airman wearing tunic and side cap. Submitted with caption 'Don Cameron Cochran Field 1942'.

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LCameronD173516v1.pdf
Pilot’s flying log book, one, for Don Cameron, covering the period from 23 March 1942 to 22 January 1943. Detailing his flying training. He was stationed at RAF Booker, USAAF Lakeland, USAAF Cochran Field and USAAF Napier Field. Aircraft flown in…

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Four airmen wearing unbuttoned tunics, who with side caps walking under and the arched brick bridge in the Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park, Macon. Submitted with caption 'Macon Gorgia'.

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Four men with uniform tunics unbuttoned and two with side caps standing on a wooden bridge with wooden railings. Pathway through trees to a building in the background. Submitted with caption 'n leave near Manon GA. Don Cameron second right'. On the…

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Four airmen, three with unbuttoned tunics and the fourth carrying his tunic over an arm. standing arm-in-arm in a row with trees in the background. Submitted with caption 'On leave near Macon GA' On the reverse 'Four of the five musketeers, off the…

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Four airman, three wearing unbuttoned tunics and the fourth carrying his tunic over his arm. Two wear side caps. They are standing in line abreast with arms round each other. In the background trees. Submitted with caption 'on a hike from cochran…

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Top left - view from the air of open country - captioned 'dive towards earth in a PT 17 Stearman'
Top centre - view down tree lined street with house on the right. Captioned 'Melon avenue, ground is covered with wild water melons'.
Top right - view…

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States Aviation Cadet Donald Cameron was awarded 15 demerits and confined to restricted limits for gross insubordination to commissioned navigation instructor. Submitted with caption 'Disciplined for insubordination'.