World War II Chronicle: October 22, 1941
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Rough day for San Antonio flyers
Page two reports two airmen were killed during during a night patrol: Lt. Harold H. Jessen (23 years old) and Aviation Cadet Andrew B. O’Brien (25, of Grand Rapids, Mich.). Riding in separate planes, both perished when their T-6 Texans impacted the ground while attempting to return to base during bad weather. O’Brien was about to graduate pilot training and pin on second lieutenant bars on Oct. 31.
An AT-12 Guardsman out of Duncan Field suffered engine failure and crash-landed near Ellington Field, near Houston. Two Texans collided in mid air 30 miles northwest of Kelly Field. While no deaths are reported, all three aircraft were destroyed. Also at Randolph Field, two North American BT-14s were involved in a taxiing accidents, causing moderate damage to the aircraft.
Five aircraft written off, two damaged, three pilots killed and one seriously injured in one day of flying near San Antonio, Texas. Across the United States, nine more Army Air Force airplanes received moderate to heavy damage on Oct. 22, 1941, but no more pilots were reported being killed apart from those already listed.
U.S. Army paratroopers are modeling new uniforms on page 5. Page 7shows combat engineers constructing a temporary runway out of Marston Mats for the Carolina Maneuvers. This is the first use of the technology, which Gen. Henry H. “Hap” Arnold (on hand to watch the maneuvers) dubs “the year’s greatest achievement in aviation warfare.” American engineers and Seabees will soon be putting these ingenious steel mats to use all across the globe.
Evening star. (Washington, D.C.), 22 October 1941. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
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