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CAP History PowerPoint
AhistoryoftheUSAirForceAuxiliary
19May2012PalmSpringsAirMuseumPresentedbyMaj.SimonHousmanandCapt.CrystalHousman,PCRCA435 emcee
Internationalsituationduring the1930s:
September1,1939
Guy Gannett
Thomas Beck
PresidentofCollierCrowell PublishingCo.
SpeakeratFebruary1939 NationalAviationForum
Fiorello LaGuardia
SonofThomasEdison 19371940ServesasAsst. SecretaryandSecretaryofthe NavyappointedbyPresident Roosevelt Resignsin1940tocampaignfor GovernorofNewJersey Summer1941:grantsGillRobb WilsonpermissiontoformNJ CivilAirDefenseServices
Pilotandaviationrecord holder.5StarGeneralbyend ofWWII ChiefoftheArmyAirCorps (1938) CommandingGeneral,US ArmyAirForces(19411945) November1941:Supports Wilsonsplanforacivilian pilotcorps.
Administrative Order 9
CAP is born.
FromCAPhistory.org
Early Volunteers
Photo:1943CoastalPatrolBaseNo.10Beaumont,Texas
1999.DellPublishing
4050,000volunteersinthe firstthreemonthsof1942. 100,000volunteersbyend oftheyear 150,000bytheendofthe War Volunteerswereages1981 Manywerevolunteerswho couldnotqualifyforactive militaryservice Allwalksoflife:aristocrats, executives,countryboys, andwomen
WWII CAP Coastal Patrol pilot and artist features Civil Air Patrol as a storyline in his syndicatedcomicstripSmilinJack,whichappearedinnewspapersfrom19331973.
Source:CAPhistory.org
Zack Mosley
Steve Patti
OriginalCAPmemberandformermemberofPalmSpringsCAPSquadron. PromotedtoColonelMay5,2012asCAPWWIImembersarerecognizednationally.
ColonelNannetteMossSpears CharterMember,NewJerseyWing
Coastal Patrol
Aircraft
ThisisasampleofCAPsWWIIeraaircraft,clockwise: Stinson10A,Fairchild,SikorskyS39,adifferentFairchild
Source:capHistory.org
Coastal Patrol
1943CoastalPatrolBaseNo.17ZootSuit&1manraft. CAPpilotNormanW.Rehrig,CAPT
DuckCl ub
Duckemblemswere bestoweduponCAP aircrewmembers forceddownatsea duringamissionand wholivedtotellabout it.SimilartoArmyAir CorpsCaterpillar Club. 118CAPvolunteers becameDuckClub membersduring coastalpatrol operations.
Close Call
May1942 90hpStinsonVoyagerswereeachoutfittedwithone 100lbdemolitionbomb. Twolengthsofbailinwirewereattachedtothebombs anddepthcharges.Thewirescameupthroughthefloor, andyellowandredhandgripswereattached.Ifthe observerpulledaREDhandle,thearmingpinwas pulled;andwhentheYELLOWhandlewaspulled,the bomborchargewouldbedropped. Someoneinventedasimple25bombsight,whichwas amazinglyaccurateforlowaltitudebombruns. seenext
Coastal Patrol
Air Medal
824AirMedalswere issuedtoCAPairmen. TheFlying Minutemenwere awardedforflyingin excessof300hours each.
Source:archives.sercap.us
1948.Duell,SloanandPearce
Other missions
PatrollingforForestFires.
Source:FromMainetomexico
June1942:CAPpilotsstartpatrolsontheborder withMexicofromBrownsville,TXtoDouglas,AZ.
Source:FromMainetomexico
Source:FromMainetomexico
Source:FlyingMinuteMen
Cadet Program
Photo:1943LosAngelesCadetSquadron
Cadet Program
EstablishedOctober1,1943
PalmSpringsCompositeSquadron11 70totalmembers:
28Cadets(ages12+) 42SeniorMembers(adultsage21+)
WeinviteyoutocheckoutourcurrentSearch& Rescueaircraftondisplaywithaircrewmembers: