Other Fellow's Broken Ankle Lands Marine as Glider Pilot Dean Here

Creator

Preview

Identifier

20054214

Description

Major E. M. Mallory of the Marine Air Corps Station. "Dean of Marine Corps glider pilots is a 31-year-old major who is commanding officer of Squadron 711 at the Marine Corps Air Station on Eagle Mountain. That means he learned to fly motorless aircraft in the Fall of 1940. He is Major E. M. Mallory, born in Alabama in 1911 (day after Christmas) and a member of the Marine Corps since 1935. He was in charge of organizing the Marine Corps' parachute troops at Lakehurst, N. J., and was the first Marine flyer assigned to study soaring and gliding."

Archival Date

1942-12-04

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-1565

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

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Subjects

Glider Pilots; Marine Corps Air Station Eagle Mountain Lake; Marine Corps Air Station; Marines; Marine Corps; Motorless Craft; Pilots; Training Programs; Military officers