Evening star., 1932-05-08

the chief of the Army Air Corps. has
taken charge of maintenance at the
local field. Capt. Wood was a World
War pilot and is one OF two pilots
who saw flying service in the war who
have just been added to the Boiling
Field commissioned personnel list.
The other war officer who has Just
assumed his duties at Boiling is a
native Of the District of Columbia
Lieut.. Donald B. Phillips. Lieut..
Phillips was born and raised in the
District and went into the service as
a District appointee. He left the serv-
ice following the close of the war. but
went back in 1919 He came to Boiling
from the Philippines a few days ago.
Lieut.. Phillips will be on duty in the
Field Engineering Department.
Another native son. Lieut. Elwood
r. Quesada, has returned to Boiling
Field for duty. Lieut.. Quesada, born
and raised in Washington, has been
on duty as assistant military attache
at Havana, Cuba, where he piloted the
Vought Corsair Of Ambassador Harry
Guggenheim. This is Quesada's second
tour of duty at Boiling. When he was
here before going to Cuba he served
as personal pilot for Maj. Gen James
E. Fechet, retired chief of the Army
Air Corps. He took part in the relief
expedition to Greenly Island. of Lab
rador, to rescue the crew of the strand
ed transatlantic plane Bremen.
Lieut.. Glenn C.. Jamison, who has
just reported to Boiling from Langley
Field, Va, will be assigned to navi-
CATION duty and will work here with
Harold Gatty, Air Corps navigation
expert and hero of the world flight
with Wiley Post. Lieut.. Jamison has
served at Langley only a short time
since he completed a tour Of duty at
France Field, Canal Zone.
Lieut.. Harbold Reports.
Yesterday Lieut.. Norris B. Harbold
transferred from Selfridge Field, Mich,
reported for duty at Boiling. He also
will work with Gatty on navigation.
Lieut. Harbold served as a Field Ar
tillery officer for four years before
transferring to the Air Corps for flight
training.
Most important of the changes yet
to be made are those Of Maj. Howard
c. Davidson, commanding officer at
Boiling who will leave after three years
of duty here. to be succeeded by Lieut..
Col. Barton K Yount, now commanding
officer at Rockwell Field. Calf. and
Lieut. Louis NJ. Merrick, operations off,
GER, who will leave in August for duty
as a student at the Army Air Corps
Tactical School, Montgomery, Ala.
Lieut.. Carl F. Theisen is to report to
Boiling Field for duty upon completion
of course at the Massachusetts 1nstl-
tute of Technology.
The Anacostia Naval Air Station also
is having its share seasonal changes In
personnel. This month will mark the
return to the station of Lieut.. E. W..
Litch. transferred here from VI Squad
ron IS, aboard the airplane carrier U. 5.
S. Langley. Lieut.. Litch served at Ana
costa at the time of the original Ma
tional Capital Municipal Airport survey
and was naval representative on the
Special Airport Commission.
Lieut.. D. S. Cornwell also will report
to Anacostia this month from the
Langley and Lieut. Thomas S. Combs is
coming to Anacostia next month from
special duty at the Massachusetts, In
stitute of Technology.
July will mark the close OF the tour
of duty of Lieut. Frederick M. Trapnell
at Anacostia. Lieut.. Trapnell test
pilot in the fight test section, Is to re-
port for duty as a pilot in the heavier
than-air detachment of the Navy dirig-
ible Akron.