Milford chronicle., 1955-03-04
Next Meeiina Da,e.


The next meeting date Of the
Milford Squadron, Civil Air Patrol,
viii be held on the evening of
March 8, at 1880, in the Milford
Community Building, second floor.
Last meetings turnout was the best
so far this year; what's say we
better that on the 8th!
1t Earl Wigs, Training Ofiicer,
viii show a series of film, entitled:
"Ditching Without Hedging" Ser
Vicing OF Airplane"; stalls And
Spins" and "Flight Hating"
Keep These Duiss u Mind:
March 18th and 2Oth: Either Of
these dates may be the call for
local CAP SquadrOns to conduct
the annual SAR-CAP (Search and
Rescue-CiVil Air PatrOI mission.
Remember, we are graded by Air
Force personnel on how we carry
out the mission. We need every
available man - pilots, observers,
communications men, ground res
cue teams-tO have a good showing.
Memorial Flight This Sunday:
A mass memorial flight by Civil
Air Patrol in memory of Ga men
and women who died while on ac-
tive duty with CAPS 21 wartime
anti submarine Coastal Patrol
Bases. on the Atlantic and Gulf
Of Mexico coasts will be flown on
Sunday, March 6 from Rehoboth
Beach, Del, by members of Mary
land and Delaware Wings.
More than go private aircraft
from Maryland and Delaware will
participate in the memorial fight
at p. m. The event has attracted
national attention and will be COW
cred by National BrOadcasting
Company television news camera
men for use on the Dave Caro-
way TODAY show the following
morning.
Under the direction of 1t. Col.
ID. A. Davis, CAP, operations Off
Ger for Maryland, and 1t. Col.
William II. Everett, CAP, opera
tions officer for Delaware Wing,
an estimated $50 people will pay
tribute to the CAP members who
died in wartime service.
Planes varying from small pri-
vate craft to Fairchild Aircraft
Divisions twin engined DC-3
transport viii arrive at RehObOth
Beach Airport between 8 and 10
a. m. on Sunday. At 1O:30, Capt
John Payne, CAP, chaplain for
Parkville (Md) Squadron. will con
duct a nOn-denOminational memOrf-
al service in the airport hanger.
At 1880, pilots will receive an
operatiOnal briefing by Col. Davis
and Col. Everett. Col Davis is in
charge Of fight operations and
Col Everett in charge of base
operations.
Planes will leave the RehObOth
airport at 80 second intervals be-
ginning at 1890 p. m. They will
rendezvous near Bethany Beach.
Dell for the fight across RehObOth
Bay.
Sixty-four white roses will be
scattered across the waters of the
Bay in a floral tribute to the de-
ceased by End 1t Daniel H. Pike,
executive officer for Fairchild-
HagerstOWn Squadron, Hagers-
town, Md.
The first Civil Air Patrol Coas-
tai Patrol Base was opened on
March 6, 1912 at Atlantic CITY.
N. J. 1t. Col Wynant Farr, CAP.
now Of Monroe, Orange County,
n. Y. was commander Of the first
base. RehObOth Beach, manned in
part by Delaware personnel, was
the second base to open. Members
OF CAP are officially credited with
destroying two enemy submarines
during the war and for sighting
many more which were engaged
and destroyed by regular military
units
Men and women of CAP few
more than "a million miles during
the war years, ranging from $50
to 200 miles out to sea i'm their
small planes. other wartime duties
included Mexican border patrols.
ferrying bOmbers from aircraft
factories to air bases, and dispatch
service for military units.
From this small group Civil Air
Patrol is now established in as
states, Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto
Rico and the District of Columbia.
with over $4,000 volunteer mem
ters. The CAP has more than r.
600 planes and 5000 radio stations
at its disposal in case of an em-
ergency. The u. S. Air Force pro-
vides advisory staff people and
supplements each wing with liai-
son aircraft and surplus Air Force
equipment. Members wear the
regulation Air Force blue uni
forms with distinctive identifica-
tion markings.
CAP men and women are not
recompensed for their tire or ma
terials used except in missions or
dered by Air Force.
Movies of the Civil Air Patrol
mass memorial flight at RehOboth
Beach, Del, on Sunday, March 9Th.
viii be shown, during the Monday
morning program of Garroway's
TODAY show.
Civil Air Patrols World War II
wartime fatalities for Delaware
were Cadet SISgt. James w. Tay-
Tor Of Claymont and lst 1t. II.
o. Swift, of Stanton.
See you next Tuesday, March 8.
az 1880 p. M, second floor, Milford