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Edgar S. Welborn Jr
Nickname "Ned"
Route 2 (Davidson County)
High Point N.C.
Date of Birth: May 2 1916
Place: Davidson County Route 1 Thomasville N.C.
Parents:
Educated in Davidson County through High School. Graduated Hasty High School 1935
College: High Point College - A.B. Degree 1940
Triangle Hosiery Employer. Training for sales
Student Pilot Instruction 10-5-41
Ground Instruction: High Point College
Joseph B. Brooks Flight Instructor Completed 2-15-42
Pilot Certificate: 3-5-42
CAA Inspector: H.A. ORR
"Ned" color blind (RED-GREEN) Kept him from being Air Corps Pilot
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5-13-42 Selective Service Orders to report Thomasville, N.C. [blank] Edgar S. Wellborn, jr. designated leader of [blank] Group reporting to Fort Bragg, N.C. 5-14-42 Date of Induction 5-16-42 Edgar S. Wellborn, Jr. advised by authorites [blank] at Fort Bragg that he had qualified for [blank] Officers Training School
5-23-42 Edgar S. Wellborn , Jr sent from Fort Bragg to [blank] Kessler Field, 589 School Sqd Sir Corps [blank] Technical School, Flight 324 Kessler, Miss.
5-23-42 Edgar S. Wellborn, Jr. in testing at Kessler [blank] Field missed weather Observation School [blank] by six points. Scored very high on [blank] mechanical engineering, eligible for officers [blank] training. Possible get it after three (3) [blank] monts of training.
6-11-42 Edgar S. Wellborn, Jr notified being [blank] transferred to Roosevelt Field, Mineola, long [blank] Island N.Y. AAFTTE Class40. "Ned" [blank] advised living quarters nice, clean & cool. " " eats [blank] at Roosevelt Cafeteria - stated china and [blank] silverware nice.
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[blank] First course completed in engines at [blank] roosevelt. score - 88
7-6-42 "Ned" had day off at Roosevelt, "Ned" and friend [blank] Parrish (home Durham, N.C.) visited La Guardia [blank] Field. They visited Parrish's brother william who [blank] was a Pilot for American Airlines, william [blank] Parrish gave them the royal tour. Pilots [blank] ratings posted - William Parrish topped the [blank] first ten listed. " " " " took them [blank] to lunch. "Ned" had a wonderful time.
7-27-42 "Ned" completed course in Hydraulics. This [blank] second hardest part of course. Ned scored [blank] 89 - second highest in group. Instrument score 78 [blank] next course in propellers.
7-28-42 Notified in August Roosevelt Field [blank] to be their regular Army Base.
9-9-42 "Ned" has completed school in Carburation [blank] and " " " " electricity
[blank] "Ned" may still apply for Officer [blank] Candidate School
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10-4-42 "Ned" received first weekend pass returned [blank] to Roosevelt Field at 2:25AM Tuesday Morning
10-9-42 "Ned" located trouble with engine while [blank] installing Oil lines - the pipe elbow [blank] incorrectly places. "Ned" was given much [blank] praise by local instructor (this was [blank] a Dayton Factory error) "Ned" felt he would [blank] not be given credit for detecting the fault.
10-11-42 "Ned" became friends with a Mr. Knott, [blank] who owned a drug store in Mineola. Mr [blank] Knott suggested Vitamine A for Color [blank] Blindness. Stated over 2 cases tried [blank] were cured.
10-21-42 "Ned" & group left Roosevelt Field, N.Y. [blank] around mid-night. Transferred to Curtiss [blank] wright Service School Barracks #9 [blank] Class 10, Hdgts - Detachment, Willimsville [blank] Branch Route 4, Buffalo, N.Y. [blank] New School - First Class there to [blank] specialize on Curtiss - P-40. [blank] will spend 27 school days in this school [blank] "Ned" received a Diploma from Roosevelt Field
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[blank] "Ned was proud of the Diploma. [blank] " " sent the Diploma Home to keep 10-26-42 " " went to Niagra Falls and over [blank] into Canada on a one day pass
11- - 42 "Ned" visited Aunt Hallie and [blank] Uncle Lyle Russell in Russell, Pa. [blank] He had wonderful time. Stationed Buffalo
11-22-42 "Ned" left Buffalo 11:00 P.M. for Fighter Sqd. [blank] Logan Field, Baltimore, Md.
11-22-42 "Dad" ("Ned's" father) send him a watermelon [blank] "ned: shared with his 20 classmated. The [blank] men could not belive a father [blank] would send the melon 500 miled to "Ned"
11-30-42 "Ned" transferred to Langley Field, Va
12-5-42 "Ned's" friend, Barney Lewis, assigned [blank] to Wilmington, N.C. Air Base