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USAF Pilot Training Class 52-G
Roger Tracy
Malden, Perrin Laredo
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Military Service:
- Aviation Cadet, gunnery school (Nellis)
and forward air control school (Luke)
- Assigned to 6147th
Tactical Air Control Group in Korea flying the T-6 as a “Mosquito”.
- Assigned to the Army Primary Flight
School at Gary AFB, San Marcos, Texas as a flight instructor. Aircraft used
there were the Piper Cub and the Cessna L-19.
- Went to the B-47 school at
McConnell AFB in Wichita, Kansas. SAC had “requested” Training Command to
provide a bunch of instructors to transition into the B-47. Training
Command agreed with the provision that they were all sent through the
Aircraft Commander training. So luckily didn’t have to do any co-pilot
time. That was quite a transition from the Cub and the L-19 that I had been
flying.
- Assigned to Plattsburgh AFB for 5
years in the B-47.
- Sent to University of Pittsburgh
under the Air Force Institute of Technology program for a BS in Aeronautical
Engineering. Was extended for a year to obtain a MS in Mechanical
Engineering.
- Assigned to the 1st Air
Commando Wing at Hurlbert AFB in the Combat Applications Group. Job there
was to develop and test weapons and equipment that was applicable to the Air
Commando mission.
- After leaving active duty, I flew
the C-124 with the Reserves out of Westover AFB, Mass. The C-124 did a
great job moving cargo, but what an ungainly airplane it was to fly.
- Retired in 1972 as a Major.
Civilian Career:
- After leaving the Air Force, I
joined Pratt and Whitney in East Hartford, Conn. as a Flight Operations
Engineer. This group was in the Customer Support Dept and our job was to
provide assistance to the Flight Operations Departments of customer
airlines.
- Airlines that I worked with
included Pan Am, American, TWA, Delta, British Airways, Air Canada and Aer
Lingus.
- Served as manager of the group for
the last ten years of my career.
- Retired in 1991.
Personal:
- Graduated Wesleyan University in
1951 with a BA in Mathematics.
- Married Mary Margaret Markle in
Malden, Mo. in 1952. A guy named Phil Alden was best man at the wedding.
- Have 2 daughters, each married – 2
grand children.
- Serve on the Economic Development
Commission in town, serve on a couple of committees at church, volunteer one
morning each week at the information center at Bradley International
Airport, serve on the board of directors of our homeowners association.
- Like to play golf in spare time
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Updated October 10, 2008
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