Squadron 4 Class 44-B 53rd Flying Training Detachment Army Air Corps Contract Pilot School

Image is a group photograph of Squadron 4, Class 44-B 53rd Flying Training Detachment Army Air Forces Contract Pilot School. The 53rd was based at Carlstrom Field, near Arcadia, Florida. (Pictured from front to rear, left to right) 1st Row: T.W. Bell, J.A. Bell, E.J. Carstens, E.A. Callisan, W.G. Campbell, D. Maurer, J.R. Meyers, H.I. Fowles, A.B. Blackett, D.R. Miller, W.C. Thompson, H.E. Denny. 2nd ROW: H.B. Cohen, A.C. Serwitz, J.W. Bolig, J.R. Nichols, R.A. Beine, R. Hartmann, R.C. Allen, A.A. Nelson, V.J. Bielejeski, E.B. Dixon, G.J. Barthel. 3rd ROW: E.E. Armstrong, D.S. Betts, B.F. Nienaber, J.D. Ode, J.J. O\u27Shaughnessy, D.W. Bush, E.C. Pakish, B.N. Blass, W.R. Bookser, J. Kiseliski, L.J. Bensinger, Jr. 4th ROW: W.M. Barsky, J.N. Sekul, J.J. Riley, D.W. Sigourney, R.A. Wettersten, G.H. Bauman