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1LT Calvin Garnold Atwood

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1LT Calvin Garnold Atwood

Birth
Young County, Texas, USA
Death
30 Aug 1943 (aged 22)
Sweetwater, Nolan County, Texas, USA
Burial
Graham, Young County, Texas, USA
Plot
Section F, Block 16
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Calvin was a flight instructor for the Air Force teaching women how to fly in World War II. He was training two women when an engine fell off the airplane and crashed. Calvin died at Avenger Air Field, Sweetwater, Nolan County, Texas. There is a memorial at the air field in his memory.

Graduate of Bryson High School. He entered the Army Air Corps in 1941 and trained in California, Arizona and Texas. Atwood served as Flight instructor in Houston and Sweetwater.

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World War II Veteran
Calvin was a flight instructor for the Air Force teaching women how to fly in World War II. He was training two women when an engine fell off the airplane and crashed. Calvin died at Avenger Air Field, Sweetwater, Nolan County, Texas. There is a memorial at the air field in his memory.

Graduate of Bryson High School. He entered the Army Air Corps in 1941 and trained in California, Arizona and Texas. Atwood served as Flight instructor in Houston and Sweetwater.

Army Air Corps
World War II Veteran

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