Flying seaplanes for the navy during World War II, 1941-1945 : the PBM Martin Mariner /

Charles Franklin Lewis received preliminary training as a naval aviator at the Naval Air Training Center, Corpus Christi, Texas, and further training at Transitional Training Squadron Atlantic in Norfolk, Virginia. As a pilot of a PBM Martin Mariner navy flying boat, Lewis served with the VP-207 pa...

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Main Author:	Lewis, Charles Franklin, 1917-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1997?]
Subjects:	United States. > Navy. > Patrol Squadron VP-207. United States. > Naval Air Technical Training Center (Corpus Christi, Tex.) World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations, American. Seaplanes > Piloting. Mariner bombers.

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Summary:	Charles Franklin Lewis received preliminary training as a naval aviator at the Naval Air Training Center, Corpus Christi, Texas, and further training at Transitional Training Squadron Atlantic in Norfolk, Virginia. As a pilot of a PBM Martin Mariner navy flying boat, Lewis served with the VP-207 patrol squadron, mainly in the Panama Canal Zone and Bermuda, particularly providing aerial escort for convoys. Lewis retired from the Navy at the end of the war and retuned to live in Bryan, Texas, resuming his work with the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station and the United States Department of Agriculture.
Item Description:	"Written Fall 1997."
Physical Description:	60 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 28 cm.