Class 52-H Reese Air Force Base<br>

<p>With the Korean War in progress, there was high demand for pilots. So pilot production at the training bases was brisk.  I have discovered an interesting website at <a href="http://www.52g-52hpilots.org/index.html">http://www.52g-52hpilots.org/index.html</a> that covers the history, members, and reunions of Class 52-F, Class 52-G, and Class 52-H.  The site is NOT "https" so your browser may prohibit you from visiting the site or you may have to click some "accept risk" buttons.</p>

<p>I purchased a Class 52-H yearbook on ebay. While scanning the images, and then researching some names on the internet, I discovered the website above (which also has yearbook scannings). You can view the essential images of the Class 52-H Yearbook (that I scanned) <a href="https://w9fz.com/reeseafb/52h_yearbook.html">here</a><br>
You can view and download a complete 39MB .pdf of the Reese 52-H Yearbook <a href="https://w9fz.com/reeseafb/files/52h_yearbook.pdf">here</a>.  (Right-mouse-click to download)</p>

<p>The Yearbook I purchased belonged to Lt Edward L. Council.  He passed away recently on February 7, 2021.  In the yearbook was a letter from classmate Lt James M. Carlyle dated 1999.  James Carlyle had been one of the spark-plugs for reunions and tracking down classmembers.  Over the intervening years since that letter, many more classmates have "flown west".</p>

<p>As I've worked with this yearbook and its photos, I'm struck how all the young men look just like the young men who were my classmates in flight school thirty years later.  I guess we all look the same in some ways--at a certain phase of life. I'm also amused how I think I still look like that when the mirror says otherwise. </p>
Roster:<br><br>
Lt Jack Ables<br>
Lt Allen D. Ackley<br>
Lt Curtis E. Ackerlind Jr<br>
Lt Aaron Adams<br>
Capt William G. Adams<br>
1st Lt Lloyd D. Adsit<br>
Lt Melvin H. Anderson Jr<br>
Lt Melvin A. Appel<br>
Lt Theodoor G. Bader<br>
Lt Stanley E. Bailey<br>
Lt Fred D. Barnes<br>
Lt John L. Beerman<br>
Lt Otis W. Bergman<br>
Lt Frederick J. Bertaccini<br>
Lt Robert L. Blanchard<br>
Lt Arnold J. Boedigheimer<br>
Lt Bruce C. Bowden<br>
Lt Walter J. Boyne<br>
Lt John G. Brisson<br>
1st Lt William E. Brennan II<br>
Lt Harry L. Brown<br>
Lt Verle R. Brown<br>
Lt John R. Burch<br>
Lt Robert G. Burrell<br>
Lt Johnnie F. Callaway<br>
Lt James M. Carlyle<br>
1st Lt Robert R. Carr<br>
Lt Richard E. Carnhan<br>
Lt Charles C. Clanton<br>
1st Lt Frank A. Clarvoe<br>
Capt David B. Coleman<br>
Lt Edward L. Council<br>
Lt Glenn A. Cox<br>
Lt Billy J. DeWeese<br>
Lt Jere H. Dial<br>
Lt Luby J. Doty<br>
Capt Clarence J. Douglas Jr<br>
Lt John A. Duncan<br>
Lt Sanford F. Dunning<br>
Lt Wilfed E. Ecklin<br>
Lt Allen C. Edwards Jr<br>
Lt Fred H. Edwards<br>
Lt Grover L. Ensley<br>
Lt Charles R. Ernst<br>
Lt William R. Faulkner<br>
Lt William K. Fawcett<br>
Lt Vernon A. Finch<br>
Lt Francis M. Fitzgibbons<br>
Lt George H. Ford<br>
Lt Thomas G. Garqiulo<br>
Lt Adam Gaus<br>
Lt John D. Gilbert<br>
Lt Mark J. Gilkey<br>
Lt John C. Gill<br>
Lt Richard B. Goebel<br>
Lt Richard C. Goins<br>
Lt William W. Green<br>
Lt Howard R. Hardt<br>
Lt Joseph R. Harvey<br>
Lt Marion R. Henderson<br>
1st Lt William A. Hensen<br>
Lt Herbert A. Horn<br>
Lt Emory R. Howell<br>
Lt Clifton E. Hyatt Jr<br>
Lt Jack L. Hyslop<br>
Lt William G. Justice Jr<br>
Lt James L. Kane<br>
Lt James M. Klatt<br>
Lt Alen G. Krueger Jr<br>
Lt Jimmie S. Lassetter<br>
Lt Charles F. Leonard<br>
Lt James J. Lindsay<br>
Lt William L. Long<br>
Lt Charles Ludwig<br>
Capt Richard E. Lyons<br>
Lt Robert W. Manning<br>
Lt Roger F. Marquardt<br>
Lt William D. Matter<br>
Lt Ernst R. McCready<br>
Lt Dan A. McLean<br>
Lt Newton E. Meador III<br>
Maj Winfred H. Meibohm<br>
Lt Albert F. Merone<br>
Lt Walter E. Milam<br>
Lt George G. Moore III<br>
Lt Virgil W. Moore<br>
Lt Robert V. Morey<br>
Lt William F. Morris Jr<br>
Lt Billy L. Morrow<br>
Lt Richard D. Munsch<br>
Lt Don N. Nation<br>
Lt Richard R. Nelson<br>
Lt Lee P. Oliver<br>
Lt Herbert J. Peck<br>
Lt Warren D. Peele<br>
Lt Wesley W. Pennington<br>
Lt Jack A. Pevey<br>
Capt Robert P. Phillips<br>
Lt Fred P. Pierce<br>
Lt Matthew F. Reardon III<br>
Lt Donald R. Remaklus<br>
Lt Paul T. Reavis<br>
Lt Geoge C. Richards<br>
Lt Edmon R. Ringman<br>
Lt Edwin H. Robbins<br>
Lt Richard H. Rogers<br>
Lt Richard L. Russell<br>
Lt Robert A. Russell<br>
Lt Clyde K. Schneider<br>
Lt Donald T. Schweitzer<br>
Lt Jules A. Simandl<br>
Lt Ralphp K. Smith Jr<br>
Lt Gene L. Snyder<br>
Lt Robert L. Sonke<br>
Lt John R. Stewart Jr<br>
Lt Ronald A. Stinson<br>
Lt Joseph H. Stodder<br>
Lt Doyle J. Taylor<br>
Lt Eugene T. Taylor<br>
Lt Roalnd F. Thomas<br>
Lt Dale E. Thorp<br>
Lt Francis T. Tiernan<br>
Lt John K. Tofte<br>
Lt Walter J. Trettien<br>
Lt Theodore P. Trusk<br>
Lt Thomas R. Tucker<br>
Lt Jimmy O. Turner<br>
Lt Kenneth R. Vaughn<br>
Lt William M. Volz<br>
Lt Robert L. Walker<br>
Lt Ferdinand Walters<br>
1st Lt Carter B. Ward<br>
Lt Thomas H. Wegman<br>
Lt Harold W. Wentz<br>
Lt Dan C. West<br>
Capt Gerald H. Widenhaus Sr<br>
Lt Paul J. Williams<br>
Lt Robert W. Willis<br>
Lt Neil E. Wolf<br>
Lt Richard C. B. Wright<br>
Lt Carl L. Yonker<br><br><br><br><br>
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<p>Class 52-H at Reese and several other pilot training bases started their time together even earlier than showing up at Reese. Most of the class began with basic military training (together) at other bases. As such, their time together as classmates was longer than just 52 or 55 weeks and their lifelong bonds of friendship are even stronger. 52-H was a large class and has reunions to this day.</p>
Gerald McMasters sent along the following links:<br>

Main 52-G and 52-H page<br>

52-H at Reese page<br>