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Heckel, Charles, Col USAF(Ret).
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Contact Info
Home Town Decatur, IL
Last Address 6705 Brookfield Rd Columbia, SC 29206
Date of Passing Sep 22, 2015
Location of Interment Fort Jackson National Cemetery (VA) - Columbia, South Carolina
Best Moment Selected for Fighter Piot Training, 6.1943
Comissioned 2nd Lt 2.8.44
Worst Moment Nosed In A P-40 Warhawk #42-105649 in Victoria Texas.
Chain of Command 433rd South East Army Fighter Training Squadron, Aloe Army Air Field, TX
Other Memories 1943 Pre-Flight Training, May to August, San Antonio TX Class 44-B
1943 Primary Flight Training, August to October, Ft Stockton TX Class 44-B
1943 Basic Flight Training, October to December, Garden City, KS Class 44-B
1943 Advanced Flight Training, P-40 Warhawk December to Feburary Victoria TX 1944 Comissioned as 2nd LT AAF 2.8.44 Aloe AAF Victoria Field TX Class 44-B
1944 Transition Flight Training, P-39 AIr Cobra, May, Concord AAB, Calif
1944 Transition Flight Training, P-63 King Cobra, June, Chico, Calif
1944 Transition Flight Training, P-38 Lightning, Santa Rosa AAB Calif