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COLUMBUS ARMY AIR FIELD
COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI

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FLYING OFFICER
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John Keefe, Jr., 20, son of Mr. & Mrs. J. J. Keefe of 573 Hawthorne Ave., Newark, N.J. was a member of the 26th class of aviation cadets to graduate from the Columbus Army Air Field near Columbus, Mississippi on June 27th 44. He received the silver wings of a Flying Officer and commission as a second lieutenant in the Army Air Forces.
Lt. Keefe entered pilot training last Aug. 43, and attended flying schools at Arcadia, Flo. and Gunter Field, Ala. before his graduation at the advanced flying school near Columbus, Mississippi. Before he enlisted for pilot training he had attended N.J. State Teachers College

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