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TR I MS PACIFIC A NEWS LETTER FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE TRANSPACIFIC DIVISION, PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS May 15, 1943 "WHENEVER THEY NEED ANYTHING - WE GOI” While our fighter and bomber pilots are receiving greatly-deserved medals for tho swell jf'bs they are doing—in North Africa, ever Europe and in the South Pacific--the transport pilots do the very necessary but dull flying without any glory* They have little to report beyond a "routine trip.” A letter just received from CNAC pilot Dick Rossi tells a little more in detail what "routine flying" sometimes means on the'Serial Burma Road." Dick, who was one of Chennault’s Flying Tigers, with eight Japs to his credit, confirmed, another four probable, came to Treasure Island when the AVG was disbanded to get special training in navigation and instrument flying before taking the job of hauling food, fuel and ammunition for the fighters in China, Here’ is the letter, written from Calcutta at the end of a trip, "Things are pretty much routine cut here now. We fly regular schedules int<i Calcutta and back again with all kinds of important personages, with the official and general mails and regular cargo. Beyond that, whenever they need anything, we go. Today’s was one of those trips. We left Chungking as soon as the light broke this (continued on Page 7) PAN AMERICAN EMPLOYEES’ ASSOCIATION PARTY When members of the Pan American Employee's Association and their friends go dancing at the Clift Hotel Roof Garden in San Francisco the evening of Saturday, *• May Î9, there will be much merry making, according to RAY-J^ MOND A. GUSTAFSON, committee chairman. "With Joe Mendel’s 8-piece orchestra for-dan- ( cing and two refreshment bars and some swell specialty > A numbers, it’s bound to be fun for the lucky ones that /'\/ A get to go," say Gustafson. \^/ The "lucky ones" will be the first four hundred who get tickets - for the Clift Roof will accommodate only that many. Much as the association would like to say "Come one - come all," the committee is having to stick to the "first come, first served" policy in issuing invitations, and ADMISSION BY TICKET ONLY will have to be the rule. J . r The Employees’: Association, unlike the PAA Ath- v\ loti#» and Social Club to which everyone automatically belongs up*n joining the company, is composed of ground personnel only and was organized for the purpose of representing the members to the company in,all matters which affect wages and working conditions, With a membership of less than 400, the associ^-ian is sponsoring the Memorial Day dance V
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Full Text | TR I MS PACIFIC A NEWS LETTER FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE TRANSPACIFIC DIVISION, PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS May 15, 1943 "WHENEVER THEY NEED ANYTHING - WE GOI” While our fighter and bomber pilots are receiving greatly-deserved medals for tho swell jf'bs they are doing—in North Africa, ever Europe and in the South Pacific--the transport pilots do the very necessary but dull flying without any glory* They have little to report beyond a "routine trip.” A letter just received from CNAC pilot Dick Rossi tells a little more in detail what "routine flying" sometimes means on the'Serial Burma Road." Dick, who was one of Chennault’s Flying Tigers, with eight Japs to his credit, confirmed, another four probable, came to Treasure Island when the AVG was disbanded to get special training in navigation and instrument flying before taking the job of hauling food, fuel and ammunition for the fighters in China, Here’ is the letter, written from Calcutta at the end of a trip, "Things are pretty much routine cut here now. We fly regular schedules int A numbers, it’s bound to be fun for the lucky ones that /'\/ A get to go," say Gustafson. \^/ The "lucky ones" will be the first four hundred who get tickets - for the Clift Roof will accommodate only that many. Much as the association would like to say "Come one - come all," the committee is having to stick to the "first come, first served" policy in issuing invitations, and ADMISSION BY TICKET ONLY will have to be the rule. J . r The Employees’: Association, unlike the PAA Ath- v\ loti#» and Social Club to which everyone automatically belongs up*n joining the company, is composed of ground personnel only and was organized for the purpose of representing the members to the company in,all matters which affect wages and working conditions, With a membership of less than 400, the associ^-ian is sponsoring the Memorial Day dance V |
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