Bill Purcell Mayhood

Portrait of Bill Purcell Mayhood
Bio

Born in Sacramento, California, September 27, 1916 Graduated from the Sacramento High School, June 1934 Attended the Sacramento Junior College, 1934-35.
Enrolled in the University of California, Davis, August 1935 Two-Year Curriculum - Dairy Industry
Completed one semester of residence

Military Service

MILITARY HISTORY
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Military Training

Enlisted in Army of the United States as an Aviation Cadet, 31 December 1941.
Dec 1941 to Jan 1942; Air Corps Advanced Flying School, Higley Field, Ariz.
Jan to Mar 1942; ACTraining Detachment, Thunderbird Airport, Phoenix, Ariz.
Apr to May 1942; ACBasic Flying School, Gardner Field, Calif.
May to July 1942; AC Advanced Flying School, Williams Field, Ariz.
Graduated from the AAF Aviation Training Program as a Pilot, 22 July 1942 and honorably discharged.

COMMISSIONED Second Lieutenant AUS-AC Reserve, 23 July 1942; accepted appointment and entered duty same date.

Active Service Assignments

July to Aug 1942; Pilot, 439th Bomb Sq (M), Barksdale Field, and Harding Field, Louisiana.

Lieutenant Mayhood died in an aircraft accident on 21 August 1942 at Harding Field, Louisiana.

Decorations and Awards

WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL.
AVIATION BADGE ‘Pilot’.

 

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