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Eastern Air Command Pilots India-Burma

The coming monsoon season in the India-Burma Theater, with all its flying hazards, doesn't worry these Eastern Air Command pilots. Under the watchful eye of "Calamity Jane", Capt. N. W. Hyder, 813 G. St., Rupert, Idaho, explains the essentials of aural null orientation and tracking to three members of the 12th Bomb. Gp. Crews are brushing up on their instrument flying before the rains come. The pilots are, L. to R., Lt. Harvey B. Ward, 2625 Marshal Way, Sacramento, Calif., Captl Hyder, Lt. Otto J. Vondrak, 2424 Westchester Esplanade, N.Y., N.Y., and Lt. James E. Merk, 1016 Fifth St., West, Birmingham, Alabama.