The All American Pathfinders aeroplane unit was a squadron with 13 aircraft and associated road vehicles used in the " 1919 Air Service Transcontinental Recruiting Convoy" [1] from Hazelhurst Field to California that began on August 14, 1919. [1] The convoy was en route to California simultaneously with the 1919 Motor Transport Corps convoy and included a "Balloon and Airship section" and a "Searchlight and Field Lighting section" (the convoy commander, Major Ora M. Baldinger, operated the unit as a "mobile army post".) [2] The convoy was over 1/2 mile long and was "to secure accurate information to be used in connection with the carrying of mails by airplanes, and for military purposes, as well as commercial purposes." [2]
Airfields used by the squadron included:
Grower, 1st Lt. R. W., to Hazelhurst Field, to accompany the Air Service Transcontinental Recruiting Convoys, then to station in this city.
The All American Pathfinders aeroplane unit was a squadron with 13 aircraft and associated road vehicles used in the " 1919 Air Service Transcontinental Recruiting Convoy" [1] from Hazelhurst Field to California that began on August 14, 1919. [1] The convoy was en route to California simultaneously with the 1919 Motor Transport Corps convoy and included a "Balloon and Airship section" and a "Searchlight and Field Lighting section" (the convoy commander, Major Ora M. Baldinger, operated the unit as a "mobile army post".) [2] The convoy was over 1/2 mile long and was "to secure accurate information to be used in connection with the carrying of mails by airplanes, and for military purposes, as well as commercial purposes." [2]
Airfields used by the squadron included:
Grower, 1st Lt. R. W., to Hazelhurst Field, to accompany the Air Service Transcontinental Recruiting Convoys, then to station in this city.