Fayette County

Robert McCrae Jellings


 

Transferred
Aviation Cadet Robert McCrae Jellings, 22, son of Clarence Bart Jellings, West Union, was recently transferred from the Naval Air Station, Minneapolis, Minn., where he completed his primary flight training, to the Naval Air Training Center, Pensacola, Fla., for intermediate flight training.

Upon completion of the intensive course at the "Annapolis of the Air" Cadet Jellings will receive his Navy "Wings of Gold" with the designation of Naval Aviator, and will be commissioned an Ensign in the Naval Reserve or Second Lieutenant in the Marine Corps Reserve.

Source: The Fayette County Union, Thursday, May 25, 1944, pg. 6 (photo included)