father Earl Drumm (dec'd), Mary Eta Parkman m. 1939 to Benita 'Bonnie' Vieve [McCarthy] [d. 2 Jun 2008] prev. exp. 5yrs as a flight instructor in Virgina Air Service, Gordonsville Address in 1941: 503 Carleton Ave, Charlottesville, Virginia Postings: 6FPP "A good pilot who has done all work allocated to him in a satisfactory manner", but: Contract Terminated by ATA - Disciplinary Reasons Later a pilot in the US Army Air Transport Command, and then a Colonel in the USAAF. In 1944, he and his crew bailed out of a B-24 near Georgetown, British Guiana and spent about 2 weeks in 'the roughest jungles in South America'. One of the pilots sent to look for him was James Ansley (M.511), who had travelled to the UK with him in 1941. In 1946, Drumm "picked up a copy of the Southeastern Airport News and read that Ansley was running Page Field for Lee County. After an exchange of telegrams he flew over to Page Field in his PT-17 for a happy reunion with his old flying partner." After WWII, the family lived in Utah and North Carolina while Austin completed his education, then moved to Lexington, Virginia, where from 1963 he was Professor of history at Virginia Military Institute. d. 8 Jan, 1997 - Barboursville, Virginia buried Weedsport, Cayuga County, New York Download ATA Pilot Personal Record (.zip file): |
