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The cartoon

19 October 1943

Woody Woodpecker cartoon certificate for Aviation Cadet Frank J. Calicura’s first solo, Canal Field, Ocala, 19 October 1943, signed Ellis G. Ort — 19 October 1943, Canal Field, Ocala. Aviation Cadet Frank J. Calicura, alone and unassisted. Ellis G. Ort, flight instructor. The Army let the occasion be what it was. The date still sits two weeks before the service record’s Ocala window.Family collection · Zoom to read the handwriting

Woody Woodpecker cartoon certificate for Aviation Cadet Frank J. Calicura’s first solo, Canal Field, Ocala, 19 October 1943, signed Ellis G. Ort — 19 October 1943, Canal Field, Ocala. Aviation Cadet Frank J. Calicura, alone and unassisted. Ellis G. Ort, flight instructor. The Army let the occasion be what it was. The date still sits two weeks before the service record’s Ocala window.Family collection · Zoom to read the handwriting

What is visible

Woody Woodpecker cartoon certificate for Aviation Cadet Frank J. Calicura’s first solo, Canal Field, Ocala, 19 October 1943, signed Ellis G. Ort

In the book

Chapter 4Nine Hundred Miles South

On the roster

PilotFrank J. Calicura

Also

More of Frank J. Calicura in the footlocker

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Cite this

Family Collection. The cartoon, 19 October 1943. The Spirit of Martinez.

https://www.spiritofmartinez.com/archive/woodpecker

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