PHOTOS OF PARKS AIR COLLEGE, EAST ST. LOUIS, ILLINOIS
COURTESY OF, AND MANY THANKS TO: CHARLIE COOK VIA BRUCE IRVING
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Charles Cook left w cadets Parks 1941_t.JPG (19684 bytes)
Charlie Cook (LEFT) and two Cadet Friends

Miss Rvr aerial Parks PT-19 1941_t.JPG (15940 bytes)
Mississippi River over the wingtip of a PT-19

   

 

Mississippi waterfront St Louis 1941_t.JPG (14927 bytes)
Off duty hours spent site-seeing.
A Mississippi Riverboat

Parks Air College campus 1941_t.JPG (16858 bytes)
Parks Air College campus. If you look closely,
(Middle Right) you can see the Parks sign.

  

 

Parks Dorm room 1941_t.JPG (14999 bytes)
Typical dorm room, containing three cots, and a desk.

Parks hangar PT-19s_t.JPG (23618 bytes)
Hanger at Parks. If you look carefully, you can see the
sign for MIDWEST FLYERS. Any information you can
give concerning Midwest would be appreciated.

 

 

Parks PT-19 ramp hangars 1941_t.JPG (9416 bytes)
Nose of a Fairchild PT, looking down the
Parks flightline.

PARKS_PT19_t.JPG (11335 bytes)
Row of PTs. This one a PT-26.

  

  

PT-19 flight ops Parks 1941_t.JPG (12671 bytes)
Flight Operations

Parks Air Coll aerial view 1941_t.JPG (16246 bytes)
Aerial Photo of Parks. Note the three white strips of
concrete in the upper right corner of photo.

   

    

Parks 1941 cadet skit_t.JPG (16612 bytes)
More off-duty antics.
A cadet puts on a skit.

CHARLES_COOK_AT6_VICTORIA_TX_t.GIF (42656 bytes)
The pay-off.  Charlie
Cook on an AT-6 in Advanced Training.

Click here for some personal recollections of Mr. Cook

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