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1944 Press Photo Capt Ollie Cordill to become ferrying pilot after back injury

Name: 1944 Press Photo Capt Ollie Cordill to become ferrying pilot after back injury
Brand: cvb
SKU: cvb77085
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Capt Ollie Cordill (above) former Rice Institute football star won the air medal and oak leaf cluster on bombing missions against the Axis oonly to suffer a back injury when a stalled engine on a bomber caused a crackup in June, 1943. Declining a medical discharge, Ollie is preparing at Love Field, Dallas, to take to the air as a ferrying pilot.

Photo measures 8.25 x 11 inches.

Photo is dated 03-26-1944.

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1944 Press Photo Capt Ollie Cordill to become ferrying pilot after back injury

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