[Leica] RicC PAW 25

[Jim Nichols]

I had an uncle, Victor H. Bilek, who was assigned to the Air Force 
Technical Intelligence Center at Wright Field during that period, both 
as a USAF officer and Civil Service.  His special assignments included 
evaluating enemy ordinance.  It's possible they crossed paths 
somewhere.  He died last year.

My only experience with the hospital was to have a couple of wisdom 
teeth removed.

That was an interesting period.  Many of the German scientists that 
ended up with major roles in this country were brought into the country 
from Canada under Operation Paperclip, and assigned to Wright Field 
until they ended up in other laboratories.  I ended up working with a 
number of them.

On 7/27/20 1:06 PM, Brian Reid wrote:
> I was born at WPAFB base hospital in October 1949. That's the only 
> reason I was asking. My father was a mathematician in the Air 
> Engineering Development Division. He switched from AF to naval 
> ordnance and we moved to China Lake in 1950.
>
> On 2020-07-27 11:00 am, Jim Nichols wrote:
>> Hi Brian,
>>
>> No, that was before my time.  I received my BSAE and my USAF
>> commission on the same day, in May 1951, and reported to Wright Field
>> in August.  After an Indoctrination School at the top of the hill
>> there, I was assigned to the Wind Tunnel Branch of the Aeronautical
>> Laboratory.  I remained there until I was released, in May 1953.
>>
>> The Civil Service engineers I worked with were probably all there in 
>> 1949.
>
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Jim Nichols
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