News Letter 1940 Jul-Dec - Air Force Historical Studies Office

CAPrAlNZ!!>MERIMNLEAVES IillrroLPH FW- one sqUare foot ~ be as much as 400
WEATHER OFFICE. - pounds in winds from 200 to 250 miles
per hour.
Captain Don Z. ZilIllllerman,Post Weather ---000-- -~.-,tseH
Officer at Randolph Field, Te:ltaS,since .. _ "'j; 9d~
September 20, 1930, left that station DEPARTMENT COMMANDER INSPECTSmANCE)
on J~e 6th for duty ~t the U. S. Mil~- FIELD. -' •cl!i8
tary..Acadenv, We\ltP01nt_, N.Y. . _ • : 1cIH
The !UJndolphF1eld Correspondent In the Panamacanal ZOne, all'Atlabtic
stanes that 1;0 Ca:otain Zinnnermanis due side.Axmy post s , for the past several
full credit for the establishment of weeks, have been preparing for thelinthe
modem weather office unit that is Spection by Major General Van V60rm$
one of the "must see" pqints at the and .hf s staff. This is more'thaiiT.!:
"':VestPoint of the Air. II Back in 1936, routine \'lork to someof the organizaJ:
when the then Lieut. Zinnnermanreported tions, but at Frence Field each::SaUadat
Randolph Field, the personnel of the ron is ready to be inspected at i a;/oo,,weather
offi'ce consistea of tlVOenlist~ mentIs not ice.' The individual organi-'
ed men, Privates 1st, Class Treat and ,zation maintains crews that have-been
Spikes. A single weather map was pre- trained to perform their work aseffipared
each dav: Both menwere without ciently and neatly as possible. -Of 1')
traininl; in this hil!h1y teclmical work. these nmlY different squadrons located
Lieut. ZilIllllermanacted as both mstruc- on France Field, the 3rd Bombardmeil.t?
tor and forecaster, and was also in- Squadron is one of the top-notch units.
structor in Meteorology in the Ground Organized since February I, 1940,' :the
School. Third Bombezdmant:,.!iquadronhas, done>
Recently Captain ZilIllllSrman,after . excellent work and lias been one-of-'the
considerabie research and perusal, of outstandin~ units during the mepec>
connnercial publications in Meteorology tions by different WarDepartment offiand
related sciences, both .AIilericanand cials. ,;:nr.l
forei@l, compket ed a new contribution General Van Voorhis t inspectioh--ofJ
to the realm of i'lleteorology - the France Field began at 10:00 a.m .• tNJaY
Weather Manual for Pilots. This text 16th, with a review by the officehf'to
ha.i drawn numerous conwliments from the Im,1Sic.ofthe l3~h Infant!]',Ban:d:rbf
ou'~standing met.eorofogkst s throuzhout Fort llilham D. Davt s . The l3udmEiti f9
the nation. ~A connnercial-publisfiing--- took-on the-arr of.a crack 'Infantry
companyhas asked for the rights to 1,Ulit at its best. Lmediately'fb;Ll