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| Name | Burton M. HOVEY | |
| Prefix | Major | |
| Gender | Male | |
| HIST | Hovey heads construction of Shaw Field Col. Burton Hovey is shown at his desk at Shaw Air Force Base in the 1940s. SUMTER ITEM FILE PHOTO Posted Sunday, September 18, 2016 6:00 am BY SAMMY WAY SUMTER ITEM ARCHIVIST Burton M. Hovey, selected as the project officer for the Air Corps basic flying school to be constructed at Sumter, had an outstanding career. On the Shaw project, Capt. D.A. Cooper acted as the assistant project officer. The young Maj. Hovey was born in Canada and spent his boyhood in New York. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps and worked his way through the ranks from private to brigadier general. When he arrived in Sumter to examine prospective acreage for the future flight school, Hovey had accumulated 14 years of flying experience. His recommendations and the decisions made by the War Department would have a profound impact on the history of the Sumter community. In a talk given to the Kiwanis Club on July 11, 1941, at the Claremont Hotel, Hovey gave a detailed explanation of the purpose and design of the new flying school to be built in Sumter. The major was introduced by Mayor F.B. Creech, who gave a brief r sum of the speaker's early life and training. The following is a reprint of the talk he gave with a minimum of editing. Hovey expressed his appreciation to the people of Sumter for the hospitable welcome they gave him and said that in behalf of Gen. Walter R. Weaver, commanding general of the southeast air corps training center, he wished to thank the city and county of Sumter for providing the facilities for the establishment of the training school. The work of the school was discussed in an interesting manner by Hovey. "The type of plane to be used, he stated, would be more advanced than the flying cadets received in their primary training. After the first of the year, he said, the school would probably be provided with a number of the most advanced type of planes, both single and bi-motored type. The course of training will be completed in 10 weeks. "Maj. Hovey said he hoped that the school would begin operations on Nov. 8. There will be 475 flying cadets and 1,900 enlisted men. The course of training will be staggered so that a class of 240 will be graduated every five weeks. Several years ago, according to Hovey, the army started an expansion program and planned to train 7,000 pilots a year. A little later this was increased to 12,000, and now it has been jumped to 30,000 and may be further increased. "Three primary schools at Camden, Orangeburg and Bennettsville will feed students to the Sumter school. Instructions the students receive here will include accuracy in landing, which will make necessary several auxiliary landing fields around Sumter; instrument and night flying; navigation and formation flying. There will also be an academic and military ground training course. The schedule will be from 7 in the morning until midnight, including Saturdays and Sundays. These long hours are necessary, he said, in order to complete the course in 10 weeks. Some British students will probably be trained here also. "Maj. Hovey called on the citizens of Sumter to give thought to the problem of providing amusement for the enlisted men during their off hours. Some cities, he said, had established amusement centers, with the cooperation of the U.S.O., and this had worked out nicely. The appreciation of the club for his splendid address was expressed by John B. Duffie, chairman of the public relations committee." Maj. Hovey remained at Shaw until it became operational, and he then moved to several additional assignments, where he helped build and upgrade America's Air Corps. Information and photos from The Sumter Item archives. Reach Sumter Item Archivist Sammy Way at waysammy@yahoo.com or (803) 774-1294. [1] | |
| HIST | Hovey heads construction of Shaw Field Col. Burton Hovey is shown at his desk at Shaw Air Force Base in the 1940s. SUMTER ITEM FILE PHOTO Posted Sunday, September 18, 2016 6:00 am BY SAMMY WAY SUMTER ITEM ARCHIVIST Burton M. Hovey, selected as the project officer for the Air Corps basic flying school to be constructed at Sumter, had an outstanding career. On the Shaw project, Capt. D.A. Cooper acted as the assistant project officer. The young Maj. Hovey was born in Canada and spent his boyhood in New York. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps and worked his way through the ranks from private to brigadier general. When he arrived in Sumter to examine prospective acreage for the future flight school, Hovey had accumulated 14 years of flying experience. His recommendations and the decisions made by the War Department would have a profound impact on the history of the Sumter community. In a talk given to the Kiwanis Club on July 11, 1941, at the Claremont Hotel, Hovey gave a detailed explanation of the purpose and design of the new flying school to be built in Sumter. The major was introduced by Mayor F.B. Creech, who gave a brief r sum of the speaker's early life and training. The following is a reprint of the talk he gave with a minimum of editing. Hovey expressed his appreciation to the people of Sumter for the hospitable welcome they gave him and said that in behalf of Gen. Walter R. Weaver, commanding general of the southeast air corps training center, he wished to thank the city and county of Sumter for providing the facilities for the establishment of the training school. The work of the school was discussed in an interesting manner by Hovey. "The type of plane to be used, he stated, would be more advanced than the flying cadets received in their primary training. After the first of the year, he said, the school would probably be provided with a number of the most advanced type of planes, both single and bi-motored type. The course of training will be completed in 10 weeks. "Maj. Hovey said he hoped that the school would begin operations on Nov. 8. There will be 475 flying cadets and 1,900 enlisted men. The course of training will be staggered so that a class of 240 will be graduated every five weeks. Several years ago, according to Hovey, the army started an expansion program and planned to train 7,000 pilots a year. A little later this was increased to 12,000, and now it has been jumped to 30,000 and may be further increased. "Three primary schools at Camden, Orangeburg and Bennettsville will feed students to the Sumter school. Instructions the students receive here will include accuracy in landing, which will make necessary several auxiliary landing fields around Sumter; instrument and night flying; navigation and formation flying. There will also be an academic and military ground training course. The schedule will be from 7 in the morning until midnight, including Saturdays and Sundays. These long hours are necessary, he said, in order to complete the course in 10 weeks. Some British students will probably be trained here also. "Maj. Hovey called on the citizens of Sumter to give thought to the problem of providing amusement for the enlisted men during their off hours. Some cities, he said, had established amusement centers, with the cooperation of the U.S.O., and this had worked out nicely. The appreciation of the club for his splendid address was expressed by John B. Duffie, chairman of the public relations committee." Maj. Hovey remained at Shaw until it became operational, and he then moved to several additional assignments, where he helped build and upgrade America's Air Corps. Information and photos from The Sumter Item archives. Reach Sumter Item Archivist Sammy Way at waysammy@yahoo.com or (803) 774-1294. | |
| _UID | B0062599B5D340D1A4B425BA4AB955B04CC4 | |
| _UID | B0062599B5D340D1A4B425BA4AB955B04CC4 | |
| Person ID | I309865 | Singleton and Related Families |
| Last Modified | 7 Oct 2016 | |
| Father | HOVEY | |
| _UID | 922A910335F7497A8BE12F50762D33D8D8AE | |
| _UID | 922A910335F7497A8BE12F50762D33D8D8AE | |
| Family ID | F207583 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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