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Scenes At Airport Dedication Ceremony

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Day
10
Month
October
Year
1928
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Legacies Project Oral History: Larry Millben

Lt. Col. Larry Millben was born in 1936 in Detroit. His parents immigrated from Chatham and Windsor, Canada. Fascinated by airplanes from an early age, he was one of only a few Black students to attend Aero Mechanics High School (now Davis Aerospace Technical High School) in Detroit in the early 1950s. Millben went on to become an aircraft mechanic, a military avionics officer, and base commander of Selfridge Air National Guard Base. Prior to his military career, he also worked in research and development in the private sector. He married his wife Jeannie in 1959, and they have three children.

Larry Millben was interviewed in partnership with the Museum of African American History of Detroit and Y Arts Detroit

Texas Girl Weds Lt. Riley In League

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Parent Issue
Day
22
Month
September
Year
1939
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Willow Run Reservists Being Sought

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Day
30
Month
January
Year
1956
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Mechanics Of Air Force Reserve 472nd Fighter-Bomber Squadron Study Jet Engines In Active Duty Training At Selfridge Air Force Base, August 1956

Mechanics Of Air Force Reserve 472nd Fighter-Bomber Squadron Study Jet Engines In Active Duty Training At Selfridge Air Force Base, August 1956 image
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1956
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, August 17, 1956
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AIR RESERVISTS TRAIN: The 472nd Fighter-Bomber Reserve Squadron based at Willow Run Airport is currently undergoing two weeks of active duty training at Selfridge Air Force Base near Mt. Clemens. Here, mechanics of the reserve unit attend a classroom session dealing with the jet engines of the F-84 planes which the squadron flies. Some 100 enlisted men and officers of the 472nd are currently taking the active training, together with two other reserve units of the parent 439th Fighter-Bomber Wing.