Boy Scouts visit Long Beach Air Base, 1952

3 images. Boy Scouts visit Long Beach Air Base, 12 January 1952. Rush Andrews; John Beddow; Jim McCreary; Don Smith; Ernie Gilmour; Gene Baker; John F. O'Brien (Technical Sergeant); Robert Watkins (Staff Sergeant); Robert Wheeler.; Caption slip reads: "Photographer" Emery. Date: 1952-01-12. Reporter: Emery to rw. Assignment: Explorers, of Boy Scouts, visit Long Beach Air Force Base. 42: Youths around glass-topped table with map, watching instrument known as 'crab' tracking 'flight' of trainer. L to r: Rush Andrews; Jim McCreary; Don Smith; Ernie Gilmour (earphones); Gene Baker. 94 or 95: 'You were in a spin attitude' instructor Technical Sergeant John F. O'Brien (at right) of Long Beach Air Force Base tells visiting Explorer Don A. Smith, 15, of 11979 Firestone Blvd., Norwalk, in Link trainer. 94 or 95: Group of 4, boy in Link trainer Explorer Ernie Gilmour, 15, of 14512 S. Elaine St., Norwalk, in trainer; other, l to r: Staff Sgt. Robert Watkins telling youths 'trust your instruments'; Explorer Jim Thompson, 15, of 14509 Elaine St., Norwalk; Air Explorer Robert Wheeler, 15, of 13025 Cornuta Avenue, Downey".