PAT FARRELL—A lieutenant in the U. S. Army air corps, was last assigned to Roswell, N. M., but was expecting orders to proceed elsewhere very soon. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. John Farrell, formerly of LeMars and now living at Manhattan, Kansas. The picture was taken in The Globe-Post office some time ago when Pat came home for a visit in the Kass home. He was then in the uniform of a cadet in the Royal Canadian air force. Later he secured a transfer to the American air force and was subsequently commissioned a lieutenant.
Source: LeMars Globe-Post, April 8, 1943 (photo included)
***Further Research:
Leonard Patrick “Pat” Farrell was born Feb. 2, 1922 to John J. and Ellen G. Leonard Farrell. He died July 25, 1954 and is buried in Veterans Liberty Cemetery, Fresno, CA. Capt. Farrell was killed in an explosion of a jet airplane (F-84) at the Scott Air Force Base in IL. He was on a routine flight and was to ferry the plane back to the flight test center at Edwards AFB, where he was based.
Most of his service during WWII was as a flying instructor. Farrell was a copilot on a six jet B-47 which flew nonstop for nearly 12,000 miles in 1952, setting a distance and endurance record for jet aircraft.
Source: ancestry.com
