John Corkille signed the Davis-Monthan Airfield Register on Wednesday, January 5, 1930. He was flying a Boeing P-12-B, 29-329. He was based at Dayton, OH, Wright Field and cited his itinerary as arriving eastbound from Seattle, WA to Dallas, TX. He remained overnight in Tucson and departed next morning at 9:30AM. He did not list a reason for his flight, but it could have been delivery of his airplane from the Boeing factory in Seattle.

John Corkille, Front Row, Right, 1931 (Source: NASM)

John Corkille, Date & Location Unknown (Source: NASM)

Image, above, shows Corkille sitting at lower right. This informal portrait, from the NASM, is captioned, " ...Wright Field test pilots. Left to right, front: Capt. Street [sic, it should be Streete], Lt. Harrison G. 'Scotty' Crocker, Lt. John D. Corkille. Back" Capt. Moffat, Lt. Parker, Lt. Beery. In front of the group is a small trophy labeled Trophy 1931." There is a Lt. L.L. Beery signed in the Register in 1927. There is no clue as to whether he is Lt. Beery in this photograph.

Image, right, also from the NASM, is undated and unsourced.

According to Joe Baugher's site, Army aircraft numbers 29-329 to 341 were Boeing P-12Bs, c/n 1170 to 1182. He cites 29-329 as converted to XP-12G configuration, but later reverted to B configuration. Although there are no dates given for this remodeling, this could be a post-reversion flight from the factory by pilot Corkille.

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