{"id":257,"date":"2019-11-06T19:24:10","date_gmt":"2019-11-06T19:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pimaair.wpengine.com\/?post_type=hall_of_fame&#038;p=257"},"modified":"2019-12-30T11:34:34","modified_gmt":"2019-12-30T18:34:34","slug":"harry-b-combs","status":"publish","type":"hall_of_fame","link":"https:\/\/pimaair.org\/hall-of-fame\/harry-b-combs\/","title":{"rendered":"Harry B. Combs"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Harry B. Combs<\/h1>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Arizona Aviation Hall of Fame<\/strong><br \/><strong><em><span style=\"color: #2387c3;\">Enshrined 1994<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Harry Combs was born in Denver, Colorado. A pilot since 1928, he graduated from Yale, worked for Pan Am, and then in 1938 founded Combs Aircraft which became one of the most successful aircraft service centers in the country. During World War II he trained thousands of military pilots and flew C-54s for the USAAF Air Transport Command. 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