 March 1943. He was then commissioned as a <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_Lieutenant" title="2nd Lieutenant" class="mw-redirect">2nd Lieutenant</a> and received his pilot’s wings on 10 March 1943.<sup id="cite_ref-Frank_Olynyk_1995_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Frank_Olynyk_1995-1"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
<p>After this training, he was assigned to the 362d Fighter Squadron of the <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/357th_Fighter_Group" title="357th Fighter Group">357th 