 It was there that he first met his future bombardier, Joseph Sarnoski.Sometime during the summer, Zeamer and "all the rest of the second lieutenants" were sent to Patterson Field in Dayton, Ohio, for assisting with the service testing of the new B-26 Marauder by the 22nd Bombardment Group.Following his return to Langley, Zeamer was assigned to the group's 19th Bombardment Squadron as a co-pilot.