- Collection:
- Darr Aero Tech Flying School (Albany, Georgia) Collection
- Title:
- Darr Aero Tech class rosters 1941 through 1944
- Creator:
- Wheeler, Gordon Boyce, 1919-2007
- Contributor to Resource:
- Dougherty County Public Library
- Date of Original:
- 1940-01-07/1944-11-16
- Subject:
- Darr Aero Tech School (Albany, Ga.)
Arnold, Henry Harley, 1886-1950--Military leadership
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
United States. Army. Air Service
United States. Army. Air Corps
United States. Department of the Air Force
Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (U.S.)
Women's Flying Training Detachment (U.S.)
Great Britain. Royal Air Force
Allied Forces--Organization
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, British
Soldiers--United States--Training of
United States--History, Military
United States--Armed Forces--Organization
Air pilots
Women air pilots
World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Female
Combined operations (Military science)--History
United States--Foreign relations
Great Britain--Foreign relations
Military education
Scrapbooks
Craig Field (Selma, Ala.)
Napier Field (Dothan, Ala.)
Maxwell Field (Montgomery, Ala.)
Turner Field (Albany, Ga.)
Moody Field (Valdosta, Ga.) - People:
- Darr, Hal, 1893-1955
Wheeler, Gordon Boyce, 1919-2007
Arnold, Henry Harley, 1886-1950 - Location:
- United States, Alabama, 32.75041, -86.75026
United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
United States, Georgia, Dougherty County, Albany, 31.57851, -84.15574
United States, Mississippi, Washington County, Greenville, 33.40898, -91.05978
United States, New York, Orange County, Newburgh, 41.50343, -74.01042 - Medium:
- clip binders
rosters
memorandums - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- Scrapbook created by Gordon B. Wheeler, Captain, Air Corps, containing 106 pages of Darr Aero Tech class rosters that date from 7 January 1940 to 16 November 1944, although there are some misfiled pages listed below. The first class roster, for class 41-F, is dated January 7, 1940. Rosters were distributed as memorandum "to all concerned," and signed off by the unit personnel officer by order of the unit captain.
Rosters and memoranda:
7 January 1940--Class 41-F roster
4 December 1940--Class 41-E roster
28 March 1941--Class 41-H roster
5 May 1941--Class 41-I roster
2 September 1941--Class 42-C (U.K.) roster
3 October 1941--Class 42-D (U.K.) roster
10 November 1941--Class 42-E (U.K.) roster
19 December 1941--Class 42-F (U.K.) roster
19 January 1942--Class 42-G (U.K.) roster
23 February 1942--Class 42-H (U.K.) roster
30 March 1942--Class 42-I (U.K.) roster
1 May 1942--Class 42-J (U.K.) roster
3 June 1942--Class 42-K (U.K.) roster
11 July 1942--Class 43-A (U.K.) roster
8 August 1942--Class 43-B (U.K.) roster
14 September 1942--Class 43-C roster
21 October 1942--Class 43-D roster
23 November 1942--Class 43-E roster
28 December 1942--Class 43-F roster
29 January 1943--Class 43-G roster
1 March 1943--Class 43-H roster
12 April 1943--Class 43-I (corrected roster)
7 May 1943--Class 43-J roster
1 June 1943--Class 43-K roster
5 July 1943--Class 44-A roster
31 July 1943--Class 44-B roster
1 September 1943--Class 44-C roster
1 October 1943--Class 44-D roster
22 October 1943--Transfer of Class 44-C to Greenville Army Air Field, Greenville, Mississippi for basic flying training
4 November 1943--Class 44-E roster
5 December 1943 Remaining 44-D Cadets roster
5 December 1943--Class 44-F roster
15 January 1944 Remaining 44-E Cadets roster
15 January 1944--Class 44-G roster
14 February 1944--Class 44-H roster
24 March 1944--Class 44-I roster
22 April 1944--Class 44-J roster
24 May 1944--Class 44-K roster
25 June 1944--Class 45-A roster
27 July 1944--Aviation Trainees Chosen To Go to Greenville Army Air Field, Greenville, Mississippi
30 July 1941--Class 42-B (U.K) roster
4 August 1944--Class 45-B roster
31 August 1944--Transfer of Class 45-A to Basic Flying Schools (20 cadets sent to Stewart Field in Newburgh, N.Y.; the remainder to Stewart Field in Macon, Georgia)
17 October 1944--Class 45-B roster
8 September 1944--Class 45-C roster
16 November 1944--Transfer of Class 45-B
7 February 1944--Transfer of Class 44-F to Basic Flying Schools.
Thousands of British RAF pilots were trained in the southeastern United States at the Darr Aero Tech Flying School, founded by Hal Darr. The school's training was based on the "Arnold" or "Arnoldian" scheme, a three-phase World War II training plan with primary, basic, and advanced phases, established by U.S. General Henry Harley ("Hap") Arnold. This school and scheme trained thousands of British pilots in the Southeastern United States, when they could not train at home due to military threats in and around Great Britain. Courses were run by civilian United States Army Air Corp (AARC) and Royal Air Force (RAF) instructors on single and multi-engine planes; each training center was assigned RAF administrators to handle the discipline and pay for British trainees. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/zgn_darr-aerotech_binder-01
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/zgn_darr-aerotech_binder-01#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/zgn_darr-aerotech_binder-01/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 106 pages
- Holding Institution:
- Dougherty County Public Library
- Rights:
-
