Dougherty County Public LibraryUnited States, Alabama, 32.75041, -86.75026United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018United States, Georgia, Dougherty County, Albany, 31.57851, -84.15574United States, Mississippi, Washington County, Greenville, 33.40898, -91.05978United States, New York, Orange County, Newburgh, 41.50343, -74.01042Wheeler, Gordon Boyce, 1919-20071940-01-07/1944-11-16Scrapbook 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 roster4 December 1940--Class 41-E roster28 March 1941--Class 41-H roster5 May 1941--Class 41-I roster2 September 1941--Class 42-C (U.K.) roster3 October 1941--Class 42-D (U.K.) roster10 November 1941--Class 42-E (U.K.) roster19 December 1941--Class 42-F (U.K.) roster19 January 1942--Class 42-G (U.K.) roster23 February 1942--Class 42-H (U.K.) roster30 March 1942--Class 42-I (U.K.) roster1 May 1942--Class 42-J (U.K.) roster3 June 1942--Class 42-K (U.K.) roster11 July 1942--Class 43-A (U.K.) roster8 August 1942--Class 43-B (U.K.) roster14 September 1942--Class 43-C roster21 October 1942--Class 43-D roster23 November 1942--Class 43-E roster28 December 1942--Class 43-F roster29 January 1943--Class 43-G roster1 March 1943--Class 43-H roster12 April 1943--Class 43-I (corrected roster)7 May 1943--Class 43-J roster1 June 1943--Class 43-K roster5 July 1943--Class 44-A roster31 July 1943--Class 44-B roster1 September 1943--Class 44-C roster1 October 1943--Class 44-D roster22 October 1943--Transfer of Class 44-C to Greenville Army Air Field, Greenville, Mississippi for basic flying training4 November 1943--Class 44-E roster5 December 1943 Remaining 44-D Cadets roster5 December 1943--Class 44-F roster15 January 1944 Remaining 44-E Cadets roster15 January 1944--Class 44-G roster14 February 1944--Class 44-H roster24 March 1944--Class 44-I roster22 April 1944--Class 44-J roster24 May 1944--Class 44-K roster25 June 1944--Class 45-A roster27 July 1944--Aviation Trainees Chosen To Go to Greenville Army Air Field, Greenville, Mississippi30 July 1941--Class 42-B (U.K) roster4 August 1944--Class 45-B roster31 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 roster8 September 1944--Class 45-C roster16 November 1944--Transfer of Class 45-B7 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.image/jp2enghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Darr Aero Tech School (Albany, Ga.)Arnold, Henry Harley, 1886-1950--Military leadershipWomen Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)United States. Army. Air ServiceUnited States. Army. Air CorpsUnited States. Department of the Air ForceWomen's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (U.S.)Women's Flying Training Detachment (U.S.)Great Britain. Royal Air ForceAllied Forces--OrganizationWorld War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, AmericanWorld War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, BritishSoldiers--United States--Training ofUnited States--History, MilitaryUnited States--Armed Forces--OrganizationAir pilotsWomen air pilotsWorld War, 1939-1945--Participation, FemaleCombined operations (Military science)--HistoryUnited States--Foreign relationsGreat Britain--Foreign relationsMilitary educationScrapbooksCraig Field (Selma, Ala.)Napier Field (Dothan, Ala.)Maxwell Field (Montgomery, Ala.)Turner Field (Albany, Ga.)Moody Field (Valdosta, Ga.)Darr Aero Tech class rosters 1941 through 1944Text