- Collection:
- Darr Aero Tech Flying School (Albany, Georgia) Collection
- Title:
- The Royal Air Force in Albany 1941-1943: A Remembrance in Word, Music, and Fellowship. Fiftieth Anniversary Reunion October 19 & 20, 1995 Albany, Georgia, USA
- Creator:
- Wheeler, Gordon Boyce, 1919-2007
- Contributor to Resource:
- Dougherty County Public Library
- Date of Original:
- 1993-10-19/1993-10/20
- Subject:
- Darr Aero Tech School (Albany, Ga.)
Arnold, Henry Harley, 1886-1950--Military leadership
United States. Army. Air Service
United States. Army. Air Corps
United States. Department of the Air Force
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
Combined operations (Military science)--History
United States--Foreign relations
Great Britain--Foreign relations
Military education
Memorial service programs
Turner Field (Albany, Ga.)
Historical markers - People:
- Wheeler, Gordon Boyce, 1919-2007
Pryse, Henry M. (Henry McIntosh), 1912-2002
Darr, Hal, 1893-1955
Arnold, Henry Harley, 1886-1950
Burt, Walter H. (Walter Holton), Jr., 1920-1995 - 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 - Medium:
- clip binders
directories
programs (documents)
historical markers - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- A 9-page Fiftieth-anniversary memorial booklet of the Darr Aero Tech Flying School's 50-year anniversary held on October 19th and 20th, 1993, produced by the RAF in Albany Committee. On the cover is a color reproduction of an oil painting titled "High Flight Over Darr," by James W. ("Red") Hall, with a U.S. Army plane flying over Darr Aero Tech School in Albany, Georgia. The next page includes a photocopy-quality black-and-white photograph of the gravestones of the seven British Royal Air Force (RAF) cadets who were killed in training accidents at Darr Air Force Bace during 1941 and 1942, then laid to rest in Albany. The next page is a poem by Rupert Brooke, and, following that, the program of ceremonies in Albany's Crown Hill Cemetery, and a page of national anthems, both British and American. The last page of the program is a color photo reproduction of the seven RAF grave markers, and transcriptions of the two historical markers that were placed at the gravesite, composed by Walter H. Burt, Post 30 of the American Legion. The Darr Aero Tech Flying School, founded by Hal Darr, 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 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.
- Local Identifier:
- 50th reunion
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/zgn_darr-aerotech_binder-02
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/zgn_darr-aerotech_binder-02#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/zgn_darr-aerotech_binder-02/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 8 in. x 7 in., 9 pages
- Holding Institution:
- Dougherty County Public Library
- Rights:
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