- Collection:
- Darr Aero Tech Flying School (Albany, Georgia) Collection
- Title:
- Darr Aero Tech Directory of British Cadets
- Creator:
- Wheeler, Gordon Boyce, 1919-2007
- Contributor to Resource:
- Dougherty County Public Library
- Date of Original:
- 1997-04-29
- 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
Women in aeronautics
World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Female
Combined operations (Military science)--History
United States--Foreign relations
Great Britain--Foreign relations
Military education
Scrapbooks
Turner Field (Albany, Ga.)
Food habits
Biscuits
Iced tea
Tea
Cemeteries
Anniversaries - 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, Georgia, Dougherty County, Radium Springs, 31.52629, -84.13546 - Medium:
- clip binders
directories
programs (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- A 92-page directory of British cadets who trained at Darr Aero Tech School. On the blue On the front cover of the binder is an index that reads: "Darr Aero Tech Directory of British Cadets--Royal Air Force in Albany (a fiftieth-year reunion program)--RAF in Albany--British Cadets--Arnold Scheme Register--Darr Aero Tech--Turner Field." Within these categories are: a guide to British Royal Air Force (RAF) memorials in Albany, Georgia; photocopy-quality photographic prints of headstones of RAF pilots in Albany, Georgia, two memorial markers placed by the Daughters of the American Revolution at Albany Airport and Turner Field; a guide to the RAF pilot gravesites in Albany, Georgia; a fiftieth anniversary reunion program (dated October 19th and 20th, 1991). The program includes Interviews with members of the RAF who trained at Darr Air Force Base that humorously reveal the English still preferred proper hot English tea to Southern iced tea, even when the weather was hot, but loved "hotuns," or biscuits, all year round. The fiftieth anniversary religious service was conducted at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, "in honor of visitors of the United Kingdom," and a barbecue was held on the grounds at Radium Springs, a favorite visit for RAF trainees on a "weekend pass." 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 in Great Britain due to military threats back home. 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-04
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/zgn_darr-aerotech_binder-04#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/zgn_darr-aerotech_binder-04/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- zgn_darr
- Extent:
- 92 pages
- Holding Institution:
- Dougherty County Public Library
- Rights:
-
