Dougherty County Public LibraryUnited States, Alabama, 32.75041, -86.75026United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018United States, Georgia, Dougherty County, Albany, 31.57851, -84.15574Wheeler, Gordon Boyce, 1919-2007194470-page scrapbook created by Gordon B. Wheeler, Captain, Air Corps, about Darr Aero Tech, the flying school established by Harold S. Darr in 1944. Throughout the scrapbook, there are group portraits, aerial photographs of Darr Aero Tech, photos of barracks, beacons, inspections, recreational activities like shooting pool, ground school learning, airplane engines, mass calisthenics, and a U.S. Army Air Forces Model 75 Kaydet aircraft. A multiracial waitstaff comprised of white women and African American men and women serves food to RAF officers in the mess line; while white women in aeronautics work are gathered for a group portrait on page 46 labeled "Paper Dolls." The women identified in this shot include Betty E. Kirkland, second from left, and Grace Henry, center, both in plain clothes. A third woman in plain clothes, on the far right, is unidentified. Four women in the group are wearing official American Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) dress uniforms. Darr Aero Tech notes reflect that these women are believed to be Doris Burmester Nathan (1916-2013), Dorothy Jean Dodd Eppstein (1918-2010), Elizabeth Virginia Chadwick Dressler (1919-1998), and Helen Marie Skjersaa Hansen (1921-2008), who served as engineering test pilots or administrative pilots, possibly with B-25J Mitchell bombers, which were nicknamed "paper dolls." On page 47, titled "Dispatching," a female airplane dispatcher with a clipboard stands surrounded by an informal group of pilots awaiting their flight assignments. On page 54, titled "Ship 108??," a blond woman in a light-colored dress (possibly a dispatcher) signs a document in front of a group of air pilots and air techs dressed in their working garage uniforms. And finally, on page 63, titled "Parachute Packing," a woman and man are situated separately at long counters packing parachutes. Segregation in the United States Armed Forces was official policy until 1948, and in Southern states until 1964, thus, all people in official military and clerical support services we see are white. Thousands of British Royal Air Force (RAF) pilots were trained at the Darr Aero Tech Flying School in Albany, Georgia. 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 inside 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 leadershipUnited States. Army. Air ServiceUnited States. Army. Air CorpsUnited States. Department of the Air ForceGreat Britain. Royal Air ForceAllied Forces--OrganizationWorld War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, AmericanWorld War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, BritishWomen in aeronauticsSoldiers--United States--Training ofUnited States--History, MilitaryUnited States--Armed Forces--OrganizationAir pilotsWorld War, 1939-1945--Participation, FemaleCombined operations (Military science)--HistoryUnited States--Foreign relationsGreat Britain--Foreign relationsMilitary educationScrapbooksTurner Field (Albany, Ga.)United States--History--World War, 1939-1945World War, 1939-1945--United StatesWorld War, 1939-1945--Great BritainSegregationWomen Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)Women air pilots--United StatesMitchell (Bomber)Airplanes--DispatchingArmed Forces--UniformsDarr Aero Tech Scrapbook #1Text