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BL
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1037613
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b791983
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Cameron, Rebecca Hancock.
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| Title & Author
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Training to fly : : military flight training, 1907-1945 /\ Rebecca Hancock Cameron.
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| Publication Statement
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[Washington, D.C.] :: Air Force History and Museums Programs :: [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O.],, 1999.
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xiv, 677 pages :: illustrations, maps ;; 25 cm
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| ISBN
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0160501814
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: 9780160501814
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| Notes
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Shipping list no.: 2000-0016-S.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 641-655) and index.
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| Contents
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pt. I. The first decade, 1907-1917. Beginnings: Men and machines ; The Signal Corps aviation school ; Prelude to war: reform, operational training, preparedness. -- pt. II. The end of illusions. Training at home for war overseas ; Air service, American Expeditionary Forces. -- pt. III. Peace. Postwar retrenchment ; Boom and bust: the Air Corps years ; Training an Air Force: the GHQ era. -- pt. IV. Rearming, 1939-1941. Individual pilot and aircrew training ; Operational training. -- pt. V. Training for war: planning, procuring, organizing. Picking the men, training the pilots ; Not just a pilot's war: individual training of navigators, bombardiers, and gunners ; Crew and unit training: organization, technology, and doctrine ; Training for strategic bombardment ; Crew and unit training for the tactical Air Forces ; An end and a beginning. -- Appendices: Accident statistics of the interwar period ; Army Air Forces Training Command and its predecessor Flying Training Commands ; Major changes in undergraduate pilot training, July 1939-January 1943 ; Flying training graduates, July 1939-August 1945 ; Location and supervision of pilot and bombardier training, July 1940 ; Bombardier requirements in relation to the group and pilot programs.
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| Abstract
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Military Flight training, 1907-1945.
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Air pilots, Military-- Training of-- United States-- History.
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Flight crews-- Training of-- United States-- History.
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Flight training-- United States-- History.
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Air pilots, Military-- Training of.
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Flight crews-- Training of.
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Flight training.
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Ausbildung.
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Fliegendes Personal.
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Militär.
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United States.
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USA.
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| Dewey Classification
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358.4/15/0973
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| LC Classification
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UG638.C35 1999
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| Added Entry
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Air Force History and Museums Program (U.S.)
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| Parallel Title
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Military flight training, 1907-1945
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