WW2 AAF Training Materials

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          If a B-17 bomber crew was lucky enough to complete their 30+ missions they could return home to the U.S. 

     Yet their enlistments  lasted for the duration. Some were enrolled in training programs for new skills .

    This was the fate of one aerial gunner Staff Sergeant from the 379th bomb group out of Kimbolton, England after completing

    his tour of duty in June 1944.  He was still in a training program when the war ended.

     Below are photos of  materials he used during this post-mission training:

 

     

   

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What a neat set of training material.  Did he do his later training overseas or in the US?  

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This man trained in the U.S.  At least in the spring of 1945, he was  stationed at the  San Antonio Aviation Cadet Center. The manuals have that label

 and his navigation quizzes use Texas landmarks and airfields.  San Marcos and Foster airfields are used for one problem.

 

            As an aside, I have items from a  B-17 Bombardier who, after completing his missions in mid-1944, bounced around half a dozen 

locations in the U.S. His first assignment was in Atlantic city for two months. It was where they sent you for "combat fatigue".

 His last assignment  was in Midland, Texas. There, he was training to become a flight school instructor. HIs training was summarily 

ended in August 1945.

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Great items!