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Instructor's Manual: Basic Flying

Training manual developed for U.S. Army flight instructors that details methods and steps for teaching students to fly aircraft.

Date: unknown

Creator: United States. Army Air Forces. Air Training Command.

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Scrapbook: J. Todd Willis, Jr. Military Scenes]

Scrapbook created by John Todd Willis, Jr. containing photos of military scenes at and around Waco, Texas and Camp Sutton in North Carolina.

Date: 1942

Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr. & Willis, Clara Evans

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Students' Manual: Advanced Single-Engine Flying]

Students' manual for advanced single-engine flying, prepared by the Army Airforces, Training Command, Visual Training Unit in collaboration with the Central Instructors School at Randolph Field, Texas, and Headquarters, AAF, office of Flying Safety Education Division. Manual meant to be used in conjunction with the current AAF training command memorandum covering advanced single-engine flying training. There are no split sections in the manual, instead, information is organized in chronological… more

Date: unknown

Creator: Army Air Forces Training Command

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

Army Air Forces Radio Facility Charts

Textbook titled "Army Air Forces Radio Facility Charts" or Technical Order No. 08-15-1, created June 1, 1944 by authority of the Commanding General of the Army Air Forces. This copy is marked for "Classroom use Only."

Date: June 1, 1944

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Notebook belonging to WASP Suzette Van Daell]

Notebook belonging to WASP Suzette Van Daell containing information on a series of Instrument lectures, questions for an oral examination, aircraft clearance forms, training guides, a first aid workbook partially completed in pencil, and more. There are documents of various sizes.

Date: 1944

Creator: van Daell, Suzette

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Students' Manual: Primary Flying]

Primary flying manual prepared by the Army Airforces Training Command, Visual Training Unit in collaboration with the central instructors school, Randolph Field, Texas & HQ AAF office of Flying Safety Education Division. Manual was intended to be used in conjunction with the current AAF Training Command Memorandum covering Primary Flying Training.

Date: unknown

Creator: Army Air Forces Training Command

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

Course 2, Volume 2. Organization for National Security

This booklet is the Course 2, Volume 2 unit of an extension training course developed for Air Force personnel. This book discusses chains of command and military organizations in relation to United States national security.

Date: June 1959

Creator: Air University (U.S.). Extension Course Institute.

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

Oral History Interview with Eugene R. Cronin, February 1, 1972

Interview with Eugene Cronin, a US Army Air Corps WWII veteran and POW from Kansas City, Missouri. Cronin discusses his time as a B-24 crewmember stationed at Cerignola, Italy, the kinds of missions flown, his being shot down over Hungary and captured by the German Army, and his experiences in captivity at Vienna, Frankfurt, and Stalag Luft #1 near Barth in Western Pommerania.

Date: February 1, 1972

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Cronin, Eugene R.

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Phillip L. Daffron, February 9, 1977

Interview with Phillip Daffron, a Army WWII veteran from Plano, Texas. Daffron discusses his experiences at Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941 including his education and entry into service, assignment to Schofield Barracks, Hawaii in 1940, training in field artillery, events during the day of the attack at Schofield Barracks and Punchbowl Crater, subsequent events on Oahu, and some details about his service afterwards.

Date: February 9, 1977

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Daffron, Phillip L.

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Thomas A. Whitehead, February 2, 1977

Interview with Thomas Whitehead, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran and POW from Wichita Falls, Texas. Whitehead discusses his experiences as a member of 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, the "Lost Battalion" captured on Java in March 1942, including: joining the National Guard; participation in the Louisiana Maneuvers; departure for the Philippines and diversion to Brisbane; assignment to Sangosari Airfield near Malang; the surrender of American forces; internment at Tanjong Priok and Bic… more

Date: February 2, 1977

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Whitehead, Thomas A.

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Willard Wall, July 12, 1977

Interview with Willard Wall, a Army WWII veteran from Austin, Texas. Willard discusses his experiences on Oahu during the attack on Pearl Harbor, including his entry into the Army, assignment to Schofield Barracks, the morning of the attack, and preparations of the island for invasion afterwards.

Date: July 11, 1977

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Wall, Willard

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Russell J. Hampson, December 15, 1976

Interview with Russell J. Hampson, an Army WWII veteran from West Orange, New Jersey. Hampson discusses his experience during the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941, including joining the Army in 1940, being stationed at Schofield Barracks, the events of the attack, and operations on Oahu afterward.

Date: December 15, 1976

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Hampson, Russell J.

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with J. L. Sherman, March 4, 1976

Interview with J. L. "Smokey" Sherman, an Army WWII veteran and POW from Ponder, Texas. Sherman discusses joining the Army in 1940, going to the Philippines and being stationed on Corregidor, the siege and fall of the island, his escape from capture and time as a guerrilla, surrender, and experiences in internment at Cabanatuan and Kobe.

Date: March 4, 1976

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Sherman, J. L.

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Chester Dellinger, February 4, 1978

Interview with Chester Dellinger, a Navy WWII veteran from Locksburg, Arkansas. Dellinger discusses his experience aboard the USS Thornton during the attack on Pearl Harbor, including his entry into the service, assignment to the Thornton, life onboard and operations, the morning of the attack, and events during the following night.

Date: February 4, 1978

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Dellinger, Chester

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

[Twelfth Armored Division, Scrapbook 6]

Scrapbook of newspaper clippings and other materials documenting time spent overseas by the U.S. Army's Twelfth Armored Division.

Date: unknown