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Wings Over America Collection
Wings Over America
The "Wings Over America" series was published mostly in 1943 by the Army Air Forces Training Command. There was a separate volume for most, if not all, training facilities across the country.
The first portion of each volume was nearly identical. It gave a history of the Army Air Forces from early development through World War I. Portraits of then current Air Force generals were shown next. Then a description of the AAF Training Command, either Eastern or Western, was given, including portraits of the general staff. This was followed by descriptions of the college training program, classification centers, pre-flight school, primary flight school, basic flight school, advanced flight school, transition training, aerial gunners, navigators, bombardiers, and glider pilots.
The second portion of each volume was specific to the particular air field or training facility. There was usually a history of the facility, staff photographs, and photographs of local activities. This was usually followed by cadet photographs of those undergoing training at the facility at that time.
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Turner Field Base personnel book for Turner Field, Albany, Georgia. |
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South Plains Class book for glider pilot classes 43-10, 43-11, 43-12, 43-13, 43-15, 43-16, and pictorial of base activities and staff at South Plains Army Air Field, Lubbock, Texas. |
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Sixth Ferrying Group Base personnel book for the Air Transport Command, Ferrying Division, Sixth Ferrying Group at Long Beach Army Air Field, Long Beach, California. |
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Santa Ana Army Air Base Book about the Santa Ana Army Air Base in Santa Ana, California. |
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San Marcos Army Air Field Base personnel book for the Army Air Forces Navigation School, San Marcos Army Air Field, San Marcos, Texas. |
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San Antonio Air Services Command Pictorial of base activities and personnel at Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas. Includes civilian personnel. |
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San Angelo Army Air Field Pictorial of base activities and personnel for the bombardier school at San Angelo Army Air Field, San Angelo, Texas. |
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Perrin Field Class book for basic pilot classes 43-J and 43-K at the Army Air Forces Pilot School (Basic), Perrin Field, Sherman, Texas. |
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Pecos Army Flying School Base personnel book for the Pecos Army Flying School, Pecos, Texas. |
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Pampa Army Air Field Base personnel book for the Pampa Army Air Field, Pampa, Texas. |
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Officer Candidate School Class book for class 44-E at the Officer Candidate School, Miami Beach, Florida. |
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Moore Field Class, personnel and base activities book for advanced pilot class 43-G and 43-H at Moore Field, Mission, Texas. |
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Midland Army Air Field Pictorial of base activities and personnel at Midland Army Air Field, Midland, Texas. |
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Matagorda Gunnery Ranges, Matagorda Island, Texas Class book for gunnery training squadrons at the Matagorda Gunnery Ranges, and Foster Field, Victoria, Texas. |
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Marfa Army Air Field Base pictorial and activities at the two-engine advanced flying school at Marfa Army Air Field, Marfa, Texas. |
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Lubbock Army Air Field Base book for the Lubbock Army Air Field, Lubbock, Texas. |
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Lazy 8 Pictorial of the base, base activities and the lower and upper classes of 1942 for primary pilot training at Corsicana Field, Corsicana, Texas. |
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Laughlin Army Air Field Base personnel book for Laughlin Army Air Field, Del Rio, Texas. Army Air Forces Pilot School (Specialized Two-Engine). |
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Laredo Army Air Field Class book for a gunnery class at the Army Air Forces Flexible Gunnery School, Laredo Army Air Field, Laredo, Texas. |
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Kelly Field Pictorial of base activities and personnel at Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas. |
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Series: Different items with the same title. |
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Copies: Identical items, with different attributes. |
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Collection: A group of related items. |
Curator: Mike Voisin
All items in the Army Air Forces Collection are licensed by Mike Voisin under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. |