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	Rating	Title
1	Rated 4.3 (18 Votes) 1 2 3 4 5	Pilots' Information File (PIF) Pilots used this manual to keep up to date with the latest in flying technology.
2	Rated 4.3 (13 Votes) 1 2 3 4 5	Radar Observers' Bombardment Information File (ROBIF) This reference guide was used by bombardiers to keep up to date with the latest technology in radar bombardment, also known as Bomb Through Overcast (BTO). View the John E. Voisin Collection (39 items)
3	Rated 4.5 (11 Votes) 1 2 3 4 5	Air Navigation Textbook for advanced navigation training. View the John E. Voisin Collection (39 items)
4	Rated 4.3 (10 Votes) 1 2 3 4 5	Bombardiers' Information File (BIF) This reference guide was used by bombardiers to keep up to date with the latest information and technology. View the John E. Voisin Collection (39 items)
5	Rated 3.6 (10 Votes) 1 2 3 4 5	AAF Pilot School Pictorial of Dodge City Army Air Field, Dodge City, Kansas Pictorial of base activities and personnel of Dodge City Army Air Field, Dodge City, Kansas. Army Air Forces Pilot School (Specialized Two Engine). View the Wings Over America Collection (47 items)
6	Rated 2.9 (10 Votes) 1 2 3 4 5	Rank'n' File Class 44-D, Rankin Aeronautical Academy, Tulare, California Class book for pilot class 44-D at the Rankin Aeronautical Academy, Tulare, California. Includes the future television and movie star Jack Webb.
7	Rated 4.7 (9 Votes) 1 2 3 4 5	Navigators' Information File (NIF) This reference guide was used by navigators to keep up to date with the latest information. View the John E. Voisin Collection (39 items)
8	Rated 4.5 (8 Votes) 1 2 3 4 5	Aerial Camera, K-24 Handbook of Instructions with Parts Catalog Handbook for the K-24 aerial reconnaissance camera.
9	Rated 5 (7 Votes) 1 2 3 4 5	Instrument Flying: Basic and Advanced Technical Order Numbers 30-100A-1, 30-100B-1, and 30-100F-1 This set of three manuals was used to train pilots for instrument flying.
10	Rated 3.9 (7 Votes) 1 2 3 4 5	Echelon, The Class 44-G, Perrin Field, Sherman, Texas Class book for pilot class 44-G at Perrin Field, Sherman, Texas. Features a custom cartoon by Milton Caniff.
11	Rated 4.8 (6 Votes) 1 2 3 4 5	Here's How: Operation of the C-1 Autopilot This booklet is an illustrated outline for bombardiers and pilots showing the operation and use of the C-1 Autopilot. View the John E. Voisin Collection (39 items)
12	Rated 4.2 (6 Votes) 1 2 3 4 5	Pilot Training Manual for the P-38 Lightning AAF Manual 51-127-1 This pilot manual describes the features and operation of the P-38 Lightning, twin-engine fighter airplane.
13	Rated 5 (5 Votes) 1 2 3 4 5	Gunter Field Alabama Pictorial of Gunter Field, Montgomery, Alabama A pictorial of base activities at Gunter Field, Montgomery, Alabama.
14	Rated 4.2 (5 Votes) 1 2 3 4 5	Kingman Army Air Field A Trip Through Kingman Army Air Field, Kingman, Arizona A picture book of base activities. View the John E. Voisin Collection (39 items)
15	Rated 4.2 (5 Votes) 1 2 3 4 5	Technical School Army Air Forces Training Command, Sioux Falls, South Dakota Radio Operator and Radio Mechanics Course, Class 52.
16	Rated 3.6 (5 Votes) 1 2 3 4 5	Detached Flight Number 1 British Flying Training School, Terrell, Texas, Volume 2 Class book for British airmen in the Royal Air Force who trained at the Kaufman County Airport in Terrell, Texas.
17	Rated 3.4 (5 Votes) 1 2 3 4 5	Actual Shadow, The 2nd Bomb Division, 8th Air Force Flying safety booklet for combat crews. 2nd Bomb Division, 8th Air Force.
18	Rated 2.6 (5 Votes) 1 2 3 4 5	Accidental Release! Class 42-16, Midland Army Air Field, Midland, Texas Class book for bombardier class 42-16 at the Midland Army Air Field, Midland, Texas.
19	Rated 5 (4 Votes) 1 2 3 4 5	Bee-Tee, The Class 44-D, Waco Army Air Field, Waco, Texas Class book for basic pilot class 44-D at the Waco Army Air Field in Waco, Texas.
20	Rated 5 (4 Votes) 1 2 3 4 5	Chanute Field Chanute Field, Rantoul, Illinois Pictorial of base activities, Army Air Forces Technical Training Command, Chanute Field, Rantoul, Illinois.

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Rating

Title

Rated 4.3 (18 Votes)

Pilots' Information File (PIF)

Pilots used this manual to keep up to date with the latest in flying technology.

Rated 4.3 (13 Votes)

Radar Observers' Bombardment Information File (ROBIF)

This reference guide was used by bombardiers to keep up to date with the latest technology in radar bombardment, also known as Bomb Through Overcast (BTO).

View the John E. Voisin Collection (39 items)

Rated 4.5 (11 Votes)

Air Navigation

Textbook for advanced navigation training.

View the John E. Voisin Collection (39 items)

Rated 4.3 (10 Votes)

Bombardiers' Information File (BIF)

This reference guide was used by bombardiers to keep up to date with the latest information and technology.

View the John E. Voisin Collection (39 items)

Rated 3.6 (10 Votes)

AAF Pilot School
Pictorial of Dodge City Army Air Field, Dodge City, Kansas

Pictorial of base activities and personnel of Dodge City Army Air Field, Dodge City, Kansas. Army Air Forces Pilot School (Specialized Two Engine).

View the Wings Over America Collection (47 items)

Rated 2.9 (10 Votes)

Rank'n' File
Class 44-D, Rankin Aeronautical Academy, Tulare, California

Class book for pilot class 44-D at the Rankin Aeronautical Academy, Tulare, California. Includes the future television and movie star Jack Webb.

Rated 4.7 (9 Votes)

Navigators' Information File (NIF)

This reference guide was used by navigators to keep up to date with the latest information.

View the John E. Voisin Collection (39 items)

Rated 4.5 (8 Votes)

Aerial Camera, K-24
Handbook of Instructions with Parts Catalog

Handbook for the K-24 aerial reconnaissance camera.

Rated 5 (7 Votes)

Instrument Flying: Basic and Advanced
Technical Order Numbers 30-100A-1, 30-100B-1, and 30-100F-1

This set of three manuals was used to train pilots for instrument flying.

Rated 3.9 (7 Votes)

Echelon, The
Class 44-G, Perrin Field, Sherman, Texas

Class book for pilot class 44-G at Perrin Field, Sherman, Texas. Features a custom cartoon by Milton Caniff.

Rated 4.8 (6 Votes)

Here's How: Operation of the C-1 Autopilot

This booklet is an illustrated outline for bombardiers and pilots showing the operation and use of the C-1 Autopilot.

View the John E. Voisin Collection (39 items)

Rated 4.2 (6 Votes)

Pilot Training Manual for the P-38 Lightning
AAF Manual 51-127-1

This pilot manual describes the features and operation of the P-38 Lightning, twin-engine fighter airplane.

Rated 5 (5 Votes)

Gunter Field Alabama
Pictorial of Gunter Field, Montgomery, Alabama

A pictorial of base activities at Gunter Field, Montgomery, Alabama.

Rated 4.2 (5 Votes)

Kingman Army Air Field
A Trip Through Kingman Army Air Field, Kingman, Arizona

A picture book of base activities.

View the John E. Voisin Collection (39 items)

Rated 4.2 (5 Votes)

Technical School
Army Air Forces Training Command, Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Radio Operator and Radio Mechanics Course, Class 52.

Rated 3.6 (5 Votes)

Detached Flight
Number 1 British Flying Training School, Terrell, Texas, Volume 2

Class book for British airmen in the Royal Air Force who trained at the Kaufman County Airport in Terrell, Texas.

Rated 3.4 (5 Votes)

Actual Shadow, The
2nd Bomb Division, 8th Air Force

Flying safety booklet for combat crews. 2nd Bomb Division, 8th Air Force.

Rated 2.6 (5 Votes)

Accidental Release!
Class 42-16, Midland Army Air Field, Midland, Texas

Class book for bombardier class 42-16 at the Midland Army Air Field, Midland, Texas.

Rated 5 (4 Votes)

Bee-Tee, The
Class 44-D, Waco Army Air Field, Waco, Texas

Class book for basic pilot class 44-D at the Waco Army Air Field in Waco, Texas.

Rated 5 (4 Votes)

Chanute Field
Chanute Field, Rantoul, Illinois

Pictorial of base activities, Army Air Forces Technical Training Command, Chanute Field, Rantoul, Illinois.

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Revised: January 11, 2023