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  • Field Order No. 58 Bomb Loading Annex

    Annex 1 to Field Order No 58 BOMB LOADING Target Force No. 1 1st Wave 4x1000-lb bombs with delay tail fuse from 1-6 hrs. 2nd Wave 6x500-lb bombs with delay tail fuses from 1-6 hrs. 3rd Wave 6x500-lb bombs with 45-second tail delay fuse. 4th Wave 6x500-lb bombs with 45-second tail delay fuse. All

  • Duty Above All: Tech. Sgt. Sator “Sandy” Sanchez

    Please note: This item is temporarily in storageTech. Sgt. Sator "Sandy" Sanchez was an aerial gunner on B-17s during World War II. He began his combat career with the 8th Air Force, 95th Bomb Group, 334th Bomb Squadron, in the fall of 1943. After having flown the required 25 combat missions with

  • Liaison Pilots

    *Artifacts from this exhibit have been temporarily removed for conservation.World War II produced another group of enlisted pilots, whose wings bore an "L" in the center, to fly light single-engine liaison aircraft. Included were many enlisted aviation students who washed out of pilot training after

  • End of an Era

    *Artifacts from this exhibit have been temporarily removed for conservation.The sergeant pilot training program ended in late 1942 since the educational requirement for cadets had been lowered to that for an aviation student (high school diploma) and all students were to be appointed at graduation

  • Staff Sergeant Pilot Jacket

    *Artifacts from this exhibit have been temporarily removed for conservation.A-2 jacket, goggles, sergeant stripes and helmet. Jacket was issued to the donor upon his assignment to Colorado Springs Army Air Base in August 1942 following graduation as a staff sergeant pilot. Promoted to flight officer

  • 1941-1945: World War II Sergeant Pilots

    *Artifacts from this exhibit have been temporarily removed for conservation.On the eve of World War II, it soon became apparent that there were not enough college graduates or young men with two years of college to fill planned aviation cadet requirements. As a result, in 1941 Congress authorized an

  • 1920-1939: Between the Wars

    *Artifacts from this exhibit have been temporarily removed for conservation.Between the world wars, at least 263 enlisted pilots served in the Air Corps. They were encouraged by the Air Corps Act of 1926 which directed at least 20 percent of pilots assigned to tactical units be enlisted, a rate that

  • Sergeant Pilot WWI-Era Uniform

    *Artifacts from this exhibit have been temporarily removed for conservation. Sergeant pilot William Beigel's World War I-era uniform trousers and coat. The enlisted pilot wing and propeller insignia is on the right sleeve. He was post sergeant-major at Rich Field in Waco, Texas, in 1919 when he

  • Cpl. Vernon L. Burge

    *Artifacts from this exhibit have been temporarily removed for conservation.Cpl. Vernon L. Burge became the first enlisted pilot three years after the Army bought its first airplane. He was Lt. Benjamin Foulois' mechanic on Signal Corps airplane No. 1 at Ft. Sam Houston, Texas, in 1910, and Lt.

  • Enlisted Pilots: 1912-1945

    *Artifacts from this exhibit have been temporarily removed for conservation."It is not the policy of the War Department to train enlisted men in flying aeroplanes ..."This was the rebuke to Lt. Frank P. Lahm's message announcing that one of the two new aviators he had trained was a corporal. Yet in