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Fighter Armament School, Buckley Field, Class 40
Army Air Forces Technical Training Command • World War II

80 pages scanned. Instant PDF download.

This is the graduation yearbook of the 40th Class of the Fighter Armament School at Buckley Field, Denver, Colorado, produced under Brigadier General Lawrence A. Lawson, the school’s commanding officer, with assistance from the Army Air Forces Public Relations offices of several training centers. It covers the history of Army aviation and the Army Air Forces Technical Training Command, life and training at Buckley Field, and the graduating roster of the 40th Class, including hometown addresses. This listing is for a digital download of a scanned copy of the original document.

Commanders: Major General Walter R. Weaver (Commanding, AAF Technical Training Command), Brigadier General Lawrence A. Lawson (Commanding, Fighter Armament School), Colonel Robert K. Taylor (Chief of Staff), Captain William F. Hecker (Commanding, 40th Class).

Field paper: unknown

Table of Contents
History of the Army Air Forces Technical Training Command
Buckley Field Landmarks
School Headquarters
Barracks Life and Physical Training
Armament, Explosives, and Synchronization Training
Graduation
40th Class Roster

“Keeping ‘Em Firing.”
— Motto of the Fighter Armament School, Buckley Field