Description

Buckley Field – Fighter Armament School
Army Air Forces Technical Training Command • World War II

80 pages scanned. Instant PDF download.

Document Overview
Published in 1943 by the Army and Navy Publishing Co. of Louisiana on behalf of the Headquarters Technical School, this volume was produced for the officers and enlisted men of Buckley Field, the Army Air Forces’ largest fighter aircraft armament school, located near Denver, Colorado. It combines a history of U.S. military aviation from its earliest days through the Army Air Forces’ wartime reorganization with a pictorial record of Buckley Field itself — its commanders and staff, its armament and aircraft recognition training, daily life on base, and the graduating armorers and bombardiers of the 768th and 769th School Squadrons. This is a digital download of a scanned copy of the original book.

Campaigns: History of U.S. Military Aviation, 1908–1942, Army Air Forces Technical Training Command overview, Aircraft Armament & Bombardier instruction, Aircraft Recognition training, Explosives and gas mask drill, Class 43 graduation — 768th & 769th School Squadrons

Commanders: Brig. Gen. Lawrence A. Lawson, Commanding, Buckley Field, Maj. Gen. Walter R. Weaver, Commanding, AAF Technical Training Command, Maj. Gen. John F. Curry, Commanding, Fourth District, Col. Robert K. Taylor, Chief of Staff

Field newspaper: unknown

Table of Contents
History of Military Aviation
Army Air Forces Generals and Accomplishments
History of the Army Air Forces Technical Training Command
Dedication — Headquarters Technical School
Brigadier General Lawrence A. Lawson
Special Staff
Buckley’s Landmarks
School Headquarters and Armament School
New Arrivals and Orientation
Physical Training
Gas Mask Drill and Explosives Training
Graduation
768th School Squadron
769th School Squadron

“Sustineo Alas — I sustain the wings.”
— Motto, Army Air Forces Technical Training Command