Description

Douglas Army Air Field — Class 44-D
Army Air Forces Pilot Training • World War II •
88 pages scanned. Instant PDF download.

Document Overview
Compiled by the class staff of Class 44-D, this is the graduating class book of Douglas Army Air Field in Douglas, Arizona, an Army Air Forces pilot training base. It profiles the base’s commanding officer and training staff, chaplains, and tactical officers, and features candid photographs, roster pages, and humorous write-ups of cadet life, including a detachment of Chinese aviation cadets training alongside the American class. This listing is a digital download of a scanned copy of the original booklet.

Campaigns: Stateside flight training only — no combat deployment is recorded; the field trained pilots and flight officers for commissioning.

Commanders: Colonel Harvey F. Dyer (Commanding Officer); Major J. S. Montgomery, Jr. (Executive Officer); Major C. J. Wilson (Deputy Director of Training); Major R. B. Nowell (Director of Flying); Lt. Col. Paul S. Winslow (Director of Supply and Maintenance)

Field newspaper: unknown

Table of Contents

Command Staff
Chaplains and Cadet Wives
Tactical Officers
Cadet Wing and Group
Training Group I
Training Group II
Chinese Detachment
Cadet Honor Committee
Squadron Rosters
Candid Life at DAAF
The Staff

“It’s something to put away to back up your story when you are telling your grandchildren about the ‘Battle of DAAF.’”
— The Staff, Class 44-D yearbook, Douglas Army Air Field, 1944