Название: The Royal Air Force in American Skies: The Seven British Flight Schools in the United States during World War II
Автор: Tom Killebrew
Издательство: University of North Texas Press
ISBN: 1574416154
Год: 2015
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 322
Для сайта: litgu.ru
Размер: 3,6 МБ
Язык: Английский
By early 1941, Great Britain stood alone against the aerial might of Nazi Germany and was in need of pilots. The Lend-Lease Act allowed for the training of British pilots in the United States and the formation of British Flying Training Schools. These unique schools were owned by American operators, staffed with American civilian instructors, supervised by British Royal Air Force officers, utilized aircraft supplied by the US Army Air Corps, and used the RAF training syllabus.
Tom Killebrew provides the first comprehensive history of all seven British Flying Training Schools located in Terrell, Texas; Lancaster, California; Miami, Oklahoma; Mesa, Arizona; Clewiston, Florida; Ponca City, Oklahoma; and Sweetwater, Texas.