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Thanks Terry,
I will have to look around on my hard drive. Some where I have a simular picture of British wings though not as many as above.
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Wow! I knew there were different types of wings for aircrew roles, but I didn't know you guys had different types of wings for different types of pilot. Thanks Paul.
1943 manual on the Duties of an army air forces officer. Enjoy!!!
Magic.
Oh for the same documents from earlier (40/41/42) and later (44/45) and for any documents showing what USAAC/F aircrew must wear in flight in different zones during different stages of the war. It is possible that the latter would be unit based or area based as one book covering everything from the cold of Alaska and the Aleutians through Europe to the warmth of the tropics from the humid Philippines to driest Africa would possibly be too large but then again the survival manual covers everywhere.
Such documents would give some good indications of how combat experience and technical developments like heated clothing changed operational reality and how 1940 combat and climate theory was replaced in the harsh light of experience just as the various USAAF/USAF Survival manuals AFM 21 (1944), AFM 64-0-1 (45) and AFM 64-45 (69) reflect the changes in that area over the years. I can post those if people want or you can download from Hathi.
Another document that reflects the learning curve is the a units Table of Organization and Equipment. One unit I am slowly researching is recorded as having two new T/O&Es in one month in 1941 and many changes in the first quarter of 1942. Finding which ones are available from the U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center is slow due to under-staffing or under resourcing at AHEC.
Thought a few might be interested in wings so here they are.
Enjoy!!!!