The Aviation Cadet Ground Duty Program. Policy, Procurement, and Assignment
Abstract
The experience of the Air Corps with the personnel policies and the procurement and assignment procedures of the ground duty program during and following World War I has relevance today, for it offers perspective, interesting comparisons, and some reflections on the failure to use the experiences of the war in which the airplane first played a part. This study discusses the similar problems of World War II. By the spring of 1944 the ground duty program included armament, communications, engineering, meteorology, and photography. The Air Service in World War I had engineer officers, radio-communications officers, meteorologists, and photographers. Both officers and enlisted men were trained in radio-communications. Training in photography for enlisted men expanded until the end of the war. But most important were the duties grouped under the title of engineer officer. Enlisted men were trained in a variety of mechanical specialties, but the need for them grew more rapidly than they could be trained. Even more difficult was the task of getting enough well-qualified men to serve as engineer officers.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 01, 1944
- Accession Number
- ADA529928