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This week we've added almost 100 new manuals to the AirCorps Library website!

Each new manual that was added this week is linked below. Many of these WWII era manuals are crew training documents used to educate pilots on any aspect of combat flying. These manuals cover everything from the operation of a single instrument, to one of my personal favorites "How to Develop an Intelligence Room". It's fascinating to think that this long list of documents was just a fraction of what warbird pilot's were required to know!

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Air Navigation Part Four: Navigation Instruments, 1944

Air Navigation Part one: Introduction to Earth, 1943

Air Navigation Part Three: Dead Reckoning and Lines of Position, 1943

Air Navigation Part Two: Introduction to Navigation, 1943

Aircraft Munitions, 1944

Aleutian Sense, July-1943

Handbook of Instructions with Parts Catalog for Navigation Dead Reckoning Trainer, 5-June-1944

Handbook of Instructions for Dead Reckoning Navigation Trainer Type G-2, 20-Dec-1944

Parts Catalog for Dead Reckoning Navigation Trainer Type G-2, 25-Oct-1944

Handbook of Instructions with Parts Catalog for Tow Target Windlass Motor Type DM, 1-June-1944

Handbook of Instructions with Parts Catalog for Fixed Gunnery Trainer Type E-12 (Ground), 25-April-1944

Dunking Sense, 1943

Air Corps Field Manual for Tactics and Technique of air Attack, 1940

Air Corps Field Manuals for Reviews and Inspections, 4-April-1941

Basic Field Manual for Interior Guard Duty, 1942

Basic Field Manual for Military Intelligence Military Maps, 27-May-1940

Basic Field Manual for Military Intelligence Role of Aerial Photography, 1-Nov-1940

Field Service Regulations for Administration, 9-Dec-1940

Field Service Regulations for Administration, 15-Nov-1943

Staff Officers' Field Manual: The Staff and Combat Orders, 24-March-1942

Aerology Series No. Three; Fog

G Sense, Dec-1943

How to Develop an Intelligence room

Aerology Series No. One; Ice Formation on Aircraft

Introduction to Airplanes, 1944

Instructors' Guide, 25-Nov-1944

Manners Sense, July-1943

Air Forces Manual No. Forty; Precipitation Static, Dec-1944

Arctic Sense, 1944

Recognition and Identification Sense, June-1944

Carrier Sense, May-1945

Air Information Sense, 1945

Oxygen Sense, 1943

Parachute Sense, 1944

Patrol Sense

Air Procedure for Operation of "M" Series Bombsights, 8-Jan-1944

Handbook for Combat Air Intelligence Officers, Jan-1944

The Briefing and Interrogation of Fighter Pilots, 1-Sept-1942

Map Reading, 4-Feb-1944

Visual Inspection System for Airplanes , 1-April-1939

Aircraft Maintenance Terms Section G; Machine Shop, 1-June-1945

Dictionary of Aircraft Maintenance Terms; Section L Sheet Metal, 30-Nov-1944

Dictionary of Aircraft Maintenance terms; Section M Welding, Forging and Casting Section, 20-Sept-1945

Training Guide for Aircraft Woodworker, 1-Aug-1944

Instrument Flying, Basic and Advanced, 15-Jan-1944

Instrument Flying, Advanced Theory and Practice, 1-July-1943

Instructors' Syllabus for Advanced Instrument Flying, 15-March-1944

Ordnance Maintenance; Turbosupercharger and Airplane Power Plant, 30-Dec-1943

Handbook of Operation and Service Instructions for Automatic Pilot Type C-1, 25-Oct-1943

Aeronautical Instruments and Related Equipment, June-1953

Aeronautical Instruments, Second Edition-Nov-1946

Aeronautical Instruments Supplement-2, May-1946

Propellers and Accessories, Dimensional Inspection of Regulator Housing Bearing and Cover Bearing, 27-Dec-1943

Aircraft Power Plant Operation, March-1945

Profile Publications; The Hawker Hurricane IIC, 1965

Instructions for Overhaul for Kinner B-52, R-55, and R-53 Aircraft Engines

Catalog of Overhaul Parts for Propellers and Accessories

Ambrose Aviation; Engine Parts and Accessories,1949

Vibration Control Systems

S.A. Long Company; Aircraft Supplies,

W.A.A. Government Surplus, Aviation Parts and Supplies

Lord Manufacturing; Bonded Rubber Sandwich Mounting and Tube Form Mounting, 24-Sept-1942

Handbook of Instructions with Parts Catalog for Oxygen Regulators, 30-Oct-1942

The Aircraft engine and its Operation , May-1947

Handbook of Overhaul Instructions for R670-4 Continental Aircraft Engines, 1-March-1941

Overhaul Instructions Catalog for all Continental R670 and W670 series Engines, 1-March-1941

Table of Fits and Limits for Continental R670 and W670 Series Engines, 1-March-1941

Operators Handbook for Twin wasp C3 Series Engines, Nov-1941

Recommended Spares List for 50 Overhauls R-2000-2SD13G Engines, 8-April-1946

Recommended Spares List for 100 Overhauls R-2000-2SD13G Engines, 20-Feb-1946

Armament; Free Gun Air Firing, Notes for Students

Weather Station Handbook for the Observer, 1-May-1945

Technical Manual; Welding, 24-April-1942

Aerial Phototopography, 10-May-1944

Interpretation of Aerial Photographs, 31-Dec-1942

Ford Motor Co. Aircraft School for Accident Prevention Lesson 1

Aircraft Navigation Manual, First Edition, 1941

Cruising Control Text

Basic Field Manual for Soldier's Handbook, 23-July-1941

Instrument Flying, Instrument Trainer, 1-Aug-1943

Instrument Flying; Technique in Weather, 1-Jan-1944

Instrument Flying; Technique in Weather, 1-June-1943

Instrument Flying; Army Air Forces Instrument Approach System, 10-Nov-1943

Aerology SeriesNo. 6; The Cold Front

Aerology Series No. 7; The Occluded Fronts

The Physics of Aviation; An Elementary Text on the Theory of Flight

Aerology Series No. 5; The Warm Front

Aerology Series No. 2; Thunderstorms

Overhaul Manual for Type 558 to 554 Oil Separators Inclusive

Service Tools Catalog for Rolls-Royce Engines Manufactured by Packard Motor Car Company, 5-March-1943

Maintenance & Repair of Wasp Jr. B, Wasp H1, Hornet E, and Twin Wasp C Series Engines

Airplane Structures