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WWII Aviation Training Manuals - A Peek Into the Past 

This week we added 35 new training manuals to the AirCorps Library website! The new manuals are all linked below, and cover everything from screwdrivers and weather training, to aerial gunnery trainers and three dictionary of maintenance term manuals!

Remember, each week we add new manuals to the site, so check back often for new materials!

Take a look:

Air Navigation Volume II, May-1961

Air Navigation Volume III, May-1959

Air Corps Technical Schools; Aircraft Hydraulic Systems, 5-Feb-1940

Training Command Technical Instructions for Aircraft Component Markings, 15-June-1956

Training Command Technical Instructions for Aluminum Alloy Tubing, 1-April-1956

Training Command Technical Instructions for Aircraft Pressure Fasteners Safety Marks - Locked Position, 1-April-1956

Training Command Technical Instructions for Frearson (R&P) and Phillips Screwdrivers, 15-June-1956

Training Command Technical Instructions for Returning of Engines to Contractors, 15-July-1956

Training Command Technical Instructions for Aircraft Marine Products (AMP) Crimping Tools, 1-Jan-1957

The Air Corps Technical School; Nomenclature for Aeronautics, 1-Oct-1939

Air Corps Technical Schools; Airplane Structures, 1-June-1940

Aerology Series No. 4; Air Masses and Fronts

Air Navigation Part Five; Relative Movement, 1943

Aviation cadet; Orders and Regulations

Handbook of Instructions with Parts Catalog for Aerial Gunnery trainer Type E-11, 25-April-1944

Handbook of Instructions with Parts Catalog for Aerial Gunnery trainer Type E-10, 5-May-1944

Loran Operator's Course

Instructors Notice, 25-April-1945

Safety Precautions for Fixed Gunnery, 1944

Synthetic and Special Training Devices; Manuals of Operation of Type F-1 Torpedo Launching Trainer, 15-April-1944

Handbook of Instructions for Horizontal Bombing and Dead Reckoning Trainer, 30-Dec-1944

Operation, Service and Overhaul Instructions with Parts Catalog for Navigation dead Reckoning Trainer Type G-3, 5-July-1945

Synthetic and Special Training Devices; Modification of Power Take-Off and Aerial Gunnery Trainers, 14-Aug-1944

Parts Catalog for Basic Training Turrets Mark II, 1-May-1944

Student booklet for Operation, Basic Principles, Operation and Maintenance Manuals for Machine Gun Trainer Mark 2, 5-May-1944

Lubrication and Cleaning of Waller Trainer Projectors, 10-June-1944

Operation, Service and Overhaul Instructions with Parts Catalog for Film Assessing Kit Type W-2, 25-July-1945

Handbook of Instructions with Parts Catalog for Mirror Range Estimation Trainers, 1-March-1945

Operation and Service Instructions with Parts Catalog for Bombing Trainers, 5-Aug-1944

Dictionary of Aircraft Maintenance Terms; Section H Paint and Dope, 30-Nov-1944

Dictionary of Aircraft Maintenance Terms; Section I Parachute and Fabric, 30-Nov-1944

Dictionary of Aircraft Maintenance Terms; Section N for Wire and Cable, 30-Nov-1944

Trainee Work Guide for Aircraft Welding Specialist, 25-March-1943

Information Guide for Landing Gear Installation, 25-Jan-1944

Training Guide for Generator Overhaul Specialist, 15-March-1943