News Letter 1941 Jul-Dec - Air Force Historical Studies Office

Schools added to SG..A.C. :Jraining Center
The construc.tion of six new flying schools
in the Southeast Air Corps Training Center
is proceeding on schedule and will b. completed
in all cases by November 1, 1941.
Their completion will give this training
center a total of 23 pilot training schools.
Preliminary surveys have been made of the
sites of these schools, and the construction
program has been approved and authorized by
the Wa.rDepartment. The buildings will be
of the temporary wooden type construction.
Data regarding these six new schools, such
as the names of the Project and Assistant
Project Officers, personnel allotment, acreage,
etc., is given below as follows:
~, Basic Flying Schoo L] Maj.
Bur~y, Project Officeri Capt. D.
A. Cooper, Asst. Project Officeri 217 officers
475 Flying Cadets, 1,930 enlisted men
and 15 nurses. This field will cover about
2,800 acres.
qreenville. Miss!l Basic Flying Schooli
MaJs. AOR. McConne , Project Officeri John
F. Guillett, Asst. Project Officeri 217 officers
475 Flying Cadets, 1,930 enlisted
men. Titis field ",ill cover about l,900acres.
Moultrie, Ga" Two-engine Advanced Flying
Schooli MaJ. Y.H. Taylor, Project Officeri
Capt. D. I. Moler, Ass~stant Project
Officeri 188 officers, 352 Flying Cadets,
2,015 enlisted men and 1.5nurses. This project
will cover 1,6~0 acres and will have wide
runways, 300 by 4,500 feet for fleet landings.
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Valdosta. Ga., Two-engine Advanced Flying
Schooli Lieut. Colonel Fred C. Nelson,
Project Officeri Capt. T. Miller, Asst.
Project Officeri 388 officers 1
628 7lying
Cadets, 3,104 enlisted men. and