The Snapshots in Time Collection

'Radio Operator and Navigator' — Bomber Radio Table Training Exercise, Scott Field Radio School

'Radio Operator and Navigator' — Bomber Radio Table Training Exercise, Scott Field Radio School

Two Scott Field trainees practice at a bomber's radio operator station, attempting to contact a field station — the culminating exercise for most Radio School students. Below, classmates study vacuum tube theory in a laboratory demonstration, illustrating the combination of hands-on and theoretical instruction that prepared WWII airmen for aircrew communications duty. Project: 218127