The Snapshots in Time Collection
Gallery: PRE-FLIGHT BOOKLET
Pages from a World War II Army Air Forces pre-flight booklet introduce aviation cadets to boxing drills, Morse code, chapel services, mail call, and the campus of Maxwell Field. Illustrated with photographs and gently comic dialogue, the booklet reveals how the service sold its most demanding training to young men on the edge of combat.
'Preflight' Training Booklet Cover, U.S. Army Air Forces Aviation Student Yearbook, WWII Era, Personalized to A/S Michael P. Talbot
Cadet Autograph Page from WWII Army Air Forces Pre-Flight Training Booklet
Preflight Cadet Training Booklet Cover, Class 44-F, Volume Three, Number Eleven, December 1943
Dedication to Captain John W. Garrett - Preflight Class 44-F Training Booklet, Page 2
'Yes...' Introductory Foreword - Preflight Class 44-F Training Booklet, Page 3
'Saber Rattle' - Cadet Corps Staff and Wing Leadership, Preflight Class 44-F Training Booklet
Pre-Flight School Yearbook Page, Class 44-G, Maxwell Field, Alabama, WWII
Candid Barracks Photograph of Aviation Cadet Yawning/Stretching, with Handwritten Inscription, Preflight Class 44-F Booklet
'Alive at Five' - Barracks Reveille Narrative Essay, Preflight Class 44-F Training Booklet, Page 7
'Alive at Five' (continued) with Barracks Cartoon by Brad Lang - Preflight Class 44-F Training Booklet, Page 8
Portrait of Airman in Headset with Handwritten Inscription, WWII Army Air Forces Training Photograph
'Studies' Section Page - Cadet Dialogue on Code, Navigation, and Customs, AAF Pre-Flight Training Booklet
'Studies' Section Page (continued) - Cadet Dialogue on Physics, Aircraft ID, and Gunnery, AAF Pre-Flight Training Booklet
'Thanksforgiving' - Cadets Opening a Care Package in Barracks, with Squadron Newspaper Narrative, AAF Pre-Flight Training Booklet, Page 12
'Readin' and Writin'' Chapter Opener - Mail Call Dialogue, AAF Pre-Flight Training Booklet, Page 13
V-Mail Letter from Lt. William Hoyt to Aviation Cadet Val Henderson, October 21, 1943
Pre-Flight Training Booklet, Page 15: 'Song on Sunday' — Chapel Service and Crew Faith Narrative
B-24 Liberator Bomber '184' with Multiple Cadet Signatures, Maxwell Field History Page, AAF Pre-Flight Training Booklet
Austin Hall and Base Hospital, Maxwell Field Campus Views with Cadet Parade Strip, AAF Pre-Flight Training Booklet
'How We Look From the Home Plate' - Cadets Filing In from Doorway View, AAF Pre-Flight Training Booklet
'Flight Housekeeping' Humor Page, Pre-Flight Training Booklet, Page 19
'Tourist' - Cadet Inspection Scene with Cadet Officer and Trainee, AAF Pre-Flight Training Booklet, Page 20
"Air Conditioning" Chapter Page, USAAF Preflight Training Booklet, with Cadets on Bleacher Stairs
"Aisle of Angles" - Pre-Flight Training Booklet Page 22, with Handwritten Cadet Inscription
'Under the Ball' - Cadets Playing Push-Ball During Physical Training, with Cadet Dialogue Text, AAF Pre-Flight Training Booklet
"In Their Stride" - Aviation Cadets on the Obstacle Course, USAAF Preflight Training Booklet, Page 24
Aviation Cadet Pre-Flight Training Booklet, Page 25 - 'Lead With the Left' Boxing Drill
'Parade' Page from USAAF Aviation Cadet Pre-Flight Training Booklet, Maxwell Field, Alabama - Hugh O. Hanna Copy
'Grand Piano' Chapter Opener - Cadets and Young Women Gathered at the Recreation Hall Piano, AAF Pre-Flight Training Booklet, Page 27
'With Two Dips of Vanilla' - Cadets at the Soda Fountain, Grand Piano Chapter Continuation, AAF Pre-Flight Training Booklet, Page 28
Printed Page from WWII Army Air Forces Pre-Flight Training Booklet, Page 29 — Recreation Hall Billiards and 'Date Bureau' Feature
Pre-Flight Training Booklet, Page 30 — Cadet Barracks Dialogue and Letter Home (345th Bomber Group Publications)
"The Staff" Page with Cartoon and Handwritten Inscription, USAAF Pre-Flight Training Booklet, p. 31
'Memories' Cartoon Page by Aviation Cadet J.F. Nolan, AAF Pre-Flight Training Booklet
