USAAF CARLSBAD BOMBARDIER SCHOOL CLASS 44-12 YEARBOOK

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UP FOR SALE WW2 USAAF AIR TRAINING COMMAND CARLSBAD ARMY AIR FIELD BOMBARDIER CLASS 44-12 1944 CARLSBAD, NEW MEXICO CLASS BOOK THIS IS A 1944 CLASS BOOK FOR CARLSBAD ARMY AIR FIELD, BOMBARDIER CLASS 44-12. IT HAS PHOTOS OF ACTIVITIES AND TRAINING, DRAWINGS, CADET CLASS PHOTOS OF THE OFFICERS AND MEN ON THE FIELD DURING 1944. CARLSBAD BOMBADIER SCHOOL FIRST TAUGHT THE USE OF THE ESTOPPEY D-8 LOW ALTITUDE BOMBSIGHT TO SERGEANT BOMBARDIERS, THEY WERE SENT TO LIGHT AND MEDIUM BOMB GROUPS, EARLY IN THE WAR. THE ARMY AIR FORCE DID NOT WANT THE NORDEN BOMBSIGHT TO FALL INTO ENEMY HANDS, SO THEY EQUIPPED LOW BOMB ALTITUDE AIRCRAFT WITH THE LESS ACCURATE D-8. CARLSBAD ALSO GAVE RATED NAVIGATORS TRAINING IN BOMBING TECHNIQUE AND THE NORDEN BOMBSIGHT, THEY CALLED THEM, "BOMBAGATORS", TO CREW LEAD AIRCRAFT IN LIGHT AND MEDIUM BOMB GROUPS AND THEY WERE TO CREW THE B-29 BOMBERS, W TWO DUAL RATED NAVIGATOR/ BOMBARDIERS WERE NEEDED FOR EACH AIRCRAFT. THE COURSE CURRICULM CHANGED IN THE SUMMER OF 1943. IT WAS DECIDED BY THE ARMY AIR FORCE TO GIVE RATED BOMBERDIERS MORE NAVIGATIONAL TRAINING THAN PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED IN THE PAST BOMBARDIER TRAINING PROGRAM. THE SUMMER OF 1943, THE 12 WEEK BOMBARDIER COURSE BECAME AN 18 WEEK COURSE AND ADDED NAVIGATIONAL DEAD RECKONING TRAINING TO PREVIOUS BOMBARDIER PROGRAM. THIS HAPPENED AT ALL BOMBARDIER read more

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