Civil Pilot Training Program records Brown University Civil Pilot Training Program Records 1939-1942

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Civil Pilot Training Program records Brown University Civil Pilot Training Program Records 1939-1942

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The Civil Pilot Training Program records date from 1939 through 1942 and comprise the records of Brown University's and the Civil Aeronautics Administration's joint program to train undergraduate students as pilots during the Second World War. The records contain rosters, applications, examinations, medical and academic records, insurance information, correspondence and official documents.

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John Hay Library, Special Collections

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United States. Civil Aeronautics Administration

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Brown University.

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In 1917 the university established the Brown War Records Bureau, whose intention was to "collect and preserve a record of all Brown men who are serving in the present war". Brown faculty, students and alumni who were in the military were asked to fill out a small card called "Are you in the war?" and to send original letters, clippings or photographs which "have any bearing on the service of Brown men in the war." This collection is partly a result of that effort. From the guide to t...

Civilian Pilot Training Program (U.S.)

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The Civil Aeronautics Authority, starting in 1940, contracted out the work of training fighter pilots in reaction to World War II. The University of New Hampshire was one of the main contractors and ran the Civilian Pilot Training Program from 1940 to 1943. From the description of Records, 1940-1965, bulk 1940-1943. (Manchester City Library). WorldCat record id: 29632521 ...