Harold Libby Foster papers, 1922-1959.

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Harold Libby Foster papers, 1922-1959.

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Correspondence, orders, charts, instruction manuals and 2 photograph albums (ca. 1941-1945), and 24 printed flight instructional manuals and related materials re Foster's activities at Hawthorne School of Aeronautics, Orangeburg, S.C., especially during World War II. Collection documents Hawthorne's service as a flight instructor for U.S. Army Air Forces and French aviation cadets, and his activities with Caterpillar Club, an organization whose member's lives have been saved by the use of parachutes. Published items include flight manuals, government documents, etc., some dating to World War II; some illustrated with cartoons demonstrating proper and improper habits for instructors and students; includes three issues (Mar., Apr., and May, 1945) of Courrier de L'Air, a French aviation cadet journal with photos and articles re life in S.C. and elsewhere; French-English Handbook of Aeronautical Terms; and an illustrated booklet, Aircraft Dispatching and Briefing (1944).

1 carton (1.25 linear ft.)

University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7258968

University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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United States. Army Air Forces

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The Army Air Forces War Adjustment Course was established in 1944 at several locations in the U.S., one of which was Harvard Business School. The HBS program involved eight weeks of training in the business of contract terminations, cutbacks, and property disposal necessitated by changes in Army Air Forces tactical requirements. Approximately 4,200 officers received instruction throughout the country, about one sixth of them at HBS. The goal of the program was to train men for participation in t...

Hawthorne School of Aeronautics (Orangeburg, S.C.)

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Foster, Harold Libby, 1910-1960

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Flight instructor and owner of the Hawthorne School of Aeronautics (Orangeburg, S.C.), which trained pilots from the United States and France during World War II. From the description of Harold Libby Foster papers, 1922-1959. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 28413005 ...

Caterpillar Club

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