29th Flying Training Wing (U.S. Army Air Forces)

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29th Flying Training Wing
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Flight instructors with a PT-17 Stearman biplane trainer
Active1942–1946
Country United States
Branch United States Army Air Forces
TypeCommand of flying training units
RoleTraining
Part of Army Air Forces Training Command
Engagements World War II
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    World War II American Theater
Commanders
26 December 1942Col Fred C. Nelson
10 February 1943Brig Gen John G. Williams
4 April 1945Col Raymond L. Winn
25 May – 1 November 1945Brig Gen Clinton D. Vincent
through 16 Jun 1946Unknown
Locations of airfields controlled by the 29th Flying Training Wing 29th Flying Training Wing (World War II) - Map.png
Locations of airfields controlled by the 29th Flying Training Wing

The 29th Flying Training Wing was a wing of the United States Army Air Forces. It was last assigned to the Western Flying Training Command, and was disbanded on 16 June 1946 at Napier Field, Alabama. The wing controlled World War II Phase One primary flying training units of the Army Air Forces Training Command. Headquartered at Moody Field, Georgia for most of its operational service, it controlled contract civilian-operated pilot schools primarily in the Southeastern United States.

Contents

There is no lineage connection between the 29th Flying Training Wing, established on 22 December 1939 as the 29th Bombardment Group (Heavy) at Langley Field, Virginia, and this organization.

History

Until 1939, the United States Army Air Corps provided all flying training with military instructor pilots. Beginning in 1939, it contracted with nine civilian flying schools to provide primary flight training. Primary training consisted of a three-month course of 65 hours of flying instruction. As the United States prepared to enter World War II by expanding its number of flying squadrons, the number of contract primary schools increased. [1]

According to the contract, the government supplied students with training aircraft, flying clothes, textbooks, and equipment. The Air Corps also put a detachment at each school to supervise training. The schools furnished instructors, training sites and facilities, aircraft maintenance, quarters, and mess halls. From the Air Corps, schools received a flat fee of $1,170 for each graduate and $18 per flying hour for students eliminated from training. [1]

Following the fall of France in 1940, the Air Corps upped its pilot production goal to 7,000 per year. To meet that goal, the Air Corps increased the capacity of its schools and added more contract primary schools. [1]

The vast majority of contract primary pilot training ended in the spring of 1944 as part of the rundown of Army pilot training. The ones remaining open ended their operations in October, 1945. [1]

Lineage

Activated on 26 December 1942
Disbanded on 16 June 1946. [2]

Assignments

Stations

Training aircraft

Fairchild PT-19 monoplane trainer Hicks Field - Fairchild PT-19 Closeup.jpg
Fairchild PT-19 monoplane trainer

CPS Primary Trainers were primarily PT-17 Stearman biplanes and Fairchild PT-19s monoplanes, although a wide variety of other types could be found at the airfields. The Fairchild PT-19 aircraft also could have the student pilot covered with a hood for "Blind" instrument flying training. [1]

Glider pilot schools used Aeronca TG-5As, Taylorcraft TG-6As, and Piper TG-8As unpowered glider conversions of powered light observation aircraft which had similar characteristics to the military gliders under development. [3]

Contract Pilot Schools

[2] [29]

Contract Glider Pilot Schools

See also

Other Eastern Flying Training Command Flight Training Wings:

27th Flying Training Wing (World War II) Basic Flight Training
28th Flying Training Wing (World War II) Advanced Flight Training, Single Engine
30th Flying Training Wing (World War II) Advanced Flight Training, Two Engine
74th Flying Training Wing (U.S. Army Air Forces) Classification/Preflight/Specialized/Navigation
75th Flying Training Wing (U.S. Army Air Forces) Gunnery
76th Flying Training Wing (U.S. Army Air Forces) Specialized Four-Engine Training

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