There is no lineage between the United States Air Force 38th Combat Support Wing, established on 10 August 1948 at Itami Airfield, Japan, and this organization.
History
The wing was a World War II Command and Control organization which supported Training Command Flight Schools in the southwestern United States, primarily in New Mexico. The wing controlled fight schools primarily instructing in advanced (Phase III) two and four engine training, along with bombardier training and before June 1944, glider training. Graduates of the advanced schools were commissioned as Second Lieutenants, received their "wings" and were reassigned to Operational or Replacement Training Units operated by one of the four numbered air fores in the zone of interior.[1]
As training requirements changed during the war, schools were activated and inactivated or transferred to meet those requirements.[1]
Lineage
Established as 38th Flying Training Wing on 17 December 1942
AAF West Coast (later, AAF Western Flying) Training Center, 8 January 1943 – 16 June 1946[2]
Training aircraft
The schools of the wing used a wide variety of planes to support its numerous training needs:[1]
The Cessna AT-17 Bobcat was the standard two-engine advanced trainer, along with the Cessna UC-78 variant of the AT-17
The North American B-25 Mitchell medium bomber, as well as the AT-24 Mitchell were used for two-engine bomber training and transition. Some Martin B-26 Marauders were also used for training.
Opened: October 1942, Closed: January 1943 (L-2, L-3, L-4, TG-5, TG-6)[3]
Big Spring Flying Service (Glider pilot training); Glider school closed January 1943. Remained as auxiliary for Roswell AAF (Auxiliary Field #8); USAAF use ended in October 1945
Opened: November 1942, Closed: December 1944 (AT-11)[6]
Aircraft carried fuselage code "D";[5] Bombardier school closed November 1944; Transferred to Second Air Force 16th Bombardment Training Wing December 1944; became B-29 Superfortress training field using modified B-25s; closed December 1945; Had three auxiliary airfields, 19 practice bombing ranges
Opened: January 1942, Closed: July 1944 (AT-17, UC-78)[7]
Two-engine school closed July 1944; transferred to II Fighter Command and became fighter pilot RTU operating P-40s and P-47s; Had at least seven auxiliary airfields; Closed November 1945
Opened: October 1942, Closed: April 1944 (L-2, L-3, L-4, TG-5, TG-6, CG-4A)[7]
Cutter-Carr Flying Service (Glider pilot training); Glider school closed April 1944. Remained as auxiliary for Fort Sumner AAF (Auxiliary Field #7); USAAF use ended in October 1945
Opened: May 1941, Closed: April 1944 (AT-11, B-24E)[9]
Aircraft carried fuselage code "Q";[5] Transferred to Second Air Force, Marcy 1945 for B-29 Superfortress training; Had at least six auxiliary airfields; remained open after World War II ended, now Kirtland Air Force Base.
Opened: July 1942, Closed: May 1945 (AT-24, UC-78, B-25)[10]
Had at least four auxiliary airfields, training switched to B-25s in September 1944; school transferred to II Fighter Command, June 1945, became single-engine fighter RTU (P-40, P-47); closed December 1945
AAF Advanced Flying School, Two/Four-Engine, and transition school
AAF Flying School (Bombardment)
Opened: May 1941, Closed: February 1945 (AT-11, B-25, B-17)[13]
Aircraft carried fuselage code "W";[5] Transferred to Second Air Force, February 1945 for B-29 Superfortress training; Had at least nine auxiliary airfields remained open after World War II ended, became Walker Air Force Base; closed 1967.
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1 2 3 Manning, Thomas A. (2005), History of Air Education and Training Command, 1942–2002. Office of History and Research, Headquarters, AETC, Randolph AFB, Texas OCLC71006954, 29991467
1 2 3 35th Flying Training Wing, lineage and history document Air Force Historical Agency, Maxwell AFB, Alabama
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