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The Royal Air Force in Texas: Training British Pilots in Terrell During World War II
Contributor(s): Killebrew, Tom (Author), Gill, H. (Foreword by)

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 ISBN: 1574412728     ISBN-13: 9781574412727
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
OUR PRICE: $18.95  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: September 2009
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With the outbreak of World War II, British Royal Air Force (RAF) officials sought to train aircrews outside of England, safe from enemy attack and poor weather. In the United States the first of six schools, No. 1 British Flying Training School (BFTS), was located in Terrell, Texas, east of Dallas. The cadets trained in the air on aerobatics, instrument flight, and night flying, while on the ground they studied navigation, meteorology, engines, and armaments--even spending time in early flight simulators. Not all survived their training. By the end of the war, more than two thousand RAF cadets had trained at Terrell.

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BISAC Categories:
- History | United States - 20th Century
- History | United States - State & Local - West (ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy)
- History | Military - Aviation
Dewey: 940.544
Series: War and the Southwest
Physical Information: 0.48" H x 6" W x 9" L (0.69 lbs) 208 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1940's
- Cultural Region - British Isles
- Geographic Orientation - Texas
- Chronological Period - 20th Century
- Cultural Region - Mid-South
- Cultural Region - South
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
 
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World War II, British RoWith the outbreak of yal Air Force (RAF) officials sought to train aircrews outside of England, safe from enemy attack and poor weather. In the United States the first of six schools, No. 1 British Flying Training School (BFTS), was located in Terrell, Texas, east of Dallas. The cadets trained in the air on aerobatics, instrument flight, and night flying, while on the ground they studied navigation, meteorology, engines, and armaments--even spending time in early flight simulators. Not all survived their training. By the end of the war, more than two thousand RAF cadets had trained at Terrell.
 
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