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United States. Army Air Forces

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: The Air Service of the United States Army was created in 1918. In 1926 the name was changed to Air Corps, in June 1941 to Army Air Forces, and in 1947 to United States Air Force.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Civilian Pilot Training Program Records

 Collection
Identifier: U371
Abstract

This collection contains the records of the Civilian Pilot Training Program at DU in the 1940s. Currently there are only two yearbooks of the 1943 classes in this collection. This material may or may not be connected to U037 School of Glider Flight and Construction Records. The two programs were started at similar times, but it is unclear whether or not the two programs were connected academically or functionally.

Dates: 1943

Dale Hyatt World War II and Holocaust Photographs and Papers

 Collection
Identifier: B431
Abstract Dale Alton Hyatt was born Febrary 13, 1912 in Golden, Colorado and died in Denver, November, 2003. He graduated from South High School in Denver. Hyatt served in North Arfica and Europe in the 310th Air Service bomber group. The Dachau Concentration Camp was liberated by American troupbs on April 29, 1945. Dale Hyatt took photographs of Dachau May 1, 1945 when the 310th bomber group went to the camp. The photographs are of Dale Hyatt, other members of the bomber group, bodies at Dachau, and...
Dates: 1942-1998