Title: University of Tennessee Aviation Cadets Collection

Date/Date Range :   1943-1944

Extent: 0.5 linear feet

Abstract:

This collection consists of photographs, booklets, and other materials documenting the University of Tennessee Aviation Cadet Program during 1943 and 1944.

Call number: MS-2816

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Aquisition Information:

This collection was donated to Special Collections on July 18, 2004.

Access Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Copyright:

The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.

Preferred Citation:

[Identification of Item], University of Tennessee Aviation Cadets Collection, MS-2816. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Collection consists of 6 folders.

The training of future pilots had already begun on the campus in 1940, under the provisions of the Civilian Training Pilot Act of 1939, and this continued under the administration of the College of Engineering. Students were given both ground and flight training in an "accelerated victory program" designed to train students for wartime service.

This collection consist of photographs, booklets, and other materials collected from the University of Tennessee Institute of Aviation during 1943 and 1944. There are eight issues of "Air Scoop," the Air Force cadet newspaper, two issues of "Vol Plane," the Cadet Training Detachment (CTD) information booklet, one copy of Air Force special orders #14, and several photographs documenting student life. In folder 6 there is a VHS tape entitled Our Life and Time in Knoxville, Tn. The cassestte was made by Joe Koch, a former U.T. Knoxville air force cadet.

• United States. Air Force.
• University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
• Pilot training.
• Flight training.
• Aeronautics -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States.
• Aviation Education Programs (U.S.).