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Mr. L. G. Fritz
Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City, Missouri
March 6, 1942

[[underlined]] PERSONAL & CONFIDENTIAL [[/underlined]]


In compliance with your verbal instructions of Monday, March 2, I have studied, with respect to the training of its personnel, the tables of organization of the new Air Corps Ferrying Command Squadron.  Analysis of the tables indicates that approximately 106 commissioned officers and 355 enlisted men are to receive various amounts of training.  For purposes of studying the training problems involved, the personnel of the Squadron may be divided into the following groups.

I.  [[underlined]] Personnel [[/underlined]]

A. Commissioned officers

1. Non-flying officers - 25
2. Pilots of single-engine aircraft - 11
3. Pilots of twin-engine aircraft - 21
4. Pilots of four-engine aircraft - 49  106

B. Enlisted men

1. Mechanics (aircraft, engine, propeller, etc.) - 142
2. Radio - 47
3. Clerical, including cipher - 47
4. Mess - 25
5. Automotive (ground transport) - 15
6. Military technical personnel (bombsight repairmen, etc.) - 26
6. Miscellaneous - 51  355

Approximately forty different subjects ranging from piloting four-engine aircraft to tube bending, cooking, etc. will have to be taught to this group of personnel.

II.  [[underlined]] Training Objective [[/underlined]]

No doubt the ultimate objective in training the personnel comprising these squadrons is to qualify them to perform their assigned mission of serial transport in the most efficient manner possible under the existing circumstances.  This will necessitate training, the individual members of the squadron as a whole to function as a single unit.  In other words, each these squadrons, when complete, should be an efficient miniature airline, capable of operating between any points specified.