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(1) Personnel pointed out to the Allocations and Program Division that AAF had already asked for over 22,000 Waacs for AWS work (revised from the June, 1942, figure of 30,000) and 32,000 for post headquarters work, and stated that an additional 287,000 AAF jobs could be done by women. Personnel recommended establishment of an elaborate training program for Waacs in the AAF's technical training schools, with AAF asking WAAC Headquarters to provide 8000 women per month for training as everything from armorers to Link Trainer instructors, in addition to 5000 women per month already trained as clerks. (2) Personnel went on to recommend asking the Director WAAC, for a total of 138,000 Waacs during 1943. This paper was the first to suggest Air Force participation in WAAC recruiting, stating in its final paragraph that AAF stations might be used to encourage recruitment of Waacs for those stations, "along the lines of the recent enlisted technicians' recruiting campaign".

1. AAF Headquarters Routing and Record Sheet from Assistant Chief of Air Staff, Personnel, to Assistant Chief of Air Staff, Operations, Commitments and Requirements, dated 9 December 1942, subject: Utilization of Women in the Air Forces.

2. These and later astronomical figures could never even be approximated under a voluntary recruitment system which as its height never produced more than 12,000 women in one month for the entire army, generally ran less than 5000 per month, and several times fell to less than 1000 per month. The idea of providing elaborate technical training for women was not adopted in the AAF, when it was discovered that the majority of women, unlike the 17 and 18-year-old boys who were being inducted, had a usable job skill before they entered the army - frequently in the prized clerical field.

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