U.S. ARMY AIR FORCES - INSTRUCTOR - CONTRACT FLYING SCHOOL - 1939-1945 + WW-2

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U.S. ARMY AIR FORCES - INSTRUCTOR - C.F.S. - 1939-1945
- CONTRACT FLYING SCHOOL - (C.F.S)
- CONTRACT PRIMARY FLYING TRAINING
- WORLD WAR-2 ERA
Color Patch
Condition is
NEW
NO GLUE
on back of patch!
Has manufacture plastic on back for protection
Unit emblem certified by The U.S. Army Institute Of Heraldry (TIOH)
Note#1: Attached are color images for information purposes only, free on the NET!
Note#2: CFS = Contract Flying Schools
Note#3: E-bay sold CFS Instructor patch on 2 April 2021 for 7.50 @ 17 Bids
Organization was operational from 1939 to 1945
Contract Flight Schools:
Beginning in1939, the Army contracted with nine civilian flying schools to provide
primary flight training, while Randolph Field handled basic training, separate from
primary. Kelly Field, with Brooks as a sub-post, took care of advanced flying training.
In July 1939 the full course of flying instruction was shortened in length from a year
to nine months - three for each phase. The number of primary contract schools
expanded to 41 by the time of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, & to 60 at
various times in 1943.
To the flying cadets, the Contact Flying Schools (CFS) were just another assignment,
although the flight instructors were civilian contractors, the cadets still experienced
the discipline & drudgery of military life. The CFS's were assigned to the various Flying
Training Commands, & each had a designated USAAF Flying Training Detachment
assigned for supervision & liaison with the command. During the course of the war
the schools graduated approximately 250,000 student pilots. All of the CFS's were
inactivated by the end of the war.