Research Catalog

Title

Embry-Riddle at war : aviation training during World War II / Stephen G. Craft ; foreword by Raymond Arsenault and Gary R. Mormino.

Author

Craft, Stephen G., 1963-

Publication

Gainesville : University Press of Florida, ©2009.

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Details

Description

xv, 313 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.

Summary

"Unique among military and social histories of the World War II-era military-industrial complex, Embry-Riddle at War examines the many components of aeronautical training, the evolution of a civilian company contributing to the war effort, the experiences and lives of those who participated In the school, and the crucial role Florida played in the war. This military and social history also examines the lives of women trained to work in aircraft factories, to become pilots, or to serve as flight Instructors. By 1944, twenty-six thousand people received training from Embry-Riddle. But in the years after the war, lucrative government contracts dried up and a large hurricane sparked a fire that damaged untold amounts of property and planes, leaving the company struggling to adjust to peacetime civilian aeronautics." "Stephen Craft mines archival sources and the rich treasure trove of personal memories of the men who fought the greatest air war in history. Interviews with those who graduated from wartime Embry-Riddle bring the story to life with rich and telling detail."--Jacket.

Series Statement

The Florida history and culture series

Uniform Title

Florida history and culture series

Subject

• Embry-Riddle Company of Miami
• 1939-1945
• Geschichte
• World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations, American
• Air pilots, Military > Training of > History. > United States
• Air pilots, Military > Training of > History. > Great Britain
• Flight training > United States > History
• Aeronautics, Military > Study and teaching > Florida
• Flight schools > Florida
• World War, 1939-1945 > War work > Florida
• Aeronautics, Military > Study and teaching
• Air pilots, Military > Training of
• Flight schools
• Flight training
• Military operations, Aerial > American
• War work
• Zweiter Weltkrieg
• Flugzeugführer
• Ausbildung
• Florida
• Great Britain
• United States
• Miami, Fla

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-306) and index.

Contents

The Embry-Riddle Company of Miami -- Civilian pilot and mechanic training, 1939-1941 -- American and British cadet pilot training, 1940-1941 -- Wartime technical training and aircraft overhaul -- The Miami Flight Division at war -- Training American pilots for war -- Wartime RAF flight training -- Contraction.

ISBN

• 9780813032993
• 0813032997
• 9780813035031
• 0813035031

LCCN

2008038619

OCLC

• ocn226356611
• 226356611
• SCSB-1504924

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library