Active 1942-1946 Type Command and Control | Country United States Role Training | |
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Branch United States Army Air Forces Part of Army Air Forces Training Command | ||
The 27th Flying Training Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Army Air Forces Western Flying Training Command, and was disbanded on 15 December 1945 at Randolph Field, Texas.
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There is no lineage between the United States Air Force 27th Special Operations Wing, established on 28 July 1947 at Kearney Army Airfield, Nebraska and this organization.
History
The wing was a World War II Command and Control organization which supported Eastern Flying Training Command Flight Schools in the Southeastern United States. The assigned schools provided phase II basic flying training for Air Cadets Graduates of the advanced schools were commissioned as Second Lieutenants, received their "wings" and were reassigned to Operational or Replacement Training Units operated by one of the four numbered air fores in the zone of interior.
As training requirements changed during the war, schools were activated and inactivated or transferred to meet those requirements.
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Training aircraft
The schools primarily flew the Vultee BT-13 / BT-15 Valiant for basic flying instruction. In 1945, the North American AT-6 Texan was also used. Some of the schools later converted to four-engine B-24 transition and single-engine fighter transition schools