JF Ptak Science Books Quick Post
The following diagrams are details from the manuscript sections of a notebook written as classroom notes (ca. 1944) by a naval student of the Naval Air Combat Information School at Quonset Point, Rhode Island. Generally the diagrams are relatively small for the amount of information conveyed. The printed text for the curriculum and classes are nearly all marked "RESTRICTED" in the typed original of the offset pages. The entire document is about 150pp long, and if there is interest in the contents I'd probably reproduce the entire thing--it is surprising how much can be learned and how much is revealed even in the multi-page lecture descriptions.
The air forces outlined in diagrams in the notebook include the U.S. Army Air Force, the Luftwaffe, the air forces of the Soviet Union, and the air force of the Imperial Army of Japan, which I reproduce below. I'm not saying that these notes are significant, just that they are from an unusual source, and so from that perspective alone they are interesting--that and the fact that the person who made the notes and took the classes became the head of the chief nuclear weapons preparedness organizations in the U.S.
R.A.F. (1944):
Japanese Air Force, February 1944:
Air Force of the Soviet Union (1944):
U.S. Army Air Force (1944):
German Air Force (1944):
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