October 17, 2011

The Walnut Ridge Army Flying School, one of seven U.S. Army Air Forces pilot training schools located in Arkansas, was activated on August 15, 1942. Training for the cadets, such as the ones shown here with their instructor, began in October. By the time the last class graduated in 1944, a total of 4,641 cadets had completed the program.

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