Book excerpt: Description: Documents related to U.S. Army Recruiting Station, Aviation Cadet Examining Board, Army RCTG and Ind. Station, Buffalo, New York dated 22 September 1942 -29 January 1943; documents related to AAF Pilot School (Advanced 2 Engine), George Field, Lawrenceville, Illinois: includes special orders and a speech delivered to instructors by Captain Robert L. Petit titled "Instrument flying in the combat zone," February 1944; documents related to Army Air Forces Eastern Flying Training Command, Maxwell Field, Alabama: includes personnel orders, special orders, certificate of leave of absence, and a bound folder of training certificates and individual flight records, February 1944 - May 1945 [bulk February 1944 - September 1944]; documents related to Lincoln Army Air Field, Lincoln, Nebraska: Special orders, 14 May 1944; documents related to Topeka Army Air Field, Topeka, Kansas: Special orders, 3 August 1944; Headquarters, 55th Bomb Wing and 460th Bomb Group, December 1944; AAF Staging Airdrome No. 1: Special orders "my flight home." 30 June 1945; Second Service Command, Separation Center, Fort Dix, New Jersey: Special orders, July 1945.;Military documents and student flight records of 1st Lt. Bernard E. Olson, US Army Air Force, 55th Bombardment Wing, 460th Bombardment Group, 761st Bombardment Squadron, Italy. This collection is arranged in two series: Series I. Military correspondence and flight records of Bernard E. Olson; Series II. Certificates and miscellaneous service documents. The bulk of the material relates to military training.