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Hennnunnrens SHII HIITUIIIU HIR SERUICE COITIIIIHIID I'lEllV FIELD, TEIIHS
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Repairing The damaged wing of a B-I7 bomber in Middle EasT. They know how To lOcaTe a downed plane, and, eiTher salvage every usable scrap Trom iT Or geT iT back TO a base where iT can be reTurned TO TighTing Trim. They know how TO remove and replace a TaulTy engine, paTch up a Tlak hole in a wing wiTh a Tin can, sTraighTen OuT a benT propeller blade so ThaT iT can be used again. AT The end OT The six-mOnTh -period, The OrganizaTiOn is ready Tor acTiOn. Then iT's OTT TO The sTaging area and Overseas, There's plenTy OT acTiOn aTTer ThaT. An air depOT group corresponds TO a main depOT in This cOunTry. IT is more or less a permanenT insTallaTiOn and is locaTed Trom 400 TO I,200 miles behind The lines. IT is The supply base Tor The Army Air Forces Tor an enTire Theafer OT operaTiOns. Repair shops are equipped TO do maior overhaul iobs. AbouT midway beTween The depOT group and The enemy line are The service groups, which correspond TO sub-depOTs in This counTry. A service group serves as a supply base Tor The mobile uniTs or squadrons which Tan OuT Trom iT, and iTs camOuTlaged repair OuTTiT is equipped To handle all buT maior Overhauls. The mobile uniTs Or squadrons OperaTe only a Tew miles behind The line and are inTended TO Turnish emergency service TO Air Corps planes and Tliers. Each mobile uniT consisTs OT Trom I2 To 20 men, each a specialisT in his Tield. Some are welders, some sheeTmeTal workers, some machinisTs, some aircraTT mechanics, and so On. The uniT is Trained To work as a Team, The same as a bomber crew. Army Air Forces and Lend-Lease planes Trom This counTry are Tlown overseas Or shipped sTripped down Or craTed. The Air Service Command has a hand in all Three meThOds. Bombers are Tlown Trom TacTOry TO a iumping-OTT place in This counTry where They are reTueled and given a Tinal check-up by ASC mechanics. View of an assembly area of a SouTh Pacific base where P-38 and P-39 fighfer planes are puT TogeTl-ier. Some TighTers have been Tlown across, buT because OT The limiTed gasoline capaciTy OT a TighTer and The sTrain On The pilOT TO Tly and navigaTe wiThouT The aid OT a crew, This has been done only in an emergency Or TO gain experience. Fuel requiremenTs can be meT by TasTening an auxiliary Tank lbelly Tankl TO The under side OT The Tuselage which is released when The Tank has been drained. As a rule TighTers are shipped across. Some are craTed aT The TacTOry and addressed and puT aboard ship aT The porT OT embarkaTion by The Air Service Command. MOST TighTers are sTripped down aT an ASC embarkaTion d'epOT and Then puT aboard ship. Air Force commanders over- seas preTer TO receive The planes sTripped clown because They can be made ready Tor combaT in less Time Than planes ThaT have been craTed. The Air Service Command overseas porTs nOT only process all TighTer planes senT overseas, buT also handle all plane parTs and Army Air Forces supplies and equip- menT shipped overseas. NOT all OT our Lend-Lease planes leave The WesTern Hemisphere. Many OT Them go TO The oTher American republics. MOsT OT These planes are Trainers. There are also some combaT planes. They are Tlown by Air Trans- pOrT Command Trom The TacTory TO San AnTOniO, Texas. where Air Service Command Takes Them over. ASC workers painT on The planes The insignia OT The counTry To which They are going, give The planes a Tinal check-up and make necessary changes, and Then Turn Them over TO The accrediTed represenTaTives OT The coun- Try OT desTinaTiOn who arrange Tor The personnel To Tly Them away. Air Service Command Turnishes The Tliers wiTh spare parTs They may need along The way.
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