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Pilot

Many bombers during WWII had only one pilot. The B17 had two, a pilot and a co-pilot. This arrangement not only made things easier while the aircraft was flying in formation or in combat, but it also allowed the pilots to rotate duties. Flying formation for eight to ten hours was strenuous work. This way, the pilot and co-pilot could swap duties, so that neither one wore himself out and so both could receive time flying formation. The pilot also acted as Crew Commander, with the other crew members of the aircraft falling under his direct command.

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Are you an AAC, AAF or USAF Veteran, family member, historian or WW2 enthusiast? We Need YOU! Contact us today to see how you can help the Army Air Corps Library and Museum, a Texas Not-For-Profit Corporation. We need your help! We are looking for volunteers that can help us with the following tasks. Typing and Transcriptionists: One of our big projects is extracting data from the thousands of documents we have and putting this data into a database where we can display the information on a website such as this one. We also need assistance with retyping unit history documents.

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