They Flew Proud: The Small Town and Airport Training of Cadets and Civilians During World War II (Hardcover) by Jane Gardner Birch

Hard cover. Language: English. Pages: 190. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 190 p. Contains: Illustrations. They Flew Proud crisply tells the story of the Civilian Pilot Training Program through the Army Air Force Cadets at Grove City College (PA.) and the Grove City Airport where the flight instructors (including Gardner Birch) trained the cadets to solo. Across the U.S., more than 435,000 men and women were taught to fly under the CPTP in pre and post WWII. In Grove City, the 8th Detachment's 486 students received almost 5,000 hours of instruction, and then went forward to serve their nation in WWII.