Central Technical Training Command is an inactive

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unit. It was assigned to the

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, stationed at

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. It was inactivated on 1 March 1944.

History

The command was established initially on 1 November 1941 as a result of the expansion of the Air Corps after May 1940. By early November 1941, students were entering technical training at the rate of 110,000 per year, and Air Corps Technical Command set up five geographically separated districts to manage the expansion. The Second Technical Training District controlled technical training schools in the Great Lakes area.Manning, Thomas A. (2005), ''History of Air Education and Training Command, 1942–2002''. Office of History and Research, Headquarters, AETC, Randolph AFB, Texas On 31 July 1943, the Army Air Forces continued with organizational actions related to the activation of Training Command. The five districts that had belonged to Technical Training Command were transferred to the new AAF Training Command. However, on 31 August 1943, Training Command disbanded two of the districts and merged them into three, being Eastern, Central and Western Training Commands. Central Training Command remained under the command of former Second District commander, Major General Frederick L. Martin upon its creation until it disbanded. For its last three months of existence, it was under the acting command of Brigadier General Sheplar Fitzgerald while Martin was hospitalized. With the war winding down, requirements in the combat theaters for new graduates of technical training schools and even pilots proved to be smaller than initially planned for, so the Army Air Forces reduced the size of these training programs in January 1944. The Central Technical Training Command in St. Louis was discontinued 1 March 1944. All schools previously in the central command became part of the Eastern command.“Retiring General Given Medal at Santa Ana Base,” ''Los Angeles Times'', 6 August, 1944.

Lineage

* Established as Second Technical Training District, on 1 November 1941 : Re-designated: Central Technical Training Command, on 31 August 1943 : Inactivated on 1 March 1944.

Assignments

* Air Corps Technical Training Command, 1 November 1941 * Army Air Forces Technical Training Command, 1 March 1942 *

, 31 July 1943 – 1 March 1944

Schools

* Aircraft Mechanics Technical School,

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* Aircraft Engine Technical School,

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* Basic Training Center #1,

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* Radio Mechanics/Radio Operation Technical School, Scott Field,

* Radio Mechanics/Aircraft Radio Maintenance Technical School, Sioux Falls Field,

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* Radio Mechanics/Radio Operation Technical School, Tomah Army Airfield Technical School,

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* Radio Mechanics/Radio Operation Technical School, Truax Field,

Stations

* St. Louis, Missouri, 1 November 1941 – 1 March 1944

References

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