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Originally Posted by Martin Pal
From the info we have on this gentleman, and it's interesting that we have exact dates:
3-9-42 - Corporal (Corp.) (Newspaper clipping)
3-7-43 - Lieutenant (Lt.) (Bar of Music Photo)
6-27-43 2nd Lieutenant (2LT) (accident report)
...we know he "enlisted in the Army Air Corps as a private in
December, 1940, (age 25) at Fort MacArthur, San Pedro, CA."
Questions:
Would he still have been a Corporal roughly 15 months after enlisting?
On the Bar of Music photo, listed as only Lt. -- in public, whether you were
a 1LT or 2LT would you just be referred to as a Lieutenant?
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According to this:
http://militaryaviationjournal.com/2...uring-wwii.htm
bombardier school was 9 months long. So the pay grades are not inconsistent.
I do not know if cadets kept their existing grade or were promoted on entry. When I went through USAF OTS in 1962, you were inducted as an E-1 and immediately promoted to E-5 on entry.
And yes, both 2/Lt and 1/Lt are informally referred to as "Lieutenant."
Cheers,
Earl