Seeking records of Naval Aviation Pre-Flight School

Dear Ms. Camp,

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We searched the National Archives Catalog and located the World War II War Diaries, Other Operational Records and Histories, ca. 1/1/1942 - ca. 6/1/1946 in the Records of the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (Record Group 38), which include 6 digitized file units that pertain to the Navy Pre-Flight School in Iowa during WWII.

We also located the Historical Files of Navy Training Activities, 1940 - 1945 and the General Correspondence, 1941 - 1945 in the Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel (Record Group 24) that may include files about the school filed under the designation ND-9 and NC125-1. For access to these records, please contact the National Archives at College Park - Textual Reference (RDT2) via email at archives2reference@nara.gov.

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We hope this is helpful. Best of luck with your research!

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