Before the war, 13 out of every 1,000 Army student pilots were killed in training. Since the war the fatality rate has risen to 20 in every 1,000. These and other figures, based on Army Air Forces' Office of Flying Safety tables, were released last week by OWI. Considering the vast expansion of A.A.F., the greenness of its new hands and the "hot" aircraft needed for war training, OWI echoed the average airman's opinion: A.A.F. had done a good job of keeping accidents down. Other items :
> In flying training the rate of...
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