Flying start: educational and social factors in the recruitment of pilots of the Royal Air Force in the interwar years

The intention of this article is to describe the portals of entry to the RAF's pilot force in the interwar years and to show how access to them from civilian life evolved, under the pressure of rearmament and in the context of educational provision and the social climate of the 1930s. (BBF).

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Published inHistory of education (Tavistock) Vol. 26; no. 1; pp. 71 - 90
Main Author Mansell, Tony
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Tavistock, U.K Taylor & Francis Group 01.03.1997
Bratton Publ
Subjects
20. Jahrhundert
Access to Education
Admission Criteria
Adult Education
Air Transportation
Aircraft Pilots
Ausbildung
Aviation Education
Berufsbildung
Bildung
Bildungsgeschichte
Bildungspolitik
Educational History
Flight Training
Flugzeugführer
Foreign Countries
Fremdsprachenstudium
Geschichte (Histor)
Higher Education
Hochschulabschluss
Lehrplan
Military Air Facilities
Military Schools
Military Service
Military Training
Militärflugzeug
Naturwissenschaften
Nontraditional Education
Offiziersschule
Rekrutierung
Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force (England)
Soziale Herkunft
Soziales Klima
Studium
Technical Education
Technik
Vereinigtes Königreich
World War II
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Summary:The intention of this article is to describe the portals of entry to the RAF's pilot force in the interwar years and to show how access to them from civilian life evolved, under the pressure of rearmament and in the context of educational provision and the social climate of the 1930s. (BBF).
ISSN:0046-760X
1464-5130
DOI:10.1080/0046760970260105