The Life and Times of the Air Combat Intelligence School

Privately Printed (Copyright held by C. W. Mendell), 1946. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. [4], 121., [5] pages. Frontis illustration. Illustrations. Cover has some spine wear, other wear and soiling. Inscribed on the fep "To Peg--Affectionately submitted by her Devoted Dean". Extremely rare, with undoubtedly a small press run. Inscribed copies are even rarer. The private printing was under the Direction of the Yale University Press. Based on information in the text (page 38) it is possible that the recipient was Peg Conlon. A faculty directory is included. C. W. Mendell graduated from Yale in 1904. The C. stands for Clarence. He was initially Chief of Instruction at the school and later Officer-in-Charge of the A. C. I. School. Issues of Nacios News are republished herein. Shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Navy's Bureau of Aeronautics Lieutenant Commander Wead directed Lieutenant Commander John Mitchell, U.S.N.R. to organize an Air Combat Intelligence School. C. W. Mendell, former Dean of Yale College, was soon brought into this emerging enterprise. At the time of the second class he had 'donned the uniform' and held the rank of Commander. The school was located at the Naval Air Station at Quonset Point Rhode Island. He assumed the role, and title, of Dean (see page 9). The school opened its classes on April 18, 1942. There were sixty-two students in the first school. Fourteen courses were offered for this first school. They processed 18 classes (or schools in their parlance). The last convened on July 18, 1945. Condition: Good.

Keywords: Margaret Conlon, Peg Conlon, NACIOS, Air Combat Intelligence School, Quonset Point, Rhode Island, Second World War, WWII, Bureau of Aeronautics, Military Intelligence, Military Training, Intelligence Analysis, Yale University

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