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Five classes graduated from helicopter training during 1944. Out of a total of 39 students, 36 graduated. By the end of the war, Training Command helicopter school had produced 93 pilots and 335 mechanics. Many of these people served with the helicopter rescue and air commando units in the China-Burma-India Theater or participated in convoy scouting operations along the North Atlantic routes.

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June 1944- US Army Air Forces, Flying Training Command, Freeman Field, Seymour, Indiana, started with 5 instructor pilots flying R-4's. Operational troubles with the new aircraft prevented the establishment of definite training quotas. The first two R-4's received at Freeman Field in June 1944 were out of commission nearly 80 % of the time that first year. In August 1944, seven helicopters were available. December 1944 - Training moved to Chanute Field, Illinois. A total of 14 R-4's were available for training. Student pilots received 25-30 hours of flight training in the R-4.