Seeking info on Army Aircraft.
 

Hi,
Am seeking info on Aircraft used by the US Army's XX Corps Artillery HQ in Europe post WW2. How many Aircraft would they have had, say in 1946 ? I assume that they would have been L-5B's.
Or would the Army have used Air Force Aircraft with Army pilots ?
From what I have come across at one time there were only six pilots.
Thanks for any info/guidance.
Alex

Re: Seeking info on Army Aircraft.
 

Alex,

XX Corps Artillery was in process of inactivation during early 1946, so HQ with only 6 pilots very well possible. Normal minimal allocation of L-type planes were 2 each for HQ Corps, HQ FA Brigade and Air Sections of the respective FA Battalions.
Pilots/observers were US Army. Planes maintained at USAAF level when field repairs were not possible.
Also see https://xxcorps.org/documents/xx_Corps_Artillery.pdf

Regards,
Leendert

Re: Seeking info on Army Aircraft.
 

This is a good over-view of Army Ground Forces / AAF usage, continuing just post-war. Field Artillery pilots were both officers and NCOs finishing their specialised training at the Air Training Dept. at Fort Sill OK. L-4s went to AGF, L-5s mostly to AAF units.



https://history.army.mil/html/books/...ub_70-31-1.pdf


Infantry Divs. were assigned 10 pilots, Armoured Divs. 8; Corps Artillery Groups and Air Sections 2 pilots. Organisations above Corps 1--5 pilots, could be 6 depending on situation. 12th. Army Group (1st, 3rd, 9th 15th Armies) used 2-number codes plus letter, 5th, 7th Armies had 1 or 2 letter codes with no aircraft letter attached.
(Fort Sill as a base dated back to 1915 when artillery-spotting training was combined with Field Artillery).


Nick oops just missed post above..