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OFFI(~ OF CIVILIAN ~NSE
Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .
CIVIL AIR PATROL

NATIONAL ~ADQUARTERS
WASHINGTON, July 29, 1942
Subject:

Rare( and Grade Designated for Civil Alr Patrol
Coastal Patrols
A l l Regional Commanders
A l l Wing Comm~uders
A l l Coastal Patrol Commanders

I. When any member of the Civil Air Patrol goes on duty
with a Civil Coastal Patrol, his duty assi~ulment will determine his
appropriate rank and gradep in accordance with the table set forth
herein, while assigned to such duty irrespective of the member's
s t a t u s p r i o r t o a c c e p t i n g s u c h a c t i v e d u t y. U p o n t h e c o m p l e t i o n o f
the memberts tour of active duty~ s~Id memberWs rank and grade will
revert to the original status as before such duty tov~.
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C o m m a u d i n g O f fi c e r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Captain
O p e r a t i o n s O f fi c e r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .l e t L t .
Engineering Officer .................... 1st Lt.
Intelligence Officer ...................ist Lt.
Pilots .................................. ist Lt.
O b s e r v e r s ( P i l o t O b s e r v e r s ) . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd Lt.
Observer (non-pilot) .................. -Flight Officer
A s s t . O p e r a t i o n s O f fi c e r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 n d L t .
A s s t . E n g i n e e r i n g O f fi c e r . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 n d L t .
A s s t . I n t e l l i g e n c e O f fi c e r . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd Lt.
A i r d r o m e O f fi c e r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nO Lt.
R a d i o O p e r a t o r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Te c h S g t . 1 Staff Sgt.
-Master Sgt.
Mechanic A & E ........................
Mechanics (unce~ificated) ............. 1 Staff Sgt.
2 Corporal
R a d i o M o c h s m i c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 ~ a s t e r S g t .
i To c h S g t .
Adm~n%istration Section Head ........... -~ast~r Sgt,
P l o t t i n g B o a r d O p e r a t o r s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S g t s .
C l e r k T y p i s t s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Corporals
Apprentice ~echanics ................... C o r p o r a l s
S e r v i c e m e n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Private ist.
G u a r d s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Sgts.
3 Corporal
lO Privates

2. For administrative purposes the Patrol Commander may
appoint one mechanic as ~ster Sgt. when in charge of, or supervising

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General Memorandum No. 50

work of other mechanics. Guards, when organized as shifts, and as
may be necessa~j for administrative or comzland purposess maybe
organized with three ~ergsants and three corporals. V~nen State Defense Force oersonnel are employed as guards, they nay wear their
state uuiforms instead of Civil Air Patrol uniforms.

By direction of National Commander ,10~8ON:

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//JACK VILAS
/ Executive Officer /

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OFFICE OF CIVIL!~I~ DEFEIISE
[i~SHI~.~ONs D, Co

C[VIL AIR PATROL

NATIONAL ~IEADQU/d~EHS
~AS}L~O[~, AP~L lO, 1943

Subject:

Rank and ~s.de Desi&~a%ed for Civil Air Patrol
Coastal Patrols

To:

All Unit Commandere

Io Effective this date, Panagearh I h, ~meral ~smorandum
No~ 50~ this Headqtt~rters, July 29, 1942, Subject: Es~H~ and ~ade
Designated for Ciwll Air Patrol Coastal Patrols, is hereby changed
be road as foll~s:
" h ~ A B e t ° 0 p s r a t l o n s O f fi c e r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -lst Lt~'~
2. Under the provisions of paragraph ll~ Operations
Dil-ecbive ~Uoo 23-A, this Headquarters, Au~ist 26p 19Z~q, $~o~eet:
C ~ A ~ C ~ u s % s ~ L P a t r o l s , t h e A s s i s t a n t O p e r a t i o n s O f fi c e r, a s ~ v e l l a s
t h e 0 ~ t i o n ~ O f fi c e r, i s r e q u i r e d t o b e a p i l o t m e e t i n g a l l t h e
~:~q~cm~nbs s~t forth in paragrs~h 12, said Operatior~ Directive,,
'2hersfore, the Assistant Operations Officer is accorded the rank of
let Lieu~,~I~nt, specified for pilots in par~a~h i _~ of ~neral
~.~r~-ud~'~ No. 50.
By direction of National Commander JOH~O99/

C olon'e l~/Air Corps
Operations Officer
Civil Air Patrol

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