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Table of Contents
RAAF Meteorological Service

Foreword

Introduction

Chapter 1: The Weather Factor in Warfare

Chapter 2: Establishing and Developing the RAAF Directorate of Met. Services (D.Met.S)

Chapter 3: Recruiting and Training of Personnel
Senior Officers
Recruitment and Personnel
The WAAAF
Training Courses
'Who are these Met blokes?'

Chapter 4: Meteorology in Aviation

Chapter 5: The Met. Retreating

Chapter 6: The Met. Advancing

Chapter 7: The Met With the Army and the Navy

Chapter 8: Divisional Offices of the Bureau of Meteorology During the War

Chapter 9: Research and Instrumental Development

Chapter 10: The End, Aftermath, and Beyond

Appendix 1

Appendix 2

Appendix 3

Appendix 4

References
Index
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Figure 4 Newly qualified WAAAF Met. officers ASO's Beau Biggs and Roma Thomas of Melbourne discuss weather reports with their pilot before being taken for a flight at the end of their training course to enable them to experience weather conditions in the air. Australian War Memorial negative no. VIC0201

  WAAAF Met. officers

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