63rd Army Air Forces Contract Pilot School | |
 63rd Army Air Forces Contract Pilot School | |
  63rd Army Air Forces Contract Pilot School  63rd Army Air Forces Contract Pilot School | |
| Location | 2700 S. Peterson Avenue Douglas, Georgia |
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| Coordinates | 31°28′48″N 82°51′08″W / 31.48°N 82.8522°W |
| Built | 1941 |
| Architect | Stefan H. Zachar |
| NRHP reference No. | 13000270 |
| Added to NRHP | May 14, 2013[1] |
The 63rd Army Air Forces Contract Pilot School is located at the Douglas Municipal Airport in Coffee County, Georgia. During World War II, it was part of the Civilian Pilot Training Act of 1939, to train civilian pilots to serve as contract labor in an auxiliary capacity for the military. The program lasted until 1944, during which 250,000 men and women had been certified as pilots by the contract schools. At the Douglas facility, 9,000 pilots had been certified between its opening in 1941 and its closing in 1944. The buildings that remain intact were listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 14, 2013.