On Mar 20, 3:41 pm, Dan wrote:
Ken S. Tucker wrote:
On Mar 20, 12:04 pm, William Black
wrote:

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RCAF trained him for a year in Pathfinder Navigation prior to making him a de-briefer
Not a chance.
Aircrew were all promoted to sergeant on selection.

Why would ya need to be sergeant for de-briefing?
Ya don't understood the de-briefer rank.

Do try to read for comprehension. If he had been accepted for
pathfinder navigation he would have been promoted to sergeant. If he had
then been sent back to ground ops as a corporal he must have been
washed out of school.
Dan

Generally I didn't ask Old Boy direct questions of that sort of
nature,
I was a passive ear, I could say things like, "I understand such &
such"
then if he wanted he'd fill in the blanks.
He said he didn't like being a Corporal cuz all his friends were
Privates,
so I doubt he would accept a promotion, (Corporals had to snitch).

As to why you'd want a sergeant rather than corporal for debriefing
let me give you a modern analogy in the USAF. Debriefing air crews,
while supposed to be done by checklist, required experience on the part
of the debrief personnel. The USAF prefers 7 levels (think technician)
which requires the rank of staff sergeant (E-5). There's no such thing
as an E-4 7 level. Does this mean they don't use 5 levels to debrief?
No, but they aren't about to assign those with limited experience.

I wrote a day or so ago, that a very important part of a de-briefer
was to
prepare a hardened combat veteran for civilian life, many fought
Me-109's
in Lanc's and firebombed cities. Old Boy explained that don't snap
fingers
or even drop a pencil, cuz they are jumpy, makes sense empathizing
with a fella who flew a 100 missions over Germany,
that's not quite natural for men to do.
It's important to get men relaxed and encourage them to be be
talkative,
was his thinking, that might be important.
I tried to explain, it wouldn't matter what his rank is, he was de-
briefing
EX-service personel, could even be a General, his business was to
treat
them as civilians, capishy?
Ken