In March 1943 he asked to be formally recognised as a "service pilot", a form of pilot restricted to non-combat duties.

However, many units remained de facto segregated, with African Americans mostly being pooled into service units and non-combat duties.

He attended a commanders' course, but was transferred to non-combat duty when diagnosed with tuberculosis.

These persons may serve in non-combat duties.

On March 2, 1945, Air Group 4 was assigned non-combat duty and transferred off the Essex.

The non-combat duties in Finnish Defence Forces peace-keeping operations opened to women in 1991.

This was a 'household' rather than line unit and had non-combat duties like bow-making.

But then along came a war with real bullets and, as summarized in a recent headline, "For women near the front lines, there's no such thing as non-combat duty."

Subsequently, both units were disbanded by the British, and their personnel interned in camps or used in non-combat duties.

CWAC personnel were secretaries, vehicle drivers and mechanics, and performed all conceivable non-combat duties.