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This is Volume One of The Army Air Forces in World War II, titled Plans and Early Operations, January 1939 to August 1942, edited by Wesley Frank Craven and James Lea Cate. The University of Chicago Press first published it in 1948, and the Office of Air Force History reprinted it in 1983. The front matter explains how the AAF historical program was set up during the war. The index covers Pacific, Atlantic and European operations, and nothing in the text concerns unidentified aerial phenomena.
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THE UNIVERSITYOF CHICAGOPRESS, CHICAGO8 LONDON The University of Toronto Press, Toronto 5, Canada Copyright 1948 by The University of Chicago. All rights reserved. Published 1948. Manufactured by the VANREES PRESS,New York. Fifth Impression 1964 by THE UNIVERSITYOF CHICAGOPRESS, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. Copyright registration renewed 1975 This work, first published by the University of Chicago Press, is reprinted in its entirety by the Office of Air Force History. With the exception of editing, the work is the product of the United States government. Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Main entry under title : The Army Air Forces in World War 11. Vol. 1 originally prepared by the Office of Air Force History; v. 2, by the Air Historical Group; and v. 3-7, by the USAF Historical Division. Reprint. Originally published : Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1948-1958. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Contents: v. 1. Plans and early operations, January 1939 to August 1942-v. 2. Europe, torch to point- blank, August 1942 to December 1943-[etc.]-v. 7. Services around the world. 1. World War, 1939-1945-Aerial operations, American. 2. United States. Army Air Forces- History-World War, 1939-1945. I. Craven, Wesley Frank, 1905- . 11. Cate, James Lea, 1899- . 111. United States. Air Force. Office of Air Force History. IV. United States. Air Force. Air Historical Group. V. United States. USAF Historical Division. D790.A89 1983 940.54’4973 83-17288 ISBN 0-912799-03-X (v- 1) 11
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