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The Army Air Forces in World War II, Vol. 1 (archived PDF)

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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.

  • p. 56 …T o the public it be- came a battle royal of “Billy Mitchell versus the Brass…
  • p. 131 …into production to supplement the exist- ing aircraft industry. At the moment the British did not…
  • p. 161 …Reconnaissance flights over the island by Luftwaffe aircraft and repeated German efforts to establish meteorological sta…
  • p. 198 …and for B-IS'S operated by Royal Canadian Air Force units stationed at the New…
  • p. 200 …But new airfields, improvements in existing airfields, and large quantities of aircraft warning equipment were required…
  • p. 280 …Since the aircraft would have to be ferried overland for a distance of over 2,000…
C O N T E N T S
* * * * * * * * * * *
I. T H E EARLY HERITAGE
. . . . . . .I . THEAIRSERVICEIN WORLDWARI 3
JAMES LEACATE,University of Chicago
JAMES LEACATE,University of Chicago
WESLEYFRANKCRAVEN,N e w York University
2 . THEARMYAIR ARMBETWEEN T w o WARS,1919-39 . . 1 7
11. PRELUDE T O WAR
. . . . . . . . . . . .3. AIRWAR,1939-41 75
E. KATHLEENWILLIAMS,Louis E. Asher Fellow,
University of Chicago
4. THEAIR CORPSPREPARESFOR WAR,1939-41 . . . . I O I
JAMES LEACATE,University of Chicago
E. KATHLEENWILLIAMS,Louis E. Asher Fellow,
University of Chicago
5. DEPLOYMENTOF THE AAF ON THE EVEOF HOSTILITIES. . I 5 I
E. KATHLEENWILLIAMS,Louis E. Asher Fellow,
University of Chicago
. . . . . . . .6. PEARLHARBORAND CLARKFIELD '94
RICHARDL. WATSON,Duke University
7. ESTABLISHMENTOF THE FUNDAMENTALBASESOF STRATEGY 2 34
JAMES LEACATE,University of Chicago
111. TACTICAL DEMANDS
CONCENTRATION VERSUS DISPERSAL OF FORCES
8. AIRDEFENSEOF THE WESTERNHEMISPHERE. . . . 27 I
WILLIAMA. GOSS,City College of Sun Francisco
9. THEEARLYDEVELOPMENTOF AIR TRANSPORTAND FER-
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RYING 3 ' 0
JOHN D. CARTER,W e s t Virginia University
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