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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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TYPE MODEL & SERIES HEAVY BOMBARDMENT MEDIUM BOMBARDMENT LIGHT BOMBARDMENT NO. NORM. ENG. C R E W B-17 E B-24 C B-18 A B-25 B B-26 B A-20 A A-24 SERVICE CEILING 2 2 2 ARMAMENT BOMB LOAD 6 5-6 5-6 I S t ACCEPT. DATE ~ 2 I I I I 2 I I I 2 I RANGE 2000/4000 2 100/5000 2-4 2 -- I I I I I I I I 3 6-10 4 I 6-10 ~~ ~ 8-.30 2-.30; 2 - 4 0 36600 34000 16 X 1oo&4 X 2 5 0 I x I 0 0 0 & Z x I 0 0 I-.30; 8-.50 2 x 2000 7 - 9 4 x 2000 I RECONNAISSANCE & PHOTO TRANSPORT Sept. 41 Dec. 41 P-;8 E p-39 D P-40 D Spitfire Vb F-4 0-47 A c-39 c-47 c-53 c-75 C-98 2 2 2 4 4 2-4 2-4 3-4 3-5 ' 5 None None c - 4 7 12 pl. or 3330# 27 pl. or IOOOO# I I 00/4000 1300/3000 II50/3000 23900 23500 2 1-25000 3-.30 I-.30; 4-40 2-.30; 4-40 or 12-.50 4 x I 1 0 0 6 X 500 2 x 2000 I x I 0 0 0 1 Or torp. June 38 Aug. 41 Apr. 42 5-25/24" 950/1000 29300 26000 Dec. 40 June 41 FIGHTERS SSo/None I z ~ / N o n e Soo/None 800/500 800/500 1000/300 335/None 25000 30800 3 3000 39000 32000 30600 37770 I-.30; 1-.50 I-.30; 1-40 I-.30; 1-.5o 4-.so; I-zomm 4-.30; 2 - 5 0 ; 37mm or 4 - 9 4-.303;2-20mrn zomm I x 500 10 X 30 None None I x 500 I X 500 & 6 X 2 0 None '933 Apr. 38 Oct. 41 Feb. 41 July 37 May 4' P-26 A P-36 A I Ioo/None 500/None None None 2-.30 1 None ____ Dec. 35 40000 23200 20600 24000 [ E A S F O A ~ p z ~ / ~ ~ p l - z c r . 1600/6700 S . Jan. 39 Jan. 42 Oct. 41 SELECTEDLISTOF PLANES IN U S E BY THE AAF, DECEMBERI 94 I-AUGUST 1942
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