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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. 386 …More threatening were Rommel’s forces in North Africa, for the very existence of the air…
  • p. 387 …the route over which the Far East Air Force had received its thirty-five heavy bombers…
  • p. 551 …Formerly commander of the Far East Air Force in the Philip- * See above, pp. 396-97…
  • p. 561 …of an air force, depended upon a line of communications extending across the Indian and At…
  • p. 570 …the American air force would be used in the Bay of Bengal and Indian Ocean area…
  • p. 571 …Accordingly, on 24 May the order committing the Tenth Air Force to operations under RAF supervision…
  • p. 577 …involved in estab- lishing and operating an air force in Asia. The report of the Grady…
  • p. 630 …Policy for Disposition of US and British Air Forces.” l6 This memorandum greatly extended the scope…
  • p. 797 …MacArthur argued that now was a pro- pitious moment to rush forces from the Indian and…
  • p. 819 …5 8 - 6 7 Eighth Air Force, I, 326ff.; Achtung Indianer, a history of VIII FC…
  • p. 850 …See also CBI; Air Forces, Tenth AF. 336407 3537 356, 3803 395-96, q857 496 India…
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
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2
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2
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RANGE
2000/4000
2 100/5000
2-4
2
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3
6-10
4 I 6-10
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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
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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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