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.

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“Northeast Air Command”13 pages

p. 181 …plans, in conjunction with the commander concerned, for movement of air echelons of the several task…
p. 198 …Giles, an Air Corps officer who had been designated to head the Greenland Base Command." T…
p. 380 …Upon the request of the Ferrying Command, the State Depart- ment again pressed for an answer…
p. 405 …But even during the winter, the Ferrying Command was able to operate a small- scale air…
p. 414 …Originally undertaken for the Air Service Command, the operation passed to the control of the Air…
p. 482 …Air Commands No. I and No. 2 , located respectively in the northwest and northeast defensive areas…
p. 539 …Task two, under command of General Mac- Arthur, would involve seizure of the upper Solomons and…
p. 603 …air reconnaissance and attack was the antisubmarine measure most feared by the U-boat command), the…
p. 646 …command over the Air Defense Command and what was to be- come the vital Northeast Air…
p. 771 …First Air Force, I, Organizational Development, Northeast Air District and First Air 30 June 19439 P…
p. 780 …Love to Northeast Air- lines, 3 Feb. 1942; Chronology of Inau- gural Routes and Flights, North…
p. 781 …The Air Transport Command in the Southwest Pacific, 7 Dec. 1941-1 180. R&R, Gen…
p. 787 …S W P Command, 15 Feb. 1942; GO 20, Hq. Allied Air Forces, 20 June 1942…

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
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DATE
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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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