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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.

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“Pacific Ocean”16 pages

  • p. 75 …In the North Pacific only the narrow Bering Strait separated Siberia from Alaska, and farther south…
  • p. 242 …O R+ POI NT HAWAIIAN I SLA PACIFIC OCEAN 196 o w s U I DS
  • p. 322 …any one of many points in both oceans and along our coast lines and against the…
  • p. 332 …The shots seemed designed to punctuate the President’s statement that “the broad oceans which have…
  • p. 387 …Another Indian Ocean route was proposed that would have connected Mombasa with Ceylon or Bangalore, India…
  • p. 480 …Nimitz as commander in chief of the Pacific Ocean Area, whose responsibilities included the maintenance of…
  • p. 489 …Defense of the South Pacific Route It has been indicated elsewhere that the fear of just…
  • p. 515 …Chester Nimitz, commander in chief of the Pacific Ocean Area, could not know of the debates…
  • p. 537 …Pacific Ocean,’ but the division of command between the Army and Navy in the Pacific naturally…
  • p. 630 …T h e United States was asked to provide additional air strength for the Pacific, to…
  • p. 775 …Transport Cornand‘s Ocean Ferry (London, 1945), pp. 5-19; Summary of Information covering the organization…
  • p. 791 …ON1 Combat Narratives, Early Raids in the Pacific Ocean, I Feb.-ro Mar. 1942; RAAF Intel…
  • p. 797 …This action was to be co-ordinated with an operation in the South Pacific against Tulagi…
  • p. 833 …Headquarters, VIII Bomber Command, High Wycombe Prime Minister Pacific Ocean Area New Caledonia Task Force Plan…
  • p. 850 …336407 3537 356, 3803 395-96, q857 496 India-China Ferry, organization, 508 Indian Ocean, 33…
  • p. 856 …I , 432, 477 Pacific Fleet (US.), 137, 19697, 236, 272-73 Pacific Ocean Area, 419, 452…
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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RANGE
2000/4000
2 100/5000
2-4
2
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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
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Jan. 39
Jan. 42
Oct. 41
SELECTEDLISTOF PLANES IN U S E BY THE AAF, DECEMBERI 94 I-AUGUST 1942

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