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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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“Williams Air Force Base”12 pages

  • p. 97 …Under it the naval air forces will be based on the fleet and move with it…
  • p. 260 …the ground, personnel of the Far East Air Force fought back as best they could in…
  • p. 267 …force of its ability to assert and maintain control of the air over its own bases…
  • p. 268 …were forced to break away because of a shortage of fuel. One pilot, Lt. William M…
  • p. 359 …By I June the Eleventh Air Force, so designated on 5 February, had been greatly increased…
  • p. 444 …bail out. Lts. William L. Turner and C.L. Reagan were forced into crash land- ings…
  • p. 464 …Available air base personnel were sent out to enlist the aid of local leaders and to…
  • p. 481 …Army Forces in Australia.’ General Brett assumed command of the Allied Air Forces on 2 0…
  • p. 764 …Fifth Air Force, 30 Sept. 1942; Statement of Personal Experience, made by Lt. Col. W.A…
  • p. 776 …A Study of the Origins of the Ninth Air Force, pp. 1-15; Stettinius, Lend-Lease…
  • p. 786 …1942; GO 4, 1 1 , 20, 26, 37, 38, and 5 2 , Fifth Air Force, 6…
  • p. 863 …position, 271-73, 277, 280; staging bases, 336 Western Air Lines, 358 Western Defense Comd., 190…
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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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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