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The Army Air Forces in World War II, Vol. 1 (archived PDF)

Air Force Historical Studies Office · 863 pages · text from the file's own layer

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. 47 …s Independent Force, the whole of the French Air Division (strategic reserve), and Italian and Portuguese…
  • p. 113 …Japanese Air Power The Japanese air forces, divided into separate army and navy air arms, had…
  • p. 119 …naval air service, and a colonial air force.” For their air doctrines, the Italians depended almost…
  • p. 120 …In its first “combat” test during the thirties the Italian Air Force faced no real opposition…
  • p. 121 …The hope was not fulfilled, for numerous weaknesses in the Italian Air Force rapidly came to…
  • p. 122 …The fundamental weakness of the Italian Air Force was not in its theory of air power…
  • p. 197 …naval forces, and within prescribed boundaries to destroy any German and Italian naval, air, and ground…
  • p. 386 …More threatening were Rommel’s forces in North Africa, for the very existence of the air…
  • p. 554 …Chennault, who since 1937 had been serving as special adviser to the Chinese Air Force. Known…
  • p. 705 …Brett, Chief of the Air Corps, to England for study of the problem. Specifically, he was…
  • p. 752 …USSBS, Japanese Air Power. 9. Notes on the Italian Air Force, in special file of Brig…
  • p. 805 …History, First Air Force. 44. History, Caribbean Air Force, 8 May 1941-6 Mar. 1942, p…
  • p. 851 …E S Italian Air Force: 82-85; development, Italian East Africa, 84 Italy, Air Ministry, 82…
  • p. 857 …See Italian Air Force. Reinforcements. See theaters. Renault works, 593 Replacement Control Depot, ~ z t h…
G L O S S A R Y *
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AAB Army Air Base
AACS Army Airways Communications System
AAFAC
AAFIB
AAG Air Adjutant General
ABDACOA4 American-British-Dutch-Australian Com-
ABDAIR Air Commander, American-British-Dutch-
Army Air Forces Antisubmarine Command
Arm; Air Force in Great Britain
mand
AC
AC/AS
A/Cdre.
ACFC
ACM
AC/S
ACTS
Actv.
AD
ADC
ADP
AEF
AFACE
AFACT
AFAFP
AFAFC
AFATC
AFCAS
AFCC
AFDAS
AFDMR
AFDOP
AFh40P
Australian Command
Air Corps
Assistant Chief of Air Staff
Air Commodore
Air Corps Ferrying Command
Air Chief A4arshal
Assistant Chief of Staff
Air Corps Tactical School
Activation
Air Depot
Alaska Defense Command
Airport Development Program
American Expeditionary Force
Assistant Chief of Air Staff-5
Assistant Chief of Air Staff, Training
Assistant Chief of Air Staff, Plans
Ferrying Command
Air Transport Command
Chief of Air Staff
Air Force Combat Command
Deputy Chief of Air Staff
Directorate of Military Requirements
Directorate of Personnel
Directorate of Organizational Planning
* I n usage the original meaning of code names frequently becomes corrupted.
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