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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
Sea-Search Attack
Australia
Projected plan to combine United States
and British plans for seizure of Dakar,
Casablanca, and Tunisia
Secretary of War
Southwest Pacific Area
The Adjutant General
Twin engine
Task force
Technical manual
Plan for Allied landings in North and
Training Regulation
Plan to set up a model air defense sector in
America with Royal Air Force aid
Plan to provide Army Air Forces night
fighter squadron with Royal Air Force
equipment and training
United States Army Forces in British Isles
United States Army Forces in Far East
United States Army Forces in Australia
United States Army Forces in Britain
United States Army Forces in South Pacific
United States Forces
United States Strategic Bombing Survey
Very high frequency
Wing Commander
Western Defense Command
War Department General Staff
Eighth Air Force Headquarters a t Bushy
War Plans Division, War Department
Northwest Africa, November 1942
Park
General Staff
SSA
SUMAC
SUPER-GYMNAST
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SWPA
T A G
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TF
T M
TORCH
T R
TRIGGER
TURBINLITE
USAFBI
USAFFE
USAFIA
USAFIB
USAFISPA
USFOR
USSBS
VHF
w/c
W D C
WDGS
WIDEWING
WPD
X Task force to move heavy bombers to
Australia
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