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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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Volume One
PLANS AND EARLY OPERATIONS
JANUARY 1939 TO AUGUST 1942
T H E ARMY A I R FORCES
I n World War I1
PREPARED UNDER T H E EDITORSHIP OF
W E S L E Y F R A N K C R A V E N
J A M E S L E A G A T E
Princeton University
University of Chicago
New Imprint by thc
Office of Air Force History
Washington, D.C., 1983
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For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Oface
Washington. D.C. 20402

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