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Condensed analysis of the Ninth Air Force in the European theater of operations : an analytical study of the operating procedures and functional organization of tactical air power as developed by the Ninth Air Force in the war of Western Eu

TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Foreword v Preface vii Foreword to the 1946 Edition ix Acknowledgments, 1946 Edition xi Maps xviii Charts xix Chapter I. — Introduction 1 Chapter II. — A Critical Review of Ninth Air Force Operations 7 A. General Operational Considerations 7 B. Pre-Invasion Tactical Air Offensive. (16 October 1943-5 June 1944) 12 C. Campaign of Normandy. (6 June 1944-24 July 1944) 19 D. Campaign of Western France and Brittany. (25 July 1944-25 August 1944) 26 E. Campaign of Eastern France and the Siegfried Line. (26 August 1944-15 December 1944) 31 F. Campaign of the Ardennes. (16 December 1944-28 January 1945) 40 G. Campaign West of the Rhine River. (29 January 1945-24 March 1945) 43 H. Campaign of Central Germany, Austria, and Czechoslovakia. (25 March 1945-7 May 1945) 46 I. Maps of Abbve Campaigns Chapter III. — A Critical Review of Ninth Air Force Organization 49 A. Organization and Build-Up 49 B. Organization of Commands: 1. IX Fighter Command 66 2. IX Tactical Air Command 68 3. XIX Tactical Air Command 69 4. XXIX Tactical Air Command 70 5. XII Tactical Air Command 72 Chapter III. — A Critical Review of Ninth Air Force Organization — Continued B. Organization of Commands

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