Air Ground Teamwork on the Western Front: The Role of the 19th Tactical Air Command During August 1944, an Interim Report (Wings at War Series)

Wings at War Commorative Edition, 1942.. Paperback. Maps and b/w photographs throughout. A description of the close air support and batlefield interdiction in action. A single, month-long campaign - the famous thrust across northern France in August 1944 of Gen. George S. Patton's Third Army and Maj. Gen. O.P.Weyland's XIX Tactical Air Command - became a model for close cooperation between army and aviation forces in future conflicts. This is a day-by-day account. 50 pages. 6 x 9.25 inches, 1992, Army Air Forces/Center for Air Force History, Washington, DC