Wings At War, Series No 5, Air-Ground Teamwork On The Western Front, 50th Anniversary....

The Role of the X1X Tactical Air Command during August 1944. An Interim Report.

This is an imprint by the Center for Air Force History Washington D. C. 1992

This 50th paperback commemorative edition is a clean and tight copy throughout with no highlighting or underlining within. The edition consists of 50 pages. There are some light marks around staple areas. Overall the condition is 'good'.

Contents

Narrative of the operation

Highlights of Day by Day Air Operations

Notes on Organization, Tactics, and technique

Illustrations

Maj. Gen. O. P. Weyland Frontispiece

Ground Situation, 1 August 1944

Ground Situation, 7 August 1944

P-47 in Communication with Armor

Ground Situation 15 August 1944

Ground Situation, 22nd August 1944

Ground Situation 1 September 1944

Air-Ground Teamwork On the Western Front describes close air support and battlefield interdiction in action. A single month-long campaign-the famous thrust across northern France in August 1944 of Gen. George S. Patton'sThird Army and Maj. Gen. O. P. Weyland's X1X Tactical Air Command - became a model for close cooperation between army and aviation forces in future conflicts. This day-by-day, blow-by-blow account shows how the ground forces raced forward, frequently twenty miles per day, because friendly air power protected their flanks, shielded them from the Luftwaffe, and devastated the opposition in front of them.