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Series Air Stories
Publisher/Brand Histoire & Collection
Author Gļæ½rard Paloque
No. Pages 21 x 25 cm
Version Soft cover
Language English
Category Books on aviation
Subcategory WW2 US » WW2 US Units
Availability Product out of stock and no longer available.
Created in 1942, and immediately placed under the command of General Doolittle, the 12th Air Force was responsible for conducting Operation Torch on November 8, 1942. The unit served with the Northwest African Air Forces from February to December 1943, then with the Allied Air Forces in the Mediterranean (MAAF) until the end of the war alongside the other unit presented in this work: the 15th Air Force.
Formed in November 1943, the 15th Air Force was established to operate in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations (MTO), primarily from air fi elds located in southern Italy where they were stationed. The objectives of both units were to destroy all the oil refi neries and aircraft factories.Gérard Paloque provides a well rounded overview of all those involved in the 12th and 15th Air Forces as well as the aircraft utilized by these two great units, bringing to life many of the objectives and results that have been often forgotten by World War II historians.The reader will fi nd a chapter dedicated to the famous Tuskegee airmenĀthe 322nd Fighter Group of the 15th Air Force, the United StatesĀ fi rst all-black air unit.