00199295 2486-13C UNCLASSIFIED 2429265 01-01-1939 2430336 12-07-1941

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422.01-1 V.2 VOL 2 OF 3 REF 00199294 0000005791 A4049 207 456 249 35 2446889 04-03-1987 DISCUSSES IN DETAIL PROGRESS OF TRAINING PLANS IN 2 BOMBARDMENT GROUP WITH ADVENT OF B-17 AIRCRAFT AND DEVELOPMENT OF PURSUIT AVIATION TACTICS WITH EMPHASIS ON ROLES OF COL ROBERT OLDS AND COL L. S. CHURCHILL. EXPERIMENTATION, TESTING AND DEVELOPMENT TOPICS INCLUDE BLIND BOMBING (BY DEAD RECKONING AND TRAIN BOMBING). WING PROVIDED DEMONSTRATIONS FOR UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY CADETS AND VISITING DIGNITARIES. DISCUSSES CONDUCT OF NEUTRALITY PATROLS BY ADVANCED COMBAT ECHELON AND FATE OF 49 BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON. DESCRIBES FLIGHT OF THREE B-17 AIRCRAFT OF 2 BOMBARDMENT GROUP TO BRAZIL IN COMMEMORATION OF ANNIVERSARY OF FOUNDING OF BRAZILIAN REPUBLIC 10 THROUGH 26 NOV 39. DESCRIBES FLIGHT OF TWO B-17 AND ONE XB-15 AIRCRAFT CARRYING MEDICAL SUPPLIES IN RESPONSE TO EARTHQUAKE IN CHILE FEB AND MAR 40. INCLUDES PHOTOGRAPHS, MAPS AND ROSTERS OF FLIGHTS CONDUCTED TO CARIBBEAN AREA AND ACROSS UNITED STATES (TRANSCONTINENTAL) CARRYING CHIEF OF STAFF, GEN GEORGE C. MARSHALL, ON INSPECTION TOURS. DISCUSSES PARTICIPATION IN JOINT EXERCISES WITH UNITED STATES NAVY. DESCRIBES PARTICIPATION IN ARMY MANEUVERS (FIRST ARMY AUG 40, SECOND ARMY, WISCONSIN, 1940) PARTICULARLY EFFECTS OF MANEUVERS ON EVOLUTION OF AIR CORPS DOCTRINE. ILLUSTRATED WITH PHOTOGRAPHS, CHARTS, MAPS AND DIAGRAMS. INCLUDES GLOSSARY AND BIBLIOGRAPHY. NONE PART ONE: SECOND BOMBARDMENT WING, GENERAL HEADQUARTERS AIR FORCE