The Other Ninth Air Force: Ninth US Army Light Aircraft Operations in Europe, 1944-45 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781781553022)

Vendor: Ken Wakefield
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Format: Hardcover
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The Other Ninth Air Force: Ninth US Army Light Aircraft Operations in Europe, 1944-45

$29.95

The Other Ninth Air Force: Ninth US Army Light Aircraft Operations in Europe, 1944-45

$29.95
Format: Hardcover
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The Other Ninth Air Force takes a detailed look at how the Artillery Air Section of a US Army Headquarters functioned during the Second World War in Europe. It relates how its Air Observation Post aircraft were procured, crewed and operated as recorded by the officer responsible for such matters. In this instance, the HQ was that of Ninth US Army and the officer concerned was the late Lt-Col. Robert M. Leich. As Artillery Air Officer, Leich maintained a daily journal and this is the principal source on which this book is based. The result is a book of a different kind, covering both operational and administrative matters. Also revealed is the close cooperation that existed between Ninth Army and the two USAAF 'air' units attached to it, namely the 125th Liaison Squadron and the 50th Mobile Reclamation and Repair Squadron

Author: Ken Wakefield
ISBN-10: 1781553025
ISBN-13: 9781781553022
Publisher: Fonthill Media
Language: English
Published: 03/19/2015
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.20w x 0.90d
By Ken Wakefield
By Ken Wakefield
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Ken Wakefield graduated in Bristol in 1928 and served with the Royal Air Force and RAF Volunteer Reserve. He later became an airline pilot, retiring after twenty-seven years service as a Senior Captain with British Airways. In 1974, he was elected a Member of the Royal Aeronautical Society (MRAeS). Wakefield has previously had eight books and numerous articles published, all of an historical aviation nature, and for twenty-five years owned a 1944 ex-US Army Piper L-4.

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