c1945 History Of The 64th Fighter Wing 1942-1945 WWII Unit History Hardcover

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The History Of The 64th Fighter Wing 1942-1945
Unit History

 

Hardcover. 4to. Published by 64th Fighter Wing, Tubingen, Germany. 1945. 199 pgs. Illustrated with many illustrations and maps. Original owners Certificate of Appreciation for War Service named to Alvin G. Minnick with letter from H P Harmon laid in.

Bound in blue cloth boards with titles present to the spine and squadron seal present to the front board. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities (light sunning present to the spine). No ownership marks present.  Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid.

The organization was established during the early days of World War II as an air defense command and control wing assigned to First Air Force at Mitchel Field, New York.

By February 1943, it was clear that no German aircraft were heading to attack the East Coast, and the organization was realigned to become a command and control organization for Twelfth Air Force, engaged in combat as part of the North African Campaign. "The wing moved to North Africa in February 1943 and supported combat operations with a warning and control system, and, occasionally, augmenting the operations section of the XII Air Support Command in the Tunisian campaign."

"During the Sicilian and Italian campaigns (1943–1944), it administered fighter and fighter-bomber support to ground forces in a wide range of operations that included cover patrols, battle-area patrols, invasion coverage, escort missions, dive bombing missions, and reconnaissance. In Italy, the 64th directed close air support operations against enemy objectives in advance of Allied troops. Its primary targets included enemy gun positions, road junctions, traffic concentrations, assembly areas, bridges, and targets of opportunity."

"In August 1944 during the invasion of southern France, wing personnel, applying techniques developed in the invasion of Sicily and Italy, controlled air operations while aboard ships patrolling the assault beaches. With the landing of troops, a beachhead control unit directed aircraft to hit enemy strong points, ammunition dumps, troop concentrations, road intersections, supply lines, and communications. As Allied forces advanced northward along the Rhone valley, the wing implemented a plan to give more rapid support to the ground troops. Forward control units, equipped with the latest in air ground communications, directed sector air ground support. During the operations in France and Germany (1944–1945), the 64th continued to coordinate the close air-ground support of its fighter aircraft."

After the end of hostilities in May 1945, the wing served in the occupation of Germany as part of the XII Tactical Air Command, United States Air Forces in Europe. In Occupied Germany the wing performed many occupation duties such as destroying captured enemy aircraft, repairing roads, bridges and processing Prisoners of War. It also commanded combat units which were inactivating and sending their aircraft to storage, disposal or return to the United States. It was inactivated in Germany on 5 June 1947.

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Book formats and corresponding sizes
Name	Abbreviations	Leaves	Pages	Approximate cover size (width × height)
				inches	cm
folio	2º or fo	2	4	12 × 19	30.5 × 48
quarto	4º or 4to	4	8	9½ × 12	24 × 30.5
octavo	8º or 8vo	8	16	6 × 9	15 × 23
duodecimo  or twelvemo	12º or 12mo	12	24	5 × 7⅜	12.5 × 19
sextodecimo or sixteenmo	16º or 16mo	16	32	4 × 6¾	10 × 17
octodecimo or eighteenmo	18º or 18mo	18	36	4 × 6½	10 × 16.5
trigesimo-secundo or thirty-twomo	32º or 32mo	32	64	3½ × 5½	9 × 14
quadragesimo-octavo or forty-eightmo	48º or 48mo	48	96	2½ × 4	6.5 × 10
sexagesimo-quarto or sixty-fourmo	64º or 64mo	64	128	2 × 3	5 × 7.5

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• Condition: Used
• Condition: Hardcover. 4to. Published by 64th Fighter Wing, Tubingen, Germany. 1945. 199 pgs. Illustrated with many illustrations and maps. Original owners Certificate of Appreciation for War Service named to Alvin G. Minnick with letter from H P Harmon laid in. Bound in blue cloth boards with titles present to the spine and squadron seal present to the front board. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities (light sunning present to the spine). No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The organization was established during the early days of World War II as an air defense command and control wing assigned to First Air Force at Mitchel Field, New York. By February 1943, it was clear that no German aircraft were heading to attack the East Coast, and the organization was realigned to become a command and control organization for Twelfth Air Force, engaged in combat as part of the North African Campaign. "The wing moved to North Africa in February
• Conflict: WW II (1939-45)
• Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
• Original/Reproduction: Original
• Region of Origin: United States
• Theme: Militaria

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