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1、USAAFHEAVYBOMBERUNITSET0&MTO1942-45I..-ll'-3SPREYPUBLISHINGLONDOPublishedin1977byOspreyPublishingLtd12-14LongAcre,LondonWC2E9LPMembercompanyoftheGeorgePhilipGroup0Copyright1977OspreyPublishingLtdThisbookiscopyrightedundertheBerneConvention.Allrightsreserved.Apartfromanyfairdealin^forthepu
2、rpose"-..ofprivatestudy,research,criticismorreview,aspermittedundertheCopyrightAct,1956,nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,storedinaretrievalsystem,ortransmittedinanyformorbyanymeans,electronic,electrical,chemical,mechanical,optical,photocopying,recordingorotherwise,withoutthepriorper
3、missionofthecopyrightowner.EnquiriesshouldheaddressedtothePublishers.ISBN0850451310FilmsetbyBASPrintersLimited.Wallop,Hampshire,EnglandandprintedinHongKongUSAAFHeavyBomberUnits,ET0andMTO1942-45INTHEBEGINNING...On11June1942,twelveU.S.ArmyAirForceheadedbyMaj.Gen.JamesE.Chaney,wasestab-B-24D
4、Liberatorsdropped36,000lbsofbombsonlishedinLondontoprepareforthepossibletheoilrefinerycomplexatPloesti,Rumania,intheinvolvementofUSairandgroundforcesinthefirstAmericanheavybomberattackofWorldWarEuropeanwar.WithBritishleaders,thisgroup11.Althoughdamagetothetargetwasslight,thecarriedoutthen
5、ecessarygroundworktosetupamissionwasasignificantportentofthingstocome-heavybombercommand,whichwouldbesuper-henceforth,themiddleyearsofthewarwouldseevisedbyMaj.Gen.CarlSpaatz,chosenforthetasktheUSstrategicbombingeffortdirectedatthebyGen.H.H.Arnold,commandinggeneralofdefeatofNaziGermany,apo
6、licyoutlinedbeforetheAAF.Toheadthenewcommand,SpaatzPearlHarbour.TheJapaneseattackmeantdiversionselectedBrig.Gen.IraC.Eaker,anofficerwithofsomemenandmachinestothePacific,butthewidespreadmilitaryexperienceandareputation'Europefirst'planremainedinbeing.Aprimaryfordiplomacy.elementofthatplanw
7、astoestablishalong-EakerarrivedinEnglandwithacadreofsixrangebomberforceintheBritishIslestoattackofficerson20February1942.Onthe22nd.theUScontinentalEuropeand,bythetimeofthePloestiArmyBomberCommandwasformallycreatedandmission,thefirstcombatunitshadbeguntomoveEakerandh