Suddenly the plane shot upward, roaring away from the airfield. We all smashed back against our seats. Maybe the wheels won’t come down, someone said in a small voice. Snuffy Nixon, the navigator, stuck his head in the cabin and broke the silence. Don’t worry, folks. I just got mixed up in my figuring and picked the wrong country. Not France ! we cried. No, said Snuffy, it’s not France. But it’s not England, either. He grinned over at me. This is Kay’s home. We almost landed in southern Ireland !
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29
2009
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21
2009
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Category : Army Air Forces, XIX TAC
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12.000 Fighter and Bomber Sorties, XIX Tactical Air Command’s First Month of Operations in Support of the US Third Army in France.

Content
- Frontispiece
- Introduction
- Notes on Organization, Tactics, and Technique
- Missions of the XIX Tactical Air Command
- The Background, In Brief
- Air Operations Day by Day
- Five Accompanying Maps
- Recapitulation
- Annex : Map Showing Location of Units














