AIR POWER AT THE BATTLEFRONT: ALLIED CLOSE AIR SUPPORT IN EUROPE 1943-45
Written by Ian Gooderson
Published by Frank Cass
in 1998
ISBN: 0714642118
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR II
- AVIATION
- AIR FORCE
- ARMY
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Front cover
Contents
- List of Illustrations
- List of Tables and Diagrams
- Editor's Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Glossary
- Introduction
- 1 Operational Research
- 2 Flawed Instruments: The Allied Air Support Systems, 1943-45
- 3 The Fighter-Bomber Weapon, 1943-45
- 4 The Flying Spearhead: Close Support for Allied Mobile and Airborne Operations
- 5 Allied Fighter-Bombers versus German Armoured Forces: Myths and Realities
- 6 Heavy and Medium Bombers in the Close Support Role
- 7 Fighter-Bombers and Artillery: A Comparison of Effectiveness
- 8 The Cost Effectiveness of Close Air Support: A Comparison with Armed Reconnaissance
- Appendices:
- Dive Bombing Attack where Flak is Light (Diagram III, Chapter 3)
- Dive Bombing Attack where Flak is Intense (Diagram IV, Chapter 3)
- Allied Fighter-Bomber Versus German Armoured Forces (Chapter 5)
- Heavy and Medium Bombers in the Close Support Role (Chapter 6)
- The Cost Effectiveness of Close Air Support (Chapter 8)
- Note on Source Material
- Bibliography
- Index