15th Air Force Reports (2 of 2), July 1944-December 1944

Containers:

02.0047 - Box 3, Folder 023

Scope and content:

A collection of reports on a variety of topics in the MAAF and 15th AF. Microfilm pages from 0651-0742. Reports range from September to December 1944. 0651-0652: Smoke Screens. 0653-0654: Smoke Defense of Ploesti. 0655-0658: Discussion of potential targets for attack at 15th AF HQ. 0659: Innovation in bomber formations to avoid pathfinder failures, which led to flight abortions. 0660-0667: MAAF Targets proposed for study by USSBS. 0668-0672: Target Intel Report that emphasizes destruction of oil and communications targets. Includes two maps. 0673-0676: Progress of the War Against Germany. 0677-0681: Maps of types of targets for MAAF Bombers. 0682: Extending Operating Range of 15th AF With Budapest Bases. 0683-0686: Maps of Central European Theater and MAAF Bombing Targets. 0687-0689: Risks of Overbombing. 0690-0691: Air Photography. While not clearly important, it is being hampered by the seperation of facilitiesfor development and interpretation of film from strategic operational agencies. 0692: Too faded to view. 0693-0695: Smoke screens. 0696-0727: "The Economic Effects of Allied Attacks in Force on German Targets, 1st April 1944 and 30th June, 1944." Produced by the Ministry of Home Security Research and Experiments Department. 0728-0730: PFF Targets, Principal Cities 0731: Flak Areas MASAF. 0732-0739: 15th AF Priority Targets 0740-0741: Reports on Strafing of lines of communications by fighter aircraft. 0742: Material taken by airship to Washington. *Formerly called Bombing Reports No. 2

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