United States Army Air Forces

Overview

Works:	3,916 works in 4,895 publications in 1 language and 122,970 library holdings
Genres:	Periodicals Drama History Glossaries, vocabularies, etc Dictionaries Documentary films Personal narratives‡vAmerican Military history Criticism, interpretation, etc
Roles:	Photographer, Editor
Classifications:	D790, 791.4372

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Publications about United States

Publications by United States

Most widely held works about United States

The wild blue : the men and boys who flew the B-24s over Germany by Stephen E Ambrose ( Book )
Lost in Shangri-la : a true story of survival, adventure, and the most incredible rescue mission of World War II by Mitchell Zuckoff ( Book )
A-train memoirs of a Tuskegee Airman by Charles W Dryden ( )
Frozen in time : an epic story of survival, and a modern quest for lost heroes of World War II by Mitchell Zuckoff ( Book )
Flying MacArthur to victory by Weldon E Rhoades ( )

Freedom flyers : the Tuskegee Airmen of World War II by J. Todd Moye ( Book )
The day I fired Alan Ladd and other World War II adventures by A. E Hotchner ( )
The rise of American air power : the creation of Armageddon by Michael S Sherry ( Book )
The man who flew the Memphis Belle : memoir of a WWII bomber pilot by Robert Morgan ( Book )
Segregated skies : all-Black combat squadrons of WW II by Stanley Sandler ( Book )
I could never be so lucky again : an autobiography by James Harold Doolittle ( Book )
The spectator a World War II bomber pilot's journal of the artist as warrior by David Zellmer ( )
The final mission of Bottoms Up a World War II pilot's story by Dennis R Okerstrom ( )
Airpower myths and facts by Phillip S Meilinger ( )
The first heroes : the extraordinary story of the Doolittle Raid-- America's first World War II victory by Craig Nelson ( Book )
Doolittle, aerospace visionary by Dik A Daso ( )
The United States Air Force a chronology by John C Fredriksen ( )
Nancy Love and the WASP ferry pilots of World War II by Sarah Byrn Rickman ( )
Global mission by Henry Harley Arnold ( Book )
The quest Haywood Hansell and American strategic bombing in World War II by Charles Griffith ( )

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Most widely held works by United States

The War reports of General of the Army George C. Marshall, Chief of Staff, General of the Army H.H. Arnold, Commanding General, Army Air Forces [and] Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King, Commander-in-Chief, United States Fleet and Chief of Naval operations by George C Marshall ( Book )
4 editions published between 1947 and 2006 in English and held by 531 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Rapporter over 2. Verdenskrigs forløb fra kommanderende officerer i hver af den amerikanske hærs tre værn

Air University review ( )
in English and held by 344 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Target: Germany; the Army air forces' official story of the VIII bomber command's first year over Europe by United States ( Book )
3 editions published in 1943 in English and held by 308 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Beskriver USAAF bombeoffensiv mod Tyskland under 2. verdenskrig udført af 8th Air Force Bomber Command fra baser i England

Memphis Belle a story of a Flying Fortress by William Wyler ( Visual )
28 editions published between 1944 and 2007 in English and held by 298 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Portrays a bombing mission over Germany during World War II, including preparations for the raid, the takeoff from England, the flight, bombing the submarine base at Wilhelmshaven, and the return to base

Desert victory the battle of El Alamein ( Visual )
2 editions published in 2009 in English and held by 175 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The British Army and R.A.F. captured the Battle of El Alamein while it happened. Teams of cameramen followed the 8th Army troops into battle against Rommel's Afrika Korps, recording some of the most extraordinary footage of the war. Features rare and fascinating original film preserved in the Museum's archives. Some materials have never been released to the public before

WWII Airmen amazing accounts of airmen recorded during the War ( Recording )
5 editions published between 2000 and 2007 in English and held by 174 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
These amazing accounts of airmen recorded during the war include stories of air combat, music of the time and recordings made on bomb runs over Europe and Japan

Mission accomplished : interrogations of Japanese industrial, military, and civil leaders of World War II by United States ( Book )
2 editions published in 1946 in English and held by 149 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Air force : official service journal of the U.S. Army Air Forces ( )
in English and held by 144 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Report of the Commanding General of the Army Air Forces to the Secretary of War by United States ( )
in English and held by 118 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

AAF : the official World War II guide to the Army Air Forces ( Book )
1 edition published in 1988 in English and held by 116 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Aeronautical terms by Imperial Aeronautic Society of Japan ( Book )
5 editions published between 1936 and 1942 in English and Undetermined and held by 96 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Aviation psychology program research reports by United States ( )
in English and held by 74 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Memphis Belle by Michael Caton-Jones ( Visual )
10 editions published between 1944 and 1996 in English and held by 68 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The production of this acclaimed documentary was supervised by Lt. Col. William Wyler, who went on to direct many well-known commercial films. It portrays the final mission of the B-17 flying fortress "Memphis Belle"--A bombing mission over Germany during World War II, including preparations for the raid, the takeoff from England, the flight, bombing the submarine base at Wilhelmshaven, and the return to base

Thunderbolt ( Visual )
10 editions published between 1945 and 1999 in English and held by 62 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Tells about the 57th Fighter Group which participated in Operation Strangle in Italy in 1944 while flying the P-47 Thunderbolt fighter-bomber from bases in Corsica

Air war; official report of the commanding general of the Army Air Forces to the Secretary of War, January 4, 1944 by United States ( Book )
2 editions published in 1944 in English and held by 56 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Defeat by United States ( Book )
4 editions published in 1946 in English and held by 55 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Target: Germany; the U.S. Army air forces' official story of the VIII bomber command's first year over Europe by United States ( Book )
3 editions published in 1944 in English and Undetermined and held by 54 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Wings at war ( Book )
1 edition published in 1992 in English and held by 54 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Physiology of flight by United States ( Book )
1 edition published in 1953 in English and held by 53 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941 ( Visual )
2 editions published in 2001 in English and held by 52 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Appointment in Tokyo: A documentary covering the entire American Pacific campaign under the leadership of General MacArthur from the Bataan retreat to the surrender of Japan. Some scenes were taken from captured official Japanese newsreels. Japan's air war: From the Asian mainland and newly liberated Pacific islands, American airborne firepower hammers at Japan itself. Film sequences include bombing missions, aerial dogfights and scenes of the aftermath of the atomic bomb

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