Usaaf in a sentence

As early as 4 March 1945, while fighting was still taking place, the B-29 Dinah Might of the USAAF 9th Bomb Group reported it was low on fuel near the island and requested an emergency landing.

A squadron of USAAF Lockheed P-38 Lightning aircraft were assigned the task as only they possessed the range to intercept and engage.

As seen from USAAF P-51 Mustang gun camera Too fast to catch for the escorting Allied fighters, the Me 262s were almost impossible to head off.

At Stalin's insistence, on 8 May, shortly before midnight, ( Generalfeldmarschall ) Wilhelm Keitel repeated the signing in Berlin at Marshal Georgiy Zhukov 's headquarters, with General Carl Spaatz of the USAAF present as Eisenhower's representative.

China Burma India Theater USAAF and Chinese P-40 pilots performed well in this theater, scoring high kill ratios against Japanese types such as the Ki-43, Nakajima Ki-44 "Tojo" and the Zero.

Due to reports the USAAF was receiving from Europe, the remaining 36 in the batch were upgraded with small improvements such as self-sealing fuel tanks and enhanced armor protection to make them combat-capable.

Early models proved to be unsuitable for combat use over Europe and it was the B-17E that was first successfully used by the USAAF.

Ethell and Sand 2002, p. 126. The Luftwaffe s answer, especially to their Zerstörer twin-engined bomber destroyer units' evisceration by the USAAF, was the Gefechtsverband (battle formation).

German air units were also exhausted and providing little help against the RAF 's all-out attack on the Axis supply lines which, with the arrival of United States Army Air Forces USAAF) heavy bombers, could reach as far as Benghazi.

German training model on how to attack a "flying porcupine" (fliegendes Stachelschwein) A 1943 survey by the USAAF found that over half the bombers shot down by the Germans had left the protection of the main formation.

However, the navy did operate four land-based F-5Bs in North Africa, inherited from the USAAF and redesignated FO-1.

In all, the USAAF lost twenty-two aircraft on the mission.

Individual pilots from the 57th FG were the first USAAF P-40 pilots to see action in the MTO, while attached to Desert Air Force Kittyhawk squadrons, from July 1942.

Initial USAAF operations over Europe "Combat boxes" of 12 B-17 during bombing missions.

Japanese-captured B-17s This Philippines-captured USAAF Boeing B-17D, in Japanese livery, was flown to Japan for technical evaluation.

Late model Lightnings were delivered unpainted, as per USAAF policy established in 1944.

Military gliders A Waco CG-4A of the USAAF in 1943 Military gliders were used during World War II for carrying troops ( glider infantry ) and heavy equipment to combat zones.

Molesworth 2002 While the P-40 suffered heavy losses in the MTO, many USAAF P-40 units achieved high kill-to-loss ratios against Axis aircraft.

Note the early radar with transverse-dipole Yagi antenna fitted to the nose B-25J ;NA-40 :Twin-engined five-seat bomber to meet 1938 USAAF requirement for attack bomber.

One of the 40 USAAF F-8s.