This Page Declassified IAW EO12958 Sache SECUMTY INORMATION ~~ Copy No. | GONSIDENTIAL U.S. Air Force Historical Study No. I! f Formerly Army Air Forces Reterence tistory No. 19) ( Short Title- AAFRH-I9) t Combined — BOMBER OFFENSIVE APRIL THROUGH DECEMBER 1943 ~ OW | v | 3.08 Nunes | ce ZLI9e OV “eaV nome soanypry OUI AYER | My | No? LCN OG PREPARED BY AAF HISTORICAL OFFICE HEADQUARTERS, ARMY AIR FORCES e g aa TEE TR PORT ta, Oo, CoNSTDENTIAS ~. 3S 8 ~ nen THIS PAGE Declassified IAW EO012958Tl Page Declassified IAW EO12958 CONFEDE e THE COMBINGD BOMBER OFFENSIVE April through Decerber 1943 (Short Title: AAFEH-19) LAF Historical Office Headquarters, Army Air Forces March 1946 THIS PAGE Declassified IAW EO12958This Page Declas: d IAW EO12958 . nee ALFLH-19 FOREWORD ‘This study wie prepared during the summer of 1945 by Geptain John 1 ctornont, whose services were lost to the i Historical Office imnediately after the study was completed. Ib dees not incorporate, therefore, the results of such more recently released materials as the final over-all report of the U, 3. Strategie Bonbing Survey. ‘The present study is preceded by AMFRHAI8: The arly Oporstions of the Zighth air Force and the Oriyins of the Coxbined Zoxber OfFoncive and will be followed by @ study e caling with the C50 after Decenber 1943. In order that the reader may understand without recourse to ASFRH-18 the developaents narrated here, Captain Ctorront has presented in Chapter I and part of Chapter IT a suwary anelysis of materials vhich will be found treated in greater detail in the study covering the earlier periods ‘The study is subject to revision, and additional inforna~ tdon or suggested corrections will be welconed. eCueTT 1 MG RiaatiOe! THIS PAGE Bacines ified IAW EO12958