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| | HyperWar: The Army Air Forces in WWII: Vol. II--Europe: TORCH to POINTBLANK [Chapter 1] |
 | | The air route employing the island ladder between Hawaii and Australia inaugurated by three B-17's in January 1942 was still in the stage of feverish development. |
 | | Air Headquarters, Egypt, defended the army's lines of communication, the Canal, and the cities of the Delta, while Air Headquarters, Malta, operated the RAF squadrons in that beleaguered isle. |
 | | The enemy air dislocated, WDAF could intervene freely in the ground battle and, it was hoped, insure a certain initial tactical surprise by denying the enemy air reconnaissance. |
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