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US Services:

US Army Air Corps / US Army AIr Force

Technical Manual No. 1-205, Air Navigation, Prepared under direction of the Chief of the Air Corps, War Department, Washington, November 25, 1940. In Part.

Technical Manual No. 1-210, Elementary Flying, Prepared under direction of the Chief of the Air Corps ,War Department, Washington, January 9, 1942. Part 1 and Part 2:

TM 1-270, TECHNICAL MANUAL No. 1-270, AERIAL GUNNERY PRACTICE AND RECORD FIRING, WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, May 7, 1942. This manual supersedes TM 1-270, April 10, 1941. Complete.

Technical Manual No. 1-400, Theory of Flight, Prepared under direction of the Chief of the Air Corps, War Department, Washington, February 24, 1941. Complete.

TM 1-405, Technical Manual, Aircaft Engines, Prepared under direction of the Chief of the Air Corps, War Department, Washington, December 9, 1941. Complete.

TM 1-406, TECHNICAL MANUAL,  AIRCRAFT ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS, Prepared under direction of the Chief of the Air Corps, WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, October 18, 1940. Complete.

TM 1-407, Technical Manual, Aircraft Induction, Fuel and Oil Systems, Prepared under direction of the Chief of the Air Corps, War Department, Washington, November 4, 1941. Including Supplement No. 1, July 15, 1942. Complete

TM 1-409, War Department Technical Manual, Aircraft Armament and Pyrotechnics, Prepared under direction of the Chief of the Air Corps, War Department, Washington, July 30, 1941. Complete.

TM 1-410. Technical Manual, Airplane Structures, Prepared under direction of the Chief of the Air Corps, War Department, Washington, October 19, 1941. Complete.

TM 1-411, Technical Manual, Airplane Hydraulic Systems and Miscellaneous Equipment, Prepared under direction of the Chief of the Air Corps, War Department, Washington, October 20, 1941. Complete.

TM 1-412, Technical Manual, Aircraft Propellers, Prepared under direction of the Chief of the Air Corps, War Department, Washington, October 21, 1940. With Changes No.1, August 20, 1941. In Part.

TM 1-413, TECHNICAL MANUAL,  AIRCRAFT INSTRUMENTS, Prepared under direction of the Chief of the Air Corps, WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON February 2, 1942. (This manual supersedes TM 1-413, November 7, 1940) Complete.

Technical Manual No. 1-445, Instrument Flying Training, Prepared under direction of the Chief of the Air Corps, War Department, Washington, June 18, 1942. In Part.

Air Corps Field Manual FM 1-10, Tactics and Technique of Air Attack, Prepared under the Direction of the Chief of the Air Corps,  War Department, Washington November 20, 1940. Complete.

Air Corps Field Manual FM 1-15, Tactics and Technique of Air Fighting, Prepared under the Direction of the Chief of the Air Corps,  War Department, Washington September 9, 1940. Complete.

Field Manual FM 1-15, Tactics and Technique of Air Fighting, War Department, Washington April 10, 1942 (supercedes the 1940 edition). Complete.

Army Air Forces Field Manual FM 1-25, Air Defense,  War Department, Washington 15 June 1943. Complete.

Army Air Forces Field Manual FM-26, Defense of Airdromes,  War Department, Washington 20 January 1944. Complete.

Field Manual  1-30 "Air Navagation", prepared under direction of the Chief of the Air Corps, War Department, August 30, 1940. Complete.

War Department Field Manual, FM 5-20F, Corps of Egineers, Camouflage of Antiaircraft Artillery, Washington 25, D.C., 1 May 1944.
This Manual supersedes paragraph 32, FM 5-20, June 1940. Complete

FM 21-25, Elementary Map and Aerial Photograph Reading, War Department Field Manual, Washington,  15 August 1944 (previous issues: 12 April 1941 with C1 - 1942, C2 - 1942, C3 - 1942). Complete.

FM 21-26, Advanced Map and Aerial Photograph Reading, War Department Field Manual, Washington, 23 December 1944. Complete.

War Department Basic Field Manual, FM 21-80 - Recognition Training; War Department, 20 May 1944. This manual supersedes Training Circular No. 17. War Department, 1944. Complete.

FM 30-10, Basic Field Manual, Military Intelligence - Observation, prepared under direction of Chief of Staff, War Department, Washington, November 30, 1940. Complete.

War Department Basic Field Manual, FM 30-30, Military Intelligence. Identification of U.S. Government Aircraft, February 21, 1942. Prepared under direction of the Chief of Staff, Washington, February 21, 1942. Complete.

War Department Field Manual, FM 30-30, Military Intelligence. Aircraft Recognition Pictorial Manual, Washington, April 1, 1943. This manual supersedes FM 30-30, February 21, 1942; FM 30-31, August 1, 1941; FM 30-34, July 18, 1941, FM 30-35, March 11, 1942; FM 30-38, March 16, 1942; FM 30-39, October 24, 1941. Training Division - Bureau of Aeronautics, Navy Department. FM 30-30 is identical to US NAVY BUAER 3. Complete.

War Department Basic Field Manual, FM 30-35, Military Intelligence. Identification of German Aircraft, March 11, 1942.  Prepared under direction of the Chief of Staff, Washington, March 11, 1942. Complete.

War Department Basic Field Manual, FM 30-39, Military Intelligence. Identification of Italian Aircraft, October 24, 1941.  Prepared under direction of the Chief of Staff, Washington, October 24, 1941. Complete - PDF

Army Air Forces Basic Field Manual FM 31-35, Aviation in Support of Ground Forces, War Department, Washington April 9, 1942. Complete.

War Department Field Manual, FM 44-8; Antiaircraft Operations Room and Antiaircraft Artillery Intelligence Service, Washington 25, D.C., 10 August 1944. This manual supersedes chapter 4. FM 4-106, 30 June 1943. Restricted. Complete.

FIELD MANUAL FM 100-20, COMMAND AND EMPLOYMENT OF AIR POWER; WAR DEPARTMENT, WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington , D.C., 21 July 1943. Complete.

Identification of Aircraft for Army Air Forces Ground Observer Corps; Prepared in the Headquarters, Army Air Forces, expressly for the use by the A.A.F. Ground Observer Corps; Washingotn D.C.: 1942. In Part.

German Aircraft and Armament. Informational Intelligence Summary No. 43-33, June 1943; Office of the Assistant Chief of Air Staff, Intelligence; Washington, D.C. Complete. (PDF)

Target Germany. The US Army Air Force´s official story of the VIII Bomber Command´s first year over Europe, British Edition 1944. Complete.

Wings at War Series, No. 2 ; Sunday Punch in Normandy. THE TACTICAL USE OF HEAVY BOMBARDMENT IN THE NORMANDY INVASION: An Interim Report; Published by Headquarters, Army Air Forces Washington, D. C., Office of Assistant Chief of Air Staff, Intelligence, From Reports Prepared by Eighth Air Force. CONFIDENTIAL. US GPO 1945. (declassified). Complete.

Combat Crew. Prepared under the Direction of the Commander General, Army Air Forces. By the Second Air Force and Training Aids Division, Army Air Forces. Published by Training Aids Division, Office of the Assistant Chief of Air Staff, Training, Headquarters Army Air Forces One Park Avenue, New York City 16, October 1943, reprinted September 1944. Complete.

5 MISSIONS. THE STORY OF THE MEMPHIS BELLE; Published by authority of the Commanding General, Army Air Forces, Training Aids Division, Army Air Forces, Park Avenue and 32nd Street New York City, JULY,1943. Complete.

US NAVY

NATC No. 2667, Gunnery Manual, Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida, 10 July 1944. Complete.

Introduction to Airplanes - Navy Training Courses Edition of 1944, Prepared by Standards and Curriculum Division - Training Bureau of Naval Personnel, Second Printing, Washington 1944. Main Parts

Aircraft Propellers - Navy Training Courses Edition of 1945, Prepared by Standards and Curriculum Division - Training Bureau of Naval Personnel, Washington 1945. In Part.

INTRODUCTION TO NAVAL AVIATION  - RESTRICTED - ISSUED BY AVIATION TRAINING DIVISION OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS U. S. NAVY. * JANUARY 1946 * OPNAV 33-NY-85; Chapter IX. Tactics and Flight Operations. Complete.

RAF

Royal Air Force - Flying Training Manual; Part I-Landplanes, Air Publication 129, Revised June 1940 (Reprinted April, 1941, incorporating A.L. No. 1); Air Ministry; Chapter VII.- Engines

Air Publication 1300, Royal Air Force War Manual; Volume I, - Operations; Air Ministry; Issued July, 1928 - Reprinted June, 1930, May, 1935 and July, 1937. Complete.

Aircraft Recognition Part I - (British), 1941. By Command of the Army Council; The War Office 19th March 1941; Notified in A.C. is 19th March 1941. 26/G.S. Publications/473. Complete.

A.P 2095, PILOT'S NOTES GENERAL,  PROMULGATED BY ORDER OF THE AIR COUNCIL ,  2ND Edition , April 1943. FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY. Complete.

The Battle Of Britain. August-October 1940; An Air Ministry Account of the Great Days from 8th August - 31st October 1940;  Issued by the Ministry of Information on Behalf of the Air Ministry; first published 1941, His Majesty's Stationary Office, London. Complete

THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN. Air Ministry Pamphlet 156; Issued by the Department of the Air Member for Training, August 1943. Complete

THE AIR BATTLE OF MALTA. The Official Account of the R.A.F. in Malta, June 1940 to November 1942; PREPARED FOR THE AIR MINISTRY BY THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION; London : His Majesty's Stationery Office 1944. Complete.

German Air Force:

Das Buch von der Luftwaffe, Dr, Eichelbaum, Major im Reichsluftfahrtministerium (Hrsg.), Second Edition, Berlin 1940. Part 1