US AAF Doctrine - FM 1-10 (1940) Air Attack: Table of Contents

US AAC/AAF Doctrine: FM 1-10, Air Attack, 1940

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.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1. GENERAL.
	Section I. Nature of air attack	1-4
	II. Objectives for air attack	5-9
	III. Means for air attack	10-13
CHAPTER 2. BOMBARDMENT AVIATION.
	Section I. General	14-18
	II. Offensive armament	19-28
	III. Effectiveness of bombs	29-39
	IV. Defensive armament	40-41
	V. Accessory equipment	42-50
	VI. Flight formations	51-82
CHAPTER 3. TACTICS OF AIR ATTACK.
	Section I. Advance and return	83-91
	II. Assault	92-94
	III. High altitude bombing	95-107
	IV. Minimum altitude bombing	108-116
CHAPTER 4. AIR ATTACK PLANNING AND OPERATIONS.
	Section I. Plans and planning	117-130
	II. Bombing probabilities	131-154
	III. Minimum altitude attacks	155-166
	IV. Use of chemicals	167-178
	V. Attack of naval objectives	179-192
	VI. Counter air force operations	193-202
	VII. Support of ground forces	203-209
"Appendix" -PDF for download	Charts and Tables (In the original pamphlet, these charts and tables are simply tacked onto the rear of the manual for easy fold out usage. To facilitate convenient reference, the "Appendix" is provided as a PDF for download)

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