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WWII USAAF Fighter Tactics Manual, Page 17 - 'Side Approaches' and Common Break-Away Errors Diagram (CBI Theater Archive)

WWII USAAF Fighter Tactics Manual, Page 17 - 'Side Approaches' and Common Break-Away Errors Diagram (CBI Theater Archive)

Page from a World War II U.S. Army Air Forces fighter tactics training manual, classified Confidential, instructing pilots on 'side approach' gunnery attacks against enemy bombers and the correct break-away maneuvers used to escape defensive fire. The accompanying diagram illustrates common errors, including turning too sharply, failing to reverse the turn, and being 'pulled flat.' Materials of this kind were used to train fighter pilots serving in the China-Burma-India Theater. Project: 218378