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Introductory Note

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Ninth Air Force Organizational Chart - 9 June 1944.

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Tactical Redeployment

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Tactical Disposition Ninth Air Force Units - 6 Jun3 1944.

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High Beach Cover

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IX Ftr Cmd Main Shipping Route Cover, Beach Cover - (D) Day.

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Shipping Route Cover

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Field Order No.1

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IX Trp Car Cmd Routes Overland, Channel Corridors - (D) Day.

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Operations Order No. 168A

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Attacks on Rail Bridges

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Rail Cutting

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Ninth Air Force Assault Phase Targets - (D) Day.

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Bridges Attacked by Ninth' Air Force - May thru June 1944.

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Rail-cuts in June 1944.

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Reconnaissance

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Airfield Construction

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Communications

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