Combat Air Patrol, Training Booklet, US Navy 1944 P-40 giving it quite a heft

giving it quite a heft

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The knob at the top right provided dial illumination when turned

and F-94C Starfire jet fighters

Combat Air Patrol, Training Booklet, US Navy 1944 P-40 giving it quite a heftThis is an original WWII era training booklet published by the US Navy's Aviation Training Division in 1944. Combat Air Patrol (CAP) was an operation orchestrated by a carrier based Fighter Director to position one or more groups of fighters in an aggressive defensive posture over an aircraft carrier. The 36 page booklet covers the strategy, terminology, operations, formations, and execution of CAP. It is number eight in the Fixed Gunnery and Combat