25:
228:
240:
Conference paper from
Highway to the Reich: Operation Market Garden and the Campaign in the Low Countries 1944 – Seventy Years on, held at University of Wolverhampton
142:
42:
156:
Its effectiveness was less than optimal on two counts. It did not function as the controlling headquarters for all Allied air forces, with the strategic forces of
303:
298:
263:
89:
61:
68:
108:
199:
190:
AEAF was dissolved after Leigh-Mallory was reassigned to command RAF forces in the Far East, later being killed in an air crash.
75:
46:
57:
176:
184:
253:
168:
resulted in them being placed directly under SHAEF instead of AEAF. Its commander was also not universally liked. Sir
35:
221:"Reorganising Air Power: Dismantling the Allied Expeditionary Air Force from D-Day to Market Garden and beyond"
82:
169:
138:
165:
161:
157:
146:
259:
180:
183:. Each supported their own nation's Army Group. It also had operational control of the
164:
being retained by their national command authorities until pressure from U.S. General
292:
283:
150:
24:
145:(SHAEF) which controlled the tactical air power of the Allied forces during
172:
was regarded by some as being too inept for his place in the high command.
220:
187:, but with that organisation not being under the control of SHAEF.
18:
284:
Allied command structure 6 June 1944, showing place of AEAF
49:. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
143:Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force
8:
109:Learn how and when to remove this message
211:
16:Air force of allies during World War II
131:Allied Armies’ Expeditionary Air Force
7:
47:adding citations to reliable sources
304:Allied air commands of World War II
299:Expeditionary units and formations
252:Momyer, General William M (1978).
14:
175:It had two major components, the
219:Mahoney, Ross (September 2004).
200:List of Royal Air Force commands
58:"Allied Expeditionary Air Force"
23:
231:from the original on 2020-01-14
34:needs additional citations for
123:Allied Expeditionary Air Force
1:
177:RAF Second Tactical Air Force
185:Air Defence of Great Britain
320:
255:Air power in three wars
170:Trafford Leigh-Mallory
181:USAAF Ninth Air Force
139:expeditionary warfare
129:), also known as the
258:. Diane Publishing.
166:Dwight D. Eisenhower
43:improve this article
162:US Eighth Air Force
158:RAF Bomber Command
147:Operation Overlord
265:978-1-4289-8210-9
141:component of the
119:
118:
111:
93:
311:
282:Leo Niehorster,
270:
269:
249:
243:
242:
237:
236:
225:Conference paper
216:
114:
107:
103:
100:
94:
92:
51:
27:
19:
319:
318:
314:
313:
312:
310:
309:
308:
289:
288:
279:
274:
273:
266:
251:
250:
246:
234:
232:
218:
217:
213:
208:
196:
115:
104:
98:
95:
52:
50:
40:
28:
17:
12:
11:
5:
317:
315:
307:
306:
301:
291:
290:
287:
286:
278:
277:External links
275:
272:
271:
264:
244:
210:
209:
207:
204:
203:
202:
195:
192:
117:
116:
31:
29:
22:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
316:
305:
302:
300:
297:
296:
294:
285:
281:
280:
276:
267:
261:
257:
256:
248:
245:
241:
230:
226:
222:
215:
212:
205:
201:
198:
197:
193:
191:
188:
186:
182:
178:
173:
171:
167:
163:
159:
154:
152:
148:
144:
140:
136:
132:
128:
124:
113:
110:
102:
91:
88:
84:
81:
77:
74:
70:
67:
63:
60: –
59:
55:
54:Find sources:
48:
44:
38:
37:
32:This article
30:
26:
21:
20:
254:
247:
239:
233:. Retrieved
224:
214:
189:
174:
155:
151:World War II
134:
130:
126:
122:
120:
105:
99:January 2021
96:
86:
79:
72:
65:
53:
41:Please help
36:verification
33:
137:), was the
293:Categories
235:2020-01-14
206:References
69:newspapers
153:in 1944.
229:Archived
194:See also
179:and the
160:and the
149:during
83:scholar
262:
85:
78:
71:
64:
56:
135:AAEAF
90:JSTOR
76:books
260:ISBN
127:AEAF
121:The
62:news
45:by
295::
238:.
227:.
223:.
268:.
133:(
125:(
112:)
106:(
101:)
97:(
87:·
80:·
73:·
66:·
39:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
