THIS BOOK IS A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE FIFTH AIR FORCE FIGHTER COMMAND, OF ITS MEN AND HOW THEY FOUGHT AND LIVED TOGETHER. IT IS A BACKWARD LOOK ACROSS THE LANDSCAPE OF WAR, A DIARY OF MEN WHO MADE POSSIBLE VICTORY IN THE AIR.

Published for the
FIFTH AIR FORCE FIGHTER COMMAND
by the
F. H. JOHNSTON PUBLISHING COMPANY
34 Jamieson Street, Sydney, Australia.
Printed by Websdale, Shoosmith Pty. Ltd., Sydney.
EDITOR: CAPTAIN R. B. WISTRAND
RESEARCH EDITOR: MAJOR C. O. HUCKER
PHOTOGRAPHY BY V.F.C. PHOTO SECTION AND PRIVATE GENE WYNNE


Registered in Australia for transmission by post as a book

Editor's note: This book is not dated whatsoever, but one can guess.

Contents...

 

 

 

PAST COMMANDER
COMMANDING
THE STAFF
THE SCORE
THE BACKGROUND
THE GENEALOGY
GEOGRAPHICALLY SPEAKING
D-DAY LANDINGS
ADVANCE ECHELON
ACROSS THE MAP
HARDSHIPS
AIR COORDINATION
SIGNAL AIRCRAFT WARNING
STAFF SECTIONS
HEADQUARTERS UNITS
FINALE AT OKINAWA
49TH GROUP
8TH GROUP
35TH GROUP
475TH GROUP
348TH GROUP
58TH GROUP
NIGHT FIGHTERS
3RD AIR COMMANDOS
201ST MEXICAN SQUADRON
FIGHTER WINGS
DECORATIONS
ACES
VICTORY
DEDICATION