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9th Air Force planes in France
FRANCE - A modern bucket-brigade whose purpose isn't to put out fires -- but to start them over the Reich. Gasoline to keep the fast-moving Ninth Air Force fighter and bomber planes in the air cannot be stored in permanent tanks but must travel from airfield to airfield. Supplying the right amount of fuel at the critical moment is one of the jobs of the Ninth Air Force Service Command.