Air Power WWI Flashcards
Strategic bombing
Destroying the heart of the Homeland of the enemy to impair war fighting capabilities
Sir Trechard
Support global striking also I was thing I have to know
Bomb into submission around the clock. Focus Attacks on enemy production centers
General Giulio Douhet
Strategic bombing theorist
Air superiority by destroying the enemies ground organization
Focus is bombing effort on destroying industrial center and civilian moral
Author of Command of the Air
Colonel Edgar Gorrell
Strategic bombing theorist
Bomb one city at a time until completely destroyed
Continuous day and night bombing to deprive of rest and repair time
Destroy production
Wrote
:Strategical Bombardment
Orville Wright
Flew the first plane in 1900 and Was a key player in development of military Air Force