00244254 5449-2 UNCLASSIFIED 2430672 11-08-1942 2431273 07-01-1944

ARMY AIR FORCES SERVICE COMMAND, MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS

636.04-4 8461 A6142 1059 1184 35 2447253 04-01-1988 INTRODUCTION STATES 5 OBJECTIVES: DEMONSTRATE EXTENT OF AIR SERVICE COMMAND ROLE IN SUPPLYING AVIATION GASOLINE (AVGAS) TO AIRCRAFT; EXPLAIN PROCEDURE BY WHICH AVGAS MOVED FROM UNITED STATES TO MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF HANDLING, STORAGE AND CONSUMPTION OF 100 OCTANE GASOLINE; CHRONICLE MOVEMENT OF PRINCIPAL CENTERS OF STORAGE AND CONSUMPTION OF AVGAS FROM TUNISIA TO SICILY AND THENCE TO ITALY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF MAINTENANCE OF ACTIVE, PREPARATION OF NEW AND ABANDONMENT OF OLD AIRFIELDS. ILLUSTRATED WITH PHOTOGRAPHS AND STATISTICAL DATA. PREPARED BY DR ALBERT F. SIMPSON. NONE AVIATION GASOLINE, HANDLING AND CONSUMPTION OF AVIATION GASOLINE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS