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     The number of pursuit planes affords a general guide to determine the number of bombardment. While there will be many occasions where bombardment can be employed without close protection of pursuit, it will be found that such occasions are usually afforded by reason of the fact that enemy pursuit is being used to protect their own bombers or is engaged in a pursuit combat.
     Based on relative cost, speed, climb and maneuverability, it may be fair to estimate that two pursuit planes are required to protect each bombardment plane. Under special situations where it is of paramount importance that the bomber should reach its objective, the pursuit protection, though only a single bomber is concerned, should be decisively superior to the total energy pursuit operating within striking distance of the bomber's course. However, over the whole theater of operations, and considering the possibilities of operating bombers at night without close pursuit protection, a ratio of two pursuit to each bombardment plane is believed to be an efficient operation proportion. Usually the same operations employed by pursuit for the protection of bombardment affords protection to the observation and attack planes. 
     The requirements in attack and observation types are governed principally by the size of the ground forces to be mobilized. The present Tables of Organisation [Organization] provide one squadron of observation per division and a group of two squadrons per corps. Due to the fact that a much greater time is consumed in moving ground forces, as compared with air squadrons, it may be practicable to reduce this proportion of observation. Probably one observation squadron per division will be ample under a proper


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