"Murphy's Law" antedating 1943 (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Dave Wilton]

No, "air force" was a reasonably common term during WWII. Common usage
doesn't follow the dictates of official nomenclature.

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Does the fact that there was no "Air Force" as such in 1943 call this
into question?  -- It was the U.S. Army Air Forces in 1943, I believe.

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