maverick
Banned
Random thought: What if the United States Army Air Corps had never become independent, or had only become independent from the army many years or even decades later than it did IOTL?
The first idea to get this done is that Major General Oscar Westover, commander of the Army Air Corps and proponent of the US Air Force being subbordinate to the army, does not die in that fateful plane crash in September of 1938. Henceforth he is not replaced by men who supported the idea of an independent air force, in the vein of General Frank Maxwell Andrews or Billy Mitchell.
So, could Westover's continued presence as commander of the Army Air Corps mean that there is no US Air Force ITTL?
How would that affect the development of Aerial doctrine in the United States? Or the development/role of the United States Military in WWII?
The first idea to get this done is that Major General Oscar Westover, commander of the Army Air Corps and proponent of the US Air Force being subbordinate to the army, does not die in that fateful plane crash in September of 1938. Henceforth he is not replaced by men who supported the idea of an independent air force, in the vein of General Frank Maxwell Andrews or Billy Mitchell.
So, could Westover's continued presence as commander of the Army Air Corps mean that there is no US Air Force ITTL?
How would that affect the development of Aerial doctrine in the United States? Or the development/role of the United States Military in WWII?