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Question: Would you explain how the air operation was organized. As I understand it, there were two organ- izations--one for planning and one for execution. Answer: Thatls right. Question: Were you the actual air commander? Answer: Yes. Question: When did the pre-Day strikes corne into the picture? Answer: lim not sure. Statement: Will you ask Col. Beerli to come over on Monday and set forth the facts relating to pre-D-Day air strikes? Answer: Yes. Question: What was the turn-around time for your aircraft? Answer: The longest time was three hours. A normal combat loading took approximately an hour. . Question: How long could you remain over the target? Answer: Thirty minutes to an hour. Question: What was your capability for providing air cover to the beach? Answer: We could keep someone over there all the time. On D-Day we had a capability for launching 20 sorties. If we hadnlt lost some of our air crews to enemy action, weld have been able to maintain this indefinitely. Question: That would have been a major effort? Answe.r: Yes. 110