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And in the battle for France, Pete Quesada gave them better armament—deadly 5-inch rockets—as well as new eyes and ears. He put high-frequency radio sets in tanks so tank men and airmen could talk to one another, and he placed his own airmen in radio-equipped tanks as forward air controllers, to better direct fire on German battlefield targets.
Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany
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