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Originally Posted by Graham Boak
My understanding is that Ist TAF was the replacement designation for the Desert Air Force once it had moved to Italy. Hence the designation 2nd TAF for the tactical formations intended to support the British, Commonwealth and Allied armies in their Northern European campaign. Therefore I suggest that the use of 1st TAF for a handful of US units selected from XIXth AF is an error.
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I don't know the formal position but a lot of RAF Squadrons still described themselves as belonging to "Desert Air Force" or "DAF" in Operations Record Books etc. through 1944 and into 1945.
As for 1st TAF/TACAF, the only things I can add are that it included French units alongside the Americans and that contemporary documents sometimes put "(Provisional)" after its name.