Index
–A–
A-2, AC/AS. See Intelligence, AC/AS.
A-3, AC/AS, 430
A-20:
flown by Eighth AF, 660
by RAF, 634
in SWPA, 414
to U.S.S.R., 339
A-24:
characteristics, 231, 478, 481
in SWPA, 226, 387, 390, 401, 410, 414
A-29:
lend-lease to China, 339
in SWPA, 382, 410, 414, 431-32, 479
Abadan, 335
Abbeville-Drucat airdrome, 660
ABC-1, 130, 136, 139-45, 236, 238, 240, 243, 252, 559, 562, 576-78, 591, 594
ABC-2, 130-31
ABDA Command:
244-45, 388, 392, 418, 493, 576
Area, 367-68, 384, 407, 430, 432, 492
assumption by Dutch, 396
Accident rate:
Australia, 483
Eighth AF, 645
Accra, 320, 324-25, 329-32, 340
Adams, Lt., 219
Adelaide, 411
Adler, Brig. Gen. E. E., 326, 364, 497, 509, 513
Aeronautical Div. (Signal Corps), 7
Aeronautics, Dept. of, 20, 23, 29
Aeronautics, Navy Bur. of, 129, 538, 566
Africa, in ferrying and air transport operations, 228, 299, 320-23, 328, 330-31, 336, 338, 340, 355-56, 493-95. See also North African.
Africa-Middle East Wing (ATC), 363
Agra, 508-9
Air base (service) commands, origin and functions, 155
Airborne interception radar, 289-90
Air Brigade, First Provisional, 26
Air Corps. See Army Air Corps.
Air Corps Act (1926), 23, 29, 46, 56-57
Air Corps Ferrying Comd.:
control officers, 329-30
deliveries to Brit. in
Canada and U.S., 316-17
first overseas services, 325
intel. sec., 334
operations, 317-20, 325-37, 340-44, 347-48, 350, 361, 424, 641
overlapping of facilities with ASC, 360-61
overseas jurisdiction, 364-65
requisition of military planes from, 350
summary, 363. See also Air Transport Comd.
Air Corps Maintenance Comd. See Air Service Comd.
Air Corps Tactical School, 33, 46-52, 59, 146, 604
theory of air war outlined, 51-52. See also ASTS.
Air Corps Training Center, 112
Aircraft:
allocation, 131-35, 145, 247-51, 413, 437, 567-68
production schedules (Jan. 1942), 247
standardization, 107-8
types (U.S., Dec. 1941), 109-10
types sold to foreign states, 129. See also Production.
Aircraft Production, Bur. of, 9
Aircraft Production, Ministry of. See Britain.
Aircraft Production Board, 5, 7
Aircraft Warning Bn., 557th, 192
Aircraft warning service:
Alaska, 307-8
Brit. radar equipment, 288-91
early detectors, 287
Panama, 301-3
in U.S., 278, 286-87, 290-92, 296, 298
Air defense:
categories of defense, 277
England, 622-23
Hawaii, 170-75
NEI, 366-402
Philippines, 201-3
system in 1942, 286-93
Western Hemisphere, 61-69, 116-26, 151-70, 236, 271-309 (see also specific regions)
zones, 295-96
Air Defense:
Director of, 292
Directorate created, 295
Air Defense Comd., 152-54, 577
creation, 289
Air Defense Operational Training Unit, 295. See also Fighter Comd. School.
Air Districts, creation of, 153-54
Air doctrine, development, 33-53, 60, 63, 67-70, 565, 597
Airfields:
Alaska, 125-26, 168-69, 303-7, 357-58, 464-65
British Isles, 344, 346 (see also Air Force, Eighth AF)
Caribbean, 121, 123, 162, 299, 319-21, 329
Central Pacific, 125, 174-75, 178
Iceland, 122-23, 158-60, 344, 346
Latin America, 124-25, 301, 319-21, 329
need for forward bases, 53, 102, 120-26, 241-42.
need for more U.S. bases, 111-13
Philippines, 125, 179, 186-88, 406-7
South Pacific, 180-81, 192-93, 228-29, 437, 469
SWPA, 178, 184, 193, 371-72, 376, 390-91, 423, 483. See also fields by name.
Air Force Combat Comd., 112, 155, 159, 250, 260, 294, 316, 350
abolished, 264
control of Eighth AF, 613
created, 115
Hq. & Hq. Sq., 615
Air Forces (numbered):
First Air Force, 523, 542, 546
aid to Eighth AF, 613
air defense responsibility, 156, 158, 294-96
assigned to Eastern Theater of Operations, 264, 294
CG, 530
creation, 154
reassigned to AAF, 295. See also Antisub. defense
I Bomber Comd.
Second Air Force:
creation, 154
OTU units, 617
reinforcements to Pacific, 455
Third Air Force:
in air defense, 294
creation, 154
staging operations, 333
units in antisub. patrol, 530, 542
Fourth Air Force:
in air defense, 278, 281, 284, 294-96, 299
creation, 154
ferrying planes to Hawaii, 172
reassigned to AAF, 295
training for Alaska flights, 304
Fifth Air Force, Eighth AF so designated initially, 612. See also FEAF.
Sixth Air Force. See Caribbean AF. Seventh Air Force:
in Battle of Midway, 452-62
designated, 452. See also Hawaiian AF.
Eighth Air Force:
accident ratio, 645
air defense of UK, 584, 622-23
airfields in UK, 620, 626-33, 649
assigned to ETOUSA, 649
at Bolling Field, 587
communications, 625-26
deficiencies, 656-57
diversions, 299, 574, 607, 614, 616, 628, 641-43, 654
establishment in UK, 576, 587-91, 612-54
first heavy unit complete, 655
Hq. in UK, 645
intelligence, 623-24
logistics, 620-21, 628-39, 648-52, 667
nucleus for AAFIB, 615
organizational scheme, 620, 633
origin, 612-13
overseas movement, 347-49, 639-45
pattern for RAF collaboration, 622
relations with RAF, 618-37, 651
relations with SOS, 649-52
shortages, 616-17
Staging Area Comd., 640
storage space, 638
strength, 526n, 612-13, 615, 652-53
summary of activities, 651, 658-59, 664-65
target selection, 548n, 597, 621-22, 624
training, 613-14, 616-17, 620, 626-29, 640, 648, 651, 653, 655-58, 660-61
training comd. established, 628
training manual, 626
transportation, 651
use of RAF Spitfires, 566, 643, 646, 657
Ninth Air Force, 206n
transport and ferry services, 312-13, 340-41
Tenth Air Force, 492-502
A-3, 497
creation, 484-85
Hq. & Hq. Sq., 494
mission and command problems in CBI, 502-10
airlines to, 312-13, 340, 354, 497-98, 508, 511-13. See also CBI.
Eleventh Air Force:
chain of command, 308
designated, 307
strength (1942), 307. See also Alaskan AF.
Twelfth Air Force:
replacements, 645
Air Ministry (Brit.), 15, 20, 25, 37, 92-93, 503, 577-80, 590, 595, 629-32, 636
Airport Development Program, 321
Air raid alerts:
Boston, 280
New York, 279
Oakland, 278
San Francisco, 278-79
Air Search Gp., 465
Air Service (AEF), 10-16, 33-37, 43, 597-98
created, 10
reorganization,
Air Service (U.S. Army), 3-29, 44-45, 54-58
Director, 9
mission, 45
Office of Chief, 22
Air Service Comd., 337, 347, 355, 364
Contract Air Corps Div., 360-62
formerly AC Maintenance Comd., 360
in air transport, 355-56, 358, 360-62
Air Service Tactical School, 45, 598. See also ACTS.
Air Staff (AAF Hq.), 134, 144, 185, 236, 246, 249-50, 262, 264-66, 273, 430, 489, 538-40, 558-62, 579, 602-3, 616, 630
Air support commands, origin and functions, 155
Air-to-surface-vessel radar:
development by Britain, 289
in Alaska, 308
lack in U.S., 291-92
in Panama, 301-2
use in antisub. warfare, 547, 549
Air transport:
by Air Corps Ferrying Comd., 317-18, 325-28, 347, 350, 353-54
by Air Transport Comd., 362-63
by civilian airlines, 323-25, 347-60, 498
distinction between air transport and ferrying, 349-51, 363, 507n
principal air routes, 310-12
survey flights, 326, 331, 347-48. See also specific air forces and areas.
Air Transport Assoc., 351
Air Transportation Div. (ATC), 363
Air Transport Comd., 313, 334, 349, 362-65, 495, 508
mission, 362-63
organized into divs. and wings, 363
overseas jurisdiction, 365
strength, 363-64
Troop Carrier Comd. temporarily designated ATC, 360, 362. See also ACFC.
Air War Plans Div., 131, 146, 265, 273, 560, 599, 614
Akaga, 458
Akebono Maru, 458
Akutan I., 467
Alameda Naval Air Station, 440
Alaska, 66, 124-26, 147, 166-70, 190, 193, 294, 452
danger of attack, 272
defenses, 166-70, 276, 307-8, 357
reinforcements for, 241, 276-77, 303-9
Alaska Defense Comd., 167-70, 276, 306, 359, 364
Alaskan Air Force, 166, 294, 304. See also Air Forces, Eleventh AF.
Albrook Field, 162-63
Aldermaston, 648
Aleutian Is., 126, 168, 294, 303-8, 358, 444, 452, 462-70, 557, 643
Alexander, Lt. Col. E. H., 333
Allied Air Forces, 433, 448, 478, 481-83
air service, 421-22
command structure, 420
organization, 418-26
Altman, Pfc R. A., 217
Alvarez, Dr. Luis, 293-94
Amberley Field, 227, 230, 376, 422, 424
Amboina, 224, 372, 377, 384, 388, 394, 427
Americal Div., 433
American Expeditionary Force. See Air Service (AEF).
American Volunteer Gp., 244, 313, 339-40, 353, 395, 485-502
first combat, 489
induction into AAF, 505-6
Anchorage, 126, 166, 168, 303, 358, 465
Andal, 512
Anderson, Col. O. A., 472
Andes, 639
Andres, Pvt. Robert, 212
Andrews, Lt. Gen. F. A., 31-32, 60, 67n, 70, ,60, 165, 579
Anglo-American chiefs of staff, 241-43, 559, 595. See also Combined Chiefs. Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, 320, 323
Angmagssalik, 344
Antiaircraft artillery, 152-53, 283-85, 296, 299
Caribbean, 162
Hawaii, 171-72
Panama, 301
Anti-Comintern Pact, 80
Antifriction-bearing targets, 597
Antigua, 121, 124, 162, 320, 536
Antilles Air Task Force, 535-37, 542
Antisubmarine defense, 514-53
administration, 542
assessments, 533-35
"killer" system, 548
need for centralized comd., 544
operations, 526-37
policy, 538
strength, 536
type of aircraft, 525, 536-37. See also AAF Antisub. Comd.
Commands, I Bomber.
ANZAC, 413
AQUILA, FORCE, 493
Arafura Sea, 414
ARCADIA conference, 237-46, 248, 252-55, 265, 267, 281, 310, 312, 342, 367, 372, 492, 559-62, 565, 612
Archerfield, 227, 230, 376, 414, 422, 432
Armee de l’Air. See French Air Force. Armstrong, Col. F. A., Jr., 626, 660
Army, First (1918), 13-14
Army Air Corps:
Chief of, 31-32, 48, 50, 59, 63, 115, 129, 176-77, 260, 314, 316, 326, 598 (see also Arnold; Brett; Foulois; Patrick; Westover)
expansion, 104-16
mission, 45, 47-52, 63, 67-68, 105, 114, 138
Office of Chief, 22, 32, 46, 48, 50, 53, 55, 63, 114, 146, 250, 264
strength, 104-16
Army Air Force in Great Britain, 615, 618
CG, 615
Army Air Forces Antisubmarine Comd.:
mission, 552
strength, 537
Army Air Forces Headquarters, 50, 170, 178, 181, 186, 238, 265, 292, 347, 384, 425, 428, 430-31, 454, 496, 539-53, 575, 582, 616, 645, 652-53, 663. See also Air Staff
Hq. offices.
Army Air Forces organization, 18-33
as Aeronautical Div. (Signal Corps), 7
as Aviation Sec. (Signal Corps), 4
as Air Service (U.S. Army), 4, 9, 23
as Air Corps, 29
GHQ Air Force created, 31
Air Force Combat Comd. created, 115
reorganization of 9 Mar. 1942, 264-65, 579
mission, 151-52, 155-56, 158, 161, 264, 267, 342, 576. See also Air Forces.
Army Airways Communications System, 155, 157, 169
Army Ground Forces established, 264
Army Regulation 95-5 (20 June 1941), 146, 260, 265, 267
Army Reorganization Act of 1920, 23-24
Army Service Forces, 264. See also Services of Supply.
Arnold, Lt. Gen. H. H., 114-15, 133-34, 141-42, 146, 150, 159, 170, 193, 248, 250-51, 253, 260-65, 289, 292-93, 314, 318, 321-22, 327, 359, 361-65, 430-31, 437, 439, 481, 507, 526, 538-41, 546, 550, 552-53, 559, 562, 567, 573-76, 579-91, 594-95, 601-3, 605, 607, 612, 617-18, 623, 627, 630-31, 635-37, 643, 646, 652, 663
Deputy Chief of Staff, 114-15, 253, 259, 265
influence, 260, 265-67. See also Army Air Corps, Chief.
Arnold, Lt. Col. M. W., 348
"Arnold line," 318
Arnold-Portal agreement, 248-49, 566
Arnold-Towers-Portal agreement, 567, 569
Ashigara, 216
Asiatic Fleet (U.S.), 138, 184, 366-67, 370
Assam-Burma-China Ferry, 498, 508
Atka, 467
Atkinson, Capt. Gwen, 497
Atkinson Field, 329
Atlantic, Battle of, 514-53
Atlantic Airways, Ltd., 320-23
Atlantic Charter, 142
Atlantic conference, 141, 150, 235, 252, 265, 594
Augsburg, 596
Australia, 125, 243, 423, 430-33, 436-37, 447, 449-50, 452, 471, 478-84, 492, 494, 561
air deliveries to, 327-33, 336, 359
chiefs of staff, 231
defense, 403-26
defense of NEI, 366-402
Dept. of Aircraft Production, 422
Directorate of Air Transport, 424
labor, 483
in reinforcement of Philippines, 178-231
7th Div., 472
withdrawal to, 220-33. See also Allied Air Forces; RAAF; SWPA.
Austrian Air Force, 89
Aviation Act of 1914, 23
Aviation Cadet Center, 113
Aviation Objective, First, 105
Aviation Sec. (Signal Corps), 4-12, 23, 34
strength, 6-7
Aviation strength, First and Second, 250
AWPD/1, 131-32, 146-47, 150, 236, 246-47, 250, 266, 559, 565, 573-74, 580, 594-95, 599-600, 603-6, 630
AWPD/2, 133-34
Ayr, 318
Azores, 326
–B–
B-17:
characteristics, 61, 68, 88, 119-20, 191, 389, 400-401, 417, 450, 456-57, 461-62, 481, 574, 600-601, 655, 660-65
development, 66-67
as escort plane, 604
first delivery, 66
mass flight to Hawaii, 172-73
mass flight to UK, 641-45
test (1935), 53
test against attacking vessels, 457
as transport plane, 493
unsuccessful test by RAF, 600-604, 655
B-19, X model, 69
B-24:
characteristics, 327, 462, 574, 600-604, 662
for air transport, 326, 350, 352
chief reliance in antisub. work, 537, 549, 552
delivery to Navy, 55,
development, 66
as escort plane, 604. See also LB-30.
B-25:
characteristics, 478
choice for Tokyo raid, 439, 444
lend-lease to U.S.S.R., 338
B-26, combat in Pacific, 414, 458, 465
B-29, development, 66, 71, 108
Badoglio, Marshal Pietro, 83
Baguio, 207
Baker, Sec. of War N.D., 24, 31, 43
Baker, Noel, 95n
Baker Board, 22, 30-32, 47-48, 67
Balfour, Capt. H. H., 133
Bali, 372, 386, 391-92, 394, 402, 474
Ballarat, 422
Bandjermasin, 377
Bangkok, 492
Bangor, 523
Barling bomber, 58
Barnes, Maj. Gen. J. F., 226, 371, 388, 396, 411, 420
Barnham, 650
Barr, Lt. George, 442
Barrackpore, 512
Bataan, 209, 212, 218, 223-25, 233, 366, 404-6
Bataan Field Flying Det., 405
Batavia, 231, 371, 384, 391, 397
Batchelor Field, 222-24, 407, 426
Bathurst (Gambia), 320, 322, 324
Bathurst I., 393
Bay, WO J. E., 405
Bean, Lt. J. M., 216-17
Belem, 320-22, 324, 329-30, 332, 336
Bengal, 498
Bengal, Bay of, 494, 499, 502-3, 510
Berlin, Pact of. See Tripartite Pact.
Bhamo, 500
Biscay, Bay of, 514
Bishop, S. W., 199
Bismarck Archipelago, 382, 403-4, 447
Bissell, Lt. Col. C. L., 146
BLACK, JPB, 240
Blamey, Gen. Sir Thomas, 419
Blomberg, Gen. Werner von, 87-88
BLUIE EAST 2, 345
BLUIE WEST 8, 343-47, 641, 644
Boeing Aircraft Co., 65-66, 280
Bohol, 406
BOLERO, 564, 566, 570, 574-76, 587, 589, 595, 607, 652-53
committees, 564
first air movement completed, 644
Bolling, Col. R. C., 8
Bolling Field, 318, 326, 328, 616, 625
Bombardment (textbook), 45
Bombardment aviation:
as compared to other types, 36-37, 41, 64, 70-71
development of weapon, 53-71
precision vs. area, 596-99
research in techniques, 604-5
size of units as compared with RAF, 631
strategic employment, 46-53, 60, 65, 592, 595-99, 615, 666-68
training, 605
trial in NEI, 400-402. See also Air doctrine; Bomber offensive; Daylight.
Bombay, 510
Bomber Comd. (Army Air Force in Great Britain), 6,8. See also Commands, VIII Bomber.
Bomber commands, origin and functions, 155
Bomber Command Shadow Staff, 617
Bomber offensive:
organization and command, 575
plans for, 240, 557-611, 656, 668
principles of control, 575
strategy launched, 564
targets, 565
Bombsight types, 439, 598-99, 601
Borabora, 436
Borinquen Field, 329
"battle of," 275-76
Borneo, 232, 372, 376-78, 380, 388, 394
Bostock, Vice Marshal W.D., 420
Boston (Mass.), 280
Boston (RAF), use by U.S. units, 640, 658
Bougainville, 447-48
Bound, Lt. G. L., 386
Bowles, Dr. E. L., 549, 551-52
Bovingdon, 627-28
Bradford, Maj. W.R., 406
Bradley, Maj. Gen. Follett, 161, 530
Brady, Brig. Gen. F. M., 203-4, 377, 388, 395, 484, 492, 495, 499
Brahmaputra R., 511
Brampton Grange, 646
Brandon, Lt. H. N., 200
Brant, Maj. Gen. G. C., 157
Brazil, 120, 124, 240, 299, 319-22, 329-30, 355
Bremerton, 298
Brereton, Maj. Gen. L. H.:
CG FEAF, 176, 182, 184-85, 187-88, 190, 204-9, 225, 229, 231, 339, 341, 370-71, 377, 395-96, 404
CG MEAF, 510-13
CG Tenth AF, 484-85, 492-93, 495-96, 500, 502-5, 507
Brett, Maj. Gen. G. H.:
C/AC, 115, 326-27, 634-36, 638n
CG USAFIA, 226, 230-31, 331, 333
DC/S ABDA, 370-71, 386, 388, 391, 395-96, 407, 411-12, 419, 421-22, 484, 492
Brisbane, 228, 230, 372, 376, 384-85, 411-12, 422, 435, 483
Bristol, 638
Britain:
Air Commission, 322
aircraft types, 88, 93, 95, 107-9, 320, 382, 410, 432, 479, 596, 604, 634
Atlantic ferrying organization, 313-14, 317
base-destroyer exchange, 121
chiefs of staff, 136, 139, 142-44, 232, 237-38, 252, 367, 374, 561, 571-93
Chiefs of Staff Comm., 252-53, 578, 588
collaboration with U.S. planners, 130, 135-50, 234-67, 410, 557-668
co-operation with AAF in CBI, 226, 371, 488-96, 499, 503-4
co-operation in SWPA, 180-81, 184, 189, 213, 223, 366-483
defense in Battle of, 92-100
divergence of opinion with AAF on employment of bombers, 591-611, 655, 662-63
establishment of Eighth AF in UK, 612-53
Expeditionary Force, 90, 94, 592
Joint Directif, 608-10
Joint Intelligence Comm., 256
Joint Planning Staff, 144
Joint Staff Mission, 252-53, 266, 577
intelligence, 531, 600, 623-24, 651
lend-lease aid, 103, 127-35, 236, 245, 314, 318-19, 337-38, 634
Ministry of Aircraft Production, 314, 632, 636-37, 639
Ministry of War Transport, 256
Purchasing Commission, 129
review of strategy, 594
in submarine war, 514-15
transport and ferrying, 313-17, 320, 342
Under Sec. of State for Air, 133
War Cabinet, 132
in World War I, 6-8, 12-16, 76. See also Air Ministry; Fleet Air Arm; RAF.
British Columbia, 298
British Guiana, 121, 124, 162, 193, 320, 329, 536
Brooke, Gen. Sir Alan, 253
Broome, 399
Brown, Lt. H. M., 199
Brown, Col. R. R., 508
Buckner, Brig. Gen. S. B., Jr., 167, 276, 464
Buddicum shops, 663-64
Buin, 448
Buitenzorg, 392
Burma, 232-33, 241, 244, 339, 367, 371, 388, 395-97, 471, 488-90, 492-95, 497-503, 508, 510, 561
evacuation, 502
Jap conquest, 485
Burma Road, 244-45, 485-86, 488-90, 499
Burnett, Sir Charles, 230
Burrows, Col. P. E., 337
Burton-on-Trent, 638
Burtonwood, 636-37, 639, 650-51
Bushey Hall, 646
Butler, Brig. Gen. W. O., 307, 464
–C–
C-39, air transport to Labrador, 347
C-47:
characteristics, 502
in China, 499
C-5, on South Atlantic route, 355
C-54, characteristics, 353
C-87:
characteristics, 353
on South Pacific route, 360
Cabcaben Field, 225
Cagayan (Mindanao), 219
Cagayan Valley, 208
Cairo, 319-21, 325-26, 328-29, 332, 335, 339, 354-55, 560-61
Calcutta, 353, 494, 498, 500, 507, 510-12
Caldwell, Lt. M.C., 398
California, 197
California:
air raid scares, 278-79, 283-86, 299
in ferrying and air transport, 313, 332
submarine attack, 282
Callahan, Lt. Col. D.F., 509
Camouflage:
bombers, 189
in Java, 401
Campbell, Col. A.H., 209-10
Canada:
co-operation in Hemisphere defense, 121, 126, 156, 298, 464
co-operation in weather service, 345
in ferrying and air transport, 126, 304, 342-48, 357
production of radars for Panama, 302
Canadian Western Air Comd., 464
Canberra, 423
Candee, Brig. Gen. R. C., 646
Canton I., 125, 181, 192-93, 228, 331, 359, 430-31, 436
Cape, Lt. J. J., 467
Cape Army Air Field, 467
Capetown, 494
Caribbean Air Force, 160-66, 281
Caribbean area, 120-25, 147, 160-66, 171, 530, 541, 579
danger of attack, 275-76
ferrying and air transport, 319-21, 324, 329-30, 337, 355-56, 360-61
submarine attacks, 281-82, 308
Caribbean Defense Comd., 160, 163-65, 274
sectors, 163
Caribbean Sea Frontier, 518, 536, 548
Caribbean Wing (ATC), 363
Carmichael, Maj. R. H., 199, 407, 413
Carpentaria, Gulf of, 450
Carpenter, Lt. John, 205n, 211
Casablanca, 240
Casablanca conference, 252, 666 "Cash and Carry" act, 128-29
Catalina. See PBY.
Catanduanes, 214
Cavite, 218
Celebes, 232, 372, 377-80, 382, 388, 394
Central Aircraft Mfg. Corp., 488, 490
Central America, 123-24, 164, 321, 360
Central Defense Comd., 154
Central Pacific Area, 419
Ceylon, 331, 396, 441, 449-500, 503-4, 509
Chaffin, Lt. RN., 200
Chagos Archipelago, 330-31
Chakulia, 509
Chancellor, Lt., 467
Chaney, Maj. Gen. J. E.:
CG Air Defense Comd., 152
CG USAFBI, 577-91, 602-4, 618-20, 628-29, 636-37, 646
controversy with Arnold, 579-89
plan for AAF in UK, 580
Chanyi, 506
Charleville, 230
Charters Towers, 414, 422, 478
Chauncey, Brig. Gen. C.C., 648
Cheddington, 627-28
Chekiang, 440
Chelveston, 631
Chemical warfare depot in UK, 650
Chennault, Brig. Gen. C. L., 353, 487-90, 504-6
Cheribon, 372
Chernofski, 306
Chiang Kai-shek, Generalissimo, 244-45, 404, 440, 487, 492-93
Chief of AAF. See Arnold.
Chief of Air Corps. See Army Air Corps.
Chief of Staff (WDGS), 30-32, 48, 63-65, 69, 115, 134, 158, 180, 232, 250, 253, 258-65, 303, 521, 582, 586, 589 (see also Marshall; MacArthur)
Deputy Chief of Staff, 114-15, 546, 582
Chiefs of Staff Committee, 563
Chignik, 168
China, 76, 232, 241, 244, 252, 313, 353, 380, 395, 404, 438, 441-42
aid to, 134, 244-45, 312, 328-29, 337-39, 484-513, 567, 569
ferrying and air transport, 329-30, 339-40, 356, 507
Fifth and Sixth Armies, 499
China Air Task Force, 505-8
China-Burma-India theater, 364, 393, 419, 440, 484, 504
air transport, 354, 497-98, 502, 507n, 507-8, 511-13
CG, U.S. Army Forces, 493
communications with Washington, 494
labor, 508-9
reinforcements, 239-43, 493-98. See also Air Forces, Tenth AF.
China National Airways, 506
Chinese Air Force, 78, 339, 486-88
Chorley, 648
Christiansen, H. C., 199
Christmas I., 125, 181, 192-93, 228, 359, 430-32, 436-37
Chungking, 78, 438, 497-98, 504
Church, Lt., 219-20
Churchill, Col. L. S., 182
Churchill, Prime Minister Winston, 133, 136, 141, 232, 235-37, 240, 243, 252-53, 367, 559-61, 564, 567, 570-73, 592
Civil Aeronautics Administration (Authority), 55, 111, 125-26, 168, 304, 321, 352
Civil Aeronautics Board, 352, 361
Civil airlines:
in air transport, 350-60
plans for mobilization, 351-52, 364. See also airlines by name.
Civilian Defense, Office of, 279, 290, 298
Clagett, Brig. Gen. H. B., 182, 222, 225-26, 230, 486
Clark Field, 177, 179, 182-83, 186-89, 191, 201-20, 223
Clipper transports, 324, 331, 352-56
Coast Artillery, 289
60th, 214
Chief, 187
Coast watchers, 476
Cochin, 510
Cocos I., 124
Cocos Is. (SWPA), 330-31
Coetivy I., 330-31
Collins, Capt. J. F., Jr., 458
Columbia (S.C.), 613
Columbia R., 272
Combat crew replacement centers, 627
"Combined," usage defined, 253
Combined Chiefs of Staff, 234-67, 395-96, 408, 419, 430, 434, 436, 444, 512, 557-611
functions, 254-55, 266. See also Anglo-American chiefs.
Combined Intelligence Comm., 256
Combined Military Transportation Comm., 256
Combined Operations Comd., 590
Combined Planning Staff, 253, 255, 266
Combined Secretariat, 257
Combined Shipping Adjustment Board, 256
Combined Staff Planners, 431, 560, 563-64, 572
Combs, Maj. C. E., 189, 214-15, 219, 378-79
Command and General Staff School, 33
Command and staff exercises, 64
Commanding General, AAF. See Arnold.
Commands (numbered):
I Air Support Comd., 523, 527-28, 542
I Bomber Comd., 523-53
antisub. activities, 296
convoys, protection of, 533
Hq., 526
lessons, 532
offshore patrols begin, 523
special problems, 531-32
training, 524-26
types of aircraft, 523-24, 530, 533, 537
Interceptor (Fighter) Comd., 155-56, 293
III Air Force Base Comd., 613
III Air Support Comd., 612-13
4th Antiaircraft Comd., 296
IV Bomber Comd., 296
IV Interceptor (Fighter) Comd., 296
V Bomber Comd., 182-83, 188, 210, 378
V Interceptor Comd., 182, 186, 207, 209, 218, 224-25, 405
VII Bomber Comd., 454-55
VII Interceptor (Fighter) Comd., 454-55
VIII Air Force Base Comd.:
redesignated Service Comd., 616
VIII Air Force Composite Comd., 616, 628, 648
VIII Air Force Service Comd., 587, 616, 628, 637-38, 648-50
CG, 648
service areas, 648
VIII Bomber Comd., 567, 587-88, 607-11, 622, 624, 628, 631, 646-49
first combat for heavies, 660-66
G-3, 626
Hq. & Hq. Sq., 613, 615, 639, 656
mission, 607
wings organized, 633
VIII Ground Air Support Comd., 587
CG, 646
Hq., 646
mission, 648
redesignated Air Support Comd., 616
VIII Interceptor (Fighter) Comd., 349, 587
Hq. & Hq. Sq., 613, 615-16, 628, 639, 641-43, 646
redesignation, 616
Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies, 127
Communications, 55, 152, 155-59, 169, 186, 188, 242, 344-48, 419, 423, 447, 476, 494, 511, 625-26, 644-45. See also Radar.
Composite group, defined, 156n
Cone, Capt. R.A., 465
Connell, Col. Carl, 482
Consolidated Aircraft Corp., 280, 359-60
Contract Air Cargo Div. (ASC), 360-62
Convoys, question of protection, 533, 545, 552
Cooper, Col. MC., 499
Coral Sea, Battle of, 444-51, 471, 480-83
Corps:
I (1918), 13
V, 240
Corps areas, air relations with, 31-32
Corregidor, 186, 203, 223, 225, 366, 388, 404, 406-7, 417
Costa Rica, 125
Council of National Defense, 7
Cousland, Lt. Col. C. W., 656
Cowdray Air Board, 7
Crimmins, Lt. Fred, 212
Crowell mission, 23-24
CRYSTAL weather stations, 345-47
Curacao, 240, 281-82, 518, 536
Currie, Lauchlin, 486
Curry, Rep. Charles, 29
Curtiss, 432
Curtiss NBS-4, 58
Curtiss-Wright, 488
Curtiss XO-35, 59
Cyrenaica, 341
–D–
Damns, Lt. J. L., 199
Dakar, 240
Dale, Lt., 467
Danish-U.S. agreement, 122, 343
Darwin, 178-79, 182-84, 222-24, 228, 230-33, 353, 372, 375-77, 385-87, 390-96, 407-11, 414-16, 421-24, 474-76
Davao, 223-24, 231, 376-78, 404, 418
Davidson, Brig. Gen. H. C., 454
Davies, Col. J. H., 224, 230, 414, 418
Davis, Lt. Col. E. S., 169, 277
Davison, Col. Donald, 636
Daylight vs. night bombardment, 59, 575, 591-611, 663, 667
DC-3:
characteristics, 502
in air transport, 325, 358, 364, 498-99
Defense Aid Supply Comm., 130
De Havilland 4 bomber, 8-10, 57
De Kooy, 659
Del Carmen Field, 186, 203, 209, 211, 218, 223
Delehanty, T/Sgt. W. J., 217
Del Monte, 188-89, 208-11, 214, 219-20, 223-25, 372, 381, 404-7, 418, 426
Denpasar airfield, 397
Deployment of air strength, 138-41, 147, 151-93, 560-61, 569, 652
Deshazer, Cpl. Jacob, 442
Deutsche Lufthansa, 86
DeWitt, Lt. Gen. J. L., 279, 294, 308
Dili, 414
Dill, Field Marshal Sir John, 253
Dinjan, 329, 498-502, 505, 507-9, 512
Dixon, Lt. J. W., 466
Djombang, 384
Dolan, Col. W.C., 551
Dominican Republic, 321
Donalson, Lt. Jack, 212
Doolittle, Brig. Gen. J. H., 31, 614
Doolittle raid, 298, 438-44, 451, 498, 506
Dornier aircraft company, 85
Dorval airport, 344
Dougherty, Lt. J. E., 380
Douglas Aircraft Co., 69
Douhet, Giulio, 35, 43, 51, 82-84, 604
Drum, Lt. Gen. H. A., 30, 294, 526, 528
Drum Board, 30-31, 47-48, 66-67
Dufrane, Capt. J. L., 388-89
Duke of York, 238
Dum Dum, 500-501
Duncan, Brig. Gen. A. N., 571, 612-14, 616
Duncan, Col. C. E., 646
Duncan Field, 113
Dunlop, Capt., 468
Dutch. See Netherlands East Indies. Dutch Harbor, 126, 168, 303-7, 464-69
Dyess, Capt. W. E., Jr., 405
–E–
Eagle Farm, 376
Eagle Sqs., 657
Eaker, Maj. Gen. LC., 60
CG VIII Bomber Comd., 560, 565, 575, 584-86, 591, 595, 604-5, 607, 610, 615-30, 636, 638, 641, 651, 656, 658, 662, 665
plan for AAF in UK, 620-29
Eareckson, Col. W. O., 468
East Coast:
defense, 290-96
Eastern Air Lines, 355-56
Eastern Defense Comd., 264, 293, 295-96, 523, 528, 546-48
Eastern I., 460
Eastern Sea Frontier, 296, 515, 522, 528, 530, 534, 541, 547
Eastern Theater of Operations, 294
Economic Warfare, Board of, 256
Edsall, 398-99
Educational contracts and orders, 56, 106
Efate, 436-37
Eglin Field, 439-40
84 Group Program, 105, 110, 249-50
Eire, 240
Eisenhower, Lt. Gen. D. D.:
Allied comdr. TORCH, 588
CG ETO, 573, 589-91, 607, 610, 632, 648-49, 658
El Alamein, 340
El Geneina, 320
Elmendorf Field, 166, 169, 303, 465, 468
Elsinore, Maj. R. T., 188, 406
Emmons, Lt. Gen. D.C.:
CG AFCC, 115
CG Hawaiian Dept., 452-55
Endurance flight (1929), 60
Engineering Div. (AS), 55-58
Engineers (Avn.):
807th, 306
in UK, 650
Enterprise, 172, 440-41, 456, 458-59
Equipment. See Supply.
Eskimonaes, 345
Essen, 573
Eubank, Col. E. L., 172, 182, 208, 210, 378, 396, 420
European Theater, of Operations:
CG, 632
–F–
Fairbanks, 126, 167, 304, 357-58, 465
Fairchild, Maj. Gen. M.S., 50
Fairfield Air Depot, 55
Faktor, Cpl. L. D., 442
Far East Air Force, 176-77, 182-87, 191-92, 201-3, 206, 209, 213, 231, 366, 370, 377, 484
Far East Air Service Comd., 182
Fargo, 357
Farrow, Lt. W. G., 442
Federal Aviation Commission, 30
Ferrying of aircraft:
by ACFC, 316-20, 325-37, 339-44, 349
by ATC, 362
by civil airlines, 320-25
distinction between ferrying and air transport, 349-51, 363, 507n
pioneering flights, 318, 321-22, 326, 331, 344
principal air routes, 310-12
Ferrying Div. (ATC), 363
Field Artillery, 131st (2d Bn.), 381
Field Forces (U.S. Army), CG, 31, 114, 582
Field Service Regulations, 44-46
54 Group Program, 105, 129-31, 134-35, 139
Fighter aviation. See Pursuit aviation. Fighter Command School, 295
Fighter escort, importance in ETO, 600, 657-58, 663, 665
Fiji Is., 181, 192, 226-28, 242, 331, 359, 410, 413, 430-31, 434-37, 447, 471
Filipino:
agents, 405
Fisher, Maj. W. P., 387
Fisherman’s Lake, 324
FIVE ISLANDS, Task Force, 431, 560, 613
Fleet Air Arm, 132, 541, 566, 590, 593
Fletcher, Rear Adm. F. J., 447-48
Florence (S.C.), 613
Floyd Bennett Airport, 317
"Flying Tigers." See American Volunteer Gp.
Flying Training Comd., 250
Foch, Marshal, 15
Footscray, 422
Ford, Rep. Leland, 285
Ford Motor Co., 422
Formosa, 191, 201, 203-5, 208-9, 215, 376-77, 382, 441
Fort Chimo, 346
Fort Dix, 640
Fort Greeley, 464
Fort Hertz, 502
Fort Lamy, 320
Fort Mears, 466-67
Fort Myers, 341
Fort Nelson, 277
Fortress. See B-17.
Fort Richardson, 464
Fort Santiago, 204
Fort Stotsenburg, 210
Foulois, Maj. Gen. B. D., 10, 21, 63
France:
Air Div., 14
High Commission, 433-34
lend-lease, 129
World War II, 76, 90, 330, 563-64, 571, 592, 663. See also Free French; French Air Force.
France Field, 162-63
Frank, Maj. Gen. W. H., 50
CG VIII AFSC, 648-50
CG Third AF, 648
Frankfurt, 26
Fredendall, Maj. Gen. L. R., 612
Freeman, ACM Sir Wilfred, 602
Freerks, Lt. M. C., 468
French Air Force, 90-91
French Equatorial Africa, 320, 330 French Indo-China, 189
French Northwest Africa, 240
Frobisher Bay, 346
Fry, Col. R. L., 422
–G–
G-3 (WDGS), 146
G-4 (WDGS), 256
Galliene, Lt. W. H., 394
Galveston, 531
Gambia, 320
Gambonini, Lt. P. B., 387
Gander Lake, 122, 318, 342-43, 345, 348, 645
Ganges R., 511
Garfield, 192
Gates, Lt. Col. B. E., 262
Gatty, Harold, 424
Geelong, 422
General Headquarters (WD), 141, 258-62
abolished, 264
relationship to AAF, 261
General Headquarters Air Force, 23, 49-51, 63-64, 69-70, 115, 119, 152-54, 258, 260, 521, 599
wings, 31
General Headquarters Air Force (Prov.), 64
General Staff (WD), 6, 8, 18, 20-21, 24, 26-32, 35, 43, 45, 49, 53, 65-69, 115, 146, 173-74, 232, 256, 259, 262, 264, 563, 573, 586. See also Chief of Staff
WDGS divs. by name.
George, Brig. Gen. H.H., 207, 225, 405, 407, 418
George, Maj. Gen. H.L., 50, 146, 336, 349, 365, 641
German Air Force, 85-92, 95-97, 99
aircraft types, 88-89, 95, 122
development, 75-76
mission, 88
organization, 96
Germany:
Air Ministry, 87
as first priority target, 238, 410, 559
Defense Ministry, 88
Ministry of Transport, 86
Supreme Military Staff, 88
Gerow, Brig. Gen. L.T., 232
Ghormley, Vice Adm. R. L., 473, 594
Gilbert Is., 189
Glover, Lt. J. G., 393
Goering, Hermann, 51, 86-87, 99, 603
Good Hope, Cape of, 494
Goose Bay, 343-44, 356, 436-48, 641, 644
Grafton Underwood, 631, 640, 661
Great Falls, 358
Green, Maj. Gen. J. A., 187
Greening, Capt. C. R., 439
Greenland, 120, 122-24, 155, 157-58, 193, 342-45, 347-48, 356, 361, 641-44
Greenland Base Comd., 157, 349
Grenier Field, 64
Griffith, Maj. J. L., 658
Ground controlled interception radar, 288, 291
Groups:
1st Ferrying Gp., 340, 494, 507
1st Pursuit Gp., 278, 299, 615, 639-43, Attack Gp., 550
2nd Air Depot Gp., 615, 639-40
4th Air Depot Gp., 422
4th Composite Gp., Hq. & Hq. Sq., 177
4th Fighter Gp., 657
5th Air Base Gp., 188, 220, 407
5th Air Depot Gp., 639-40
6th Bomb. Gp., 163
7th Bomb. Gp., 183, 188, 192, 226, 332, 380-83, 385, 412-13, 484, 494, 497, 505, 512
8th Pursuit Gp., 412, 424-25, 477
9th Bomb. Gp., 163
13th Bomb. Gp., 526
14th Fighter Gp., 644-46
15th Pursuit Gp., 171
16th Pursuit Gp., 163
18th Pursuit Gp., 171
19th Bomb. Gp., 172-73, 178, 182-83, 185, 189, 208, 223, 225, 381-82, 387, 412-14, 425, 447, 450, 480
20th Air Base Gp., 177
20th Pursuit Gp., 613
22nd Bomb. Gp., 414, 425, 447, 479, 480-8
23rd Pursuit (Fighter) Gp., 492, 494-95, 505, 512
24th Pursuit Gp., 182-83, 186, 224, 405
25th Bomb. Gp., 162
27th Bomb. Gp., 183, 192, 222, 224, 226, 230, 390, 394, 414
28th Composite Gp., 166, 170, 307
first complete U.S. combat group in ETO, 643
use of Spitfires, 643, 646, 657
32nd Pursuit Gp., 163
35th Air Base Gp., 422
35th Pursuit Gp., 183, 192, 386, 412, 474, 477
37th Pursuit Gp., 163
40th Bomb. Gp., 162
45th Bomb. Gp., 526
48th Bomb. Gp., 613
49th Pursuit (Fighter) Gp., 412, 416, 424, 474, 476
51st Air Base Gp., 484
51st Pursuit (Fighter) Gp., 484, 494, 512
52nd Pursuit Gp., 613, 643, 646
60th Transport Gp., 347, 640-43, 648
64th Tro0p Carrier Gp., 644, 648
66th Obsn. Gp., 526-27
68th Obsn. Gp., 613
81st Air Depot Gp., 422
96th Bomb. Gp., 526
97th Bomb. Gp., 299, 615, 639-43, 646, 660-65
124th Obsn. Gp., 531
128th Obsn. Gp., 531
301st Bomb. Gp., 455, 644, 646
303rd Bomb. Gp., 455
435th Bomb. Gp., 479-80
Grumman (torpedo plane), 458
Guadalcanal, 433, 447, 451, 470-71, 474
Guam, 427
Guatemala, 301
Gulf Sea Frontier, 518, 530-3 I, 534, 547
Gunn, Capt. P. I., 375
Gunnery deficiency, Eighth AF, 656-57
GYMNAST, 240, 560, 562, 571-73, 612-15
–H–
Haamstede, 659
Hale, Maj. Gen. W. H., 457, 460
Hallmark, Lt. D. E., 442
HALPRO. See Halverson Det. Halsey, Vice Adm. W.F., 440-41
Halverson, Col. H. A., 341, 493
Halverson Det., 341-42, 493, 505, 526n
Hamilton Field, 172, 182, 189, 193, 199, 332, 359, 643
Handley-Page bomber, 16, 37, 597
Hangchow, 444
Hansell, Maj. H. S., Jr., 50, 146
Harbord Board, 258
Harding, Lt. Col., N.B., 331
Harding, Pres. W. G., 25-26
Harmon, Maj. Gen. M. F., 257
Harmon Field, 156
Harriman mission. See Moscow.
Harris, AM Sir Arthur, 253, 591, 594-95, 610, 622, 665
Harrisburg, 624
Hart, Liddell, 51
Hart, Adm. T. C., 191, 214, 370-71
Harvey, Maj. A. L., 318
Hastings Field, 329
Hatteras, Cape, 547
Havana, 121
Havana, Act of, 122
Hawaiian Air Force, 170-71, 173-75, 178, 185, 193, 197-98, 200, 452
Hawaiian Dept., 171-72, 175, 177, 180-81, 434, 454
Hawaiian Interceptor Comd., 197
Hawaiian Is.:
defense facilities, 124-25, 170-75, 193, 241, 454-55, 643
plans for defense, 66, 134, 147, 236
on South Pacific ferry route, 180, 416, 431, 436-37
Hawkins, Maj. J. R., 657
Haynes, Col. C.V., 317-18, 326, 493, 499, 502, 505, 507
Health of troops in SWPA, 405-6, 477, 481-82
Hebrides, 344
Heinkel company, 85
Helfrich, Vice Adm. C. E. L., 371
Henderson Field, 471
Hengyang, 490
Henry, Bill, 286
Hewitt, Air Comdr. J. C., 420
Hickam Field, 170, 172, 178, 182, 189, 197-98, 200-201, 359, 643
High-altitude bombing:
in CBI, 497
at Midway, 459
in SWPA, 450, 481. See also Bombardment.
High Ercall, 643
High Wycombe, 620, 624-25, 640
Himalayas, 329
Hindustan Aircraft, Ltd., 506, 509
Hinoue, Adm., 448
Hiryu, 458
Hitakappu Bay, 195
Hite, Lt. R.L., 442
Hobson, Lt. Col. K. B., 374, 380, 413
Hokyard, S/Sgt. J. E., 217
Holstensborg district, 157
Hong Kong, 236
Honington, 650
Hood, Lt. Col. R. C., Jr., 497, 509
Hoover, Lt. Travis, 441
Hopkins, H. L., 256, 563, 572, 634
Horn I., 416
Hoskyn, Lt. W. J., 397
Houlton, 344
Houston, 391-92
Howard Field, 163-64
Howell, Clark, 30
Howell commission, 30-31
Hoyt, Col. R.G., 420
Hudson. See A-29. Hughes, Lt. C. W., 393
Hull, Sec. of State Cordell, 194. See also State Dept.
Hull, Lt. H. B., 624 "Hump" service, 354, 508
Hunter, Brig. Gen. F. O’D., 349, 641, 646
Huntingdon, 584
Huntingdonshire, 630-31, 637-38, 650
Hutchinson, Maj. D. R., 412
Hynes, Lt. G. W., 397
–I–
Iceland:
in ferrying and air transport, 342-48, 361, 641
in W. Hemisphere defense, 120-24, 140, 155, 158-60, 193, 239-40, 243, 375, 430, 577-78
Iceland Base Comd., 158
Identification friend or foe, 288-89
Imperial Airways, 320
India, 206n, 226, 228, 312-13, 328-31, 336-40, 353, 356, 380, 395-96, 485, 496, 561, 569. See also CBI; Air Forces, Tenth AF.
India-China Ferry, organization, 508
Indian Ocean, 330-31, 484, 502-4
Infantry Divisions:
1st (1918), 11
32nd, 472
37th, 434
41st, 472
71st, 225
Infantry Regiment, 2nd, 225
Information, Coordinator of, 256
Inland Sea of Japan, 201
Intelligence, 53, 120, 189, 393, 417, 425, 452, 474, 524, 527, 531, 552, 570, 589, 600, 623-24, 651
school at Harrisburg, 624
Inter-Allied Independent Air Force, 15, 37
Interceptor. See Pursuit aviation.
Interceptor commands:
in air defense, 290
origin and functions, 155. See also Pursuit aviation.
International Co. of China, 488
Iraq, 338
Ireland. See Eire; Northern Ireland.
Italian Air Force, 82-85
development, 75-76
strength (1940), 84
test, 83
Italian East Africa, 84
Italy, Air Ministry, 82-83
–J–
Jaluit, 189
Japan:
Combined Fleet, 446
Fifth Army, 201
Genzan Air Gp., 447
High Command, 81
Inspector General of Military Avn., 77
mandated islands, 179-80, 189, 192
Navy Air Force, 77
2nd Air Fleet, 466
Second Fleet, 223, 376-77, 382
strategy, 80-81, 234-35, 444-46, 470
Third Fleet, 201, 215:16, 376, 397, 470
Japanese air power, 75-81
aircraft types and designation, 79-80
German influence, 80
intelligence, 441
strength, 80-81
tactics, 403
training, 76-77
bombing operations from, 376-84
campaign, 388-94, 404, 411, 413, 427, 450
evacuation of, 394-402
pursuit reinforcements, 384-88
Jensen, Capt. J.C., 334
Jogjakarta, 372, 382, 395, 399
Johnson, 192
Johnson, Maj. Gen. Davenport, 165
Johnson I., 125
"Joint," usage defined, 253
Joint Action of the Army and Navy, 50, 68n, 118-19, 520-21, 528, 540
Joint Aircraft Comm., 129-30, 257
Joint American/British Directif, 608-10
Joint Board of the Army and Navy, U.S., 26, 33, 48, 53, 67, 71, 141, 144-46, 168, 240, 252, 304, 594
Joint Board Estimate of U.S. Over-All Production Requirements, 131, 145, 150, 428, 594
Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S., 139, 142-43, 232, 234-67, 367, 374, 410, 419, 436-37, 473-74, 557-611
ancillary committees, 266
organization, 254-55
Joint Intelligence Comm., U.S., 256
Joint Organization and Maintenance (U.S.), 629, 636
Joint Planning Comm., U.S.-Brit., 253, 432
Joint Planning Staff, U.S., 255, 437
Joint Secretariat, 257
Jones, Capt. D. M., 439
Joubert, AM P. B., 545
Joyce, Lt. R. O., 442
Julianehaab, 157
JUNIOR, 654
Junkers company, 85
–K–
Kaga, 458
Kahuku Point, 197
Kakuda, Rear Adm. Kakajugi, 466-67
Kalidjati, 371
Kanga Force, 477
Kano, 320
Karachi, 329-30, 332-33, 340, 353-54, 493-95, 498, 507, 509-11
Kauai, 171
Keator, Lt. R. B., 211
Kegelman, Capt. C. C., 659
Kelly, Capt. Colin, 216-17
Kendari, 377-78, 380-81, 383-84, 386, 388, 404
Kenly, Maj. Gen. W. L., 9
Kenya Colony, 330
Khartoum, 320-25, 329, 332, 354, 375
Kian, 440
Kilbourne, Brig. Gen. C. E., 48-50
Killin, Pfc, 219
Kilner Board, 120
Kimbolton, 631
King, Adm. E. J., 253, 266, 432, 461-62, 473, 538-40, 545-49, 552-53, 572
Knerr, Maj. H. J., 59
Knilm, 375
Knox, Sec. of Navy Frank, 284-85, 549
Kobe, 442
Kodiak I., 168-69, 304, 464-65, 468
Koepang, 384-87, 393, 404, 414, 417
Kondo, Vice Adm., 456
Kongo, 469
Krogstad, Brig. Gen. A. N., 526, 528
Kuala Lumpur, 383
Kuantan, 383
Kunming, 329, 354-55, 485, 489-90, 498, 500, 505-6, 509, 511-12
Kure, 451
Kurusu, Saburo, 194
Kuter, Brig. Gen. L. S., 50, 146
Kweilin, 440
–L–
Labor supply, 424, 483, 508-9, 632, 650
Labrador, 155, 342-43, 345-47, 641
Lae, 184, 372, 408, 417, 425, 471-72, 474, 477-79, 481
La Fleur, Chaplain J. F., 212
Lakunai, 480
Lampert Comm., 27-29
Lanai, 171
Lanao, Lake, 407
Landis, J. M., 298
Landon, Maj. T. H., 200
Landry, Lt. LB., 386
Lane, Capt. William, Jr., 385-87
Langley Field:
VIII Bomber Comd., activation, 613
GHQAF Hq., 31
Memorial Aeronautical Lab., 55
Langoa, 380
Larson, Brig. Gen. W. T., 528, 553
Latin America. See Central America; South America.
Lawson, Lt. T. W., 442
LB-30:
characteristics, 400-401
supply for Britain, 317, 328, 332, 359
Leahy, Adm. W.D.:
appointment to JCS, 255
personal C/S to Pres. Roosevelt, 254
Leary, Vice Adm. H.F., 419-20
Lee, Maj. Gen. J. C. H., 649
Leeward Is., 193
Legaspi, 219
Legislation:
before World War I, 23
between wars, 18, 54, 57, 101, 104-5, 15
World War I, 6, 9. See also Lend-lease aid.
Leland, Maj. Gordon, 505-6
LeMay, Maj. C. E., 326
Lembang, 368
Lend-lease aid, 126-35, 259, 317, 328, 337, 343, 351
Britain, 103, 127-30, 133-34, 236, 245, 314, 318-19, 337-38
British in Middle East, 312, 318-20, 327-29, 337, 351
China, 244, 312, 328-29, 337-38
France, 129
India, 328
Southwest Pacific, 328
U.S.S.R., 132-35, 312, 325, 329, 337-39, 351
Letter contracts, 106
Levin, Sgt. M.S., 217
Leyte, 406
Lhoknga, 379
Liberator. See B-24.
Light bomber, first designation, 58-59
Lima, Declaration of, 120
Lincoln, Maj. Gen. R. B., 421-22
Lingayen Gulf, 191, 207, 209, 215, 223-24
Lipa, 225
Little, Adm. Sir Charles, 253
Little Staughton, 631
Lockheed aircraft plant, 280, 321
Lockheed Overseas Corp., 635-37, 650
Lombok, Strait of, 394
London conference (Sept. 1941), 132. See also Special Observer Gp.
London Naval Treaty, 77
Longfellow, Col. Newton, 644, 646
Long Kesh, 648
Long-range bomber, evolution of, 53-71
Los Angeles, 279
"battle of," 283-86
Losses:
Aleutians, 469
Darwin, 393-94
Luzon, 212-13
Pearl Harbor, 197-201
submarine, 515-18, 530, 534-36
Louisiade Archipelago, 448, 450
Low-altitude flying, 481
Eighth AF, 657-58
World War I, 14
Lower California, 298
Lowery, Capt. H.F., 479
Lunga Plain, 471
Luzon, 125, 186, 188, 191, 195, 232, 234, 236, 242, 368, 405-18
U.S. defeat, 201-27
Lyon, Brig. Gen. A. J., 604, 620, 628, 636
–M–
MacArthur, Gen. Douglas:
CG Southwest Pacific Area, 419, 424, 426, 450, 472-74, 566
CG U.S. Army Forces in Far East, 177, 181-84, 366, 368, 403-4, 433
defense of Philippines, 186, 189-91, 204-5, 207-8, 213, 219
evacuation from Philippines, 224-25, 407
hope for reinforcements, 188-89, 192-93, 222-23, 228, 231-32, 242, 333, 353, 406-8, 417-18
views on Philippine air defense, 179
MacArthur-Pratt agreement, 30, 47, 61-62, 67
McCallum, Lt. Gerald, 397
McCook Field, 55
MacCormac, John, 610
MacDill Field, 332-34, 336-37, 531
McElroy, Lt. E. E., 442
McIntyre, Lt. W. E., 467
McMahon, Lt. R. F., 393
McNair, Brig. Gen. L. J., 258-62
McNarney, Maj. Gen. J. T., 262, 546-47, 552, 580, 634
McNarney committee, 264
McPherson, Lt. C. E., 374
Madagascar, 504
Madang, 372
Magelang, 371
Magruder, Brig. Gen. John, 486, 489
Mahoney, Capt. Grant, 215, 385, 387
Maiduguri, 320
Maintenance:
echelons defined, 635n
in ETO (see Air Forces, Eighth AF)
in Pacific, 381, 390, 400, 412-13, 422-23, 454-55, 460, 476-77, 482-83
Makassar Strait, 377, 382, 388, 397
Malang, 371, 377-78, 380-83, 390-92
Malay barrier, 137, 233, 241-42, 367
Malay Peninsula, 201, 216, 232, 366-67, 371, 377, 379, 383, 394, 403
Maldive Is., 331
Manchester (England), 636
Manchuria, 485
Mandalay, 499
Manila, 177, 184, 186-87, 207, 209, 212-14, 222, 225, 236
Mansfield, Lt. T. F., 468
Marauder. See B-26.
Marcus I., 451
AAF fighters, use of, 462
Iceland, 239
Pearl Harbor losses, 197
South Pacific island defense, 437
Wake, 175
Mariveles Field, 225
Marks, Capt. J. L., 468-69
Marrett, Lt. S. H., 215
Marshall, Gen. G. C.:
C/S (WDGS), 116, 133, 146, 228, 231, 258-59, 261-62, 265, 299, 367, 370-71, 430, 545, 547, 552-53, 563-64, 572, 574, 578-79, 582, 586-87
Martin, Maj. Gen. F. L., 170
Martin aircraft, 58, 65, 322, 352
Martinique, 536
Masbate, 219
Mascot, 422
Masefield, Peter, 662-63
Mass. Institute of Technology, 551
Materiel Comd., 636
Materiel Div. (AC), 55, 59, 65
Materiel program. See Production; Research and development.
Maui, 171
Maxwell, Brig. Gen. R. H., 325
Maxwell Field, 50
Maya, 466
Meals, Capt., 468-69
Meder, Lt. R. J., 442
Medium bomber, as category, 60
Melbourne, 184, 395-96, 408, 411, 418, 422-23, 432-33, 483
Membury, 646-48
Menoher, Maj. Gen. C. T., 24
Menoher Board, 22-24
Merle-Smith, Col. Van S., 226
Mexico:
air transport route, 360
bases, 301-2
Mexico, Gulf of, 530, 541, 549
Gulf Sea Frontier, hq. for, 530
Microwave early warning radar, 293-94
Middle East:
AAF assignment, 569
air supply lines, 313, 319, 322-25, 328-42, 354
Brereton and units, transfer to, 485, 495, 510-13
Brett special mission, 326-27
British needs, 566, 634 (see
also Lend-lease)
British troops, 239
Midway, 125, 174-75, 178-79, 181-82, 201, 428, 444, 449, 464, 641-43
Midway, Battle of, 296, 298-99, 451-62, 471
Mikuma, 459
Milch, Erhard, 87
Military Aeronautics, Director of, 9
Military Requirements, Director of, 553
Miller, Lt. H.F., 439
Milne Bay, 483
Mindanao, 125, 187-88, 193, 214, 218-20, 231-32, 376, 381, 388, 404-7, 418, 426
Mindoro, 224
Minneapolis, 357
Misima I., 448-49
Mitchell, Brig. Gen. William, 598
fight for air power when Asst. Chief of Air Service, 22-28, 34-47, 53, 57
statement of doctrine, 42
trial before general court-martial, 27-28
Mitchell aircraft. See B-25.
Mobile Reserve Corps, 612, 614
Mobility, AAF policy on, 437, 542, 544, 547, 551
Modjokerto, 390
Mogaini, 459
Molokai, 171
Molotov, Vyacheslav, 133
Molucca Is., 382
Sea, 377
Mombasa, 330-31
Moncton, 347
Money, Pfc W. L., 217
Montgomery, Gen. Bernard, 340
Montgomery, Lt. G. R., 215-16
Moore, Lt. J. H., 211
Morale:
effect of bombing on enemy, 444, 599
in Pacific, 401-2, 413, 451, 481-82
Morrisey, Capt. R. L., 416
Morrison Field, 337-39, 341-42
Morrow, D. W., 28
Morrow Board, 22, 25, 28-30, 33
Moscow, Anglo-American mission to, 132-33, 318, 578
Moulmein, 492
Mountbatten, Lord Louis, 589
Mow, P.T., 487
Mueller, Capt. A. J., 426
Munitions Assignments Board, 249, 256-57, 566
Munitions Assignments Comm. (Air), 257
Muri, Lt. J. P., 458
Murphy, Lt. J.B., 466
Mussolini, as Air Minister (Italy), 82, 84
Myitkyina, 498, 500-501, 509-10
–N–
Nagoya, 442
Nagumo, Adm., 456
Naiden, Brig. Gen. E. L., 497-98, 502, 513
Nanking, 78
Nassau, 355
Natal, 120, 319, 321-22, 324, 329-30, 332, 355-56
National Advisory Comm. for Aeronautics, 7, 55
National Airways, 422
National Defense, Dept. of (proposed), 20-21, 27-29
National Defense Act of 1916, 23
National Defense Research Council, 551
Nautilus, 458
Naval Operations, Chief of, 30, 67, 69, 158, 253, 265, 515, 521
Navy, U.S.:
allocations, 107, 129, 145, 247, 352, 494
antisub. responsibilities and activities, 278, 296, 514-53
Comdr. in Chief, 515, 522, 544 (see also King)
controversy over air power vs. battleship, 18, 20-22, 25-27, 39, 70-71, 598-99, 667
controversy over allocations, 259, 538-40, 542-44, 547, 551, 594
controversy over coastal defense responsibility and techniques, 35, 48, 61-63, 67-71, 117-19, 284-85, 518-26, 539-53
controversy over relative priority of Pacific and ETO, 435-36, 472, 666
defense activities in Atlantic and Caribbean, 122-25, 147, 157, 159-66, 274-75, 345-49
defense activities in Pacific, 147, 172-75, 178, 180-81, 183, 190-91, 194-95, 214, 225, 228, 276-77, 417, 419, 428-38, 462, 474, 487
engagements in Pacific, 197, 214, 216, 232, 380, 391-92, 398-99, 401-2, 406, 417, 440-42, 447-51, 455-59, 462, 464-70
General Board, 20
joint and combined collaboration, 28-29, 155, 163-64, 167-68, 231, 254-56, 266, 428, 435-38, 462, 473-74, 487, 566-67 (see also Joint Chiefs
Combined Chiefs)
Naval Air Transport Service, 352
Naval Transportation Service, 256
Patrol Wings, 184, 191, 366, 454, 465, 468
Sec. of, 20, 28, 13 247, 284-85, 548-49
scientific agencies, 551
Task Force ANZAC, 413. See also Special Naval Observer Gp.
Near East, 330
Negros, 406
Neosho, 449
Netherlands East Indies:
collaboration in defense of Australia and New Guinea, 419-20, 478
defense facilities, 224, 230-32, 371-72, 383-84, 387, 392, 394
defense plans and operations, 180-84, 201, 213, 226, 231, 235-36, 242-43, 366-96, 484-85
evacuation of Java, 394-404, 408, 427
Neuberger, R. L., 271
Nevada, 197
New Britain, 178-79, 372, 382, 425, 472-74, 476, 480
New Brunswick, 347
New Caledonia, 181, 183, 192, 228, 242-43, 331, 359, 375, 419, 430-37, 444, 447, 471
New Caledonia Task Force, 433
New Delhi, 496
Newfoundland:
defense, 156-57, 193, 345, 514, 535
in Eastern Theater of Operations, 294
in ferrying and air transport, 155, 313, 317-18, 342-43, 347, 645
lease of bases, 120-2 1
Newfoundland Airport, 122, 156-57, 515
Newfoundland Base Comd., 156
New Guinea, 178-79, 182-84, 372, 384, 395, 408, 410, 416, 419, 425, 450, 470-83
New Guinea Force, 421
New Hebrides, 410, 435, 447, 471
New Ireland, 372, 382, 450, 474
New Jersey, 26
New Orleans, 317
New South Wales, 422-23
New York City, 279-80, 293-94, 356, 526-27
New Zealand, 180-81, 242-43, 419, 430, 432, 436. See also Royal NZAF.
Nichols Field, 177, 186, 203, 207, 209, 213-14, 2 18-19, 223, 405, 418
Nielson, Lt. C. J., 442
Nielson Field, 207-8, 214, 219, 405
Nimitz, Adm. C. W., 403, 419, 452, 454, 462, 464
Nomura, Kichisaburo, 194
Norden, C. L., 598
Norden bombsight, 439, 598-601
Norfolk (England), 646
North African invasion, 240, 560, 573
North African military mission, 325-26, 497
North Atlantic Naval Coastal Frontier, 521-23, 526
North Atlantic route:
ferrying and air transport, 316-19, 327, 342-49, 356-57, 626, 639-45
North Atlantic Sector (ACFC), 344, 349
North Atlantic Wing (ATC), 349, 363
Northeast Air District, 577
Northeastern Defense Comd., 154
Northern Ireland, 140, 239-40, 243, 375, 430, 560, 562, 578, 580, 586, 627-28, 630-31, 634, 638, 648, 650
Northern Territory, 42 I
North Honshu, 464
Northland, 345
North Pacific Area, 419
Northwest Airlines, 357-58
Northwestern, 467
Noumea, 433
–O–
attack, 194-201
strength (1941), 170-75
Oakley, 627
Observation plane, as category, 57, 65
O’Donnell, Maj. Emmett, Jr., 178, 189, 215-16
O’Donnell Field, 186
Oestreicher, Lt. R. G., 393
Ogden, 358
Oklahoma, 197
Old Catton, 646
Olds, Brig. Gen. Robert, 316, 364, 507
Oliver, Col. R. C., 509
Olongapo, 279
Ominato, 464
100-octane gasoline supply, 230, 378
115 Group Program, 250-51, 560
Opana radar detector station, 197
Operations. See Air Forces
theaters of operations.
Operations Div. (WDGS), 264, 546, 553, 588, 652. See also WPD.
Ordnance Company (Avn.), 445th, 434
Ordnance depot:
in UK, 650
Organization:
Air Corps, 29-33
Air Districts, 154
Air Service, 18-29
for bomber offensive, 575
of commands, /55
consolidation of OCAC with GHQAF, 32, 114-15
first four air forces, 155
GHQ Air Force, 31
WD reorganization (Mar. 1942), 264-65. See also AAF
Air Forces.
Ostfriesland, 26
Overman Act of 1918, 9
Owen Stanley Mts., 408, 416-17, 478, 480
–P–
P-35, characteristics, 406
P-38:
in Alaska, 465
flight to UK, 641-45
modification, 425
P-39:
for Alaska, 465
proposed flight to UK, 641-43
P-40:
for Alaska, 465
for British, 634
characteristics, 231, 401, 405, 454, 476-77, 488, 490
in SWPA, 384, 393, 396-98, 404-5, 411, 416, 435
P-400, characteristics, 411, 432, 477
Pacific Fleet (U.S.), 137, 196-97, 236, 272-73
Paco, 214
Padloping I., 346
Palmyra I., 125, 180, 430-31, 436
Panair do Brasil, 321
Panama, 66, 121, 163, 190, 193
Panama, Declaration of, 1n
Panama Canal:
danger of attack, 164, 272-73, 275, 299, 301, 303
defenses, 123-25, 147, 160, 274, 301-3, 536
Panama Canal Dept., 160-64
Air Force, 160
Panama Canal Zone, defense of, 160-65, 274-76, 302, 360
Panama Sea Frontier, 548
Pan American Air Ferries, Inc., 322-24, 327, 338-40, 354
Pan American Airways, 172, 320-23, 328-29, 333, 335-36, 352-53, 355-56, 375
Pan American Airways-Africa, Ltd., 322-24, 338, 354
Pan American Airways Co., 322-23
Panay, 406
Gulf of, 417
Paranaque, 214
Paris Air Agreement, 85
Parse], Capt. E. L., 215-16
Pasirian, 395
Patch, Brig. Gen. A. M., Jr., 433-34
Patrick, Maj. Gen. M.M.:
Chief of Air Service, 11, 26-28
Patterson Field (Iceland), 344, 346
Patterson Field (Ohio), 358, 484
PBY:
characteristics, 414, 456-57, 461
in Pacific, 338, 432, 435, 458, 465-68
Pearl Harbor, 125, 173, 194-201, 452, 464
investigation, 262
Peary, 391-93
Pecos, 398-99
Peirse, AM Sir R. E. C., 370-71
Pell, Alai. Floyd, 385, 393, 396
Pennsylvania Central airline, 358
Peres, Lt. J. R., 393
Permanent Joint Board on Defense (Canada-U.S.), 121, 126, 298
Perry, Lt. E. S., 393
Pershing, Gen. J. J., 7, 10-11, 23, 37, 43-44, 258
Personnel problems:
Air Service, 19
shortages, 110, 330. See also Labor; Morale.
Peru, 301
Philippine Air Force, 203, 219
Philippine Airlines, 375
Philippine Army, 186
Philippine Dept. Air Force, 177, 203
Philippine Is., 125-26, 134, 147, 235-36, 367-68, 377, 380-81, 395, 417, 425-27, 450, 471
advance warning, 190-91
reinforcement, 183, 223, 227-32, 239, 242, 312, 336, 353-54, 404-10, 428, 562
Royce mission, 418
U.S. High Commissioner, 190
withdrawal of U.S. troops, 220-33
Photo reconnaissance, 189-90, 425, 624
PINETREE, 622
Pittsburg, 598
Placentia Bay, 156
Plaines des Gaiacs, 433-34
Plan position indicator scope, 288
Plans, AC/AS, 472
Plans Div. (OCAC), 316
Ploesti oil fields, 341
Podington, 631
Pogue, L. W., 361-62
Pohl, Lt. Col. H. B., 331
Point Barrow, 170
Pointe Noire, 330
Polebrook, 631
Polifka, Capt. Karl, 425
Polish Air Force, 89
Portal, ACM Sir Charles, C/AS RAF, 248, 253, 559-60, 566-67, 573, 602, 623, 627, 631, 646, 652
Port Blair, 500
Port Hedland, 330-31
Portland (Maine), 523
Port Moresby, 178-79, 182, 184, 384, 386, 408, 410, 414, 416-17, 425, 447-51, 471-72, 474, 477-80, 483, 504
Portugal, 326
Potsdam conference, 252
Pound, Adm. Sir Dudley, 253
Poynton, 650
Pratt, Adm. W. V., 30, 61-62, 67
President of U.S., 20, 23, 67n, 180, 194, 265, 367, 371, 487. See also Coolidge; Harding; Roosevelt; Wilson.
Presque Isle, 344, 347-49, 641, 644-45
Press comment:
B-17, 662-63
danger of attack on Western Hemisphere, 150, 271, 279, 282, 285-86
U.S.-British relations, 610
Prestwick, 344, 346, 356, 641, 644-45
Prichard, Lt. W. J., 389
Prince of Wales, 232, 377, 438
Priorities, Pacific vs. ETO, 435-36, 472, 558, 666
Production Management, Office of, 106, 131, 133
Project A (1933), 65-69
Project X, 332-36, 341. See also X, Task Force.
Prome, 499
Puerto Rico, 120, 123-24, 161-63, 193, 274-75, 282, 320, 324, 329, 355, 494, 534-37
Punta Borinquen, 161
Pursuit aviation:
for bomber offensive, 584
as compared to bombardment, 36-37, 57, 65
designation changed to "fighter," 307n
flight across Atlantic, 640
question of UK defense, 622-23
Pyle, Ernie, 286
–Q–
Qantas, 375
Queen Mary, 375
Quonset Point, 340
–R–
Rabaul, 178-79, 182, 184, 372, 377, 382, 386, 408, 410, 413-14, 416-17, 419, 427-28, 446-47, 470-74, 479-81
Radar:
antisub. equipment, 525, 527, 533, 547, 549
British types, 288-91
development, 55, 287-89, 293-94
in Hemisphere defense, 152-53, 290-92, 296, 298, 302-3, 307-8, 465-66, 469
in Pacific, 174, 186, 197, 220, 377, 383-84, 469, 476
training, 295
Radiation Laboratory (Mass. Institute of Technology), 293-94
Radio. See Radar.
RAINBOW No. 5, 139-41, 144, 147, 184, 190, 204, 213, 236, 239, 271, 559, 577-86, 629, 634
Ramsbury, 648
Randolph Field, 112-13
Ranger, 340
Rangoon, 395, 488-90, 492-93, 500-501, 509-10
Rawls, Lt. D. G., 200
Reconnaissance aviation:
redesignation of recon. sqs. as bomb. units, 425
Regia Aeronautica. See Italian Air Force. Reinforcements. See theaters.
Renault works, 593
Replacement Control Depot, 12th, 615, 648
Research and development, 54-60, 69, 108-9, 128, 549-51, 604-5
Reykjavik, 158-59, 343-44, 346, 356, 641
Reynolds, Lt. ED., 328
Ribot, French Premier, 5
Rice, Lt. B. H., 393
Richardson, Maj. Gen. R. C., 452, 460
Roberts Commission, 262
Roberts Field, 329
Robins, Lt. D. D., 217
Robinson, Maj. S. K., 383
Rockhampton, 385
Rogers, Lt. R.J., 199
Rohrback aircraft company, 85
Rommel, Gen. Erwin, 330, 339-41, 512
Roosevelt, Capt. Elliott, 318, 344
Roosevelt, Pres. F. D., 101, 104, 106-7, 110, 116-19, 121, 123, 126, 128, 130-34, 136, 140-42, 145, 149-50, 158, 176, 223, 232, 235, 237, 243, 246-47, 251-53, 262, 272, 281-83, 301, 303, 314, 323, 327-28, 332, 337, 351, 364, 407, 419, 438, 486, 559, 561-64, 566-67, 572-73
Rothrock, Capt. J. H., 318
Rouen-Sotteville, 667-65
ROUNDUP, 564-66, 571-73, 588-90, 632, 651-53
Rowe, Lt. W. M., 218
Royal Air Force, 77, 90, 92-100, 146, 159, 240, 335, 342, 346, 395, 431, 486, 489-90, 498-99, 503-4
autonomy, 253-54
Bomber Comd., 200, 565, 580, 588, 590, 592-95, 599, 605, 618-26, 631, 657
"clutches," 633
Coastal Comd., 200, 5271 538, 540-41, 545-46, 567, 593
co-operation with Eighth AF, 100, 559, 618-40, 646-48, 651, 656-68
established (1918), 92
Ferry Comd., 317
Fighter Comd., 94, 99, 566, 580, 590, 607, 609, 646
No. 11 Gp., 657
No. 24 Maintenance Unit, 651
No. 43 Gp., 651
No. 226 Sq., 658-59
as Royal Flying Corps, 12
shift to offensive, 100
strength, (1918) 92, (1939) 93
test with B-77, 655. See also Britain.
Royal Australian Air Force, 99, 190, 230, 372, 393, 410-11, 413-14, 416, 420, 423, 476, 479, 482
aircraft, 479
75 Sq., 416
Royal Canadian Air Force, 157, 346
Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force, 420
Royal New Zealand Air Force, 431-32
Royce, Brig. Gen. Ralph, 411, 418, 420, 602
Rumania, 341
Russia. See U.S.S.R.
Russo-Manchurian border, 76, 79
Ryan, J.D., 9
Ryuho, 442
Ryujo, 466-68
–S–
Sacramento Air Depot, 303-4, 332, 440
St. Croix, 536
St. John’s, 156
St. Lucia, 121, 124, 162, 320, 536
Salamaua, 372, 408, 414, 417, 425, 471, 474, 477-79, 481
Salinas, 307
Salt Lake City, 358
Salween R., 489
Samoa, 180, 228, 430, 432, 436, 452
San Antonio, 112-13
San Diego, 278
San Francisco, 167, 192, 278, 294
Bay, 440
San Jose (Guatemala), 301
San Jose (Mindoro), 224 San Juan, 324
San Marcelino Field, 208-9, 214-16, 223-25
San Miguel Bay, 224
San Nicholas, 281
Santa Cruz, 473
Sault Sainte Marie Canal, 274
Savannah, 317
Saville, Col. G. P., 295
"Saxton and Company," 304-5
Sayre, F. B., 190
Scanlon, Brig. Gen. M. F., 421
Schaetzel, Lt. G. E., 216
Scherger, G/C F. R. W., 420
Schofield Barracks, 199
Scotland, 313-14, 317-18, 343-44, 346, 356, 578, 586, 630, 641
SCR-270 equipment, 476
Sealark Channel, 447
Sea Lion, 218
Sea-Search Attack Development Unit, 550-51
Secretary of War, 20, 24, 26-28, 70, 115, 131, 134, 140, 157, 178, 180, 260, 271, 314, 328, 351, 364, 485, 548 (see also Stimson)
Selective Service System,
Selective Training and Service Act, II Selfridge Field, 613
Semarang, 372
Services of Supply:
air priorities function transferred to ATC, 362
in CBI, 495
organization, 264
Seven-Mile Airdrome, 477
Seward, 170
Seward-Anchorage area, 168
Seychelles Is., 330
Sharnbrook, 650
Shenandoah, 27
Shipping:
losses, 393-94, 515-18, 530, 534-36, 541, 547
priorities, 243
routes, 310-12, 404-5, 536, 548
shortages, 242, 374-75, 424, 430, 538, 547, 640, 651, 653
Shoho, 448-49
Short, Lt. Gen. W.C., 175, 180, 192-93
Shortland T., 447
Siemens, Lt. Col. Isaac, 508
Signal Corps:
Chief Signal Officer, 7-8, 292-93
radar research, 55, 289-90. See also Air Service; Aviation Sec.
Simard, Capt. C. T., 455-56
Simon, Frank, 51
Sims, 449
Sinclair, AM Sir Archibald, 592
Sind desert, 496
Singapore, 183-84, 235-36, 242, 367, 404, 427, 432, 594
Sitka, 464
Sixteen-Liberator project, 327-28
Skyways, 41
SLEDGEHAMMER, 564-66, 571-73, 588, 590, 653
Slessor, AVM J. C., 567
Slessor Agreement, 134-35
Sneed, Col. A. L., 421
Soerabaja, 231, 371, 383-84, 386-87, 395, 427
Bay, 391
Solomon Is., 183, 410, 419, 425, 444-50, 470-76, 480, 483
Resident Commissioner (Brit.), 471
Sondre Stromfjord, 641
Soong, T. V., 487
Soryu, 458
Sotteville. See Rouen.
South Africa, Union of, 331, 494
South African Air Force, 99
South America, 147, 164, 240. See also Airfields; Caribbean; South Atlantic route.
South Atlantic air route, 123-24, 228, 312, 319-42, 354-56, 380, 388, 428, 493-94
South Atlantic Sector (ACFC), 337
South Atlantic Wing (ATC), 363
Southern Defense Comd., 154
South Pacific air route, 180-83, 228-29, 331-32, 336, 359-60, 375, 380, 410-16, 419, 428-38, 447, 452-54, 560
South Pacific Area, 444, 454, 469, 473
established, 419. See also South Pacific route and specific islands.
South Pacific Wing (ATC), 363
Southwest Pacific Area:
air route via South Atlantic, 228, 312-13, 328-36, 353-54, 359, 364, 428 (see also South Pacific route)
Allied Forces established, 419-20
operations, 397-98, 417, 425, 427, 446-50, 480-81
reinforcements, 227, 312, 336-37, 372, 376, 384-88, 400, 408, 413-14, 452-54, 478, 562, 566
reorganization of bomber units, 413-14
strategy for, 410-II, 472-74, 574, 576. See also ABDA; Australia; NEI; Philippine Is.
Soviet Air Force, 79-80, 98, 133
Soviet protocol, 249
Soviet Union. See U.S.S.R.
Spaatz, Maj. Gen. Carl, 48, 60, 314
Air Officer, ETOUSA, 591, 649-51, 656, 661, 663, 665
CG Eighth AF, 565, 570, 574, 582, 585, 587-91, 595, 606-7, 610, 616-17, 621-22, 625, 628, 637-38, 641-43, 645
Chief of Air Staff, 262
Spanish civil war, 76, 83-84, 487
Spatz, Sgt. H. A., 442
Special Naval Observer Group, 123, 132, 144, 577, 594
Special Observer Group, U.S. Army, 109, 123, 132, 144, 252, 262, 577-82, 601, 618-20, 634, 636
Sperry Gyroscope Co., 599
Spokane, 304
Sprague, Maj. C. A., 385, 387, 394
Squadrons:
2nd Obsn. Sq., 177
2nd Sea-Search Attack Sq., 550
3rd Pursuit Sq., 177, 186, 203, 209, 211, 213, 385, 387, 390
3rd Recon. Sq., 526
3rd Sea-Search Attack Sq., 550
7th Recon. Sq., 163
8th Bomb. Sq., 414, 425, 447, 478
8th Photo Sq., 425
9th Bomb. Sq., 512
9th Pursuit Sq., 416
11th Pursuit (Fighter) Sq., 303-4, 307, 465-67
12th Pursuit Sq., 431-32
14th Bomb. Sq., 178, 183, 189, 215
15th Bomb. Sq., 639-40, 648, 660
first U.S. unit to enter combat from England, 640, 658
16th Fighter Sq., 512
17th Pursuit Sq., 177, 186, 203, 207, 209, 212-13, 215, 218, 385, 387, 391-92, 397-98
18th Weather Sq., 625
10th Pursuit Sq., 177, 186, 203, 207, 209, 211, 385-86
21st Pursuit Sq., 183, 186, 203, 209, 212-13, 218
21st Recon. Sq., 156
21st Troop Carrier Sq., 478
26th Bomb. Sq., 456
27th Recon. Sq., 161-62
30th Bomb. Sq., 183
31st Bomb. Sq., 456
32nd Bomb. Sq., 183
33rd Pursuit Sq., 158, 385, 393, 396
34th Bomb. Sq., 439
34th Pursuit Sq., 183, 186, 203, 209, 211, 215, 218
36th Bomb. Sq., 166, 307, 465, 468
38th Recon. Sq., 183, 189, 193, 199-200
39th Obsn. Sq., 163
40th Bomb. Sq., 537
41st Recon. Sq., 156
42nd Transport Sq., 307
44th Pursuit Sq., 199
44th Recon. Sq., 163
46th Pursuit Sq., 199
47th Pursuit Sq., 199
49th Bomb. Sq., 157
54th Fighter Sq., 307
58th Bomb. Sq., 170
59th Bomb. Sq., 163
66th Materiel (Service) Sq., 509
70th Bomb. Sq., 435
70th Pursuit Sq., 431
72nd Bomb. Sq., 455-56
77th Bomb. Sq., 303-4, 307, 464-65, 468
86th Obsn. Sq., 170-71
88th Recon. Sq., 183, 189, 193, 199-200, 413
92nd Recon. Sq., 526
95th Bomb. Sq., 439
97th Obsn. Sq., 530
313th Materiel Sq., 337
431st Bomb. Sq., 456-57
436th Bomb. Sq., 512
Staff conversations (U.S.-Brit.), 136, 140
Stalin, Marshal, 133
Standards, Bur. of, 55
Stark, Adm. H.R., 248, 253-54, 515
State, Dept. of, 180, 194, 256, 326, 434, 487
Stephenville, 156
Sterling, Lt. G. H., Jr., 199
Stilwell, Lt. Gen. J. W., 439, 493, 499-500, 502-5, 507
Stimson, Sec. of War H.L., 115-16, 134, 146, 246-47, 250, 272, 282, 284-86, 299, 301-2, 485, 549, 565
Stone (England), 648
Stornoway, 344
Stratemeyer, Maj. Gen. G. E., 574-75
Straubel, Maj. A. A., 332, 380, 383
Strauss, Lt., 220
Strength:
AFCC, 159
Alaska, 166-70
Australia, 410-13
North Atlantic, 156-60
Philippines, 176-79, 185-86, 191-93, 201-3, 218, 226, 407, 411-12
Strother, Capt. D. R., 389
Subic Bay, 405
Submarine warfare, 514-53
attacks, 281–83, 514-18, 527, 530, 534-36, 541, 547
North Atlantic, 157, 277n, 514-18
Caribbean and Gulf areas, 530, 534
North Atlantic convoy lanes and North Africa, 536
shipping toll, 515-18, 530, 533-36, 541, 547. See also Antisub. defense.
Sudetenland, 89
Suez region, 148
Sungei Patani, 379
Aleutians, 469
CBI, 375, 488-89, 494, 496, 510
Hawaii, 454
North Atlantic, 347
South Pacific, 433-34
Supply Div. (OCAC), 55
Supply Gp. (AS), 56
SWPA, 227-28, 353, 375, 378, 381, 385, 400, 407, 422, 482
Support aviation. See Air doctrine
Air power
Navy.
Sutherland, Brig. Gen. R. K., 188n, 204-5, 207, 209
Swanton Morley, 658
Sweden, 177
Sweeney, Lt. Col. W.C., Jr., 457
–T–
Tactics, 575
British conclusions, 531-32
Japanese, 403
Taiwan Field, 208-9
Takoradi, 320-22, 331, 339-40, 492
Talara, 301
Tampa, 332
Tanaga, 465
Tanganyika, 330
Target selection, 148, 565, 595-97, 599, 621-22, 624
Tash, Lt. Earl, 211
IN WORLD WAR II
Tavoy, 492
Taylor, Lt. K. A., 199
Technical Services, Director of, 550
Technical Training Comd., 112
Teddington, 645
Tehuantepec, 301
Ternate Field, 186
Thacker, Lt. RE., 200
Theobald, Rear Adm. R. A., 464
Thomas, Capt. L. M., 326
Thornbrough, Capt. G. W., 468
Thurleigh, 631
Timor, 372, 377, 385-87, 390-93, 414, 417, 474
Tinker, Maj. Gen. C. E., 454
Tjilatjap, 397
Tocumwal, 423
Tokyo, Doolittle raid against, 298, 438-44, 451, 506
Tonga, 435
Tontouta, 432
TORCH, 573-76, 588, 590, 607, 614, 628, 653-54
Towers, Adm. J. H., 538-39, 566
Townsville, 181, 184, 231, 376, 385, 408, 411, 413, 416, 422, 447-50, 477, 480, 483
Training, 10-12, 496-97, 566, 605, 610
(1941) 260, 264, (1942) 249-50, 264
Alaska, 166
for Australia, 230
in bombing, 439-40
center at Karachi, 495
directive for GHQAF, 260
by factory representatives, 423
of ground crewmen, joint exercises (Army-Navy), 521
inadequacy for Coral Sea battle, 450, for crews in Pacific, 450, 454, 482, for Java campaign, 400, for Midway, 461
New Guinea, 481
programs for pilots, 101
Project X, 334-35
of radar technicians, 295
in torpedo-dropping, 481
Training Regulation 440-15, 45, 48-49, 53
Transcontinental & Western Air, 347, 352, 355-57
Transportation targets, 596
Transport designation changed to "troop carrier," 640n
Trenchard, Maj. Gen. H. M., 12, 15, 37
TRIGGER, 578
Trinidad, 121, 124, 162-63, 193, 319-20, 324, 329-30, 332, 355, 518, 534, 536-37
Troop Carrier Comd.:
mission, 362
temporarily named Air Transport Comd., 360, 362
Tsingtao, 78
Tubb, Lt. D. B., 394
Tuguegarao, 207
Tunisia, 240
Tunugdliarfik Fjord, 343
TURBINLITE, 578
Turbinlite squadrons, 634
Turner, Lt. W. L., 386
224 Group Program, 251
273 Group Program, 251
–U–
Ulster. See Northern Ireland.
Umnak T. airfield, 126, 168, 303-7, 464-69
Unalaska I., 126, 168, 306, 467, 469
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, 83, 97, 442, 563
aircraft types, 98
equipment for China, 487
lend-lease aid to, 132-35, 236, 245, 249, 312, 325, 329-30, 337-39, 486, 567-69
United Kingdom. See Britain; Eighth AF.
United Nations, Declaration of, 237, 251
U.S. Army Air Services (in Australia), 421-22, 482
U.S. Army Forces in Australia, 226, 230-31, 370, 376, 411-13, 421, 440
U.S. Army Forces in British Isles (Great Britain), 577-90, 618-20, 627, 636
U.S. Army Forces in Far East, 177, 333
CG, 181
U.S. chiefs of staff. See Joint Chiefs of Staff.
U.S. Forces in Australia, 226, 231
U.S. Middle East Air Force, 341
U.S. Military Mission in London, 577, 582
U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey, 150
–V–
Valle, Gen. Giuseppe, 83
Vandevanter, Lt. Elliott, Jr., 215, 219
Venezuela, 321
Pres. of, 281
Very heavy bomber, as category, 60-61, 69
Very high frequency radio:
development by Britain, 289
Very long-range bomber, 60-61, 65-70, 120, 148-49, 574
Victoria, 422
Victory Program, 105, 132-33, 150, 238, 246, 249-50
Villamor, Capt. Jesus, 219
Virginia, 26
Virgin Is., 193
Visayas, 187-88
Vladivostok, 442
Vunakanau airfield, 382, 447, 480
–W–
Waco, 406
Wagga Wagga, 422
Wagner, Lt. Col. B. D., 207, 219-20, 224, 385, 425, 477
Wainwright, Lt, Gen. J. M., 417, 420, 426
Wake I., 174-75, 178-79, 181-82, 201, 228, 427-28, 451
Wales, 648
Walker, Lt. Col. K. N., 50, 146
Walker, Lt. W.R., 393
Walled City (Manila), 214
Waller Field, 329
War Council, President’s, 194, 265
Ward, 196
War Dept. Circular 59, 264-65, 267
War Dept. reorganization of 9 Mar. 1942, 257-64, 579
War Plans Div. (WDGS), 48, 62-64, 131, 139, 146, 258-59, 261-62, 264-65, 563, 586-88. See also OPD.
War Shipping Administration, 256
Washington conference. See ARCADIA . Washington protocol, 249
Wasp, 158
Watford, 646
Watson Lake, 277
Watson-Watt, Robert, 288, 291-93, 298-99, 301
Watton, 650
Wavell, Gen. Sir Archibald, 143, 231, 243, 367-71, 391, 396-97, 407, 502
Weather:
North Atlantic, 344-48, 644-45
South Pacific, 417
stations, 126, 155, 157, 167, 344-48
Webster, Lt. J. J., 199
Weeks, Sec. of War J. W., 27
Welch, Lt. G. S., 199
Wemyss, Gen. Sir Colville, 253
West Coast:
defense, 154, 167, 169-70, 190, 278, 280-81, 290-92, 294-96, 298-99
exposed position, 271-73, 277, 280
staging bases, 336
Western Air Lines, 358
Western Defense Comd., 190, 264, 279, 284, 643
Alaska, reinforcement, 167-70, 303-9
defense measures, 293-99
designated as theater of operations, 277, 294, 303
established, 154
West Palm Beach, 337
Westover, Maj. Gen. Oscar, 31-32, 50, 64-65
West Virginia, 197
Wheeler, Brig. Gen. Raymond, 495
Wheless, Lt., 219
Whipple, 398
White, Lt., 467
Whitehorse, 357
Whiteman, Pilot G. A., 199
WIDEWING, 645
Wiecks, Lt. Max R., 393
Wiggins, G/C C. S., 420
Wilbur, Sec. of Navy Curtis, 20
Wilhelmshaven, 600
Williams, Pfc G. B., 212
Williamstown, 424
Willis, Maj. H. B., 331
Willkie, Wendell, 285
Wilson, Pres. Woodrow, 9, 23, 75
Windward Is., 193
Wings:
1st Bomb. Wing, 646
2nd Bomb. Wing, 646
13th Composite Wing, 161-62
14th Pursuit Wing, 170
18th Bomb. Wing, 170
18th Composite Wing, 171
19th Wing, 160
23rd Ferrying Wing (ATC), 363
27th Ferrying Wing (ATC), 363
50th Transport Wing, 360
World War I, operations, 11-16
Wright Field, 55
Wurtsmith, Lt. Col. P. B., 412, 476
Wyndham, 408
–X–
–Y–
Yamamoto, Adm., 446, 451, 456, 459, 469-70
Yamishiro, 216
Yankee Doodle, 662
YB-40 and -41, destroyer escort planes, 604
Yokohama, 442
Yokosuka, 442
York area, 582
Yorkshire, 630
Yunnanyi, 498
–Z–
Zero, characteristics, 79
Zuiho, 469