Index
–A–
A-20:
Aachen, 702
Abadan, 19
Abbotts Ripton, 648
ABC-1, 209
Abu Sueir, 95
Accra, 119
Acquafondata, 590
Acquapendente, 558
Adige R., 506
Adler, Brig. Gen. E. E., 6-7, 15-16, 26, 34, 99
Admiralty (Brit.), 245, 253, 316, 406, 452, 523, 652
Adriatic Depot, 562
Advisory Committee on Bombardment, 354
Agadir, 186
Agedabia, 94-96
Agrigento, 458
Ain M’lila, 151
Airborne operations:
in Africa, 56-57, 71-72, 79, 87, 132
in Italy, 456, 496, 499-500, 519-20, 531-34
in Sicily, 443-44, 446-49, 453-56
Air Corps Ferrying Command, 5-6
Aircraft production problems and priorities, 211, 274-75, 288-95
Aircraft replacement:
in No. Africa, 110, 118-31, 287, 619
in UK, 110, 260, 287, 616-17, 630, 651, 653, 660-63
Airfields, Allied:
in Corsica and Sardinia, 560-63
in Italy, 491, 498, 501, 526-27, 530, 539, 542-43, 555-57, 560-68, 574-75, 723-24
in ME, 3-6, 10, 11, 16, 18, 20-21, 25-26, 29, 40, 95
in North Africa, 83, 89, 95, 100, 116-20, 127-28, 132, 138, 168-70, 182-83, 198-99
in UK, 604-9, 611, 624, 644-52
Air Forces (numbered):
First AF, 409
Second AF, 409-10
Eighth AF:
A-4, 743-44
A-5, 355
activated and committed to BOLERO, 210-11
aid to MTO, 478, 483, 494-95, 536, 543, 550-51, 564, 568, 638-39, 646, 716-17, 744
aid to 9th AF in ETO, 642-43, 649, 660, 744
aid to North Africa, 24, 51-52, 59-66, 98, 107, 110, 119-20, 128, 130-31, 134, 182, 211, 219, 231-33, 235, 248, 258-60, 277, 303, 309, 311, 600, 619-20, 624, 628-29, 683, 713
bases, 601-9, 611, 624, 644-52, 658
cooperation with RAF and Brit., 113-14, 116-17, 228-29, 231, 267, 346, 602, 605-12, 617-19, 648-49, 652-56, 688-89, 741
coordination (with 15th AF) 566-67, 572, 574, 582, 706, 722-29, 741, 744-48, 752, 754
directives, 213-16, 237-42, 305-8, 312, 319-21, 374, 665-66
(see also CBO Plan; COA)
maintenance, 258, 261, 602-5, 621-30, 657-64, 719, 727
need for long-range fighter, 228-31, 238, 267-68, 303, 334-37, 570, 654, 668, 679-81, 705-6
rate of abortive sorties, 261
rate of battle damage, 261, 341-42, 623, 663-64, 718
rate of loss, 265, 336-37, 341, 663, 682-83, 687, 708, 715, 724
rate of opns., 370, 668, 719, 724
replacements, 235-36, 259-61, 309-10, 338, 600-602, 616-17, 651, 660-61, 716, 718-19
as “strategic” air
strength, 210-11, 230-32, 235, 258-61, 280-81, 288, 308-11, 337-38, 370-71, 376, 388, 409, 599-602, 608, 636-41, 645, 663, 668,. 687-88, 690, 713, 716-19, 729
supply, 209, 258-61, 602-5, 609-24, 637-40, 643-60, 664, 742
tactical problems. 209, 212, 233-34, 252, 263-72, 300, 321-47, 666-69, 672-76, 689-703, 720-21, 728-30 ( see also Formations)
training. 51, 229, 231-32, 235-36, 241, 343-44, 370, 608, 623-24, 640-41, 659-60, 664, 697
in USAAFUK, 743-44
in USSTAF, 752-56. See also CBO CBO Plan Commands, VIII Bomber; Day bombardment Target priorities Eighth Strategic AF (proposed), 636
Eighth Tactical AF (proposed), 632, 634-36, 639, 641-43
Ninth AF: in AEAF, 736-40
air transport service, 657
contributions to NAAF, 161-62, 416-18, 424, 495-96, 535, 585
opns.:
(in African campaigns) 10, 39-40, 96, 98-99, 103-4, 120, 131, 155, 170-80, 182-84, 199,
(in HUSKY) 435-75 passim,
(in Italian campaign) 503-4, 506, 509, 514-17, 524, 535, 585,
orgn.:
(in Med. area) 24-25, 39, 99, 104, 495-96, 747,
(in UK) 496, 642-43, 645-49, 736, 738-40, 752, 754
strength, 171, 178, 198, 416, 642, 663
supply and maintenance, 652-53, 655-57, 660-62, 743-44, 754
as “tactical” air force, 164, 642, 739, 752. See also USAMEAF. Tenth AF, 7, 15, 32
Eleventh AF, 739
deployment, 84, 105, 110, 126, 128
opns.:
(in HUSKY) 450, 453, 458, 463, 465, 474,
(in Italian campaign) 496-545 passim, 550,
(in North African campaign) 118-25, 128, 130-32, 146-49, 152-53, 185, 204,
orgn., 50, 60, 84, 98, 107, 110-11, 119, 127, 162-63, 167, 416, 564-68,
photo rcn. wing, 569
status under NAAF, 162-63, 167, 416, 502
strength, 54, 59-60, 82, 116, 128, 130-31, 167, 416, 642
supply and maintenance, 90, 125-31, 287, 496, 500-501, 561-63, 571, 628, 630
training, 58-59, 134, 138, 146, 162
units assigned or attached, 25, 59-60, 66, 82, 98, 119-20, 128, 130-331, 134, 167, 231, 248, 259, 311, 382, 416. See also NAAF.
Thirteenth AF, 751
Fifteenth AF:
coordination with 8th AF, 566-67, 572, 574, 582, 596, 706, 722-29, 741, 744-48, 752, 754
deployment, 567-69
functions, 564-67, 572-74, 582-84, 593, 596, 725, 741, 747-48
Hq. (same as Hq., NASAF), 567
orgn., 418, 564-71, 575, 580, 724-27, 747-52
strength, 564-72, 638, 725, 728, 744
supply and maintenance, 571
in USSTAF, 752-54
Air-ground cooperation:
autonomous command of air units, 27-29, 160-61, 205, 445, 484, 486-87, 536, 544-45
difficulties, 134, 140, 181, 485-86, 527-28
doctrines, 137, 139-40, 164-65, 167-68, 204-5, 277
as function of NAAF, 418, 428, 433, 443, 572
in HUSKY, 449-77 passim, 484-87
importance, 210, 213, 275, 494
in Italy, 489-91, 493-500, 512-44 passim, 546-59, 585, 589-91, 596
in Libya, 102-3
in ME, 27-29
notable examples, 102-3, 179, 462, 468-69, 486, 530-35, 544-45, 551, 578-79
in OVERLORD
plans, 631-36
techniques, 27-28, 157, 174-75, 179, 199, 486, 530, 535, 545
in Tunisia, 109, 134, 136-45, 150, 157, 160-61, 164-65, 167-69, 174-75, 179-81, 199-202, 205-6. See also AEAF Airborne missions Eighth Army Fifth Army
XII Air Support Comd. Air Ministry (Brit. ):
on antisub. warfare, 245, 252-53
on B-17, t. 27
on bombing techniques and claims, 180, 240, 346, 695, 704
on Brit. units for TORCH, 54, 85, 119
cooperation in target selection, 214, 351, 354-55, 363-64, 375, 728, 752
responsibility for Bomber Comd. 737
Air Offensive against Germany, 346
Air-sea rescue, 99, 442, 476-77, 500, 554, 585, 727
Air Service Comd., USAMEAF, 16, 20
Air Service Comd., USSTAF, 752-54
Air support. See Air-ground cooperation.
Air transport:
Axis, 188-92
in Libya, 95
to ME, 5-6
to UK, 614-15
within UK, 618, 656. See also Air Transport Comd.; MATS; NATCC.
Alam Halfa, 30-31
Albacore, characteristics, 186
Albatros, 75
Albatross, 497
Alconbury, 692
Aldis lamp, 533
Aleppo, 10
Alexander, Gen. H. L., 29, 45, 114, 136, 145, 161, 166, 168, 173, 196, 198, 203, 415, 455, 536
Algeria:
as Allied base, 82-83, 112, 126, 132, 135, 163, 172, 423, 478
Allied conquest of, 70-74
in pre-TORCH planning, 42-43, 47, 50, 56
Algiers:
as Allied base, 79-84, 107, 111-12, 116, 118, 120, 135-36, 145, 163-64, 169, 182, 186-87, 259, 489, 501, 520, 548
Axis air attacks, 85, 105, 510
in pre-TORCH planning, 42, 47-50, 54, 57
Allen, Maj. Gen. Terry, 74
Allied Air Force:
A-3, 140
abolished, 162-63
in Tunisian campaign, 140, 189
Allied Air Support Comd.:
organized, 140
reorganized as NATAF, 157
in Tunisian campaign, 144-45, 154-55, 159, 164
Allied Expeditionary Air Force:
Air C-in-C, 735-40
build-up, 635-64
orgn., 631-35, 736-39, 752, 754
Allied Force (Headquarters):
C-in-C, 47
functions, 53-55, 107, 120, 746-47
liaison with MAAF, 750
opns., 74, 85, 90-92, 94, 103, 107-8, 136-37, 141, 147, 149, 151, 170, 188, 191, 193-94, 202, 204
orgn., 107-9, 112-14, 126, 161-62, 424, 567, 750
plans for Italian campaign, 488-89, 494, 500
plans for TORCH landings, 53-57, 60, 65. See also Eisenhower.
Allison, Col. Dixon M., 72
Altamura, 517
Alynbank, 68
Amendolara, 491
American Embassy (London), Economic Warfare Div., 355
Amsterdam, 672
Ancona, 552-54, 557, 572, 578-81, 594
Anderson, Maj. Gen. F. L.:
CG VIII Bomber Comd., 720, 754
D/Comdr. for opns. USSTAF, 754
Anderson, Lt. Gen. K. A. N.:
command of Brit. First Army and EAC, 78
in Tunisian campaign, 85-86, 88,90-91, 106, 108, 116, 120, 135-36, 140-41, 163, 169, 173, 196-98, 201-3
Anderson, Brig. Gen. O. A., 297, 741
Andrews. Vice Adm. Adolphus, 410
Andrews, Lt. Gen. F. M.:
CG ETOUSA, 115, 171, 309, 311, 322, 365, 654
death of, 635
Ankara, 10
Anna Maria, 98
Annecy, 583
Antiaircraft:
Allied:
Axis:
(in Austria) 551,
(in ETO) 225-26, 248, 251, 263-64, 268-72, 323, 327, 341-42, 663, 673, 677, 695, 724,
(in Italy) 506, 510, 537, 548,
(in North Africa) 124,
Antisubmarine warfare:
Arnold-McNarney-McCain agreement, 406-8
(in Atlantic) 277, 311, 377-411
(in Bay of Biscay) 394-96
(in Moroccan Sea Frontier) 396-400
change from defense to offense, 379-80
Combat score, 248-49, 252, 257, 410
control question, 377, 383-92, 400, 411
crisis of spring 1943, 316-17, 387-88, 392, 665-66
in Med. during HUSKY, 441, 476
“Swamp Hunt “585
Tenth Fleet, 390-92, 402, 404-5
threat by enemy aircraft, 395, 397-99
U-boat tactics, 392-96
Antisubmarine Warfare Operations Research Group, 380, 401
Antwerp, 216, 237, 239, 317-18, 320, 329, 336, 338-39, 672
Appold, Maj. N. C., 481
Arado, 697
Araxos, 550
Argonaut, 146
ARGUMENT, 705-6
Argus, 79
Arlesiana, 122
Armando, 98
Armies:
First Army, 114, 117, 126, 140, 151, 163
airdrome construction, 119, 170
opns. in Tunisia, 78, 81-83, 86-89, 135-36, 141, 145, 157, 199, 203
as part of 18th Army Gp., 161
role in TORCH plans, 50, 53-54
Fifth Army: activation, 112
air-ground cooperation, 525-26, 530-36, 538-39, 542, 544-45, 548-49, 551-52, 557, 576-77, 589-91
capture of Naples, 544
CG, 136 ( see also Lt. Gen. M. W. Clark)
in Italian campaign, 548-49, 552, 576, 578, 589-90
in Salerno landings, 493, 499, 516-17, 524-25, 529-31, 535-39, 541-42
Seventh Army, 453, 455, 459-60, 462-63, 465, 468-72
Eighth Army:
air-ground cooperation:
(in Africa) 27-29, 102-3, 137, 163, 169, 175, 181, 200, 205,
(in Italy) 548, 551-54, 557, 577-79, 589-91
attack on Mareth Line, 160, 170-74, 177-80
in battle of El Alamein, 36, 40
CG, 29
on defensive in Egypt, 11, 13, 16-18, 22-24, 28-30, 33, 36
in HUSKY, 442, 446, 450, 454-55, 45-0, 462-63, 466, 468, 470, 472
in Italian opns., 492-93, 506, 512, 514, 516-17, 519, 528-29, 534, 538-40, 542-44, 562, 576-79
as part of 18th Army Gp., 161
pursuit of Rommel to Tunisia, 91-97, 100-104, 114, 135-36, 144, 149, 153
in Tunisia, 188, 196-98, 200, 203
Ninth Army, 17
Army Air Forces, Med. Theater of Operations, 567, 750
Army Air Forces, North Africa Theater of Operations, 567
Army Air Forces Air Service Comd.:
Atlantic Overseas Air Service Comd., 615
New York Air Service Port Area Comd., 615
services to 8th AF, 612, 614, 627, 635, 653
training program, 640
Army Air Forces Air Transport Comd., 563, 615-16, 656
Army Air Forces Antisubmarine Comd.:
CG, 379
communications, 384
dissolved, 409-10
evaluation, 410-11
inactivity of units in Western Hemisphere, 400-401, 410
intelligence, 384
need for B-24, 245, 378-79, 388
relations with Navy, 379-80, 383-94, 397-411
research in antisub. devices, 401, 410-11
strength, 378-80, 388, 392, 409
Army Air Forces Engineer Comd. (MTO), 750-51
Army Air Forces Headquarters:
on aircraft, 288-95, 340, 656, 663
on airground cooperation, 28
on antisub. warfare, 252, 277, 379, 401, 409-10
on AWPD papers, 277-79, 285, 288-90, 292-93, 353, 368
on BOLERO, 211, 259-60, 280-81, 289
on bombing accuracy, 226, 270, 288-89, 298-99, 302
on cross-Channel invasion, 284-86, 289-90, 301
on daylight bombardment, 222, 224, 278-79, 289, 295-304, 596
on ETO vs. Pacific, 275-82
on gunnery accuracy, 290
on orgn. of USSTAF, 754
on personnel, 626, 633, 637-38
on post-TORCH Med. opns., 284-88, 568
on theater air force, 105, 276, 279-88
on 12th AF, 131
Army Air Forces Materiel Comd., 654
Army Air Forces Service Comd. (MTO), 750-51
Army Groups:
15th Army Gp., 747
18th Army Gp., 145, 157, 161, 163, 166, 170, 173, 181, 184, 187, 203
Army Services Forces, 609, 621, 649. See also SOS.
Arnim, Col. Gen. Jürgen von, 116, 141, 160, 205
Arnold, Gen. H. H., 111, 128, 161, 247, 338, 660
on AEAF, 736-38
on aircraft production, 292-94
on antisubmarine warfare, 388, 393, 405-8, 410
on build-up of 8th AF, 235, 388, 635, 640, 657, 716-19
on build-up of 15th AF, 723-24
on CBO, 273, 276, 278-83, 286, 296-301, 310-11, 372, 388, 495, 582-83, 596, 633, 663-66, 714, 721
on cooperation with Brit., 374
on damage to the GAF, 704, 711
on independence of air power, 205
on MAAF, 750
on 9th AF in UK, 642
on shuttle bombing, 687
on theater air force, 105-6, 114-15, 276
in TORCH planning, 24, 51, 53, 61-63, 65
on unified command in Europe, Africa, and Middle East, 284, 287, 737
his work with COA, 349, 353-55, 363
on YB-40, 680
Arnold-McNarney-McCain agreement, 406-8
Arnold-Portal-Towers agreement, 14, 25, 33, 35
Asa, 527
Ascension I., 5, 25, 125, 129, 131
Assistant Chief of Air Staff, Intelligence, 226, 352-54, 383, 574, 712
Assistant Chief of Air Staff, Management Control, 353-54
Assistant Chief of Air Staff, Personnel, 409
Assistant Chief of Air Staff, Plans, 52, 59, 245, 297, 495, 557, 728
Assistant Secretary of War for Air, 295
Astra Romana refinery, 479, 481
Atar, 129
Atcham, 608-9
Ateliers d’Hellemmes, 220-21, 255
Ateliers et Chantiers Maritime de la Seine, 217
Atena Lucana, 531
Atina, 591
Atkinson, Brig. Gen. ]. H., 123
Atlantic Convoy Conference, 387, 393, 403
Auchinleck, Gen. Sir Claude, 13, 15, 17, 28-29, 33
Augsburg, 243, 550, 573, 594, 724
Augusta, 75-76, 184, 453, 510, 512
Auletta, 517, 527, 530-31, 534-35
Auna, 594
Ausonia, 542
Austria, 473, 506, 546, 560, 593, 683
AVALANCHE Drop, 533
mission “Avalanche, “519
Avellino, 517, 527, 531, 533-34, 541-42
Aversa, 506-7
Avezzano, 578
Aviation engineers:
in Italy, 498, 501, 526, 560-62, 568, 575
in North Africa, 116-19, 155, 170, 183
in UK, 616, 646. See also numbered units.
Aviation gasoline supply, 31, 58, 79, 501, 561-63, 616-17, 651-52
Avions Potez plant, 217-19, 221, 317
AWPD-42, 277-79, 285, 288-90, 292-93, 296, 301, 353, 368, 370
–B–
B-17:
characteristics, 86, 98, 105, 120-21, 123, 193-94, 217-21, 225, 227-28, 257, 264-66, 268, 339, 659, 699
in ME, 15
modification in UK, 628-30, 662
in U-boat war, 392. See also YB-40
B-24:
characteristics, 9-13, 21, 95-96, 120, 225, 233, 257, 262, 264, 266, 339, 568, 659
modification in UK, 629-30, 662
modified for supply drops, 560
radar-equipped for U-boat warfare, 378-79, 383, 388, 390, 397-98, 402
B-25:
characteristics, 27, 34, 124, 192-93
B-26:
characteristics, 124-25, 129, 186, 339-41, 659, 680
modification in UK, 653, 661-62
proposed as escort for heavies, 680
BACKBONE II, 112
Badoglio, Marshal Pietro, 519, 537
Baer Field. 60
Bagaladi, 512
Bagnara. 512
Bahrein, 19
Balearics, 145
Balkans:
aid to allies there, 554, 560, 585, 591
made responsibility of AFHQ, 746-47
targets, 441, 491, 554, 558-59, 565, 572-73, 584, 588, 591
Baltimore. See A-30
Barcellona, 470-72
Bardia, 92
Bari:
as Allied base, 539, 550, 562, 567, 571
Allied raids, 184, 191, 459, 506, 509
as enemy base, 184, 189, 463, 529
GAF raids, 587-88
Barker, Col. J. De F., 140
Barker, Brig. Gen. R. W., 633
Barnham, 616
Barrea, 578
Barrett, G/C G. G., 163
Bartron, Brig. Gen. H. A., 53, 111, 571
Base Air Depot Area, 644-45, 648-51, 656-57, 661, 744, 754-55
Basra, 7
Bassingbourn, 652
Battalions (numbered):
1st Ranger Bn., 68
809th Engineer Aviation Bn., 117-18
812th Engineer Aviation Bn., 183
814th Engineer Aviation Bn., 117
815th Engineer Aviation Bn., 117
817th Engineer Aviation Bn., 117, 526
835th Engineer Aviation Bn., 183
871st Airborne Engineer Aviation Bn., 117
Battipaglia, 465, 474, 506-7, 517, 521, 527, 529, 534-35
Baverstock, 648
Baylor, Col. J. W., 638
Beam, Col. Rosenham, 53, 112-13
Beaufighter, characteristics, 441, 494
Beaufort, characteristics, 12
Beaumont, 237
Bednall, Colin, 227
Belgium:
civilian casualties, 320
Belgrade, 558
Benevento, 507, 517, 527, 530, 535, 541-42
Ben Gardane, 103, 152, 170-71, 178
Bengasi, 17, 19-21, 31-32, 39, 92, 95-98, 102, 149, 182-84, 253, 478, 482-83, 550, 586, 642
Benina, 182-83
Bentley, Col. W. C., 56-57, 71
Bergen, 675
Berka; 182-84
Berkovista, 482
Berlin, 306, 338, 372, 584, 678, 696
1st USAAF attack, 655
Bernberg, 706
Beverley, Col. G. H., 111
Billancourt, 318
Bir Dufan, 102
Biscay, Bay of, 238, 244-45, 250-51, 253-54, 269, 305-6, 312, 318, 378, 381, 383, 387, 394-96, 398, 403, 406
Biskra, 118-19, 122-23, 126-27, 151-52, 155, 181
Bisleys, characteristics, 108, 168
Bissell, Brig. Gen. C. L., 32
Biter, 68
Bizerte:
Allied attacks, 86-88, 90, 98, 119-20, 122-23, 126, 148, 152, 186-88, 195, 200, 419
capture, 202-4
as enemy base, 78, 81-82, 92, 97, 116, 121, 135, 149-50
plans for Allied capture of, 48, 50, 85, 153
Blackburn, Brig. Gen. T. W., 52, 132, 134
Blind-bombing experiments, 233, 279, 303, 322, 690, 706, 720. See also Radar.
BLUIE, 59
Boccadifalco, 190, 192, 435, 439
Bocholt, 681
Boise, 530
Boisson, Governor Pierre, 129
BOLERO:
strategic priority, 61, 210-11, 274, 280-81
Bologna, 463, 474, 506, 542, 550, 580-81, 594
Balzano, 194
Bolzano, 506, 542, 581, 592-93
Bône:
as Allied base, 83-84, 89, 116, 146, 148, 168, 186, 191
capture, 79
Borgo San Lorenzo, 593
Boston. See A-20.
Bottomley, AM N. H., 727
Bouzarea, 489
Bova Marina, 512
Bovingdon, 608
Bowles, Dr. E. L., 388-89
Bradley, Maj. Gen. Follett, 376, 635, 644, 659
Bradley, Lt. Gen. O. N., 196, 198, 443
Bradley committee, 636, 641, 643, 645, 657, 742
Bradley Plan, 635, 637-38, 640, 644-45, 725
Brady, Brig. Gen. F. M., 338
Brampton Grange, 211
Brasov, 573
Brazi, 478-79
BREASTPLATE, 86
Bremen, 224, 241, 243, 312, 314, 317, 324-25, 330-33, 337, 344, 372, 670, 672, 695-96, 699
Brereton, Maj. Gen. L. H.:
CG 9th AF in Med., 39, 64, 96, 98, 106, no, 205, 416, 478
CG 9th AF in UK, 642-43
CG USAFIME, 171
CG USAMEAF, 15-16, 18, 26, 28, 32-33
comdr. Desert Air Task Force Hq., 34
Brereton Detachment, 16, 20, 26
Brest, 237, 244, 246, 249, 253, 315, 318, 320, 327-29, 333
Brett, Maj. Gen. G. H., 5, 7, 9
Briatico, 513
Brigades (numbered):
1 Parachute Brigade, 87
3 Infantry Brigade, 428
9 Armoured Brigade, 38
11 Brigade, 90
201 Guards Brigade, 203
BRIMSTONE, 489
Bristol, 615-16
British:
aircraft used in Africa, 17, 29, 86
airdrome construction gps., 526, 560-61
Air Staff, 214, 241, 303-4, 307, 364-65, 713, 723, 725
on antisub. warfare, 251-52, 312
area control in Italy, 562
army-air cooperation technique, 27-29, 102, 167-68, 205
Chief of Imperial General Staff, 13, 634
civilian employees for AAF, 625-27, 646, 649
for cooperation with AAF in Africa see RAFME
cooperation in combined bombing program, 213-14, 228-29, 278, 283-86, 371, 374-75, 716
cooperation in logistics, 602, 606-19, 622, 625-27, 646-56, 660-61, 735-36
cooperation in target selection, 214, 351, 355-56, 363-65
on day vs. night bombing, 212-13, 227-29, 246, 286, 296-300, 302, 322, 346, 351, 375
on 8th AF opns., 306, 310, 323, 339, 670
forces in eastern Med., 550, 558, 593
in HUSKY, 441, 443, 446-77 passim, 484-87
Imperial War Council, 298
intelligence, 633, 708-10, 740
in Italian campaign, 488-544 passim, 578
Ministry of Aircraft Production, 602-4, 606, 627, 653-55
Ministry of Economic Warfare, 243, 354, 363-64, 672
Ministry of Home Security, 678, 704
on MTO vs. ETO, 372-73
opns. in U-boat warfare, 381-82, 393-96
in OVERLORD planning, 632-34, 734-40
in Pantelleria opn., 427-30
paratroopers in HUSKY, 446, 454
Petroleum Board, 617
on plans for air opns. from Italy, 563-66
on POINTBLANK targets, 722-23, 728
predominance in planning, 633-34, 733-37
radar bombing devices, 690-92
transportation system, 615, 618
U.S. dependence on bases, 735
War Office, 606. See also Admiralty; Air Ministry; Brit. Chiefs of Staff; Eighth Army; NAAF; RAF.
British Chiefs of Staff:
in ARCADIA conf., 7
on bombing of occupied countries, 306
in Casablanca conf., 113
on combined air command, 106, 109, 114, 283
on COSSAC, 631-33
on Med. opns., 11, 23, 284, 300-301, 496, 566
proposal for South Atlantic ferry route, 4
proposal for U.S. aid in ME, 8
in SEXTANT conf., 746
on USSTAF, 748. See also members.
British Joint Staff Mission, 307
Broadhurst, AVM Harry, 163, 174, 179
Brooke, Sir Alan, 13, 145, 634
Brooklyn, 75
Brussels, 693
Buchholz, Maj. Gen. Ulrich, 191
Bufton, A/Cdre. S. O., 365
Burtonwood, 604-5, 613, 615, 618-20, 623, 625-27, 641, 644, 648-49, 659-62
Butler, Maj. Gen. W. O., D/Comdr. AEAF, 739
–C–
C-47:
characteristics, 71, 126, 618, 656, 659
modification in UK, 630, 661-62
as tow for gliders, 446
Caen, 257
Cagliari, 86, 152, 188, 191, 195, 437, 440
Cairo, 5-6, 13, 15, 24, 28, 33, 137, 149, 161, 737, 749
CAIRO Task Force, 8
Calabria, 489, 491, 504, 507, 509-10, 512, 514, 516, 530, 538
Camigliatello, 512
Campina refinery, 478-79, 481-82
Canadian troops:
Candee, Brig. Gen. R. C., 633-35
Candia, 32
Cannon, Brig. Gen. J. K.:
C-in-C Northwest African Training Comd., 163, 416
CG XII ASC, 53-54, 56, 83, 111
CG XII BC, 113, 120, 126, 130, 152
Canrobert, 86, 116, 134, 155, 159, 168, 181
Cap Bon, 19, 149, 189, 191, 193, 196, 198-99, 200, 204-5, 419, 424, 441
Cap Murro di Porco, 442
Cape Aamer, 103
Cape Orlando, 470-71
Cape Peloro, 472
Capodichino, 191, 419, 434, 465, 475, 516
Capoterra, 517
Capua, 475, 509, 516-17, 519-20, 524, 535, 539, 541, 549, 551-52
Cardiff, 615
Caribbean Sea, 24, 378-79, 400, 409
“CARPET,” 695-96
Carpione, 578
Carthage, 124
Casablanca:
as Allied port, 145, 397, 497, 501
plans for seizure, 25, 42-43, 47-50, 53-58
Casablanca conference:
on African opns., 136
on build-up in UK, 376
on cross-Channel opns., 634, 734
on daylight bombardment, 115, 273, 286-88, 300-307, 312, 317, 323, 346, 348, 365-66, 372, 374, 631,, 665, 690
on Med. command structure, 114, 140, 144, 161
on post-TORCH Med. opns., 113-14, 301, 415
Casablanca Directive, 305-8, 31,9, 369
Casale, 558
Cassibile, 519
Cassino, 527, 552, 558, 577, 589-91
Castellammare, 534
Castellano, Brig. Gen. Giuseppe, 519
Castelnuovo, 527, 530, 535, 541-42
Catania, 184, 415, 434, 440, 442, 454, 458-60, 462-63, 466, 468-70, 512, 521
Catanzaro, 507, 513-14, 516, 528
Catenanuova, 466
Center Task Force, 50, 54, 56, 68, 72
Centocelle, 519
Central Algerian Composite Wing, 111-12
Cerignola, 561
Certaldo, 593
Cervaro, 591
Ceuta, 50
CG-4A glider, assembly, 501
“Chaff, “548, 694
Channel Is., 240
Chantiers et Ateliers de Penhouet, 249
Charmy Down, 648
Châteaudun-du-Rhumel, 123, 151, 159
Chauncey, Brig. Gen. C. C., 752
Cheddington, 608
Chemische Werke Hüls, 671
Chemsi Pass, 180
Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 213, 635, 748
China:
bases, 9
China-Burma-India theater, 15, 311, 570, 617
Chiusi, 581
Chivilani, 518
Chott Djerid, 139
Chottel Fedjedj, 180
Churchill, Prime Minister Winston, 199
on Battle of the Atlantic, 394
on cross-Channel invasion, 45-46, 734
on 8th AF opns., 115, 322, 346
on U.S. aid to ME, 13-14
Ciampino, 464-65, 539, 584, 594
Ciano, Count Galeazzo, 149
Cisterna, 539
Città di Savona, 188
Civita, 558
Civitanova, 579
Civitovecchia, 507, 550, 558, 572, 577, 589-91, 593
Clark, Col. HL, 446
Clark, Lt. Gen. M. W.:
CG Fifth Army, 112, 135-36, 536
D/C-in-C, Allied Force, 57, 85, 126, 280
Cleveland, 75
Clutterbuck, Maj. Gen. W. E., 423, 429-30
Coastal Air Force. See NACAF
Cochran, Maj. Philip, 138
Coldstream Guards, 429-30
Colombia Aquila refinery, 479, 482
Combat Commands:
A
(in Italy) 450,
B
(in Tunisia) 88, 91, 139-40, 142-43, 157-58
C (in Tunisia) 142
D (in Tunisia) 142-43
Combat fatigue, 473-74, 526, 547, 718
Combat Support Wing, 656
Combined BOLERO Committee, 638
Combined Bomber Offensive:
command question, 307, 563, 735, 737, 741, 748
coordination:
(of 8th and 15th AF’s) 563-67, 572, 574, 582, 596, 706, 716, 722-29, 741, 744-48, 751, 754,
(of 8th and 9th AF’s) 483, 683-84,
(of RAF and 8th AF) 371, 374-75, 722-23, 741
counter-air campaign, 668-81, 700-13, 730
critical week, 696-707
directive of 10 June 1943, 308, 348, 374-76, 665
evaluation, 367, 706-20, 729-30, 740
for GAF as threat to CBO and as intermediate objective, see GAF
intelligence need, 351, 354-55, 369
opns.:
(from Med. ) 477, 482-83, 492, 494, 511, 550, 560, 573, 575, 580, 582-83, 592,
(from UK) 669-89, 692-706, 720,
(from UK preliminary to CBO) 209, 216-21, 245-50, 254-58, 296, 311-33, 336-46, 599
POINTBLANK designation, 631
purposes, 573, 631-32, 665-66, 668, 706-7, 714, 719
turning point, 705-7, 711-12, 723. See also CBO Plan; 8th AF; Target priorities.
Combined Bomber Offensive Plan:
adoption, 373
directive, 374-76
origins, 308, 317, 346-49, 365, 631
target priority in final plan, 367, 572
Combined Chiefs of Staff:
on antisub. measures, 386-87
on build-up in UK, 637-38, 651
on cross-Channel invasion, 210, 534, 632, 634, 733-36, 739
on ETO vs. Pacific, 61
on Med. opn., 8, 14, 42, 46-50, 58, 85, 90, 113-15, 150, 415, 442, 464, 489-92, 495, 519, 536, 539, 584, 746-47
papers, 280, 303-7, 725, 727, 739
on strategic bombing, 213, 237, 286, 297, 303-8, 321, 348, 372-74, 478, 564-66, 570, 572, 599, 631, 665, 683, 712, 714-15, 722, 724-28, 735, 741-42, 748
on unified command, 64, 106-10, 161, 287
Combined Operational Planning Committee, 374, 705, 722, 728, 741
Combined Staff Planners, 45, 275, 285-86, 376, 534, 738
Comiso, 43-5, 439, 443, 453, 458, 531
Commands (numbered):
I Air Service Area Comd., 750
I Bomber Comd., 378, 409. See also AAFAC.
1st Service Area Comd. (Prov. ), 111
II Air Service Area Comd., 571, 750
2nd Service Area Comd. (Prov. ), 111
III Air Service Area Comd., 501, 571, 750
III Ground-Air Support Comd., 53
3rd Service Area Comd. (Prov. ), 111, 151
VIII Air Force Composite Comd., 608, 636
VIII Air Force Service Comd.: A-4, 605
Advanced Air Service, 605, 645
aid to IX AFSC, 660
aid to TORCH, 60, 65, 130, 232, 321-22, 619-20
aircraft assembly and modification, 622, 626-30, 651, 660-63
air transport service, 618-19, 651, 656-57
base air depot areas, 644-45, 648-49
construction of bases, 603-9, 646-48
functions, 599, 602-3, 605, 617, 619, 622, 649, 657-60, 743-44
labor supply, 603, 625-27, 646, 649
maintenance, 321-22, 603, 605, 621-30, 643-44, 657-64
militarization of depots, 649, 661
mobile repair units, 625, 630, 664
orgn., 602-5, 613, 615, 618, 622-23, 637, 643-45, 648-50, 657-59, 742-44,
RAF liaison, 602
SOS/ETO relationship, 602, 609
station complement sqs., 624, 643
strength, 601, 636-37, 649, 660, 664
supply opns., 601-5, 609-23, 644, 648-56, 659
as theater service comd., 744
training, 624, 641, 659-60, 664
trucking service, 618, 653, 655-56, See also Depots.
VIII Air Support Comd.:
absorbed by 9th AF, 642-43
CG, 633
VIII Bomber Comd.:
bombing directives, 213-16, 237-42, 305-8, 312, 319-21, 374, 665-66, 721-22, 729
claims, 221-27, 257-58, 339, 670, 673, 679, 683, 695, 699, 704, 708-11
Combat wings, 266-67, 272, 329-32, 645-46, 676-77, 694
dissolved, 752-54
maintenance, 232, 260-62, 603-4, 623-24, 629-30, 658, 662, 664, 719
opns.:
(over Germany) 313-14, 317-21, 323-27, 330-33, 337-39, 343-46, 669-73, 677-88, 692-706
(over occupied countries) 216-21, 246-50, 254-58, 296, 311-13, 315, 317-21, 325-30, 336-41, 344, 672-77, 687-89, 720
(against U-boat) 242-73, 306, 311-20, 323-33, 381
rate of loss, 265, 336-37, 341, 670, 673, 678, 682-83, 687-88, 695, 698, 703-5, 708, 715
strength, 258-60, 308-10, 338, 601, 604, 635-36, 638-39, 645, 681, 687-88, 713, 718-19
supply. 235, 603-4, 623-24, 652
training, 229, 232, 235, 259, 608, 624, 697
wing areas, 604-5, 607, See also CBO; COA; Daylight bombardment; 8th AF.
VIII Fighter Comd.:
aid to TORCH, 231-32
CG, 720
functions, 214, 375, 603, 619, 658-59, 688
opns., 221, 336, 339, 679, 685, 693 ( see also Escort fighters)
strength, 230, 601, 604, 608, 636, 638-39
supply, 603, 619, 651, 654-55, 661
IX Air Force Service Comd.:
organized as IX Air Service Comd., 39, 99, 418, 642
orgn. in UK, 645, 648-49, 652, 660, 754
IX Bomber Comd.:
deployment, 40, 95, 103-4, 182
opns., 10, 39-40, 96, 98-99, 103-4, 182-84, 199, 435, 437-38, 503-4, 506, 509, 514-17, 524, 535, 585
orgn., 33, 39, 104, 182-83, 642
IX Fighter Comd., 34
IX Troop Carrier Comd., 656
XII Air Force Engineer Comd. (Prov. ), 560-61, 750
XII Air Force Service Comd.:
CG, 571
Detachment, 53
Ferry Pilot Service, 500
orgn., 52, 111, 119, 127, 163, 560, 562, 750
strength, 569
supply, 496, 500-501, 526, 543, 562, 571
XII Air Force Training & Replacement Comd., 750
XII Air Support Comd.: Detachment, 112
functions, 56, 58, 74-75, 78, 84, 105, 112-13, 117, 135-37, 168-69, 460, 493-94, 498, 559, 577
opns.:
(in HUSKY) 451, 460-62, 469, 471, 485,
(in Italy) 521-23, 526-27, 545, 577, 590-91,
(in Tunisia) 138-44, 154-60, 173-82, 199-200
orgn. and command changes, 53-54, 62, 77, 111, 120, 123, 140, 145, 159, 199, 499-500
placed under NATAF, 163
strength, 138, 141, 168, 417, 495, 498, 555, 569
XII Bomber Comd.:
deployment, 84, 105, 111, 118, 151-52, 555
opns., 121-25, 144, 147-53, 154, 158, 189, 506, 550-51
orgn., 52, 84, 105, 111, 113, 120-23, 502, 567, 571
placed under NASAF, 163
reorganized as 15th AF, 565-67
XII Fighter Comd.:
deployment, 84, 111-12, 127, 132-34
opns., 88, 134-35 (see also NACAF)
orgn., 52,105, 111-12, 132, 163
XII Ground Air Support Comd., 53
XII Training Comd. (Prov. ), 569, 750
XII Troop Carrier Comd., 495, 569
XV Air Force Service Com d., 750
2690th Air Base Comd., 424, 430
Committee of Operations Analysts, 349-65, 368-69, 721
Compagnie de Fives-Lille, 220-21, 255
Compton, Col. Keith, 182
Concordia Vega refinery, 479, 481
Coningham, AVM Sir Arthur:
C-in-C NATAF, 157-58, 161, 163-64, 167-70, 174-175, 200, 416, 455
comdr. WDAF, 17, 28-29, 34, 95, 112, 138, 140
Constantine, 84, 111, 110, 123, 125-26, 138-40, 145, 151, 159, 163-64, 167-68, 170, 423-24, 478
Continental Gummi-Werke, 677
Controne, 534
Convoy protection:
Allied in Atlantic, 378-411 passim
Allied in Med., 11-12, 31, 40, 145, 152
Allied in TORCH, 47-48, 53, 68-70, 75-76
Axis in Med.; 20-22, 32, 145-50, 185-87, 193, 199
by NAAF, 440-43, 449-50, 460, 489-500, 513, 519-44 passim, 579, 585. See also Antisub. warfare; NACAF.
Cooke, Rear Adm. C. M., Jr., 275
Coordination of Current Air Operations, Committee on, 214
Corinth Canal, 19-21
Corkille, Col. J. D., 171
CORKSCREW, 423-24, 430-31, 433
Corps (numbered):
air support for, 112-14, 140, 163, 169, 173-75, 181
under Fredendall at Oran, 68
opns. in Tunisia, 135-39, 144-45, 153-58, 166, 172-76, 180-82, 196-98, 200-205
as part of 18th Army Gp., 161
5 Corps, 166, 196, 198, 201-3, 52
VI Corps, 493-94, 521, 524, 516, 528, 529, 531, 590
10 Corps (Armoured), 38, 493-94, 521, 524-29
13 Corps, 492
XIX Corps, 141, 161, 196, 198, 201, 203
Corsica:
as Allied base, 543, 546, 560-63, 591, 596
Cos, 550
Courcelles, 237
COURIER, 139
Courtrai, 217, 220, 237, 338-39
Craig, Brig. Gen. H. A., 53, 113, 135, 137-38, 140, 161, 205
Creditul Minier refinery, 479
Crete, 4, 11, 19-21, 32, 98, 430-31, 550
Cross, A/Cdre. K. B. B., 163
Cross-Channel invasion:
date of 1 May 1944 set 373
plans, 23, 45-51, 113, 110-11, 274, 284, 301, 371-73, 492, 546. See also OVERLORD; ROUNDUP; SLEDGEHAMMER.
Crosthwaite, Col. J. C., 123
Crotone, 182-83, 458, 465, 475, 489, 506, 509, 512, 514
Csepel, 573
Cunningham, Fleet Adm. Sir A. B., 4, 53, 107, 114, 148, 161, 163, 423, 452
Cuxhaven, 669
Cyrenaica, 11, 22, 43, 94-96, 100, 418, 435, 459, 550, 559. See also Libya.
–D–
Dakota. See C-47.
Dallas, 77
Danzig, 696-97
Darragh West, 102
Dasher, 68,
Davison, Brig. Gen. D. A., 117-18, 561
Dawley, Maj. Gen. E. J. 493
Dawson, AVM G. G., 161
Daylight bombardment:
area vs. precision bombing, 112-13, 227-29, 246, 286, 296-302, 322, 346, 351, 375, 665, 707, 712-13,
720-23, 734
doctrine, 212-13, 237, 275, 278, 281, 288-90, 295-307, 342, 349
DB-7, characteristics, 121, 134. See also A-20.
DC-3. See C-47.
Dean, Lt. Col. Fred, 159
Decimomannu, 153, 192, 435, 542
Defiant, radar-equipped, 234
De Gaulle, 41
De Guingand, Brig. Sir Francis, 180
Delhi, 68
Delta, 5, 10, 16-17, 20, 25-26, 33-34, 40, 98-99, 103, 183
Depots:
in UK:
(advanced) 604-5, 607, 613, 616, 618, 622-25, 628-29, 644-45, 656-58, 662,
(ammunition) 616,
(base) 604-5, 613, 615-16, 618, 621-23, 625-30, 641, 644, 648-49, 656-64,
(engineer) 616,
(replacement) 601-2, 609, 641, 651,
(subdepots) 645, 656, 658-59, 664,
(see also VIII AFSC)
Depots (numbered):
1st Base Air Depot, 645
2nd Base Air Depot, 645
3rd Base Air Depot, 645
12th Replacement Control Depot, 601-2
14th Replacement Control Depot, 602
Dernaia, 157
Desert Air Force:
in Italian campaign, 492-93, 497, 500, 512, 528, 534, 541, 555, 561, 577-79, 591. See also Western Desert Air Force.
Desert Air Task Force, 34, 99, 171
Deutsche Werke (Kiel), 313
Devers, Lt. Gen. J. L., 494, 634-35, 637, 688, 717, 725, 736, 749
Dewoitine 510,
French use at Oran, 67
Dieppe, 216
Directissima Line, 580
Directorate of Bombardment (AAF Hq. ), 297
Directorate of Bomber Operations (Air Ministry), 375
Dittaino, 468
Divisions (numbered):
1st Armored Div., 68, 88, 135, 139, 142, 154, 174, 96
1 Armoured Div., 38, 179-80, 201
1st Bomb. Div., 645, 684-85, 693, 695, 699, 703
1st Infantry Div., 68, 72-74, 174, 196, 446, 450, 53, 454, 460, 466, 468-69
1 Maintenance Div., 429
2nd Armored Div., 75, 450, 460, 462
2nd Bomb. Div., 645, 693, 697, 699
2 New Zealand Div., 30, 38, 92, 97, 177. See also New Zealanders.
3rd Bomb.Div., 645, 684, 687, 695, 699, 704
3rd Infantry Div., 75, 450, 460, 468, 471
4 Indian Div., 203
5 Div., 447
6 Armoured Div., 139, 181, 201, 204
7 Armoured Div., 37-38, 97, 102, 203, 205
8 Indian Div., 578
9 Australian Div., 38
10th Panzer Div., 139, 166, 172
15th Panzer Div., 36-37, 172, 177, 179, 205
21st Panzer Div., 36-38, 153, 166, 172, 177, 179, 203
29th Panzer Grenadier Div., 468
34th Infantry Div., 157, 181, 196
36th Infantry Div., 521
45th Infantry Div., 449-50, 466, 468, 533
50 Infantry Div., 178-79
78 Infantry Div., 81-82, 85, 87
82nd Airborne Div., 449, 455, 460, 499-500, 519-2, 53
90th Light Infantry Div., 38, 97
164th Infantry Div., 179
Djebel Achkel, 204
Djebel Ang, 196
Djebel Cheniti, 204
Djebel Garci, 158
Djebel Hamra, 158
Djebel Ksaira, 154
Djebel Lessouda 154
Djebel Melab, 178
Diebel Mourdjadjo, 70
Djebel Tebaga, 177-78
Djebel Zaghoua, 203
Djedeida, 86-89, 130, 145, 203, 424
Do-215, characteristics, 699
Do-217, characteristics, 548, 699
Doenitz, Grand Adm. Karl, 254, 315-16, 392, 472
Dogna, 593
Doolittle, Maj. Gen. J. H.:
C-in-C NASAF, 163-64, 416, 746
CG 8th AF, 749-50
CG 12th AF, 25, 51-52, 82-85, 600
in North African campaign, 86, 105, 107-10, 112, 116, 118, 121-22, 126, 128-31, 138, 146-47, 167, 174, 185, 187, 199
in TORCH, 51-54, 58-59, 62, 64, 66, 68, 72-74
Douglas, ACM Sir Sholto, 114, 162, 171
Douglas Aircraft Company, 5-6
Douhet, Giulio, 348
Drew Field, 52
Duncan, Col. C. E., 52, 84, 120
Dunkeswell, Devonshire, 409
Dunn, Brig. Gen. R. A., 111, 167
Dunton, Maj. Gen. Delmar, 52, 111, 127, 163, 167, 416
Durazzo, 580
Duzerville, 79
–E–
Eagle, 31
Eagle squadrons, 230
Eaker, Maj. Gen. I. E.:
on aid to North African campaign, 66, 107, 119, 125, 127, 232-33, 311
on antisubmarine warfare, 238, 245, 251-52, 259, 268, 494-95
on bombing accuracy, 217, 226-27, 229, 697
on CBO, 307, 370, 372, 494-95, 572, 680, 683, 688, 690-92, 711, 714, 717, 720, 722, 728
CG AAF/MTO, 750-51
CG 8th AF, 63-64, 106, 283, 645-46, 743
CG VIII BC, 211
on daylight bombardment, 115, 213-14, 233, 236, 261-62, 278, 296, 299, 301-4, 341, 346, 365-66
on logistics in 8th AF, 259-61, 308-10, 322, 338, 602, 606-7, 614, 621, 646, 656-57, 663, 716
on OVERLORD, 633-35, 637, 640, 646, 736-37
Earle, E. M., 354
East Anglia, 211, 216, 349, 565, 606, 608, 652, 676
Eastern Air Command:
coordination with 12th AF, 107-10, 114, 140, 287
functions, 54-55, 78, 83, 106, 147, 163
Opns., 86, 89, 91, 158, 160, 189
placed under MAC, 162
strength, 84
Eastern Assault Force, 49-50, 54, 67
Eastern Defense Command, Hq., 409
Eastern Sea Frontier, 400
Eastern Task Force, 68, 442, 444
Ebenfunh, 559
École Normale, 489
Economic Warfare, Board of, 352, 354
Edwards, Maj. Gen. I. H., 744
Eglin Field, 146
Egypt, 6-7, 9-11, 14-18, 20-26, 29, 31, 39, 95, 103, 168, 172, 189
Eisenhower, Lt. Gen. D. D.
in African opns., 25, 47-66, 71, 74, 82, 85, 88, 90-92, 96, 98, 107-8, 111-13, 116-17, 119, 131, 135-36, 143
on air opns. from UK, 213, 237-38, 277, 280, 478, 564, 584, 683, 723
C-in-C Allied Force, 47
in Italian campaign, 464, 488-89, 491-97, 499, 519-20, 524, 528, 536, 539, 543, 557, 572, 581, 716-17
on Med. command structure, 106-10, 114, 161-62, 167, 287, 565-66
on Pantelleria opns., 423, 429
supreme Allied comdr. OVERLORD, 748-49, 754
on theater air force, 105-6, 279-80, 283
El Adem, 94
El Alamein, 16, 18, 19, 27, 29, 33
El Aouina, 78, 85, 88-90, 120-21, 124, 151, 189-91, 203
El Bathan, 198
El Djem, 176, 181, 191, 198-99, 446
El Hamma, 178-79
El Haouaria, 191
El Kabrit, 95
El-Ma-el-Abiod, 157
Elveden Hall, 211
Emden, 243, 313, 324, 337, 345, 692-93, 702
Empoli, 593
Enfidaville, 176, 190, 196, 201
Engineer Petroleum Distribution Co., 561
Ent, Brig. Gen. U. G., 106, 183, 481
Erltrea, 6
Erla plant, 596
Escort fighters:
dependence on Brit., 213-14, 216-21, 231,, 249, 267, 328-29, 334, 336-37, 339
effectiveness
in ETO, 328, 336, 341, 668, 673-74, 710
in Italy, 546, 555, 579-80, 584-85, 588, 595
long-range fuel tanks, 654-55, 679-81, 693, 698-702
long-range need:.
(in ETO), 228-31, 238, 267-68, 303, 334-37, 570, 654-55, 661-62, 674, 679-85, 688, 705-6, 710, 717, 729,
Essen, 141
Esteva, Adm. Jean-Pierre, 78
Etna, Mt., 462, 466, 468, 469-70, 485
Eureka beacon, 531
European Theater of Operations, United States Army:
African component established as NATOUSA, 115
Evreux, 257
–F–
Faenza, 594
Faid, 132, 141-43, 145, 153-55, 175, 185
Falconara yards, 594
Fano, 581
Farbenindustrie, I. G., 671
F-boat, characteristics, 20, 100
Fedhala, 76-77
Fellers, Col. Bonner, 9, 13, 15, 24
Feriana, 111, 125, 141-42, 154, 156-57, 173
Ferrara yards, 594
Ferrying of aircraft, 3-7, 14-15, 25, 125, 128-31, 500, 616-19, 627, 651, 656
Ferry Pilot Service, 500
Ferryville, 123, 188, 195, 204, 518
FertIlia; 517
Fez, 117
Fiano-Romana, 584
Field Manual
No.100-20, 206
Fiesler plants, 681
Fighter aircraft. See aircraft by type
Escort fighters
Fighter-bombers
Fighter control
Night fighters.
Fighter-bombers:
in Italy, 498, 507, 510, 512-13, 518, 525, 527-28, 538-39, 542, 557, 570, 575, 577, 581
in ME, 29
in Sicily, 452, 458, 466, 469, 471, 473, 475, 486
in Tunisia, 139, 171, 175. See also A-36; P-38; P-40; P-51
Fighter control:
by control ship, 428, 433, 486, 499, 523
in ME, 28
in North Africa, 85, 127, 143, 168-69, 173, 199, 200
“The First 1100 Bombers,” 225
Fischer-Tropsch plants, 358
Fiume Agata, 450
Fleet Air Arm, 67-68, 72, 186, 521
Flensburg, 313
Fleurus, 67
Flight control, automatic equipment for, 271-72, 343
Flores, 525
Flugzeugwerk, AGO, 678
Flushing, 324
Focke-Wulf plants, 317, 330, 678, 682, 687, 696-97
Foggia:
as Allied base, 550, 555, 557, 561, 565, 567-68, 574-75, 723
Allied raids on, 434, 438, 459, 465, 475, 507, 509, 516, 518, 524, 527, 539
as enemy base, 463, 476, 491, 494, 504, 510, 525, 529, 541
Fondouk, 132, 135, 139, 143, 181
Gap, 181
Ford plant (Antwerp), 216, 240, 318, 336, 672
Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Bureau of, 354
Forio, 517
Formations:
assembly procedure for Combat wing, 676-77
Combat box wing developed, 266-67, 272, 329-32, 342-43
coordinated medium-& low-level, 186-87, 192
Formia, 517, 527, 530, 535, 541, 549, 551
Fort Lamy, 150
Fort Rouge, 237
Fossacesia, 578-79
Foster, AVM W. F. MacN., 346
France:
Axis use of southern, 445, 473, 476, 487, 510-11, 525, 539, 548, 586
civilian casualties, 218, 220, 239-40, 247, 320-21
cooperation:
(aviation engineers in Corsica) 562,
(civilians in France) 221,
(civilians in North Africa) 117, 127, 130,
(Corps Franc d’Afrique) 201-2,
(troops in Tunisia) 81, 85, 87, 118, 131-42, 150, 153, 166, 170, 177, 200-202
(see also XIX Corps)
criticisms:
(of Allied bombing) 238-40, 247, 320-21,
(of U.S. policy in North Africa) 321
plan for Allied invasion of southern, 546
resistance of, 47, 49, 55-57, 67-79, 126, 129
targets in, 215, 236, 239-42, 256, 317-18, 323, 328, 335, 337, 536, 559, 581, 583-84, 586, 673-74, 677, 685, 687-88, 729. (see also targets by name)
as U-boat base, 242-73 passim, 381, 584
Frank, Maj. Gen. W. H., 602
Frankfurt, 692
Frascati, 518
Fredendall, Maj. Gen. Lloyd, 45, 68, 112, 136-37, 156
Freetown, 4
French Air Force:
No. 8 Groupement. 169
opns. with Allies, 169, 497, 543, 596, 747
resistance to TORCH landings, 55-56, 67-70, 72-75
French West Africa, 129
Freya RDF, 422
Freyberg, Lt. Gen. B. C., 179
Friedrichshafen, 573
Frisian Is., 323-24, 326, 330-31
Frosinone, 525, 527, 577, 590-91
Fuel tanks,
long-range:
development, 654-55
Fuerstein, 573
Furious, 68
FUSTIAN, 454-55
FW-190:
characteristics, 121, 134, 230, 670, 678, 711
compared to P-47, 334-35
replaces Stuka, 201
use of rockets, 699
FW-200, protects Axis U-boats, 397-98
–G–
Gabès:
Allied attacks, 87-88, 90, 122, 125, 144, 152, 160, 171, 173, 176, 178
as Axis base, 81, 89, 97, 112, 134-38, 153, 172-73, 175, 177
British capture, 180
Gafsa. 84, 132, 138-39, 141-44, 154-58, 173-74, 176
Galland, Maj. Gen. Adolf, 35
Gambut, 40, 94-95, 98-99, 103, 106, 120, 155, 182, 550
Gandcr Lake, 393
Gardiner, Col. W. T., 520
Gargano Peninsula, 544
Garigliano R., 576
Gates, Col. B. E., 353-54
GEE. See Radar and radio.
Gela, 430, 443, 446, 449-50, 453-55, 458
Genoa, 186, 474, 558, 577, 580, 583, 592, 594
Gerbini, 435, 438, 439-40, 450, 458, 494
German Air Force:
AVALANCHE reaction, 520-25, 528, 535, 539
bomber tactics, 539, 548, 586-87, 699
deployment, 233-34, 310, 333-34, 366, 587-88
fighter defense, 218-19, 233, 248, 268, 323-39, 342, 347, 588, 675, 679, 681, 685-86, 689, 694-95, 702-3, 707, 711-13, 719, 724, 730
fighter tactics, 256-57, 263-67, 302, 325-34, 337, 344, 476, 551, 588, 666, 669-71, 673, 677-78, 685-86, 698-99, 702-3, 711
new weapons, 325, 334, 539, 548, 551, 586, 666, 673, 678, 686, 699, 702-3, 705, 711
raids on Allied fields in N. Africa, 85, 105, 138, 476, 510, 518
strength:
(in ETO) 221, 233-34, 256, 304-5, 333-34, 663, 666, 670, 702, 710-13, 730,
(in Italy) 491, 503, 510-11, 586-88, 595-96,
(in Med., May 1943) 424,
(in southern France) 476, 583-84, 586
as threat to CBO and as intermediate objective, 238, 254, 304-5, 327, 333, 341-42, 347, 365-69, 373, 563, 572-73, 582, 596, 665-81, 690, 697, 705-8, 711-15, 719-21, 727-30
training, 711
Tunisian defeat, 175-77, 179, 188-92, [201], 204-5
U-boat protection, 395, 397-99
weakness:
(at El Alamein) 35-36,
(in Italy) 507-11, 516, 518-19, 523, 530, 535, 539, 541, 544, 547-48, 552, 575, 577, 588-89,
(in Pantelleria) 426,
(in Sardinia) 476,
(in Sicily) 442, 452, 458, 463, 476, 485
Germania Werft, 313
Germany:
Air Ministry, 222, 224, 695, 708-9
aircraft production, 707-15, 722, 724, 730
Central Planning Office, 315
civilian morale, 673, 712-14, 716, 721-22
for ground campaigns in Med. area, see Armies and Rommel
Ministry of Armaments and War Production, 671
as principal enemy, 209-10, 277, 281, 286, 300
in U-boat warfare, 378, 384, 393, 395-96. See also antisub. warfare; CBO; CBO Plan; GAF; German targets by name.
Ghisonaccia, 561
GIANT
III, 533
IV, 531
GIBBON, 517
GIBBON-SLAPSTICK, 493, 528, 538
Gibraltar:
as Allied base, 48, 54-58, 66-67, 70, 72, 79, 82, 85, 105, 145, 379, 394, 397, 399, 430, 441, 572
Strait of, 48, 70, 83, 112, 396
strategic importance, 4, 31, 43, 110
Ginosa, 538
Gioia, 514, 528, 538, 544, 571
Gioiosa, 513
Giulia, 100
Giuseppo Leva, 98
Glider supply and operations, 444, 446-49, 455, 496, 501
GOALPOST, 58
GOBLET, 489
Goering, Hermann, 35-36, 97, 264, 284
Golfo Aranci, 437
Goodrich, Col. Charles, 25
Goose Bay, 59
Gorizia, 194
Gosselies, 237
Gotha, 706
Gott, Lt. Gen. W. H. E., 29
Goubellat, 201
Gozo, 422, 437, 450-51, 458, 501
Grand Dorsals, 132, 136, 139, 145, 153, 155-57, 182
Graziani, Marshal Rodolfo, 9, 91
Grazzanise, 475, 509, 516, 527, 549
Greece:
airfields, 550, 552, 554, 558-59, 583-84, 594
as GAF base, 19-21, 425, 435, 587-88, 593
German capture of, 4
Greenham Common, 605
Griggs, Dr. D. T., 692
Grosseto, 192, 465, 527, 550, 554, 557, 581, 584
Grottaglie, 439, 475, 509, 512, 555-57
Ground controlled interception. See Radar.
Groups (numbered):
1st Ftr. Gp., 59, 82, 86-87, 122, 124, 130, 148, 152, 230
1st Provisional Gp., 20, 26, 33, 99
1st Sea-Search Attack Gp., 409
2nd Bomb. Gp., 192, 311, 431, 435, 476
2 Gp., 672
3 Airfield Construction Gp., 116
3rd Photo Rcn. Gp., 501
4th Ftr. Gp., 230-31, 309, 335
12th Bomb. Gp., 25-27, 30, 33, 35, 97-98, 100, 103, 153, 158-59, 168, 172, 174, 178, 198, 416, 431, 469, 495, 512, 555
14 Airfield Construction Gp., 116
14th Ftr. Gp., 59, 82, 84, 87, 126, 130, 138, 147, 152, 192, 230, 431, 475, 555
14th Transport Gp., 129
17th Bomb. Gp., 60, 125, 129, 144, 431, 555
26th Air Depot Gp., 99
26 Armoured Brigade Gp., 158
27th Air Transport Gp., 618, 651, 656
27th Ftr. -Bomber Gp., 431, 440, 498, 552
31st Air Transport Gp., 657
31st Ftr. Gp., 57-59, 72-74, 82, 143, 156, 159, 174, 230, 431, 450-51, 453, 462, 498, 541, 543, 555
33rd Ftr. Gp., 25, 58, 63, 75, 77, 83, 113, 123, 128, 131, 134, 138-40, 142-43, 159, 175, 181, 427, 430-31, 449, 451, 453, 462, 498, 541, 543, 552, 555
41st Service Gp., 543
43 Gp., 627
44th Bomb. Gp., 235, 259, 478-79, 481-83, 536
47th Bomb. Gp., 60, 128, 134, 138, 141, 155, 159, 168, 203, 431, 493, 555
52nd Ftr. Gp., 58-59, 72-74, 82, 86, 143, 159, 174, 176, 181, 230, 497, 562
56th Ftr. Gp., 335
57th Ftr. Gp., 25-27, 30, 33-35, 37, 39, 94-95, 100, 102, 171, 172, 178-79, 191, 198, 416, 428, 431, 493, 495, 551, 555
60th Troop Carrier Gp., 56, 74, 79, 167
61st Troop Carrier Gp., 531
62nd Troop Carrier Gp., 83, 87, 167
64th Troop Carrier Gp., 57, 79, 81, 87, 167, 533
67th Tactical Rcn. Gp., 642
68th Observation Gp., 60, 112, 129, 143, 156
78th Ftr. Gp., 55, 131, 268, 335
79th Ftr. Gp., 25, 100, 171-72, 178-79, 198, 416, 431, 450, 493, 495, 551, 555
81st Ftr. Gp., 60, 138, 140-42, 156, 158, 174, 497
82nd Ftr. Gp., 144, IP, 431, 475, 554-55, 567
86th Ftr. -Bomber Gp., 498, 539-40, 543, 552
91st Bomb. Gp., 55, 120, 138, 235, 256, 258
92nd Bomb. Gp., 66, 138, 219, 235, 338
93rd Bomb. Gp., 98, 103, I H)-20, 182, 220, 235, 259, 478-79, 481-82, 536
94th Bomb. Gp., 338
95th Bomb. Gp., 338
96th Bomb. Gp., 338
97th Bomb. Gp., 59, 66, 82, 85, 88, 90, 118, 123, 144, 151-52, 211, 216, 218-19, 229, 231, 246, 248, 431, 435, 465, 476, 524
98th Bomb. Gp., 20-21, 26, F, 33, 95, 98-99, 103, 182-84, 418, 479, 481-82, 496, 559
99th Bomb. Gp., 192, 311, 431,, 435, 465, 476, 524
100th Bomb. Gp., 639, 672, 698-99
205 Gp., 17, 20-21, 99, 160, 203, 431, 502
212 Gp., 35
242 Gp., 109, 136-37, 140, 145, 157, 163, 166, 168-69, 173, 176, 181, 189, 199-200, 424, 591
301st Bomb. Gp., 59, 66, 86, 90, 118, 122-23, 144, 151-52, 188, 219, 231,, 248, 435, 476
303rd Bomb. Gp., 55, 120, 235, 258
305th Bomb. Gp., 235, 258, 343
306th Bomb. Gp., 235, 257, 259
306th Service Gp., 99
308th Bomb. Gp., 311
310th Bomb. Gp., 60, 83, 90, 113, 124-25, 144, 147, 149, 431, 555
313th Troop Carrier Gp., 531
314th Troop Carrier Gp., 531
315th Service Gp., 99
315th Troop Carrier Gp., 642
316th Troop Carrier Gp., 99, 416, 495
319th Bomb. Gp., 60, 88, 124, 128, 130-31, 147-48, 151, 431, 555
320th Bomb. Gp., 60, 129, 192, 431, 555
321st Bomb. Gp., 60, 129, 192, 431, 555
323rd Bomb. Gp., 642
324th Ftr. Gp., 100, 171-72, 178, 191, 416, 431, 495, 498, 555
325th Ftr. Gp., 131, 143, 192, 431, 518, 555
350th Ftr. Gp., 60, 156, 163, 186, 497, 562
351st Bomb. Gp., 338
352nd Ftr. Gp., 639
353rd Ftr. Gp., 639
354th Ftr. Gp., 642
355th Ftr. Gp., 639
356th Ftr. Gp., 639
358th Ftr. Gp., 639
359th Ftr. Gp., 639
376th Bomb. Gp., 96, 98-99, 103, 182, 184, 418, 479, 481-82, 496, 596
379th Bomb. Gp., 338
381st Bomb. Gp., 639
384th Bomb. Gp., 639
385th Bomb. Gp., 639
386th Bomb. Gp., 642
387th Bomb. Gp., 642
388th Bomb. Gp., 639
389th Bomb. Gp., 478-79, 481-83, 536, 639
390th Bomb. Gp., 639
392nd Bomb. Gp., 639
401st Bomb. Gp., 639
434th Troop Carrier Gp., 642
435th Troop Carrier Gp., 642
445th Bomb. Gp., 639
446th Bomb. Gp., 639
447th Bomb. Gp., 639
448th Bomb. Gp., 639
449th Bomb. Gp., 568
450th Bomb. Gp., 568
451st Bomb. Gp., 568
454th Bomb. Gp., 568
455th Bomb. Gp., 568
456th Bomb. Gp., 568
479th Antisubmarine Gp., 394-96, 400, 409
480th Antisubmarine Gp., 382, 397-400, 409
Grove, 648
Grow, Brig. Gen. M. C., 653
“G” staff structure, 605
Guardiagrele, 589
Guercif, 117
Gulf Sea Frontier, 400
Gundelfingen, 550
Gunnery, 8th AF, 217, 219-25, 229, 235, 269, 326-27, 339
GYMNAST, 42-46, 49-50, 60. See also TORCH.
Gyor, 573
–H–
H2S and H2X. See Radar.
Haarlem, 340
Habbaniyeh, 10
Hadjeb-el-Aioun, 143
Haidra, 181
Hal Sq., 21
Halberstadt, 706
Hale, Maj. Gen. W. H., 405
HALPRO. See Halverson Detachment.
Halverson, Col. H. A., 10-11, 99, 477
Halverson Detachment, 9, 12-13, 16-18, 20-21, 26
Hamburg, 243, 313, 372, 677-78, 692, 696
Hamilton, Fowler, 354
Hammam Lif, 204-5
Hammamet, 205
Hampton Roads, 75-76
Hani
Main, 198
West, 198
Hansell, Brig. Gen. B. S., Jr., 64, 106, 264, 365, 635
Harmon, Maj. Gen. M. F., 281
Harriman mission, 5
Harris, ACM Sir Arthur, 295, 304, 338, 566, 742
Harrisburg, 222-23
Hartland, 70-71
Harwood, Adm. Sir Henry, 17, 161
Havoc. See A-20.
Hawkins, Col. J. R., 72-73
He-111, characteristics, 548
He-177, characteristics, 586
Heinkel plant, 681
Hemisphere defense, 277
Henschel and Sohn, 582
Hermann Goering Div., 472
Heroya, 675-77
Hewitt, Vice Adm. H. K., 75-76, 450-51, 493
High Ercall, 609
Hilary, 499
Hitcham, 648
Hodges, Col. J. P., 211
Hoeffer, Lt. Col. Henry, 117
HOOKER, 514
Horne, Vice Adm., F. J., 294
Horrocks, Lt. Gen. E. G., 203
Hose Raui, 182
Hotel Splendida, 139
House, Maj. Gen. E. J., 499, 530
Hurricane:
as “tank buster, “177, 179
HUSKY:
airborne opns., 446-49, 453-55
assault opns., 446-60
conquest of island, 460-77
evaluation, 484-87
fighter cover for landings, 449-52
fighter success, 456
maintenance, 444-45
plans, 113-14, 150, 167, 184, 300-301, 372, 376, 415-16, 422-23, 425, 442-45
post-HUSKY plans, 488-89
–I–
Identification friend or foe. See Radar.
Ijmuiden, 338-40
Imperia, 558
Intelligence, 221, 421-22, 433, 588, 675-78, 704, 707-10, 740
dependence on RAF, 214, 223, 351, 633
on U-boat campaign, 316, 319. See also AC/AS, Intelligence; Photo rcn.
Irpino, 527
Iscara R., 506
Ischia I., 517
Isernia, 527, 530, 535, 542, 549, 551, 578
Ismailia, 21
Istanbul, 584
Italian Air Force:
cover for Axis supply route to Tunisia, 145-46
opns. with Allied air forces, 554, 585, 596, 747
strength, 35, 144, 424, 445, 511
Italian fleet, 11-13, 96, 145, 194, 441-42, 537, 546
Italy:
as base for CBO operations, 563-66, 723-29
declares war on Germany, 554
first raids against, 95-96, 103, 182-84
forces at Pantelleria, 421-33
forces in Sicily, 449, 462, 464
invasion, 488-545
morale, 423, 449, 462, 464, 488, 503
surrender, 519, 537, 546. See also AVALANCHE, BAYTOWN.
–J–
Jamaica, 68
Jean Bart, 75-76
Johnson, Col. L. W., 482
“Joint Action of the Army and Navy, 1935,” 385
Joint American/British Directif, 213, 237
Joint Chiefs of Staff:
on aircraft production, 291-95
on cno, 297-98, 304, 307, 310, 366, 342, 724-25, 728
on cross-Channel invasion, 45, 113, 633, 714, 733-34
on ETO vs MTO, 284-86, 300-301
on ETO vs. Pacific, 280-82, 296
on 15th AF, 564-65
on U-boat war, 386, 389-91, 408
Joint Intelligence Committee, 353
Joint Staff Planners, 280, 738
Joint Strategic Survey Committee, 285
Joint U.S. Committee on New Weapons and Equipment, 380, 386
Joint U.S. Strategic Committee, 280
JPB-BLACK, 42-43
Ju-52, characteristics, 189
Ju-87, characteristics, 30, 89, 142-43, 176
Ju-88:
first encounter in ETO, 324
protects Axis U-boat, 395, 398
Juin, Lt. Gen. Alphonse, 79, 136
JUNIOR. See 12th AF.
–K–
Kairouan, 88, 116, 135, 139, 143, 153-54, 173, 181, 198-99, 449, 499, 555
Pass, 140
Kano, 129
Karachi, 7
Kasserine, 134, 139, 149, 153-00, 166-67, 169, 171-72, 175, 185, 189
Kastelli Pediada, 99
Kauch, Brig. Gen. Robert, 99, 171
Keiser, Lt. Col. D. M., 33
Keitel, Field Marshal Wilhelm, 100, 199
Kepner, Maj. Gen. W. E., 720
Keroman, 246
Kesselring, Field Marshal Albert, 35, 97, 486, 511, 517, 529, 552-54
Kiel, 224,241, 243, 311-13, 338-39, 345, 670, 672, 677-78, 681, 710
“battle of”, 670
King, Adm. E. J.:
on aid to ME, 15
in aid to TORCH, 131
on aircraft production, 290-93
on CBO, 297-99
on cross-Channel invasion, 46
on relative priority of Europe and Pacific, 61, 282
on U-boat warfare, 383, 386-87, 390-92, 394, 402-10
Kittyhawk. See P-40
Klosterle, 573
Knerr, Brig. Gen. H. J.
A-4 8th AF, 743
A-4 USAAFUK, 744
as CG VIII AFSC, 652, 742-44, 751-52
CG ASC, USSTAF, 754-55
D/CG Administration, USSTAF, 660, 754-55
as D/CG VIII AFSC, 640, 644, 648-49, 656-58
as D/Comdr. AAF ASC, 635
Knox, Sec. of Navy Frank, 291, 390
Koechy, Maj. Gen. Karl, 204
North, 427
Krypton lamps, 531
Kugelfisher plant, 686
Kuter, Brig. Gen. L. S.:
A-3, Allied AF, 149
AC/AS, Plans, 537
on CBO, 714
on plans for theater air force, 106
in Tunisian campaign, 142, 144-45,, 154, 156, 170, 202, 205
–L–
Lafayette Escadrille, 131, 138, 140-41, 159
Lagonegro, 541
La Goulette, 123, 188, 193, 195
Lake Bracciano, 552
Lakehurst, 76
La Macta, 73
Lamezia, 507
Lamont, T. W., 354
Lampedusa:
defenses, 421
Lanciano, 589
Landing Grounds:
Langford Lodge, 604-5, 625-27, 630, 644, 649, 659, 661
Lanphier, Lt. Col. T. G., 354
La Pallice, 237, 244, 249, 271, 674
Larson, Brig. Gen. Westside, 379, 404
La Sebala, 203
La Senia, 56-57, 67-68, 70-73, 83, 105, 111, 116, 131
Laureana, 513
Lauria, 514
Lawson, A/Cdre. G. M., 107-9
Leach, Lt. Col. W. B., 354
Leahy, Adm. W. D., 24, 46-47, 275, 282, 299, 403
Lebanon, 17
Le Bourget, 674
Leclerc, Brig. Gen. Philippe, 150, 170, 177
Lee, Maj. Gen. J. C. H., 602, 606
Le Havre, 237
Leigh-Mallory, AM Sir Trafford:
air officer COSSAC, 634-35, 735
AOC-in-C, RAF Ftr. Comd., 634, 735
on 8th AF opns., 216
Le Malin, 75
LeMay, Brig. Gen. C. E., 687, 704
Lend-lease:
to British in ME, 3-6
reverse from British to 8th AF, 609-10, 617
to U.S. S. R., 6, 14, 291, 294
Lentini, 454
Leonforte, 462-63
Le Roger, 237
Lete, 182-83
Le Trait, 217-18
Le Tubé, 476
Levant, 11
Leverano, 465
Levkas Channel, 554
Libya:
as Allied base, 120, 149, 171,
Allied campaign in, 91-104, 150-51
Axis supplies for, 9, 11, 20, 97, 100, 146, 189
Axis victories in, 45
Licata, 430, 442-43, 450, 452, 458
Liguria coast, 557
Lille, 220-23, 228, 235, 239, 255, 271, 296
Lingotto, 583
Linguaglossa, 470
Lipari Is., 187
Lisbon, 399
Little Staughton, 604-5, 624-25, 648
Littorio, 464-65, 474, 507, 519
Lloyd, AVM H. P., 163, 186-87, 416, 751
Lockheed Overseas Corp., 626, 649
Logistics: See also Depots; Air Forces and Commands
Lom, 481
Longfellow, Brig. Gen. Newton, 211, 264
Long Range Desert Group, In Longstop. See Djebel Ahmera.
Longueau marshalling yards, 217
Lorient, 237, 239, 244, 246-47, 249-50, 312, 315-16, 320, 327-29
Lovett, US/W for Air R. A., 295, 297
Low-altitude bombardment:
against land targets in Tunisia, 124, 179-80
for mediums, 340-41
Ploesti mission, 477-83
against shipping, 124-25, 146-47, 149-50, 185-86
against sub. pens, 248-49, 271
Low Countries, 215, 236, 239-41, 256, 313, 328, 685
Lucas, Maj. Gen. J. P., 469
Lucca, 539-4
Lycée Carnot, 567
–M–
Mc-202, characteristics, 31
Mc-505:
characteristics, 588
flying for USAAF, 554
McCain, Rear Adm. J. S., 406-8
McCauley, Col. J. S., 99
McCreery, Lt. Gen. Sir R. L., 493
MacDill Field, 52
McGrigor, Rear Adm. R. R., 423
McGuire, Lt. Col., G. F., 99
McNamey, Lt. Gen. J. T., 406-8, 635, 640
McWhoner, Rear Adm. E. D., 75
Maintenance:
Allied:
(in Africa) 55, 57, 60, 90, 130-31, 134, 232,
(in ETO) 258, 260-62, 602-5, 621-30, 657-64, 719,
Axis:
(in ETO) 662,
(in ME) 20, See also maintenance under several Air Forces and Commands.
Maiori, pi Maison Blanche, 67, 71, 79, 81-88, 90, 107, 116, 118-19, 127, 501
Maknassy, 132, 139, 141-42, 144, 154, 173-75, 180
Malta:
as Allied air base, 4, 9, 19, 22, 31, 54, 86, 96, 103, 106, 145-47, 150, 183, 187, 194, 422, 424, 437, 444, 449, 451, 456, 458, 482, 484, 507
as Allied naval base, 9, 11, 19-20, 40, 70, 98, 427, 430, 530
removed from Middle East Comd., 161
Malta Air Command, 162
Mareth Line, 116, 135-36, 144, 153-54, 160-61, 166, 170-73, 175, 177-78, 180, 205
Marghana, 425
Marina di Catanzaro, 474
Maritime program, 292-94
Marsala, 195
Marseille, 149, 476, 537, 546, 580, 592
Marshall, Gen. G. C.
on aircraft production, 291
on BOLERO, 46
on cooperation with British, 100
on 8th AF, 63
on HALPRO, 10
on opns. in Italy, 495, 533-34, 536, 557, 564, 724
on Ploesti bombing, 683
in question of comdr. for OVERLORD, 748
on theater air force, 279
in TORCH planning, 48-49, 51, 60, 277
on U-boat war, 379, 387-89, 391, 403-8
Masefield, Peter, 228
Mason, E. S., 354
Massachusetts, 75
Massaua, 6
Mast, Brig. Gen. Charles, 57
Mateur, 81, 85, 87-88, 108, 116, 134, 160, 196, 201-2, 204
Mauretania, 40
Mauritania, 129
Maxwell, Brig. Gen. R. L., 6, 12-14, 16, 18, 23, 39
Mayer, Oberleutnant Egon, 264
Mayo, 530
Mazagan, 76
Mazzara, 472
Me-109:
characteristics, 31-134
compared to P-47, 334
use of rockets, 699
Me-110, first encounter in ETO, 324
Me-210, as cover for Axis convoys, 148
Me-323, characteristics, 189, 191
Mears, Lt. Col. F. H., Jr., 25
Meaulte, 217, 219, 237, 317, 336, 344
Medenine, 103, 116, 134, 144, 152, 161, 171, 177-78
Mediouna, 117
Mediterranean Air Command:
activated, 161
functions, 161-62, 164, 425, 527
superseded by MAAF, 594, 746, 750
Mediterranean Air Transport Service, 543, 562-63, 567
Continental Div., 563
Mediterranean Allied Air Forces:
C-in-C, 746-49
established, 746-47
(chart) 751
Mediterranean Allied Coastal Air Force, 751
Mediterranean Allied Photo Rcn. Wing, 751
Mediterranean Allied Strategic Air Force, 567, 751
Mediterranean Allied Tactical Air Force, 523, 567, 751
Mediterranean Base Section, 117
Medjerda R. valley, 81, 97, 117, 119
Medjez-el-Bab, 82, 85, 87, 91, 176, 196, 198, 201-3
Megalo, 559
Meknès, 117
Melilla, 71
Membury, 648
Mersat bou Zedjar, 68
Messe, Gen. Giovanni, 177, 205
Messerschmitt plants, 594, 682-84, 729
Messina, 103, 182-84, 419, 435, 437, 440, 458-60, 462, 466, 468, 470, 472, 476, 488, 494, 497, 501, 523
Strait of, 19, 103, 184, 186, 458, 472, 476, 491-92, 512
Mestre, 550
Metkovic, 580
Mexico, Gulf of, 378-79
Miami, 378
Michelier, Vice Adm. Frix, 75
Michie, A. A., 346
Middle East Air Command, 162, 423, 443, 497, 584
Middle East Command, 161
Middle East theater, 3-40, 746-47 See also 8th Army; 9th AF; RAFME; USAFIME; USAMEAF.
Mignano, 527, 530, 549, 576-77, 589-90
Mikra, 559
Milan, 75
Milan, 474
Milazzo, 466
Miliane R., 199
Milis, 435
Military Intelligence Div. (WDGS), 352
Miller, Maj. Gen. H. J. F.
Milo, 190, 192, 435, 439, 450, 458, 531
Misserghin, 73
Misterbianca, 468
Misurata, 203
Mitchell, use in ETA, 672. See also B-25.
Modane, 536
Modification of aircraft, 265-66, 626-30, 661-63
Mohamadia, 116
“Moling” missions, 233, 262, 322, 690
Momyer, Lt. Col. W. W., 77, 134
Mondragone, 548
Monrovia, 451
Monrovia, 5
Montagna Grande, 421
Mont Cenis Tunnel, 536
Montecorvino, 465, 475, 489, 493, 498-99, 501, 516, 521, 524-26, 543
Montgomery, Gen. Bernard:
in battle of El Alamein, 28-31, 34, 36-39
at Mareth Line, 153, 164, 170-73, 177-78, 180, 196-98, 203
in pursuit of Rommel, 91, 96-97, 102, 104, 138
Montpellier, 548
“Moonshine, “234
Moore, Col. Howard, 393-94
Morale:
in 8th AF, 216, 303, 322, 641, 655-56
German, 240, 278, 303-6, 712-14, 716, 721-22
Italian, 423, 449, 462, 464, 488, 503
in Sicilian campaign, 470, 473-74,’ See also Combat fatigue.
Morgan, Lt. Gen. F. E., 632-34, 735, 738
Moro R., 590
Moroccan Composite Wing, 111-12
Moroccan Sea Frontier, 394, 396-97, 399-400
Morocco:
as Allied base, 83, 109, 112-13, 117-18, 123, 134-35, 143, 163, 378, 498
in TORCH, 25, 42-43, 47-50, 56-58, 70, 73-78
Morrison Field, 25
Mosquito, characteristics, 147, 577, 580, 691
Moss, Lt. Col. M. W., 354
Mostar, 594
Mount di Chiullzi, 525
Murphy, Robert, 57
MUSKET, 489
Mussomeli, 460
–N–
Naples:
as Allied base, 551, 557, 561, 563, 575, 577
Allied bombing attacks on, 96, 103, 120, 181-84, 186, 191, 195, 419, 434, 437, 459, 463-65, 474, 506-7, 509, 516, 524, 531, 534
Allied drive to capture,. 489, 491-92, 494, 499, 513, 541
as Axis base, 19, 145, 189, 494, 504, 509-10, 529, 539
National Defense Research Council, 380
Naval operations:
air-navy liaison for Italian invasion, 499
in HUSKY, 450-52, 468, 471-72, 484
in Italian campaign, 489-500, 511-12, 519-30, 535, 537-39, 544, 548, 579-80, 586-87
Navarino Bay, 20-21
Navy, U.S.:
Air Antisub. Development Det., Atlantic Fleet, 401
Bureau of Aeronautics, 402
Chief of Naval Opus., 297
COMINCH, 385, 390-91, 400 (see also King)
controversy over control in
U-boat war, 245, 379-80, 383-92, 398, 400-411, 497-98
controversy over land-based, long-range aircraft for overwater opns., 290, 402-8, 411
criticism of precision bombing, 253, 298
Office of Naval Intelligence, 354
opns., 58, 75-78, 393-403, 411, 451-52, 468, 497-99, 529-30
priorities, 212, 274-77, 280-82, 287, 290-94
support of Pacific vs. European offensive, 61, 211, 274-75, 280, 282, 372
Tenth Fleet, 390-92, 402, 404-5. See also Antisub. warfare; AAFAC; Convoy protection; Naval opns.
Neaton, 648
Negro units, 655-56. See also 99th Ftr. Sq. (Separate).
Nehring, Gen. Walter von, 81-82, 88, 91, 106
Netherlands, 217, 325, 335, 677, 687-88. See also Low Countries; specific targets.
Newfoundland, 378, 383, 387-88, 393-94, 399, 403
New York, 75
New Zealanders, 172, 177-80, 198, 590
Nicastro, 528
Nice, 581
“Nickeling” missions, 429, 537, 585
Night bombing:
Allied in Italy, 496, 510, 534, 537
RAF area bombing opns. in ETO, 211-12, 226, 238, 243, 298-99, 312-20, 318. See also Daylight bombardment.
Night fighters:
in Italy, 493, 497-98, 520, 523, 579-80
Nish, 558
Nogues, Auguste, 74-75
Nordisk Lettmetal, 675
Norfolk Group Plan, 48, 50, 53
Norfolk House, 48, 632, 635, 735, 739
Normandy, 233, 456. See also Cross-Channel invasion.
North African Theater of Operations:
established, 115
North Atlantic convoy route, 245, 252, 293, 311-12, 316-17, 381, 387-88, 392-93
North Atlantic ferry route, 59, 627, 651
North Sea, 325, 330, 672, 688, 696
Northern Base Section, 562
Northern Ireland, 604, 608-9, 651
Northern Task Force, 50, 112, 520
Northwest African Air Forces:
casualty rate, 595-96
C-in-C, 416
communications, 587
consolidation with MAC to become MAAF, 746, 750
15th AF relationship, 565
functions, 162, 164, 170, 416, 418, 438, 443-44, 496-500, 530-34, 543, 575-76
maintenance and supply, 444, 501, 540, 542-43, 559-62
( see also XII AFSC; NAASC)
orgn., 161-65, 167, 171, 416-18,
strength, 416-17, 431, 445, 495-97, 596
12th AF administrative relationship, 162-63, 167, 416, 502
wastage rate, 465
Northwest African Air Service Command:
C-in-C, 416
dissolved, 750
opns., 430, 444, 460, 497, 500, 571
Northwest African Coastal Air Force:
functions, 163, 185-87, 199, 476, 537, 559, 585
opns., 185-87, 191, 199, 423-24, 427, 441-42, 444, 449-50, 459-60, 476-77, 497-500, 519-20, 537-38, 543, 559, 585-86, 591, 595
redesignated as MACAF, 751
Northwest African Photographic Reconnaissance Wing:
opns., 169, 194, 440-41, 460, 497, 501, 537-38, 559, Hi’, 585, 595
redesignated as MAPRW, 751
Northwest African Strategic Air Force:
in African opns., 160, 173-200
aircraft types, 417
deployment, 163, 170, 424, 560, 567-68, 575, 592
in HUSKY, 438-39, 444, 452, 458-60, 462, 473-76
in Italian opns., 419, 497-98, 500, 502-9, 514, 516, 524, 527-28, 530, 535, 539, 541, 549, 551-54, 557-60, 567, 572-75, 580-81, 583-86, 592-96
redesignated at MASAF, 751
relationship, (with 15th AF) 567, 572, (with XII BC) 150
use as tactical air force, 418, 473, 535, 541, 580. See also 15th AF; NAAF; XII BC.
Northwest African Tactical Air Force:
over Balkans, 573
fighter-bomber emphasis in Sicily, 466
in HUSKY, 438-39, 444, 452-53, 458-62, 466, 469, 472, 474
in Italy, 493, 497-98, 503-4, 506, 509, 514, 525, 527-28, 530, 534-35, 539, 542, 544, 548-49, 551-54, 557, 559-60, 567, 576-81, 585, 589, 591-94
orgn., 157, 163, 167-71, 181, 417, 567
in Pantelleria area, 426-29
redesignated as MATAF, 751
strength, 172, 192, 417, 424, 497
in Tunisia, 179, 184, 187, 200-201, 203, 205, See also NAAF; XII ASC.
Northwest African Tactical Bomber Force:
opns.:
(in Italy) 493,
(in Pantelleria) 428,
(in Tunisia) 173-76, 178, 180-81, 199-203
Northwest African Training Command, 163, 416, 417, 497
Northwest African Troop Carrier Command:
C-in-C, 416
opns., 444, 446-47, 454-55, 458, 460, 500, 519-20, 531, 543, 559, 585
Norway, 233, 382, 674-76, 682, 729
Noto, 453
Novara, 471
Nufilia, 97
–O–
Oherpfaffenhofen, 573
OBOE. See Radar and radio.
Oggaz, 67
Ogliastro, 533
Old Catton, 211
Olds, Col. Thayer, 84
ONS-5 convoy, 393
Operational Research Sec., 225, 342
Operational training unit, 409
Operations Div., War Dept., 24, 277
Oran, 42, 47-50, 53-58, 67-68, 70, 76, 83-84, 111, 116-18, 125, 129, 145, 441, 520, 548, 586
Orvieto, 592-93
Oschersleben, 678-79, 682, 706
Osnabrück, 299
Oudna, 87
Oued Hateb, 157-58
Oued Zarga, 81
Oulmène, 168
Ousseltia:
OVERLORD:
priority over Med. opns., 492, 534, 631, 733, 738
RAF Bomber Comd. role, 737-38
relationship to POINTBLANK, 563, 565-66, 573, 582, 608, 666, 706-7, 714-16, 721, 727, 738
target date, 715. See also AEAF; Cross-Channel invasion.
Ozieri, 518
–P–
P-38:
characteristics, 59, 86, 121, 130, 134, 192-93, 230, 268, 659, 705, 717
diverse activities, 495
as fighter-bomber, 425, 550, 558-59
as long-range escort, 570
modification in UK, 630, 654, 661-62
use in antishipping, 146-47, 149
P-39:
characteristics, 60, 141, 186, 568, 654
P-40:
characteristics, 29, 58, 175, 193, 514
as fighter-bomber, 139, 175, 425, 518, 551
modification in UK, 630
P-47:
characteristics, 659, 685, 705
compared to FW-190 and Me-109, 334-35
1st Combat in ETO, 335
as long-range escort, 570, 680-81, 693, 699-702
modification in UK, 629-30, 654, 662
P-51:
as fighter-bomber, 426
as long-range escort, 705, 717
modification in UK, 661-62
P-63, 570
P-400, characteristics, 60
Pabillonis, 518
Pacific:
air strength, 281
priority relative to Europe, 61, 211, 274-75, 277-78, 280-82, 287, 296, 311, 372
Paestum, 491, 493, 498, 519, 521, 526, 533, 538, 540, 543
Palata, 551
Palazzolo, 450
Palena, 578
Palermo:
Allied drive to capture, 415, 423, 442, 460-61
as Allied target, 103, 120, 152-53, 188, 195, 419, 437, 440, 459
as Axis base, 19, 103, 145-46, 153, 189, 438
GAF raid. 510
Palestine,, 8, 20-22, 25-26, 40, 95
Palmi, 514
Palm Sunday massacre, 191, 198
Pantelleria:
as Allied base, 430, 449, 451, 458
as Axis base, 186, 199, 205, 419-22
conquest, 423-30
Panzers, 14, 34, 36-38, 135, 153, 166, 172, 177, 179, 529
Paratroop Task Force, 56-57, 71-72, 79
Paris, 234, 256-57, 318, 329, 344
Park, AVM Sir Keith, 96, 106, 162
Parma, 594
Partridge, Brig. Gen. E. E., 567
Pas de Calais, 233, 256, 333, 688-89
Paterno, 468
Pathfinder:
Brit. use, 262
use in 8th AF, 322, 409, 690, 692-94, 729
Patterson Field. See AAF Air Service Comd.
Patti, 471
Patton, Maj. Gen. G. S., Jr., 14, 53, 58, 74-75, 173-75, 280, 455
Pavesi, Vice Adm. Gino, 429
PBY, characteristics, 397
Peloponnesus, 20
“Pelz doctrine” , 587
Penhouet, 250
Perano, 578
Perara, Col. G. R., 354
Perpignan, 546
Persano, 524
Pescara, 506, 540-41, 552, 555, 579, 590, 593
Pétain, Marshal, 41
Peterson, Maj. Gen. V. L, 657
Petilia, 528
Phillips, Col. C. T., 120, 124, 211
Photo reconnaissance:
in Balkans, 550
in ETO, 218, 249, 270, 313, 675, 678
in Italy, 194, 464, 500-501, 524, 537, 570-71, 580, 587, 751
in Pantelleria, 425-26
in southern France, 476
in western Med., 441. See also NAPRW.
Piazza Armerina, 459
Piedimonte, 548
Piombino, 537
Pisa, 465, 506-7, 541, 543, 550, 557, 580, 583, 593
Pitcsti, 481
Pizzo, 514
Ploesti:
mission of 1 Aug. 1943, 418, 465, 477-83, 550, 683-84, 716
raid of 12 June 1942, 10
as strategic target in plans, 22, 150, 358, 366-67, 370, 373, 546, 564, 573
Podgorica, 559
Poggibonsi, 593
Poggiofiorito, 578
POINTBLANK. See Combined Bomber Offensive.
Polebrook, 216
Polla, 535
Pontassieve yards, 592
Pont-du-Fahs, 87, 134, 139, 176, 196, 198, 201-3
Pontecorvo, 590
Portal, C/AS Sir Charles:
on build-up of 8th AF, 373, 606, 691
on CBO, 307, 310, 563-66, 681, 683, 714-17, 725, 735, 741-42, 748-49
on COA target selection, 364-66
on NAAF opns” 583
on plans for OVERLORD, 634
responsibility for CBO direction, 307, 374, 735
on U.S. aid to ME, 8
Port Lyautey, 57-58, 74, 76-77, 83, 397, 498
Portolago Bay, 98
Porto Maurizio, 558
Port Said, 40
Port Sudan, 5
Positano, 525
Potenza, 517, 524, 527, 530, 535, 539, 544
Pound, Adm. of the Fleet Sir Dudley, 251
Po Valley, 504, 547, 555-57, 580, 583, 588
river, 564
Presque Isle, 59
Prestwick, 616
Primauguet, 75
Proserpino, 39
–Q–
QUADRANT conference, 492, 563-64, 631, 713-14, 716-17, 725, 734
Quebec, 492, 631, 638, 642, 712, 734-35
Queen Mary, 52
–R–
Radar and radio:
Allied use:
(in ETO) 235, 262, 335-36, 610, 668, 689-94, 702, 706, 720, 726-27, 729,
(in ME) 28,
(in N. Africa) 85, 127, 143, 168-69, 173, 189-90, 199-200,
(in U-boat war) 378, 394, 396, 398-99, 401, 409
Axis use:
(in ETO) 234, 252, 267, 324, 330, 564, 694,
(in N. Africa) 147,
(in Pantelleria) 422,
(in Sicily) 449
countermeasures:
(Allied) 694-96,
German radio-controlled glide bombs, 539, 548, 586
German RDF, 234, 252, 267, 324, 330, 422, 449, 564, 694
IFF, 630
radar bombing:
(development) 689-92,
(1st by 8th AF) 668,
(1st tests) 692-94,
(OBOE) 690-91,
(opns., ) 668, 690, 692-93, 706, 720, 726-27, 729
radio equipment for P-47, 335-36
VHF/ DF, 486, 610. See also Fighter control.
Raddusa, 468
Radiation Laboratory, 691-92
Raff, Col. E. D., 56, 81, 84, 87, 132
Rahman, 37-38
Ramat David, 20
Ramsay, Adm. Sir B. H., 452
Randazzo, 462, 466, 468, 470-71
Rangers, 68, 70, 77, 450, 521, 525
Rasel Ma, 117
Rask, Col. P. S., 113
Ravenna, 594
Re-2001, use in Sardinia, 153
Rebecca beacon, 531
Red Air Force, 511
Red Cross, 240
Regensburg, 474, 483, 573, 582, 596, 681-87, 689-90, 710, 719
Reggio di Calabria, 103, 184, 189, 437, 458, 463, 492, 509, 512, 534
Regimental Combat Teams (numbered):
505th RCT, 454
Regiments (numbered):
5 Leicesters Regt., 158
19th Engineer Regt., 157-58
21st Engineer Regt., 117
26th Infantry Regt., 157-58
168th Infantry Regt., 154
503rd Parachute Infantry Regt., 2nd Bn., 56 (see also 509th PIR)
504th Parachute Infantry Regt., 531
505th Parachute Infantry Regt., 531
509th Parachute Infantry Regt., 2nd Bn., 79
1511th Q. M. Truck Regt. (Avn.), 618
Relizane, 122
Renault plant, 318-19
Rennes, 318, 320, 328, 337, 344
Rhodes, 550
“Rhubarb” missions, 141, 554, 580
Rhumel R. valley, 118
Richelieu, 75-76
Ridenour, Col. C. H., 120, 123, 186
Riposto, 471
Ritchie, Maj. Gen. Neil, 11
Rivisondoli, 578
Robaa:
valley, 139
Roberts Field, 129
Robinett, Brig. Gen. P. L., 140, 158
Rodney, 68
Romagnoli, 579
Romana Americana refinery, 479, 481
Roman Catholic Church, 463-64
Rome:
Allied bombing, 463-65, 474, 479, 516, 539, 584, 589, 594
as Axis base, 429, 504, 507, 520, 546-47, 558, 580, 583
plans for capture, 491, 519-20, 524, 564, 566, 575, 578
Romilly-sur-Seine, 223-24, 255-57, 687
Rommel, Gen. Erwin:
defeat at El Alamein, 39
drive into Egypt, 4, 11, 18, 23,
relieved of African command, 172, 177
retreat to Tunisia, 91, 94, 96-97, 136, 141, 144, 149, 153, 478
supply problems, 9, 13, 17, 19-22, 24, 125, 134-35
TORCH plans for his defeat, 42, 49-50, 54, 66
Roosevelt, Lt. Col. Elliott, 163, 416
Roosevelt, President F. D.:
on aircraft production, 277, 290-96
at Casablanca, 113
on CBO, 728
on Italian invasion, 492
on Pacific opns., 282
on U.S. aid to ME, 3, 5, 10, 24
Root, Elihu, Jr., 354
Rotterdam, 217, 219, 325, 672, 692
Roubaix, 220
Rouen, 209, 212, 218, 239, 255-56, 299, 318, 328-29, 344
ROUNDUP, 45-47, 61, 63-64, 210, 274, 281, 372-73, 633, 734
defined, 23
“Roundup Planning Staff,” 632
“Rover Joes,” 545
Rowan, 468
Royal Air Force:
Air Sea Rescue, 99
Air Staff (see British, Air Staff; for Chief, see Portal)
antisub. patrols, 244-46, 381-82, 387, 394-96
area bombing opns., 211-12, 226, 238, 243, 298-99, 312-16, 318-20, 338, 671, 674, 677, 689, 707, 709, 715
autonomy, 734
control of U.S. units, 33, 147
cooperation:
(in early combined bombing program) 213-14, 228-29, 278, 283-86,
(in logistics) 602, 606-7, 609-11, 617, 627, 646, 648, 652,
(in target selection) 120, 214, 351, 355-56, 363-65
defense of UK, 374, 606, 734-35, 738
diversionary flights for AAF bombers, 214, 248-49, 267, 677, 715
fighter escort for AAF, 113-14, 216-21, 231, 249, 267, 328-29, 334, 336-37, 339, 673, 685, 702
ground support, 109, 167-68, 205, 429, 469-70, 472, 514, 517, 521, 535, 551, 576, 589
liaison with USSAFE, 742
metropolitan, 119
opns.:
(in Italian campaign) 504, 507, 509, 512, 514, 517, 521, 527, 551, 576, 589, 595,
(in Pantellerian campaign) 424, 429,
(in Sicilian campaign) 435, 450, 466, 469-70, 472
opinion of U.S. aircraft types, 227, 230
in OVERLORD plans, 633-34, 638, 641, 733, 736-37, 739
radar bombing, 691-96
rate of loss, 715
role under CBO Plan, 366, 371-72, 374-76, 665, 707, 709, 712, 722-23, 728
staff orgn., 740
strength, 54,. 424, 445, 555, 638
supply and maintenance, 126, 526, 542-43, 6-2, 609, 617, 627, 657
training of AAF, 16, 27, 641, 692
on U.S. bombing of submarine pens, 252
use of U.S. aircraft, 5, 610-11, 717-18. See also British; RAFME.
Royal Air Force, Gibraltar, 162
Royal Air Force, Malta
opns., 185
orgn., 17, 162, 416, 462, 493, 747, 750
statistics on opns., Nov. 1942-Nov. 1943, 585-86
Royal Air Force, Middle East:
collaboration in defeat of Axis in Tunisia, 100, 106, 108, 110, 138, 161
opns., 89, 151, 419, 475, 506, 509
orgn., 10, 16-17, 104, 162, 416, 747, 750
principles of air-ground cooperation, 27-29, 205 See also WDAF.
Royal Air Force Bomber Comd.:
cooperation in target selection, 214, 741
opns., 194, 211, 238, 243, 315, 474, 712
raids from UK on Italy, 474
role in CBO, 348, 366, 371-75, 714, 716, 722-23, 741
role in OVERLORD plans, 737-38
on U.S. bombing-of U-boat pens, 252
Royal Air Force Coastal Comd.
antisub. patrols, 244-46, 259, 381-82, 387, 394-96
under opnl. control of Royal Navy, 385, 406
opnl. control over U.S. units, 259, 394
Royal Air Force Fighter Comd.:
Air Defence of Great Britain, 739
control of STARKEY, 688
Tactical Air Force, 739
Royal Air Forte Maintenance Comd., 602
Royal Air Force Transport Comd., 563
Royal Canadian Air Force, 387, 393-94
Royal Engineers, 29
Royal Navy:
Control of RAF Coastal Comd., 385
Force H, 145
Force X, 114
opns. in Med., 4, 9, 11, 17-18, 31-32, 109, 146, 185-87, 193, 199
in Pantellerian opn., 423, 427-29
in TORCH, 49, 57, 67-68, 71. See also Admiralty.
Royce, Brig. Gen. Ralph, 5
Ruhr, 215, 262, 325, 338, 362, 366, 671, 682, 696, 712
Rumania, 358, 366, 477, 546, 683
Rush, Col. H. P., 20, 100, 171, 183
Russell, Brig. Gen. C. W., 245, 380
Ryder, Maj. Gen. C. W., 67
–S–
Safi, 76
Saint Cyprien, 204
Sainte-Barbe-du-Ttélat, 72
St. Jean d’Acre, 20
St. John’s, 393
St. Malo, 237
St. Nazaire, 237, 244, 248-51, 254-55, 257, 264, 268-69, 271, 312, 315-16, 320, 325, 327-28, 337, 673
Sala Consilina, 531
Salerno area:
as Allied base, 543-44, 551, 586
Allied bombing attacks, 437, 465, 474, 504, 507, 514, 528, 530-31, 534
Allied invasion, 489, 491-94, 498, 516-21, 537
German counterattack, 529-31, 534
Sampieri, 443
Samuel Chase, 499
San Agata, 471
San Antonio Air Depot, 626
Sanders, A/Cdre. A. P. M., 53
San Fratello, 470-71
Sangamon, 75
San Giorgio instrument factory, 558
San Giovanni, 103, 183, 437, 458-59, 474
Villa. 472
Sangro R, 576-79
San Lorenzo, 594
San Lorenzo, Basilica of, 465
San Lorenzo marshalling yard (Rome), 464
San Pietro, 576
San Severino, 531
San Stefano, 466, 468, 471, 513
Santa Elia, 591
Santa Maria, 578-79
Santee, 75-76
San Vittore, 590
Sapri, 504, 507, 514, 527, 538
Sardinia:
as Allied base, 542, 546, 555, 560-63, 568, 583-84, 596
as Axis base, 48, 70, 81, 85, 89, 191, 425, 438, 445, 476, 487, 509, 511
Axis evacuation, 517, 538, 543
Axis raid on, 586
as target, 86, 153, 184, 186, 188, 192, 194-95, 419, 434, 439-41, 475, 537
Sarno, 542
Saturno, 147
Sbeitla, 138, 141-42, 155-57, 173, 181
Scalea, 475
Scaletta, 472
Scanzano, 524
Schkopau, 706
Schwechat, 573
Schweinfurt, 224, 370, 483, 573, 593, 681-85, 687, 690, 696, 699-705, 709-11, 714
Sciacca, 435, 439, 450, 458, 460
Scientific Research and Development, Office of, 354
Scoglitti, 450
Sea-Search Attack Development Unit, 401
Sebala, 200
Sebkret el Kourzia, 198
Sedada, 102
Sedes, 435
field, 526
Seles, 559
“Semaphore Hill, “428
Serino, 542
Sere, 535
Services of Supply, ETO, 602, 606-7, 609-10, 613-18, 620, 649
Services of Supply, War Dept., 126, 292, 562, 609. See also ASF.
Sessa Aurunca, 576
Sfax:
as enemy base, 81, 89, 97, 112, 153, 176
as target, 88, 98, 121-23, 142, 144, 176, 180
Sharpe, A/Cdre. A. C. H., DC/S on 8th AF staff, 602
Shuttle bombing:
Sicily:
as Allied base against Italy, 489, 545 passim
as enemy base, 4, 11, 19, 48, 81, 89, 145, 147, 153, 180
establishment of Allied
fields, 458
plans for conquest, 113-14, 167, 170, 285, 300, 415-16, 442-45
as target, 86, 95, 103, 176, 183-205 passim. See also HUSKY.
Sicily, Strait of, 125, 146, 148, 161, 187, 189, 192, 422
SICKLE, 372-73
defined, 310
Sidi Ahmed, 82, 89-91, 189-90, 200
Sidi-bel-Abbés, 73
Sidi Nsir, 166
Siebel ferry, described, 149
Simeto R., 454
Sinclair, Capt. L. F., 169
Sirio, 100
Sirius, 146
Sirte, 100
Gulf of, 19
Skoplje, 558
SLEDGEHAMMER, 45-46, 60, 210, 734
Slessor, AM Sir J. C., 297, 395, 750
Sluman, Col. C. D., 129
SM-82, Axis use as transport, 189
Smart, Col. J. E., 478
Smith, Maj. Gen. W. B., 24, 65, 519, 565, 754
S. N. C. A. du Nord, 317
S. N. C. A. de l’Ouest aircraft factory, 674
SOAPSUDS, 478
Soliman, 204
Sollum, 13
Somervell, Lt. Gen. B. B., 292, 294
Sora, 591
Sorensen, Col. E. P., 354
Souk-el-Arba, 81, 86, 89, 91, 116-17, 160, 169, 181, 203, 424
Souk-el-Khemis, 117, 163, 169, 173, 199-200
Sousse:
as Allied base, 198, 423, 427, 501
as target, 98, 121-24, 148, 153, 188
South African Air Force, 35, 424, 466, 469-70, 507, 509, 513, 517, 527
South Atlantic route, 129, 131, 615
Southdown, 214
Spaatz, Maj. Gen. Carl:
actg. D/C-in-C for Air, Allied Force, 107, 283-84
on air-ground cooperation, 205, 455, 536
Air Officer ETOUSA, 63
in Allied Air Force opns. 151, 158
on antisub. warfare, 238, 246-48
on blind bombing, 690
on build-up for CBO, 234-36, 259-61, 263, 278, 280
on CBO from Italian bases, [.5-4-66], 571-72, 683, 723-24
C-in-C Allied Air Force, 108-10, 112, 287
C-in-C NAAF, 162-64, 169, 182, 416, 566
CG 8th AF, 51, 85, 105, 115, 211, 226
CG USAAF/ NATO, 747
CG USSTAF, 741-42, 744, 747-52, 754-55
concerning AASC, 140, 144, 154
on cooperation of RAF, 227-29, 582
D/C-in-C MAAF, 747
on MATS, 563
in NAAF opns., 174, 187-88, 194, 423, 465, 477
on target selection, 213-15
on theater air force, 63-66, 105-6, 279, 283, 756
in TORCH preparations, 52, 54, 62-66
Spadafora, 472
Spain, 43, 48-50, 54, 56, 71, 396-97
Spanish Morocco, 43, 48, 50, 54, 68, 71-72, 74, 76, 112, 117, 186
Speer, Albert, 704
Spezzano, 538
Spitfire:
characteristics, 29, 55, 89, 230, 530
Spit IX in southern Tunisia, 177
use by USAAF units, 143, 230, 610
Spoleto, 593
Squadrons (numbered):
1st Antisubmarine Sq., 382, 399, 497
1/3 Sq., 543
2nd Antisubmarine Sq., 382
2nd Ftr. Sq., 86
2/7 Sq., 543
2/33 Photo Rcn. Sq., 501
4th Antisubmarine Sq., 394
5th Photo Rcn. Sq., 501
6th Antisubmarine Sq., 393
12th Photo Rcn. Sq. 501
15th Bomb. Sq. 59, 82, 84, 132, 219
15th Combat Mapping Sq., 570-71
15th Cruiser Sq., 428
15th Photo Rcn. Sq., 501
18th Antisubmarine Sq., 409
19th Antisubmarine Sq., 393
20th Antisubmarine Sq., 393-94
23rd Antisubmarine Sq., 409
23rd Photo Rcn. Sq., 501
37th Troop Carrier Sq., 495-96
46th Service Sq., 156
58th Ftr. Sq., 139
60 Photo Rcn. Sq., 501
64th Ftt. Sq., 94
65th Ftr. Sq., 94
83rd Bomb. Sq., 26
94th Ftr. Sq., 87
99th Ftr. Sq. (Separate), 424, 498, 568
111th Observation Sq., 498-500. See also 111th Tactical Rcn. Sq.
111th Tactical Rcn. Sq., 466, 528. See also 111th Observation Sq.
112 Sq., 94
142 Sq., 119
150 Sq., 119
154th Observation Sq., 159, 169
178 Sq. 182-83,
306th Service Sq., 543
307th Ftr. Sq., 159
308th Ftr. Sq., 159
309th Ftr. Sq., 159
315th Ftr., Sq., 172
316th Ftr. Sq., 172
320th Servicle Sq., 562
340th Bomb. Sq.,. 82, 198, 416, 431, 468-69, 495, 511, 548, 555
344th Bomb. Sq., 20
345th Bomb. Sq., 182
414th Fit. Sq., 497
415th Bomb Sq., 182
415th Ftr. Sq., 497
416th Ftr. Sq., 497
417th Ftr. sq., 497
434th Bomb. Sq., 26
513th Bomb. Sq., 120
Standard Petrol Block refinery, 479
State Dept., 354
STATESMAN; 478
Steyr, 573,
Steyr-Daimler-Puch, 582
Stilwell, Lt. Gen. J. W., 15, 45
Stimson, Sec of War H. L., 291, 297, 388-90, 407, 692
Storch, in Middle East, 138
Strafford, A/C S. C., 297
Strahm, Col. V. H., 15
Strategic Air Depot Area, 645, 658, 664, 754
Strategic Air Force. See NASAF.
Strategic Services, Office of, 352, 354
Stratemeyer, Maj. Gen. G. E., 63, 107, 115, 205, 237, 629
Strickland, Brig. Gen. A. C., 34, 171, 424, 430
Stuka. See Ju-87.
Stuttgart, 372, 573, 688-89, 706, 710
Suez Canal, 4, 10, 13, 17-19, 99
Sunninghill Park, 643
SUPER-GYMNAST, 42
Supply:
Allied:
(in Africa) 55, 83, 90, 102, 120, 125-31, 135, 153
(in ETO) 209-12, 238, 252, 258-60, 376, 599-621, 643-57, 742-44, 755-56
Axis:
(in N. Africa) 92, 95, 97, 100, 116, 134-35, 145-53, 185, 191-93, 199
supply drops:
(in France) 560
(to Partisans) 585. See also Air Forces and Commands.
Supreme Hqs., Allied Expeditionary Force, 633
Surri, 558
Suwannee; 75
“Swamp Hunt,” 585
Swordfish, use by NACAF, 497
Sydenham, 660
Syracuse, 442, 446-47, 450, 452, 455, 519
–T–
Tactical Air Depot Area, 645, 649
Tactical Air Force. See NATAF.
Tafaraoui, 56, 67-68, 72-73, 83-90, 98, 105-7, 116, 118-20, 122, 127, 182
Takrouna Hill, 198
Taranto, 19, 493, 506-7, 517, 524, 528-29, 544
Gulf of, 504
Target priorities and selection:
aircraft factories as 1st priority, 215-16, 286, 356, 368
“air estimates, “352-53
AWPD-42, 277-78, 289, 353, 368
British target analysts, 351
Casablanca Directive, 305-7
CBO Plan, 365-74
Comm. on Coordination of Current Air Opns., 214
CPOC, 374-76
electric power as 1st priority, 368
GAF as “intermediate” objective, 238, 305, 365-69, 666, 707, 712, 714, 720
Joint American/British Directif, 213-14, 237
NAAF directive of Nov. 1943, 572-74
revision of CEO Plan, 721-22, 727-28
U-boat factories and bases as 1st priority, 215, 304-5, 364, 367, 369. See also Air Forces.
Targoviste, 481
Tarvisio, 593
Taylor, Brig. Gen. M. D., 520
Taza, 7
Teano, 548
Tebessa, 81, 84, 111-13, 119, 126-27, 135, 138, 153, 155-59, 166, 169
Tebourba, 85, 88, 90-91, 108, 116, 142, 203-4
Tedder, ACM Sir Arthur:
air C-in-C Med., 747
as AOC Middle East, 11, 15, 17, 28-29, 33, 54, 96, 106, 119, 137-38
C-in-C MAC, 114, 161, 164, 416, 423, 495, 563, 572, 683, 723, 746
D/C-in-C OVERLORD, 749-50
proposed as air comdr. of Allied Air Force, 106-8, 283
Tel el Aqqaqir, 38
Tenth Fleet. See Navy, U.S.
Teresa, 512
Tergestia, 39
Termini, 520
Terrell, Lt. Col. F. R., 134, 203
Texas, 75
Theater air force (Europe & Africa):
early plans, 60-66, 105-6, 110, 113, 119, 276, 279-85, 287
USSTAF as partial realization, 740-44, 756 See also USSTAF.
Thelepte, 123, 125, 127, 131-32, 134, 138, 141, 143, 154-56, 169, 181
Thompson’s Post, 38
Thorsheimer, 150
Thurleigh, 605
Timberlake, Brig. Gen. P. W., 33, 96, 98, 106, 161, 171
Tito, 591
Tobruk, 13, 17-21, 31-32, 40, 95-96, 98, 102
Tocra, 482
Todt organization, 316, 320, 676
Togoland, 129
Tomahawk. See P-40.
TORCH:
air plan, 53-58
decision for, 47
diversions to, 211, 230-33, 235, 258-59, 309, 322, 335, 382
plans, 23-25, 31, 42-50, 76, 106-7, 110, 128, 137, 165, 274-87, 300-304, 379
strategic priority, 213, 230-33, 237-38, 276, 372, 492. See also units.
Torre Annunziata, 506, 531, 534-35, 586
Toulon, 584
Towers, Rear Adm. J. H., 8
Training:
for airborne Opns., 447, 455-56, 500
of bombardiers, 697
for Italian campaign, 499-500
need in air-ground opns., 486
need for comprehensive briefing, 433
for P-47, 570
for Ploesti Opn., 479
in U.S., 697, 716. See also training under Air Forces.
Trapani, 145, 152, 189-90, 419, 435, 439-40, 450, 458, 462, 494, 531
Trenchard, Marshal of the RAF H. M., 297
TRIDENT conference, 307, 372-74, 376, 415, 488, 59-600, 608, 613, 631, 713-14
Trieste, 194
Tripoli:
as Allied base, 18, 164, 172, 441, 520
as enemy base, 19, 95, 97, 102-3, 134, 136, 149
as target, 39-40, 96, 100, 134, 150
Tripolitania, 19, 43, 92, 100, 106, 116, 138, 170
Trondheim, 675-77
Troop carrier groups, 638-39, 656. See also Airborne opns.; numbered units.
Troston, 648
Troubridge, Cdre. Thomas, 68, 70-71
Truck Transport Service, (Prov.), 618
Truscott, Maj. Gen. L. K., 443
Tunis:
as Allied base, 555
Allied capture
of, 204-5
as enemy base, 81, 92, 97, 116, 135, 149-50, 186, 190-91, 193
drive to capture, 71, 78, 82, 86-88, 108,110, 112, 134, 153, 196-98, 202-4, 419
as target, 85, 91, 98, 120-26, 152, 188, 190, 195, 200, 202-4
Tunisia:
as Allied base, 423, 430, 458, 484, 499-502, 555, 560, 567-68, 571, 582, 592
in plans, 19, 37, 48-50, 56, 78
Tuscaloosa, 75
Tusciano, 527
Twining, Maj. Gen. N. F., 749, 751
Typhoon:
as bomber, 685
as escort, 673
Tyrrhenian Sea, 103, 187, 538, 540
–U–
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics:
aid to, 6, 9, 14, 23, 45-46, 291, 294, 300, 306, 350, 477, 487, 546, 688, 733
campaigns in, 45-46, 275, 285-86, 310, 350, 708
Unirea Orion refinery, 479, 481
Unirea Speranta refinery, 479
U.S. Army. See numbered units.
U.S. Army Air Forces, North African Theater of Operations:
becomes AAF/MTO, 750
created, 747
U.S. Army Air Forces in the United Kingdom:
CG, 643
orgn. and functions, 643, 739, 743-44
U.S. Army Forces in Middle East, 13, 15-16, 32, 39, 171, 747
U.S. Army Forces in South Pacific, 281
U.S. Army Middle East Air Force, 8, 14-39
A-3, 33
Air Service Comd., 26
diversions, 63
G-3, 33
U.S. Military Iranian Mission, 6
U.S. Military North African Mission, 6, 12, 16
U.S. Strategic Air Forces in Europe:
CG, 754
established, 753-54
orgn. and functions, 567, 741, 748-56
U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey, 316-17, 357, 359, 362-63, 369, 672, 676, 704, 709
–V–
Vada, 506
Valetta, 11
Valiant, 530
Valmontone, 577
Vandenberg, Col. H. S., 52-53, 108
Varagge, 558
Vascœuil, 256
Vasto, 551
Vegesack, 241, 312, 314, 31,9, 326, 343-44, 346, 695-96
Velsen generating station, 339
Venafiorita, 435
Ventimiglia, 593
Ventotene, 538
Vercelli, 148
Very high frequency radio. See Radar and radio.
Vibo Valentia, 183, 458-59, 465
Vicenza, 594
Vickers, C. G., 364
Vietri, 521
Villach, 593
Viterbo, 465, 475-76, 509-10, 516, 525, 539, 552, 558, 577, 583
Volturno R., 524, 542, 546, 548-49, 552
Vrajedna, 584
VULCAN, 198
–W–
Wadi Akarit, 152, 174-75, 180-81, 196
Wadi Faregh, 96-97
Walney, 70-71
Walrus, use by NACAF, 497
Wanamaker, Maj. Martin E., 81
Warnemünde, 681-82
War Production Board, 290-91, 295, 354
Warton, 604-5, 625-26, 641, 644, 648-49, 659-60, 662
Washington conference. See TRIDENT.
Webster, Brig. Gen. R. M., 562
Wellington:
characteristics, 396, 441, 537
in sea reconnaissance, 460
Welsh, AM Sir William, 54, 83, 85, 107, 111, 119, 136, 565
Western Algerian Composite Wing, 111
Western Desert Air Force:
comd., 17
opns., 27-28, 34-35, 37-39, 160, 170-81, 190, 193, 198-200, 204, 424
orgn., 20, 34, 114, 162-63, 171, 417
USAAF participation in, 34-35, 97 See also Desert Air Force.
Western Desert campaign. See operating units.
Western Naval Task Force, 450, 494, 499, 523
Western Task Force, 50, 54, 57, 66, 68, 74, 77, 126, 442, 444
Westover Field, 117
Wheeler, Brig. Gen. R. A., 6-7
Whitney, Lt. Col. C. V., 478
Wichita, 75
WIDEWING, 754
Wiener Neustadt, 418, 483, 546, 550, 559, 573, 582, 596, 683-84, 724, 729
Wiener-Neustaedter Flugzeugwerke A. G., 684
Wigglesworth, AVM H. E. P., 33, 161
Wilhelmshaven, 224, 243, 313, 323-25, 330, 337, 372, 669, 672
Williams, Brig. Gen. P. L., 56, 87, 140, 142-43, 156, 159-60, 163, 173-74, 416, 446
Wilson, Gen. Sir H. M., 749
“Window,” 476, 548, 587, 694, 696
Wings (numbered):
1st Air Defense Wing, 112, 163, 186, 447
1st Bomb. Wing, 264, 266-67, 272, 323, 330, 604-5, 607, 616, 623, 645, 684
2nd Air Defense Wing, 112, 131, 163, 186
2nd Bomb. Wing, 323, 330, 605, 607, 645
3rd Air Defense Wing, 112, 169
3rd Bomb. Wing, 120, 338-39, 344, 607, 634, 645
4th Bomb. Wing, 51-52, 338, 344, 605, 607, 645, 670, 675, 684
5th Bomb. Wing, 123, 502, 560, 567, 569
7th Ftr. Wing, 123
19th Bomb. Wing, 39
25th Antisubmarine Wing, 378, 393, 409
26th Antisubmarine Wing, 378, 409
38 Wing, 496
40th Combat Wing, 703
42nd Bomb. Wing, 502, 562, 568-69, 571
47th Bomb. Wing, 123, 502, 567, 569
51st Troop Carrier Wing, 56, 111, 127, 167, 446, 454, 500, 531
52nd Troop Carrier Wing, 446, 453, 500, 531, 639
63rd Bomb. Wing, 591
90th Photo Rcn. Wing, 571, 751
233 Wing, 35
244 Wing, 171
285 Wing, 169
304th Bomb. Wing, 570
305th Bomb. Wing, 570
323 Wing, 163
325 Wing, 163
2686th Medium Bomb. Wing (Prov.), 502
Winter Line, 576
Wood, Col. Jack, 482
Wood, Col. M. R., 611
–X–
XB-40, escort bomber, 268, 334
–Y–
YB-40, escort bomber, 268, 334, 336, 337, 655, 674, 680
Youks-les-Bains, 81, 84-85, 87, 89-90, 116, 126-27, 130, 134, 138, 154-56, 159-60, 168, 173
Yugoslavia, 4, 481, 554, 558-59, 585, 589, 591-2, 594, 596
–Z–
Zuara, 170-72