“Headquarters”60+ pages
- p. 5 …With the end of the war, Headquarters approved a plan for
writing and publishing a seven…
- p. 8 …The first hectic months after Pearl
Harbor left little time in a military headquarters for consideration…
- p. 9 …Department calling for the appointment by AAF Headquarters of a
historian in accordance with the President…
- p. 10 …After returning
to Headquarters at the close of 1942, Colonel Williams found the
pressure of a…
- p. 11 …T h e first of those points, of course, was AAF
Headquarters itself. Though the Army…
- p. 12 …But, in developing a system
of historical reporting from other headquarters, the “supporting docu-
ments” received…
- p. 13 …in the hurried atmosphere of a military headquarters, and it depended
for its support upon men…
- p. 14 …In most cases, however, the offer of professional assistance from AAF
Headquarters was welcomed, though occasionally…
- p. 15 …close
of hostilities to bring into AAF Headquarters certain of the field per-
sonnel for the…
- p. 18 …Goss served as historian with the Fourth Air
Force and was subsequently brought into AAF Headquarters…
- p. 19 …Air Service Command,
USSTAF, was assigned to Headquarters, USSTAF.
Finally there remains something to be told…
- p. 21 …Simpson of the Office of
Air Force History, Headquarters, United States Air Force. Colonel
Paul has…
- p. 29 …JAPANESEINSTALLATIONS ON NORTHHEAD,KISKA,JULY1942
HEADQUARTERS,3 STH FIGHTERGROUP,PORT MORESBY,1942
HEADQUARTERS,3 gTH FIGHTERGROUP…
- p. 45 …and his
inspections took him to various headquarters, to depots and airfields,
to-and over-the…
- p. 53 …bulk of offensive air units to General Headquarters.
The War Department resisted in turn every proposal…
- p. 197 …The First Air Force, with headquarters at Mitchel Field, New
York, was acting as a major…
- p. 205 …The
approved peacetime garrisons called for one heavy bombardment
squadron and a group headquarters at Bermuda…
- p. 209 …P-36’s in crates, and the headquarters squadron
of the 28th Composite Group took up…
- p. 210 …Defense
Command, which forwarded the material to headquarters of the
Western Defense Command at San Francisco…
- p. 213 …Martin, was organized tactically
into the 18th Bombardment Wing, with headquarters at Hickam
Field, and the…
- p. 214 …provided the separate squadrons
with an air headquarters. Expansion of the Air Corps brought about
a…
- p. 221 …4th Composite Group, consisted of the
Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, the 3d Pursuit Squadron,
and the…
- p. 222 …AAF Headquarters felt that a striking force of
heavy bombers would be a necessary part of…
- p. 226 …during
a series of conferences at AAF Headquarters in Washington. On 16
November the military air…
- p. 230 …The watchers were
instructed to transmit their observations by telephone or telegraph to
headquarters of the…
- p. 232 …which prevailed over the preference of general
headquarters for a more northern and presumably more secure…
- p. 252 …It would appear that the files of General Headquarters, Southwest
Pacific Area, are also i n…
- p. 254 …to General Headquarters, General
Brereton states that he returned to his own headquarters a t Nielson…
- p. 255 …George, chief of staff, V Interceptor Command, reported
to headquarters “that there are 54 airplanes in…
- p. 257 …The Summary of Activi-
ties for Headquarters, Far East Air Force, notes: “11:56 General
Brereton…
- p. 268 …At I I I 5 , inter-
ceptor headquarters received specific warning of enemy aircraft
approaching from…
- p. 270 …with a tele-
phone line to operations headquarters. Until the Del Monte base could
be greatly…
- p. 272 …O n another
occasion, 2 7th Group headquarters was falsely informed by telephone
that its A…
- p. 275 …two PBY’s to establish a new headquarters in Au~tralia.~’By +he
29th of December…
- p. 281 …mission.” lo*
General Brereton established a temporary headquarters at Darwin.
Though the aim of all operations…
- p. 288 …the air planners and
from which AAF Headquarters was never to deviate.
The translation of the…
- p. 308 …General Headquarters was of recent origin, but the desirability of
such a staff in the event…
- p. 310 …both unit and individual training.88 General Headquarters’
responsibility for air force training was limited to…
- p. 311 …WPD’s judgment that relations
between General Headquarters and the Army Air Forces were “in-
definite…
- p. 312 …Gates.lo7
General Headquarters was not consulted until 5 February, but Gen-
eral McNair had long…
- p. 315 …In reality the influence of AAF Headquarters on the actual conduct
of the war went far…
- p. 344 …The director of Air Defense at AAF
Headquarters concurred in every detail with the findings and…
- p. 346 …With its headquarters a t San Francisco, the command
included an extensive area of nine western…
- p. 378 …The headquarters was
established a t the main base a t Accra on 8 October 1941…
- p. 400 …Here, in January 1942, the headquarters
of the newly activated North Atlantic Sector of the Ferrying…
- p. 405 …into the bases.‘38
Army Air Forces Headquarters, the Ferrying Command, and other
interested AAF agencies…
- p. 425 …was to be maintained
between all major headquarters, logistical facilities would be shared,
and local commanders…
- p. 426 …O n 18 January, he located his headquarters at Lembang, ten miles north of
Bandoeng in…
- p. 434 …the United
States and it was the headquarters of USAFIA, whose responsibility in
January became chiefly…
- p. 435 …the 2 I st Air Flotilla and headquarters detach-
ments-moved to Davao during the first…
- p. 442 …officers at Brisbane and of headquarters in Wash-
ington throughout January. Australian and Dutch forces were…
- p. 445 …organization, but co-ordination between its own
headquarters and the Dutch interceptor control remained imperfect.
T…
- p. 454 …In Java, General Wavell closed his personal headquarters on 2 5 Feb-
ruary, at which time…
- p. 462 …Final Efforts in the Philippines
When General Brereton’s headquarters had been moved to Austra-
lia…
- p. 482 …He proposed the establishment of
air headquarters in each defensive area, prepared to accept and operate…
- p. 486 …AAF Headquarters had been prompt to recognize the need
for properly equipped photographic squadrons, and shortly…
- p. 491 …In fact, A-3 of AAF Headquarters already had prepared a squadron,
the 68th, which was…
- p. 517 …Emmons, commanding the Hawaiian Depart-
ment, appealed to AAF Headquarters for additional planes, and these
were…
- p. 546 HEADQUARTERS, 3STH FIGHTER GROUP, PORT MORESBY, 1942
- p. 547 HEADQUARTERS, 35TH FIGHTER GROUP, PORT MORESBY, 1942
N O T E S T O P A G E S 1 3 0 - 4 6
95. Address to the Congress, in Peace
96. “Lend-Lease Act,” 1 1 Mar. 1941,
97. AAFRH-6.
98. E.R. Stettinius, Jr., Lend-Lease,
W e a p o n for Victory (New York, 1944)~
and W a r , pp. 608-11.
ibid., pp. 627-30.
p. 89.
99. Events, p. 275.
100. United States-British Staff Con-
versations: Air Collaboration (short title,
A B C z ) , 29 Mar. 1941.
1 0 1 . Radio address, in Peace and W a r ,
1 0 2 . Draft A M Historical Study,
Logistical Plans and Problems, 1941-43,
with Special Reference to Build-up of
the Eighth Air Force, p. 3.
1 0 3 . Munitions Requirements of the
AAF for the Defeat of Our Potential
Enemies (short title, AWPD/I), Tabs I
and 14.
PP. 599-608-
104. AAFRH-6.
105. B.H. (41) 10, Conference on
British-US. Production, Victory Re-
quirements, Interim Report, 17 Sept.
‘94’.
106. B.H. (41) 14, Conference on Brit-
ish-US. Production, Victory Require-
ments, Report by Planning Committee,
19 Sept. 1941;B.H. (41) zd Mtg. of War
Cabinet, 20 Sept. 1941.
107. See sources in n. 106.
108. Stettinius, op. cit., pp. 125-26.
109. AAFRH-6.
110. Ltr., Roosevelt to Stimson, 18
Sept. 1941,in WP I-General.
I I I . Release of Airplanes and Related
Equipment for Defense Aid, 9 Sept. 1941
(short title, AWPD/z).
1 1 2 . See the following exchange of
letters in WP I-General: FDR to Stim-
son, 18 Sept. 1941; Stimson to FDR, 23
Sept.; FDR to Stimson, 14 Oct.; Stimson
to FDR, 16 Oct. and 2 1 Oct.
1 1 3 . AAFRH-6.
114. Ibid.
1 1 5 . Ibid.
I 16. United States-British Staff Con-
versations (short title, ABC-I), 27 Mar.
‘941.
I 17. Ibid., Annex 111, US.-British
Commonwealth Joint W a r Plan.
118. r have fouvd no record of ap-
proval of ABCI, but both RAINBOW
No. 5 and AWPD/I are specifically
based on it.
119. Memo for Col. Eaker from H.S.
Hansell, 3 1 Oct. 1939.
120. Joint Army and Navy Basic War
Plan, RAINBOW No. 5, 30 Apr. 1941;
War Department Operations Plan,
RAINBOW No. 5 . The latter was ap-
proved by the Chief of Staff on 19
August 1941.
1 2 1 . Radio address, 27 May 1941, in
Peace and W a r , p. 664.
1 2 2 . By the S/W, z June 1941;by the
S/N, 29 May.
123. Joint Army and Navy Basic W a r
Plan, RAINBOW No. 5 (Rev. No. I ) .
124. Memo for AC/S, W P D from
Brig. Gen. Carl Spaatz, C/AS, Revision
of Rainbow No. 5 , Where It Pertains to
Air Action, n.d. (after 19 Aug. 1941).
1 2 5 . N e w York Times, 1 7 Aug. 1941.
126. Text in Peace and W a r , pp.
127. N e w York Times,17 Aug. 1941.
128. General Strategy, Review by the
British Chiefs of Staff, 3 1 July 1941,
signed by Dudley Pound, J. G. Dill, C.
Portal.
129. N e w York Times, 5 and 8 July
‘941.
130. J.B. No. 3 2 5 (Serial p 9 ) , 25 Sept.
1941,Joint Board to SPOBS, Comments
on General Strategy, Review by the
British Chiefs of Staff.
7 I 8-19.
131. Ibid.
132. AL (41) 8th Mtg., War Cabinet,
1 3 3 . Joint Board Estimate, p. 15.
134. App. I. Estimates based on “Two
Ocean Navy” plus t o per cent tonnage
plus additional aircraft.
135. Joint Board Estimate, p. 15.
136. App. 11.
137. AWPD/I, Tabs 1 3 and I .
138. Data for this paragraph taken
from: memo for the C/AS, Notes on
Preparation of AWPD/r, 18 Nov. 1941,
American Liaison, 21 Nov. 1941.
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