“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 2 2 4 - 3 2
Hq. Fifth Air Force, z Dec. 1942; 19th
Gp. Operations Record.
87. History, 24th Pursuit Gp.; His-
tory, Fifth Air Force, Pt. I , pp. 2627;
G O 25, Hq. Allied Air Forces, 4 July
1942; Robb statement; Sheppard and Gil-
more statement; Ind, Batman, pp. 154-55.
88. History, 27th Bomb. Gp.; Diary
of Lt. Col. James B. McAfee, I Nov.
89. Msg., Ft. Mills to AGO, 28 Dec.
1941; T h e Brereton Diaries, .pp. 63-64;
FEAF Hq. Diary, Doc. 28, in History,
Fifth Air Force, Pt. I, App. 11; Elsmore
statement.
1941-5 OCt. 1942.
p Fisher report.
91. Histories, 24th Pursuit Gp., Fifth
Air Force, Pt. I, pp. 27-29, and 27th
Bomb. Gp.; Robb and Obert statements;
Ind, Batman, pp. 167ff.
92. History of USAFIA, Doc. 26, in
History, Fifth Air Force, Pt. I, App. H;
memo for CNO by Gerow, 1 2 Dec. 1941;
msg., MacArthur to WD, 18 Dec. 1941;
msg. #40, Melbourne to WD, 18 Dec.
1941; G O 4, Task Force, South Pacific,
19 Dec. 1941.
93. History of USAFIA, as in n. 92;
msg. #71, AG to Brig. Gen. John Magru-
der, 15 Dec. 1941; memo for T A G by
Acting AC/S Gerow, 17 Dec. 1942; msg.
#1015, Brett to T A G from Chungking,
2 3 Dec. 1941; msg. #130, Chungking to
TAG, 27 Dec. 1941; History, Fifth Air
Force, Pt. 2 , I Jan.-6 Mar. 1942, p. I .
94. History of G-4, USAFIA, Doc.
81, in History, Fifth Air Force, Pt. I,
App. 11; History of USAFIA.
95. History of G-4, USAFIA, as in
n. 94; History of USAFIA; memo for
Somervell by Eisenhower, recd. 17 Dec.
1941; msg., MacArthur to AGO, 18
Dec. 1941;History, 27th Gp.; T h e Brere-
ton Diaries, pp. 74-75.
96. History, Fifth Air Force, Pt. 2 ,
I J a n 4 Mar. 1942. See also below,
chap. 1 1 .
97. AAF Historical Study No. 45,
Development of the South Pacific Air
Route.
98. Msg., Marshall to CG USAFIA,
n.d., Doc. 48, in History, Fifth Air Force,
Pt. I, App. 11; interview with Maj. John
692
T. Trotter by author, 18 Oct. 1944; Gen.
Barnes’ Description of Australia, Doc.
5 1 a, in History, Fifth Air Force. Pt. I ,
App. 11.
99. Barnes’ Description of Australia;
msg. 81371, London (Royce) to WD,
16 Dec. 1941.
100. Notes on Conferences Held at
Amberley, 28 and 29 Dec. 1941, Doc. 64,
in History, Fifth Air Force, Pt. I , App.
11; msg. #612, Adams to CG USAFFE,
27 Dec. 1941; msg. 8865, Adams to CG
USAFFE, 3 0 Dec. 1941; History, 7th
Bomb. Gp.; ltr., Clagett to C/AS, 24
Dec. 1941, Doc. 12, in History, Fifth
Air Force, Pt. I, App. IF.
1 0 1 . Notes on Conferences Held at
Amberley; msg., MacArthur to TAG,
15 Dec. 1941.
102. Msg., Marshall to [USAFIA, 2 5
Dec. 19411, Doc. 47, in History, Fifth
Air Force, Pt. I , App. 11; msg., Mac-
Arthur to AGWAR, 2 s Dec. 1941;msg.,
Brereton to TAG, OPNAV 251501
CROSS, 26 Dec. 1941;msg., Brereton to
T A G (cable from Navy, #CR0369, 26
Dec. 1941); msg., Clagett to Brereton,
n.d., Doc. 76, in History, Fifth Air Force,
Pt. I , App. 11; Brereton to TAG, f300630,
cR0828, 3 1 Dec. 1941; The Brereton
Diaries, pp. 6 2 ff.
103. Msg., Clagett to CJS, 3 1 Dec.
1941, Doc. 77, in History, Fifth Air
Force, Pt. I, App. 11; msg. #54, Clagett
to C/S, 29 Dec. 1941; Arnold to Brett,
25 Dec. 1941.The original route planned
for planes with a range of approximately
500 miles: Brisbane or Townsville, Clon-
curry, [ Charleville], Daly Waters, Dar-
win, Koepang in Timor, Makassar in
Celebes, Balikpapan (or Samarinda 11)
and Tarakan in Borneo, Del Monte (or
Malabang, Zamboanga, Iwahig) . (Msg.,
MacArthur to AGWAR, 2 Dec. 1942,
in AAG 452.1, Phil.) General Brereton
indicates in his Diaries, however, that
both he and Brett attempted to carry
out their mission of supporting the de-
fense of the Philippines. ( T h e Brereton
Diaries, p. 75.)
104. Msg. #36, Brett to C/S, z Jan.
1942; Notes on Conference Held on 3
Jan. 1942, Doc. 33, in History, Fifth Air
Force, Pt. I , App. 11; msg., Brett to Adm.