“The Advance”60+ pages
- p. 14 …But the final choice remained with the commanding general,
who in some instances moved in advance…
- p. 36 …sufficiently advanced to support limited offensives in both the
European and the Pacific theaters.
The history…
- p. 40 …Advanced training was for the most part scheduled for overseas
schools, where combat experience of the…
- p. 43 …Of 2 , 9 2 5 planes reaching the AEF’s Zone of
Advance during the war…
- p. 45 …Trenchard, then com-
mander of the Royal Flying Corps, and was profoundly impressed by
his advanced…
- p. 46 …the Zone of Advance,
the I Corps, the First Army, and the First Army Group, advancing…
- p. 47 …The rest of his offensive forces Mitchell concentrated along the axis
of the American advance. Since…
- p. 51 …among
the several armies.’ Aviation officers had to accept this concept, but
the most advanced thought…
- p. 63 …Its report in October 1933 did not accept the more advanced
ideas of the Army’s…
- p. 68 …on the details of aerial combat, they
seldom represent the most advanced thought within the Army…
- p. 70 …to have been geared
closely to the advance of the ground armies. His boldest plan, a…
- p. 71 …the field of battle of either armies or navies.“
But this unpleasant thought was advanced as…
- p. 76 …who might provide
advanced bases. H e had come to consider that “the basis of air…
- p. 87 …the doctrine of air war taught in the Air
Corps’ most advanced school a t the…
- p. 88 …One was the acquisition of more advanced bases. That
was a political matter, wholly foreign to…
- p. 91 …the years immediately follow-
ing the war, when as yet commercial aviation had not advanced to…
- p. 93 …the quest for cleaner lines the retractable landing
gear had been introduced.lG8If the advances made…
- p. 96 …mission of
coastal defense and that the proposal was advanced under circum-
stances decidedly favorable to…
- p. 112 …Numerous forecasts of such a development had been
voiced since the end of the earlier conflict…
- p. 117 …In contrast to the 2 0 0 hours in primary, basic, and advanced training
then being…
- p. 119 …in the organization of their air
forces the Italians were much further advanced than the Japanese…
- p. 122 …Force, the aviation department sought to promote the
growth of “civilian” airlines, the advancement of aeronautical…
- p. 125 …Though the Luftwaff e hardly proved
to be so overwhelming a force as its advance notices…
- p. 126 …The Lufnvaffe was used both to eliminate the air opposition and as
an advance striking force…
- p. 127 …Leading the rapidly advancing Panzer divisions through the Low
Countries, the Stukas bombed troop concentrations and…
- p. 129 …supply resulting from the
speed of the German advance, the success of the RAF at Dunkirk…
- p. 131 …By the summer of 1940 the breath-taking advance of German
forces had destroyed all effective…
- p. 134 …After seizing key airdromes, the advance German forces
were supplied and reinforced by Junkers 5 2…
- p. 135 …In addition, the rapid German advance dis-
rupted the air supply and maintenance system and a…
- p. 149 …the best
flying weather and each including a number, steadily growing, of
basic and advanced Responsibility…
- p. 161 …miles to the
That attack argued too for the next eastward advance of the Ameri-
can…
- p. 164 …islands, proved inadequate against the
Japanese surprise attacks, but the advanced island airstrips were to be…
- p. 165 …the United States and Alaska. And, as elsewhere,
protection of Alaska called for more advanced outposts…
- p. 170 …New estimates, submitted in &/lay by the W a r Plans Division
of the General Staff…
- p. 183 …T h e
British chiefs of staff did not envisage the use of the vast numbers…
- p. 198 …so far advanced as
those in Newfoundland. Surveys which were made during the spring
and summer…
- p. 201 …32
The organization of the Caribbean Air Force represented a marked
structural advance over the force…
- p. 204 …Of the several outlying sites in the eastern Caribbean, Puerto Rico
presented the most advanced stage…
- p. 211 …advanced bases, a series of inter-
mediate airfields, a chain of fields between Anchorage and the…
- p. 213 …the requirements for accommodating a pursuit group in the same
area.51These moves had not advanced…
- p. 217 …of the Navy to maintain
the long-range reconnaissance that would be required for advance
notice…
- p. 226 …The Interceptor Command was composed of the 24th Pursuit Group,
whose pilots had received advanced training…
- p. 246 …But as the day advanced
the sea had roughened, and approximately fifty planes were smashed
in…
- p. 251 …execution of the plan for an early morning attack, and gave the
Americans advance notice of…
- p. 253 …mission without advance reconnaissance. T h e interview did
not indicate whether the question of an…
- p. 274 …the steady advance of the enemy from the north and addi-
tional landings along the Luzon…
- p. 278 …in advance of the scheduled
date of 15 January. Both the Army and the Navy were…
- p. 281 …and the disposition of Air Corps troops
in advance thereof in order to accomplish your assigned…
- p. 282 …Shanghai to acquire
advanced bases; (b) by exerting slow pressure through the Nether-
lands East Indies…
- p. 291 …These problems were intimately related, and any ready solu-
tion was complicated by the whirlwind advance…
- p. 327 …than “a cadre sent to the territory in
advance of the main body.” 32 T o…
- p. 334 …the War Department version of the incident, and he advanced two
theories to account for the…
- p. 335 …between the W a r and Navy departments,
and the unsatisfying conjectures advanced by the Army…
- p. 337 …It would be necessary to know in advance of the approach of
enemy craft. Next, there…
- p. 338 …time proved less
effective,lo4 for advance warning of the enemy's approach did little
good…
- p. 350 …the Pacific coast defense
zone, arrangements had been completed with the Canadians to provide
advance warning…
- p. 358 …Prospects for completing the
work in advance of an anticipated spring attack on Dutch Harbor
were…
- p. 397 …his staff to work out in advance details for the staging
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- p. 399 …an advance task force of engineer, coast artillery, and general
service troops arrived in the waters…
- p. 403 …T e n
enlisted weather specialists accompanied the American advance task
force into southern Greenland in…
N O T E S T O P A G E S 3 4 5 - 5 2
140. Ltr., Col. Milton W. Arnold to
141. Ibid.
142. Ltr., Maj. Gen. Carl Spaatz to
CG VIII Fighter Command, 7 May 194:;
ltr., Col. Charles A. Hoek, Acting Dir.
of War Organization & Movement, to
CG Eighth Air Force et al., 17 May 1942.
143. Memo for C G AAF from Brig.
Gen. H.L. George, 3 June 1942.
144. R&R, Maj. Gen. H.L. George to
AFACT, 18 Sept. 1942; ltr., Col. Milton
W. Arnold to C G ATC, 6 Aug. 1943.
145. History, North Atlantic Div., I,
Pt. I, 41-42, 44-41; ltr., Col. C.R. Smith
to C G 23d Ferrying Wing, 19 June 1942;
directive memo for C G A T C from Maj.
Gen. M.F. Harmon, C/AS, 22 June 1942.
146. Memo for C/AC from Col. Olds,
4 Dec. 1941;ACFC Daily Diary, 9, 10
Dec. 1941; minutes of meeting in Gen.
Arnold's office, 9 Dec. 1941, in A T C
337; History, FC Operations, pp. 3-5,
183-88.
147. For an excellent discussion of the
basic advantages of initially using the
airlines, see ltr., Gen. George to C G
AAF, 26 Apr. 1944. See also History, FC
Operations, pp. 8, 188-92; Reginald M.
Cleveland, Air Transport at W a r (New
York, 19461, pp. 42-56.
148. Cleveland, Air Transport at
W a r , pp. 14-20.
r49. History, FC Operations, pp.
2 22-23.
150. Executive Order f8974, 1 3 Dec.
194'.
1 5 1 . Minutes of meeting of Special
Aviation Committee, 14 Dec, 1941, in
ATC Hist. file.
1 5 2 . These figures were supplied by
the Civil Aeronautics Board, 20 Jan. 1947,
and include all aircraft except those of
Panagra, which operated over Latin-
American routes exclusively. A larger
number, 434, is given in Air Transporta-
tion, I1 (June 1943)~16, which number
is divided as follows: domestic, 358;
transoceanic, 10; to Latin America, 53;
Hawaii, 6; Alaska, 7.
153. Minutes cited in n. 1 5 1 ; ACFC
Daily Diary, 16 Dec. 1941;ltr., S/W to
C G ATC, 6 Aug. 1943.
705
126. History, North Atlantic Div., I,
127. History, 8th Weather Sq. in
128. Ibid., pp. 8, 10.
129. Ltr., Capt. Elliott Roosevelt to
TAG, 15 July 1941;memo for C/S from
Gen. Amold, 28 July 1941; ltr., Capt.
Elliott Roosevelt to T A G , 3 Aug. 1941
(Report # 3 ) ; ltr., Capt. Elliott Roosevelt
to T A G , 3 Aug. 1941 (Report #4).
130. History, North Atlantic Div., I,
1 3 1 . Ibid., 85-91; ltr., Lt. Col. J.K.
Gerhart, Inspecting Officer, to CG
Eighth Air Force, I June 1942, and 3d
ind., Lt. Col. Robert M. Love to Dir. of
Air Base Services, z July 1942; memo for
CG AAF from Brig. Gen. H.L. George,
3 June 1942.
132. History, North Atlantic Div., I,
Pt. I , 103-16; Annex #4, Opns. Orders
$7-A, Hq. VIll Fighter Command, 18
June 1942.
133. History, North Atlantic Div., I,
Pt. I , 486-591.
134. Ibid., 2 2 , 86-88, 290-94.
135. Ibid., 294-303, 318; contract DA
w 535 ac-1476, 3 1 Jan. 1942; ltr., Lt.
Col. Robert M. Love to Northeast Air-
lines, 3 Feb. 1942; Chronology of Inau-
gural Routes and Flights, North Atlantic
Div., 1 5 Feb. 194s.
136. History, North Atlantic Div., I,
Pt. I , 311-15; contract DA W 535 ac-
1062, 24 Dec. 1941, and directive No. 9
thereto, 4 Apr. 1942; Pilot's Report,
T W A Survey Trip, 13-24 Apr. 1942;
memo to Col. Mosley from M/Sgt.
Joseph H. Walsh, 8 May 1942.
137. American Airlines Survey Flight,
North Atlantic Route, 24 A p r . 9 May
1942, incl. to ltr., Lt. Col. Robert J.
Smith to Capt. Crocker Snow, 3 June
1942.
138. History, North Atlantic Div., I,
Pt. 1, 323-24, 332-34.
139. lbid., 192-94, 196200;R&R, Gen.
Arnold to ACFC, 26 Mar. 1942;ltr,, Gen.
Arnold to Lt. Col. Milton W. Arnold,
9 May 1942; ltr., Col. Milton W. Arnold
to CG ATC, 6 Aug. 1943.
Pt. I , 93, 401-2.
Greenland, pp. 2-7.
Pt. I, 131-33, 410-12.