“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…
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182. Ibid., pp. 1 0 - 1 1 , 13-15, 56-57.
183. Administrative History, Ferrying
Command, 29 May 1941-30 June 1942,
pp. ~ r o o ;Leonard Eiserer, “Army Air
Corps Outhauls all Domestic Carriers in
Volume,” American Aviation, I Aug.
1941, p. 6; excerpt from ltr., Robert E.
Hotz to C/S ASC, 14 Feb. 1942.
184. Ltr., T A G to CG AAF et ul., 3 0
Apr. 1942.
185. Administrative History, Ferrying
Command, pp. 122-23.
186. Memo for Col. George from
Gen. Arnold, 24 Mar. 1942.
187. Ltr., Gen. Arnold to C/AS, 1 2
June 1942.
188. L.W. Pogue, Memorandum Con-
cerning W a r Aviation Transport Serv-
ices, 1 5 June 1942, in AAG 210.69H.
189. 1st ind. (ltr., Gen. Arnold to
C/AS, 1 2 June 1942), C/AS to AC/AS,
A-2, 16 June 1942; ltr., AAF to Brig.
Gen. Hume Peabody, 17 June 1942.
1 9 . AAF G O 8, 2 0 June 1942.
191. Administrative History, Ferrying
Command, pp. 126-126a.
192. Zbid., pp. 126-28; W D Circular
211, Sec. 111, I July 1942.
193. AAF G O 8, 2 0 June 1942, di-
rected the establishment of those two
main divisions.
194. Ltr., T A G to C G AAFFC, 1 2
June 1942.
195. Ltr., T A G to CG ATC, 5 July
‘942.
196. A T C Statistical Control Div.,
Military Personnel, Air Transport Com-
mand, 1942-44, and Summary of Opera-
tions of the Air Transport Command,
‘9431 pp. 99 11.
197. Lt. Col. Oliver LaFarge, ATC
Transport Aircraft in World War IF: A
Study of Types, Performance, and Fleet
Augmentation, pp. 3-4, in ATC Hist.
file.
198. Memo for S / W from President
Roosevelt, 6 May 1942, in ATC 321.
199. On the subject of relations be-
tween the Ferrying Command or the Air
Transport Command and the theaters,
see the following: Lt. Col. Oliver La-
Farge, Control of Strategic Air Trans-
port, 2 0 Oct. 1945; Administrative His-
tory, Ferrying Command, 29 May 1941-
3 0 June 1942, pp. 11g-20; Administrative
History, Air Transport Command, June
19qz-Mar. 1943, pp. 136-42; Administra-
tive History, Air Transport Command,
Mar. 1943-July 1,944, pp. 176-93; His-
tory, FC Operations, 7 Dec. 1941-30
2 0 0 . History, FC Operations, pp. 87-
90.
2 0 1 . The Air Transport Command in
the Southwest Pacific, 7 Dec. 1941-1
Aog. 1944, pp. 32-45; Northwest Air
Route to Alaska, 1942-45, pp. 3g-40; La-
Farge, Control of Strategic Air Trans-
port, 20 Oct. 1945.
202. Ltr., T A G to Commander in
Chief, Southwest Pacific Area et al., 6
June 1942.
203. Memo for Gen. Arnold from
Gen. George, 17 Aug. 1942.
June 1942, pp. 87-90.
NOTES T O CHAPTER 10
I . Ltr., Marshall to C G USAFFE, 2 1
Nov. 1941; msg. #650, Adams to C G
2 . ABC-4, JCCSs-2, 2 5 Dec. 1941,and
JCCSs-4, 27 Dec. 1941, US.-British Staff
Conferences, in AFSHO files.
3. ABC-4/MsI JPC, Minutes, 5th
Mtg., 29 Dec. 1941; ABC-4/5; Gen. Sir
Archibald Wavell, Despatch on Opera-
tions in South-West Pacific, 15 Jan-25
Feb. IOAZ.
USAFFE, 29 NOV.1941.
I .
4. Despatch on Operations in South-
West Pacific.
5. Msg. # I , sans origine to TAG, 6
Jan. 1942; msg., Barnes to MacArthur,
9 Jan. 1942; msg. #1/92, Arnold to Brett,
10 Jan. 1942; memo for T A G from Brig.
Gen. L.T. Gerow, 1 2 Jan. 1942; rnsg.,
Brett to Marshall, #ABDA 7, 17 Jan.
1942; msg. #AF 1/209, Marshall to CG
USAFIA, 1 3 Jan. 1942. The daily Sum-
mary of Activities, Headquarters, Far
East Air Force (described above, p. 206,
and hereinafter cited as Sum. of Activi-
ties) indicates that Generals Brett and
Brereton, together with Sir Charles Bur-
nett, Australian chief of air staff, flew
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