“Mission Control”60+ pages
- p. 40 …On recommendation of an American
mission sent to Europe in June under newly commissioned Col.
Raynal…
- p. 50 …a r I1 and its self-
conceived mission can be appreciated only in light of a…
- p. 52 …In the lower grades, where promotion was controlled inexorably
by seniority, Air Service pilots found themselves…
- p. 56 …complete control of the Army and form
an integral part thereof.” Yet the Crowell mission, appointed…
- p. 60 …The Lampert Committee went far beyond
its designated mission, bringing under review the whole province of…
- p. 63 …to it a more or less independent mission. Experi-
ence in World War I seemed to…
- p. 65 …Command respon-
sibility for that mission within the Air Corps devolved upon the Com-
manding General…
- p. 66 …Navy in further-
awe of their respective missions. The Air Corps Tactical School
claimed for air…
- p. 69 …which fights for and gains control of the air,’’ and to calculate
a well-balanced air…
- p. 71 …Mitchell could still believe that “it was an established fact that
the principal mission of an…
- p. 80 …based on the fundamental doctrine that their mission is to aid
the ground forces to gain…
- p. 81 …The mission of the Army was defense of the United States and
its outlying territories, but…
- p. 129 …assigned to the air force an
independent mission of strategic bombing. Accordingly, in March
1918 the…
- p. 155 …By taking
control of French or English colonial possessions, victorious Axis
powers might lodge themselves at…
- p. 175 …T h e planners were concerned only with the mission of the
US. Army and Navy…
- p. 235 …Long-standing
differences between the Army and Navy over jurisdictional control of
offshore patrol had brought…
- p. 241 …And because the chain of command in both Pacific areas
and in Washington vested ultimate control…
- p. 270 …Other combat activity by pursuit piiots was
incidental to scheduled reconnaissance missions, as when on I…
- p. 273 …Atlantic and India,” would come under his control at Bangal~re.’~
It soon became evident, however…
- p. 295 …American forces in Burma, and
later in India, had as a primary mission the promotion of…
- p. 306 …The mission of the MAB
was to keep current estimates of U.S.-British munitions resources…
- p. 308 …of a “nucleus of GHQ.” Its original mission was to direct the
training of the tactical…
- p. 314 …The field forces remained under
the control of the General Staff, and the War Plans Division…
- p. 316 …General Arnold’s control of the US. Air Force is as com-
plete, virtually, as is…
- p. 317 …it also made possible a certain indirect
control from Washington through letters written more often in…
- p. 343 …To permit effective control of fighter planes at
night or during bad weather would have required…
- p. 368 …constituted as of 29 May.’l The mission of the new
command was, first, “to move…
- p. 379 …A North
African military mission under Brig. Gen. Russell H. Maxwell had
been established at Cairo…
- p. 397 …In helping to prepare HALPRO for overseas movement by air and
in controlling the flight along…
- p. 412 …to perform a series of remarkable special
missions. Shuttling between Australia, the Philippines, the Nether-
lands…
- p. 426 …formation
of task forces to undertake specific missions, and for their command
he was to designate…
- p. 441 …But of these, four missions
involving a total of seventeen bombers were abortive because of un…
- p. 458 …During
January and February the bomber command dispatched approxi-
mately sixty heavy bomber missions, for a…
- p. 464 …attempting a take-off for yet another mission of relief.’
If the Americans on Bataan and…
- p. 472 …naval control, during which time
six of the planes flew the first American bomber mission against…
- p. 475 …Such missions, however, could be flown only with the greatest
expenditure of time and effort. Until…
- p. 500 …remain in the Far East under the control of General S t i l ~ e l…
- p. 503 …But circumstances beyond the control of the
aircrews were against the flight.
Although a fortuitous and…
- p. 525 …of Midway, nor had it
retained operational control of the few planes actually sent up to…
- p. 527 …If the vulnerable PBY's were shot down while executing their
search mission, this was a…
- p. 549 …those who had flown their first combat mission
in April had to fight a feeling of…
- p. 571 …largest mission to date comprised a total of six bombers-
would remain under theater control but…
- p. 589 …This, the Army felt, might lead ultimately to Navy control of all air
forces. As late…
- p. 620 …At the same time, it initiated projects peculiar to
its own mission and by the end…
- p. 621 …It would
work in conjunction with naval forces and under their operational
control “wherever this may…
- p. 646 …the British
Joint Staff Mission a t Washington, the American Military Mission
at London.” The American…
- p. 647 …General Chaney opened his headquarters in the American Embassy
building on 19 May 1941.'' His mission…
- p. 648 …Air forces would have two missions: to pro-
vide, in certain areas, an “air defense, integrated…
- p. 649 …Because AAF bombers would have the special mission, in co-operation
with the RAF, of attacking…
- p. 651 …Military Mission in
London-under direct control of the commanding general of U S .
Field Forces…
- p. 654 …They consider that function their primary mission here and are not
willing to surrender it.1le…
- p. 659 …bombardment missions,
either by direct coverage or by synchronized fighter sweeps. Strategic
control of AAF operations…
- p. 669 …o n ~ . ~ ’ ~Such operations under the RAF control system required
numerous modifications for the plane-about…
- p. 683 …not
be adequate to carry out the mission intended for it under GYM-
NAST. H e…
- p. 684 …T o adapt the Eighth Air Force to its new mission required a con-
siderable reshuffling…
- p. 717 …develop-
ment of adequate machinery for the control of combat operations by
establishing the Provisional I…
- p. 728 …2 , 27 AUGUST 2942
HE Eighth Air Force flew its first mission in an atmosphere
charged…
- p. 730 …in preparation for initial operations under RAF control.
Each of the three squadrons was attached for…
- p. 731 …Policy concerning the pro-
vision and control of fighter escort had not yet been determined,
but…
- p. 735 …Shortly before 1900 hours, watchers on the control tower
spotted a cluster of specks to the…
N O T E S T O P A G E S 3 7 5 - 7 9
24. JCCSs-9, 1 1 Jan. 1942; JCCSS-10,
2 5 . History, Dir. of Air Transport.
2 6 . Msg. #CRO918, Adams to CG
USAF, Darwin, 31 Dec. 1941.
27. History, Fifth Air Force, Pt. 2 ,
I Jan.-6 Mar. 1942; Minutes of Mtg.,
Administrative Manning Comm., 5 Jan.
1942, Doc. 658, in History, Fifth Air
Force, Pt, I ; Sum. of Activities, 3 and 4
Jan. 1942, which provides a record of
conferences at Melbourne between key
American and Australian officials. At
these conferences Brett expressed his
conclusion “that Brisbane (Eagle Farm)
was the best location for the primary
base and construction and maintenance
depots”; he suggested “that reception
camp be located in Victoria”; and
Townsville “was designated as an ad-
vance assembly and secondary mainte-
nance depot base and the possibility of
dispersal was discussed, particularly
Chasters [sic.] Towers.” The discussion
of the problem a t Darwin included:
additional airdrome facilities, supplies, a
forward depot, dispersal facilities, and
lines of communication. The discussions
at Melbourne continued through the 7th;
on the Sth, Brereton flew w<th Sir
Charles Burnett to Darwin on the way
to Java. (See above, n. 5 . )
28. USSBS (Pacific) Interrogations
67, Capt. M. Fujita, staff of zd Fleet, 20
Oct. 1945; 74, Capt. Chihaya Takahashi,
staff of 11th Air Fleet, 20 Oct. 1945; 90,
Capt. Kawakita hhihara, staff of 3d Fleet,
n.d.; 94, Comdr. Yutaka Isawa, on
H m u , 1 2 Oct. 1945; 331, Capt. Mitsugo
Ihara, staff of 3d Fleet, 10 Nov. 194:;
387, Capt. Kameo Sonokawa, Gensan Air
Gp., 14 Nov. 1945; 601, Comdr. Ryosuke
Nomura, staff of 23d Air Flotilla, 28
Nov. 1945; Office of Naval Intel., The
Java Sea Campaign.
29. Interview with Lt. Col. E.E.
Northcutt, n.d.; T W X # I , Bandoeng to
G 2 , 13 Jan. 1942. On Brereton’s depar-
ture from Soerabaja late on 2 8 December
1941, Eubank had remained “to direct
bomber activities from there,” and on
the general’s arrival at Darwin the next
day, Maj. Cecil E. Combs informed him
that there were “14 complete combat
1 2 Jan. 1942; JCCSS-12, 14 Jan. 1942.
crews available.. . 14 B-17’s, 9 of which
can operate at once on N.E.I. mission
and three ( 3 ) of the remaining five can
probably be placed in commission, others
will require depot overhaul.” (Sum. of
Activities, 28 and 2 9 Dec. 1941.)
30. History, Fifth Air Force, Pt. 2 ,
I Jan.-6 Mar. 1942; FEAF Hq. Diary,
Doc. 28, in History, Fifth Air Force, Pt.
I ; msg., ABDACOM to Army, Mel-
bourne, recd. 2 2 Jan. 1942, Doc. 401,
ibid. The headquarters of the ABDA
Command was established at Lembang,
approximately ten miles from Bandoeng,
on 18 January. (The Java Sea Campaign,
1 3 . ) The FEAF Summary of Activi-
$es records the following notes of a
conference between Brett and Brerecon
in Batavia on 10 January: “ I . General
Brett desires to make immediately avail-
able all ammunition and bombs for N.E.I.
z. Preparation to be made for air corps
troops (consult with Barnes). 3 . Brady,
Lamb, Hipps, Hobbs and Hampton also
Walsh to be moved to N.E.I. 4. A com-
plete survey of airdromes on Java will be
made immediately. 5. Transportation:
Trucks and Cars. 6. Secret line between
Soerabaja and Batavia will be arranged
for.”
31. 19th Gp. Opns. Record. This re-
port claims a DD sunk and a BB hit.
But there were apparently no battleships
at Davao at this time and Japanese rec-
ords do not mention the DD as having
been sunk. They do mention a cruiser as
having been severely damaged. (Ens.
Toshio Nakamura’s Notebook, Joint
Intel. Center, POA, Navy # 1 2 8 ; USSBS
Intr. 90, Capt. K. Ishihara.) The Joint
Army-Navy Assessment Commirtee does
not list any war vessel as having been
sunk at this time. (Japanese Naval and
Merchant Losses during World War 11,
Feb. 1947 [hereinafter cited as JANAC,
Jap Losses].)
3 2 . 19th Gp. Opns. Record.
3 3 . The Java Sea Campaign, pp. 14-
1 5 ; Hart, Narrative of Events. In these
operations on 1 1 and 1 2 January, two
Japanese pursuits were shot down. One
American PBY, one Dutch Catalina, and
four Australian Hudsons were lost.
(Msg., Merle-Smith to MILID, 13 Jan.
1942, Doc. 770, in History, Fifth Air
709