“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 3 9 1 - 9 6
Feb. 1942; History, 27th Bomb. Gp.;
Sum. of Activities, 1 2 Feb. 1942.
71. History, 27th Bomb. Gp.
72. History, 17th Pursuit Sq.; Sum. of
Activities, 17 Feb. 1942, which places the
time of attack a t 1020.
73. Msg., ABDACOM to Barnes,
USAFIA, 4 Feb. 1942; Gen. Sir Archi-
bald Wavell, Despatch on Operations in
South-West Pacific, 15 Jam-25 Feb. 1942.
74. Msgs. in History, Fifth Air Force,
Pt. I: #13, Brett to C G USAFIA, 5 Feb.
1942, Doc. 749; Batavia to Army, Mel-
bourne, 9 Feb. 1942, Doc. 748; #zr, Brett
to USAFIA, 1 3 Feb. 1942, Doc. 757. See
also msg. #14, Brett to USAFIA, 12 Feb.
1942; msg. #zo, Brett to USAFIA, 1 2
Feb. 1942; The Java Sea Campaign, pp.
75. The Java Sea Campaign, pp. 3 6
37; msg., ABDA &A, ABDACOM to
USAFIA, 16 Feb. 1942.
76. History, 17th Pursuit Sq.; GO 27,
Hq. Allied Air Forces, 1 1 July 1942; GO
1 1 , Hq. Fifth Air Force, 30 Sept. 1942;
Gambonini diary; 19th Gp. Opns. Rec-
ord; 19th Gp. Diary; History, 27th
Bomb. Gp.; Sum. of Activities, 19 Feb.
1942; GO 2, Hq. S W P Command, 15
Feb. 1942; GO 20, Hq. Allied Air Forces,
20 June 1942. JANAC, Jap Losses does
not list any shipping sunk by army air-
craft on these days.
77. Msg. #z6 from Java, 20 Feb. 1942;
19th Gp. Opns. Record; GO 40, GHQ,
3 Oct. 1942; GO 20 and 38, Hq. Fifth
AF, 12 Oct. and 2 Dec. 1942; History,
17th Pursuit Sq.; Gambonini diary; Sum.
of Activities, 19 Feb. 1942.
78. USSBS Intrs. 479 and 113, Capts.
M. Genda and M. Fuchido.
79. T h e warning had come from
General Marshall who stated that there
were indications that enemy carrier op-
erations might be expected on the
northeast coast of Australia. (Msg. #235,
Marshall to C G USAFIA, 2 [ ? I Feb.
80. Ltr., Oestreicher to Wurtsmith,
21 July 1942, Doc. 932, in History, Fifth
Air Force, Pt. I.
81. Ibid.; msg. #309, Melbourne to
T A G , z z Feb. 1 9 2 .
36-37.
1942.)
7 ’ 2
8 2 . GO 27 and 62, GHQ, I Sept. and
23 Dec. 1942; msg. #309, Melbourne to
T A G , 2 2 Feb. 1942; ltr., Oestreicher to
Wurtsmith, 2 1 July 1942, Doc. 932, in
History, Fifth Air Force, Pt. I ; Report
of Air Attack on Base Section No. One,
24 Feb. 1942, Doc. 799, ibid.
83. Msg. #78, Melbourne to MILID,
20 Feb. 1942; msg. #293, Melbourne to
AGWAR, 20 Feb. 1942; msg. #298, Mel-
bourne to T A G , 20 Feb. 1942; msg.
#308, Melbourne to T A G , 2 1 Feb. 1942;
Doc. 799, as cited in n. 82.
84. The Java Sea Campaign, pp. 40-
44; 19th Gp. Opns. Record; 19th Gp.
Diary; Sum. of Activities, 20 Feb. 1942,
which records FEAF losses for the day
as “five B-I~’s, five P-40’s and two dive
bombers.. .to combat activity, anti
aircraft and straffing inflicted by enemy
action.” JANAC, Jap Losses does not
confirm the transport claimed sunk.
85. History, 17th Pursuit Sq.; ltr.,
Maj, W.F. Smith to Mrs. Sprague, 14
Apr. 1942; Gambonini diary; History,
27th Bomb. Gp.; 19th Gp. Opns. Record;
Sum. of Activities, 20 Feb. 1942.
86. 19th Gp. Diary; 19th Gp. Opns.
Record; Sum. of Activities, 20 and 2 2
Feb. 1942.
87. Msg. #AG 381, Brett to Arnold,
18 Feb. 1942.
88. Msg. #ABDA 448A, GHQ Java
to T A G , sgd. Brett, 18 Feb. 1942; msg.
#z, Brett to Marshall, 20 Feb. 1942; msg.
#s, Java to AGWAR, 2 1 Feb. 1942.
89. Msg. #ABDA 530, Java to TAG,
sgd. Brett, 23 Feb. 1942.
90. Msg. $12, Brett to AGWAR, 2 2
Feb. 1942; GO 18, Hq. FEAF, 24 Feb.
1942; Sum. of Activities, 24 Feb. 1942;
msg., ABDA to Arnold, sgd. Naiden, 25
Feb. 1942; T h e Brereton Diaries, pp. 98-
99. Brereton states here that Brett gave
him his choice of theater, Australia or
India, and that he chose India.
91. Msg. #DBA 19, CCS to ABDA-
COM, 20 Feb. 1942; The Java Sea Cam-
paign, P. 44.
92. Memo for C/S from AAF Hq.,
20 Feb. 1942; msg. #409, Arnold to Brett,
24 Feb. 1942. Actually it had been in-
tended in Washington that both Brett