“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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and Brereton should go to Australia.
(Msg., Arnold to Brett, 2 2 Feb. 1942.)
93. Memo for T A G by Eisenhower,
23 Feb. 1942, draft msg., Marshall to
Brett.
94. Msg. #DBA 28, CCS to ABDA-
COM, 25 Feb. 1942. The Dutch opposed
the change in the ABDA Command.
Wavell argued that ABDACOM should
be dissolved rather than withdrawn. The
American viewpoint was expressed in a
memorandum by General Eisenhower
that the CCS were not abandoning the
fight in the ABDA area, that Wavell
was ordered to dissolve his own head-
quarters in consideration of the fact that
the area of battle was almost exclusively
Dutch and it was consequently necessary
to place direction and control in Dutch
hands. (Msg., Lt. Gov. H.J. Van Mook
to Marshall, 2 2 Feb. 1942; msg. #02076,
Wavell to Britman for CCS, 22 Feb.
1942, in CPS 19/D, 24 Feb. 1942; memo
for T A G from Eisenhower, 24 Feb. 1942,
draft msg., Marshall to U.S. MA,
Batavia.)
95. Msg. #ABDA 233, ABDACOM to
USAFIA, 7 Feb. 1942.
96. Msg., Barnes to ABDACOM, 9
Feb. 1942, Doc. 708; msg. from Lt. Wil-
liam B. Ackerman, Doc. 714; Roster of
pilots on Lungley, 19 Feb. 1942, Doc. 937,
all in History, Fifth Air Force, Pt. I .
97. Msg. BABDA 403, ABDACOM
to USAFIA, 17 Feb. 1942; msg., ABDA-
COM to USAFIA, 17 Feb. 1942; msg.,
Barnes to Brett, 20 Feb. 1942. There
was some confusion as to the proper
destination of this convoy since, in addi-
tion to the NEI and Burma, the defense
of Koepang and Darwin still was con-
sidered of great importance.
98. Msg., Barnes to ABDACOM, 19
Feb. 1942; msg. #CCOS 17, ABDACOM
to CCS, 2 2 Feb. 1942; msg. #ozo47, sgd.
Wavell, 2 2 Feb. 1942; msg., Barnes to
Brett, z j Feb. 1942; msg., Brett to
ABDACOM, 25 Feb. 1942.
99. History, 17th Pursuit Sq.; Gam-
bonini diary. On 26 February, six
Brewsters and six Hurricanes arrived at
Blimbing to fly with the 17th Squadron.
100. 19th Gp. Diary; 19th Gp. Opns.
Record; Sum. of Activities, 2 2 Feb. 1942.
It should be noted that there has been
no confirmation from enemy sources of
the shipping claims. (See JANAC, Jap
Losses.)
101. The Java Sea Campaign, pp. 49-
5 0 ; History, 17th Pursuit Sq.; 19th Gp.
Opns. Record; Gambonini diary; USSBS
Naval Report, The Japanese Invasion of
the Philippines. See also USSBS Intr. p.
1 0 2 . In this naval battle, two Japanese
destroyers were damaged. T w o Allied
cruisers and three destroyers were sunk
on 27/28 February; three more destroyers
and three cruisers went down on the
following day. Of the Allied fleet, only
four American destroyers made their
escape. (USSBS Naval Report, The Jap-
anese Invasion of the Philippines; USSBS
Intr. 90; The Java Sea Campaign, pp.
50 ff.)
103. T h e Java Sea Campaign, p. 8 1 ;
Fisher report; History, 17th Pursuit Sq.;
Gambonini diary; G O 27, Hq. Allied Air
Forces, 1 1 July 1942; G O 25, GHQ, 2 7
Aug. 1942.
104. Gambonini diary; Fisher report;
Edward 0. Yerington, The Evacuation
of Java, in 435th [Bomb. Sq.] Overseas,
in History, 19th Bomb. Gp.; History,
17th Pursuit Sq.
105. Information supplied by Col.
William Hipps.
106. The Java Sea Campaign, pp.
45 ff.; msg. from Lt. William P. Acker-
man, Doc. 715, in History, Fifth Air
Force, Pt. I ; Fleet Adm. Ernest J. King,
First Official Report to the Secretary of
the Navy, I Mar. 1944.
107. GO 12, Hq. Allied Air Forces,
25 May 1942; GO 58, Hq. Fifth Air
Force, 31 Dec. 1942; Rouse diary; Knud-
sen diary, as cited in n. 64; msg., Hq.
USA, Broome to USAFIA, 2 5 Feb. 1942;
rnsg., Perrin to CG USAFIA, 26 Feb.
1942; msg., Brett to Perrin, 28 Feb. 1942.
108. Gambonini diary; Fisher report;
Edward 0. Yerington, The Evacuation
of Java; History, 17th Pursuit Sq.
,109. History, 17th Pursuit Sq.; ltr.,
Maj. Gen. H.L. George to CG AAF,
15 Jan. 1944; G O 30, W D , 8 Apr. 1944;
Knudsen diary; Rouse diary; Lt. Col.
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