“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 4 2 0 - 3 2
60. See sources in n. 59.
61. History, 19th Bomb. Gp.
45. Richardson Report #5.
46. Brett report, Sum. H.
47. lbid.; GO 5 and 10, Hq. Allied
Air Forces, 4 and 19 May 1942; Opns.
Instructions 3 and 7, Hq. Allied Air
Forces, 20 and 28 May 1942,
48. G O 2 and 13, Hq. Allied Air
Forces, 2 7 Apr. and 31 May 1942.
49. Brett report, Sum. H; Circular
Ltr. 42-13, Hq. US. Army Air Services,
19 May 1942, in AFSHO files; Circular
Ltr., 42-1, Hq. Allied Air Forces, 27
Apr. 1942, in Brett report.
5 0 . History, 4th Air Depot Gp.; Cir-
cular Ltr. 42-1, as cited in n. 49.
51. History, Air Service Command in
SIYPA; GO 4, Hq. U.S. Army Air
Services, I I May 1942; ltr., Sperry Gyro-
scope Co. to AAF Civilian Personnel, 1 5
May 1942; interview with Milton J.
Getker, 28 July 1943.
5 2 . History, ASC in SWPA, pp. 5 ff.
53. Ibid.; History, 4th A 9 Gp.
54. The Air Transport Command in
the Southwest Pacific, 7 Dec. 1941-1
Aug. 1944, pp. 12-15; ltr., AFA[TlC to
C G AAF, 17 June 1942; ltr., Arnold to
C G ASC, attached to R&R, AFDAS to
AFATC, 6 June 1942.
5 5 . ATC in the Southwest Pacific, pp.
32, 61-62.
56. Board of Economic Warfare, De-
velopments in the W a r Economies of
Australia and New Zealand during May
1942, 2 5 June 1942.
57. Fn this first important action of
the P-39’s in the SWPA, three enemy
aircraft were claimed by the American
pilots, and four P-39’s were lost. This
was a heavy loss, especially in view of
the loss of S I P-39’s in the flight of the
unit from Australia to Port Moresby.
(Histories, 35th and 36th Sqs.; msg. f15,
Scanlon to Allied Air Forces, 5 May
1942; Hq. Allied Air Forces, Operations
Report, 29/30 Apr. 1942.)
58. Histories, 3d and 27th Gps.; T h e
Marauder, a Book of the zznd Bomb
Group (Sydney, 1944).
59. Histories, 8th Photo Sq., 435th
Bomb. Sq., and 3d Bomb. Gp.; interview
with Maj. Frank P. Bostrom, 5 Dec. 1942.
NOTES TO CHAPTER 1 2
I . USSBS (Pacific) Interrogation 503,
Vice Adm. Shigeru Fukudome, 9 Dec.
‘9457 p. 37.
2. AWPD/I, Tab 8, (Joint Board)
Estimate of US. Over-all Production
Requirements, J.B. No. 355 (Serial 707)~
1 1 Sept. 1941, Sec. 11, Pt. 111, App. 11.
3 . Memo for W P D from S/AS, 9
Dec. 1941.
4. JCCSS-10, Annex No. 2 , Defense of
Island Bases between Hawaii and Aus-
tralia, 1 3 Jan. 1942.
5 . JCCSS-10, 12 Jan. 1942.
6. JCCSS-10, Annex No. z.
7. History, 67th Fighter Sq.; History,
68th Fighter Sq., Actv. to 3 1 Dec. 1942;
memo for Col. Vanaman from AC/AS,
AWPD, zo Jan. 1942.
8. JCCSs-9, 1 1 Jan. 1942.
9. Memo for Col. Vanaman from
AC/AS, AWPD, 2 0 Jan. 1942.
10. Memo for AC Member, JUSSC
from C/AS, 14 Feb. 1942.
I I . Directive memo for AC/AS,
AWPD from S/AS, 2 3 Feb. 1942.
12. Ltr., A G O to Gen. Arnold, 2 0
Jan. 1942.
1 3 . Ibid.
14. CCS 41, 16 Feb. 1942; R&R,
OCAC Operations to Asst. Exec. for
Technical Plans and Coordination, 6
Mar. 1942.
1 5 . R&R, OCAC Operations, as in n.
14; CCS 41, 16 Feb. ’942; History, 67th
Fighter Sq., Actv. to 3 1 Dec. 1943; His-
tory, 68th Fighter Sq.
16. USSBS htr. 516, Maj. Gen. Tat-
suhiko Takashima, 29 Nov. 1945; JCCSS-
9, 1 1 Jan. 1942. The Japanese Basic Plan
for the conduct of the Pacific war ac-
tually listed the conquest of New Cale-
donia, Fiji, and Samoa as necessary, but
these were to follow after the acquisition
of Midway. (USSBS [Pacific], Naval
Analysis Div., T h e Campaigns of the
Pacific War, p. 3.)
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