“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 4 7 - 5 4
msg., F-35 Navy, CinCPac Fleet, 19 Feb. mon, 2 5 May 1942, in memo for OPD
'942. from AC/AS, Plans, I July 1942.
54. USSBS Intr. 503, Vice Adm. S. 71. USSBS Intr. 5 3 , Capt. M.
Fukudome, p. 38; USSBS, Campaigns of Yamaoka; 444, Capt. Mieno, 26 Nov.
55. AAF Historical Study No. 9, T h e 7 2 . USSBS Intr. 524, Vice Adm. S.
AAF in Australia to the Summer of 1942, Fukudome; 5 0 3 , Vice Adm. S. Fuku-
p. 118; USSBS Intr. 475, Comdr. Masa- dome, pp. 38-39; USSBS, Campaigns of
take Okumiya, 29 Nov. 1945. the Pacific W a r , p. 58.
56. Summary of Operations of the 7 3 . USSBS Intr. 192, Capt. T. Ohmae,
435th Bomb. Squadron, in App. G., His- 3 0 Oct. 1945; 65, Capt. Y. Watanabe,
tory, 435th Bomb. Sq. 15 Oct. 1945; 252, Capt. Y. Toyama, I
57. ONI, Battle of the Coral Sea, p. Nov. 1945.
9; USSBS Intr. 5 3 , Capt. M. Yamaoka, 74. USSBS Intr. 524, Vice Adm. S.
I9 OCt. 1945. Fukudome.
58. USSBS Intr. 5 3 , Annex A, Capt. 75. CM-IN-4577 ( 1 7 May 19421,
M. Yamaoka, 20 Oct. 1945; 46, Comdrs. Emmons to C/S, f96, 16 May 1942;
H. Sekino and Masatake Okumiya, 1 7 Fourth Air Force Historical Study IV-2,
OCt. 1945. Processing Functions and Relations with
59. History, 90th Bomb. Sq. (L), 2 5 Mask% P- 88.
Sept. 1917-31 Mar. 1944; reconnaissance 76. ON1 Combat Narratives, The
reports for 4 and 5 May, in Allied Air Battle of Midway, pp. 2-3.
July '94'. In The Campaigns Of the Richardson to C/S, #423, 3 1 May 1942.
Pacific W a r , page 5 2 , it is stated that no
contact with the enemy force occurred 78. WPD Weekly Status Maps* AG
until 6 May. 061 (4 Sept. 1945). At the end of April
these figures were given as 3 1 heavy
60. History, 3d Bomb. GP.9 1 July bombers, 9 light bombers, 178 pursuit
1919-31 Mar. 1944. planes, and 34 miscellaneous. (Incl. [ JCS
61. ONI, Battle of the Coral Sea, pp. 481, Annex to Report by JUSSC, 29 APT.
14-16. 1942.) The OPD Status Map of 3 0 April
62. USSBS Intr. 46, Comdn. H. I942 listed 3 2 heavies, 1 5 mediums, 9
&kin0 and M. Okumiya; USSBS, cam- light bombers, 1 8 2 pursuit, 2nd 27 mis-
cellaneous.paigns of the Pacific War, p. 52.
63. USSBS Intr. 53, Capt. M. Yamaoka. 79. Growth Of Heavy and Medium
Bombardment Units in the Seventh Air
Force, 7 Dec. 1941-31 Aug. 1944, p. 1 1 .
64. USSBS Intr. 46.
65. USSBS, Campaigns O f the P a c i f i c 80. Ltr., Brig. Gen. H.C. Davidson to
war, p. 53. C G Seventh AF, 24 Mar. 1942, cited in
66. USSBS Intr. 65 (Sup.), Capt. Operations of Seventh Air Force, 7 Dec.
Yasuji Watanabe, 14 Nov. 1945; CM- 1941-13 Nov. 1943, p. 1 3 .
IN-3622 ( 1 3 May I942)1 A k A d ~ rto 81. Ltr., Col. James A. Mollison, C/S
C/S, #AG 719, 1 3 May 1942. Seventh AF to C G AAF, 8 Apr. 19423
67. CM-IN-36~2, Melbourne to C/S, cited ibid., p. 13.
$719, 1 3 May 1942. 82. Ltr., Gen. Davidson, C G Seventh
68. Ibid. AF to CG AAF, 1 3 June 1942, cited
69. rnterview with Col. Richard H. ibid., PP. I3-W CM-1N-3881 ('4 May
Carmichael and members of the 19th '943). Emmons to CG AAF, $ 5 3 9 '4
Bomb. Gp., 5 Dec. 1942; interview with May 1942*
Lt. Col. Dill Ellis by author, 2 1 Feb.
1946. 84. CM-IN-5813 ( 2 1 May 1942).
70. Ltr., Gen. Royce to Gen. Har- Fielder to A/CS, G z , f 1 9 1 , 2 1 R,Iay 1942.
the Pacific W a r , p. 3 . '945.
Forces Operations Report% 4 Apr* to 3 1 77. CM-IN-8825 ( 3 1 May 1942)~
83. JPS 21/7, 18 Apr. 1942.
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