“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 9 7 - 5 0 4
38. CM-OUT-32, Arnold to Brere-
ton, #AF 3/53, 4 Mar. 1942.
39. Minutes of meeting held in De-
fense Dept. Comm. Room, 2 1 Mar. 1942,
in Ninth AF, Papers Relating to the
USAAF in India, 1942; minutes of second
meeting of the Administrative Planning
Comm. held at Air Hq. (Delhi), Z L Mar.
1942, %id.; CM-IN-0578, Brereton to
AGWAR, #Aquila 696, 3 May 1942.
40. Ltr., Brig. Gen. C.V. Haynes to
Lt. Col. Samuel T. Moore, historian,
Tenth AF, 20 Apr. 1943, in History,
India-China Ferry Command, 1942. Col-
onel Haynes had been told by General
Arnold that he would command a bom-
bardment group in India, and he was
somewhat disappointed at his first assign-
ment. (Ltr., Gen. Arnold to Col. Haynes,
2 1 Feb. 1942.)
41. History, India-China Ferry Com-
mand; CM-IN-7009, Brereton to AG-
WAR, #Aquila 549, 26 Apr. 1942.
42. History, India-China Ferry Com-
mand.
43. CM-l'N-270 I , Brereton to AG-
WAR, #Aquila 1700, 9 June 1943.
44. In addition to regular duty, some
of the men served as guards to prevent
sabotage of the aircraft. (History, India-
China Ferry Command; ltr., Capt. A.I.
Boyer to Col. Robert F. Tate, 6 May
1942.)
45. A-2 Summary File, 7 Apr. 1942.
46. CM-0UT-0947, Marshall to Bre-
47. A-2 Summary File, 7 Apr. 1942.
48. Zbid., 18 Apr. and 2 May 1942;
CM-IN-4583, Brereton to Arnold,
#Aquila 356, 17 Apr. 1942.
49. A-2 Summary File, 5 , 6, and 9
May 1942; CM-IN-1663, Brereton to
AGWAR, #Aquila 754, 6 May 1942;
CM-IN-1708, Brereton to AGWAR,
#Aquila 814, 7 May 1942.
50. A-2 Summary File, 12, 14,.17, and
27 May 1942; CM-IN-6078, Naiden to
AGWAR, #Aquila 3134 L, 18 July 1942.
5 1 . The civilian airline pilots were
accustomed to carrying a load of 2,500
pounds. Army pilots were flying 6,000
pounds into Dinjan and 5,000 pounds into
reton, #113, 6 Apr. 1942.
726
China. A compromise of 4,000 pounds
was reached for the flight to China, but
Colonel Haynes flew 7,200 pounds east-
ward and a CNAC pilot brought 6,920
pounds from Kunming to Dinjan.
Haynes states that one plane hauled sev-
enty-five passengers out of Burma. (His-
tory, India-China Ferry Command;
interview with Albert E. Nelson, Bendix
rep., 24 June 1943; CM-IN, Aquila to
AGWAR, #1135, 19 May 1942.)
5 2 . History, India-China Ferry Com-
mand.
WAR, #3, IO May 1942; CM-IN-3536,
Aquila to AGWAR, 13 May 1942; CM-
IN-7262, Stilwell to AGWAR, #AM-
MISCA 62, 26 May 1942.
54. CM-IN-6689, Brereton to Arnold,
#Aquila 2172, 2 1 June 1942; History,
India-China Ferry Command.
5 5 . CM-OUT-0947, Marshall to Bre-
reton, f113, 6 Apr. 1942.
56. CM-IN-7661, Stilwell to AG-
WAR, #AMMISCA 610, 29 Apr. 1942.
57. Stilwell and others in Chungking
continued to warn the War Department
of the suspicion and distrust that the
Chinese felt toward the British. (CM-
IN-4540, Stilwell to AGWAR, #AM-
MISCA 62, 17 Apr. 1942; CM-IN-4903,
Stilwell to AGWAR, #AMMISCA 540,
18 Apr. 1942.)
58. CM-OUT-3919, M a r s h a l l to
Aquila, #192, 2 1 Apr. 1942; CM-IN-6405,
Brereton to AGWAR, #Aquila 496, 24
Apr. 1942; CM-IN-6746, Brereton to
AGWAR, #Aquila 541, 2 5 Apr. 1942. As
early as the breakup of the ABDA Com-
mand in Java, AAF officers had them-
selves been apprehensive of RAF control
in India. (CM-IN, Java to AGWAR, # 2 ,
2 0 Feb. 1942; CM-IN-72, ABDACOM to
A G W A R , # 4 p , 21 Feb. 1942; CM-OUT,
Arnold to Brereton, #AF 2/473, 26 Feb.
1942; minutes of second meeting of the
Administrative Planning Comm., as cited
in n. 39; memo for C/S by AAF Hq.,
20 Feb. 1942; ltr., Arnold to Haynes, 21
Feb. 1942; ltr., Brereton to Arnold, 6
Mar. 1942.)
59. CM-l'N-7661, Stilwell to AG-
WAR, #AMMISCA 610, 29 Apr. 1942;
53. CM-IN-2821, AMMISCA to AG-