“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 6 2 0 - 2 6
37. Ltr., C G USAFBI to Eaker, 25
38. Eaker Diary, 15 Apr. 1942.
39. Plan for a Bomber Command to
be in the United Kingdom, 2o M ~ ~ .1942
Plan), G-3 Annex.
1942.
AF, USAFBI, 19 May 1942.
Annex.
'942. 59. Bomber Command Plan, G-z
July 1942. 60. See Tables of Organization for
45. Ltr., Eaker to AM Sir Arthur T. various AAF echelons of organization, I
Harris, AOC-in-C RAF BC, 30 July July 1942.
1942; ltr., Harris to Eaker, 3 1 July 1942; 61. Eaker Report, p. 6, and Intel.
ltr., Eaker to Harris, 8 Aug. 1942; ltr., Annex, p. I ; ltr., Eaker to C G Eighth AF,
Harris to Eaker, 9 Aug. 1942. 16 Aug. 1942.
46. Ltr., Eaker to Duncan, 10 May 62. Ltr., Eaker to Spaatz, 18 Mar.
1942. '942.
47. Conferences with ACM Sholto 63. History, 18th Weather Sq., pp.
Douglas, AOC-in-C RAF FC, 2 3 June 24-26, 29.
2nd 7 J d Y 19429 in File 706; Conference 64. Memo for Arnold from Col. A.W.
with Gen. Eisenhower, 26 June 19421 Marriner, Dir. of Communications, I
File 706. Apr. 1942.
48. Minutes of a Meeting held at the 65. Ltr., Spaatz to Eaker, 2 2 May
Air Ministry on 30 November 1942 to
Discuss Revised Airfield Requirements
Of the Eighth (us)
49. Arnold-Portal Conference, United
Nations' Air Forces, Minutes of 3d Meet-
ing, 28 May 1942, p. 6.
to G/C Strafford, RAFDEL, Washing-
ton, D.C., 29 Jan. 1942; ltr., Eaker to
AVM Graham, RAF BC, 2 2 June 1942.
5 1 . L ~ ~ , ,CG Eighth AF to CG v n ~
Ground ~i~ supportCommand, 2 7 jUly
1942; Itr., Spaatz to C G ETOUSA, 8
Aug. 1942. Dec. 1943.
52. Draft ltr., by L ~ .col. John O'D.
Murtaugh, Hq. Eighth AF, 3 1 July 1942;
memo for AC/S, G-3, Eighth AF from
Col. Murtaugh, G-3 Defense Officer, 9
53. Lu., Gen, Longfellow, CG VIII
BC to CG Eighth AF, 10 Feb. 1943; kr.,
W/C Wood, Air Ministry to C G Eighth
AF, 16 Feb. 1943; kr., C G Eighth AF to
C G ETOUSA, 24 Feb. 1943.
54. C G Eighth AF to C G ETOUSA,
Of Lt. Gen. Eaker On USAAF
Activities in the U.K. Covering Period
3 1 Dec. 1943 (hereinafter cited as Eaker
Report), p. 6; Bomber Command Plan,
p. 4.
5 5 . Bomber Command Plan, p. 4.
56. VIII BC Diary, 14 Mar., 17 May
57. [bid., 18 May 1942.
58. I9 July '942.
Feb. 1942.
(hereinafter cited as Bomber Command from Feb* zo, '942 to Dee* 3 1 9 '9437 dtd*
40. Ltr., Eaker to Spaatz, 18 May
41. Office Memo I , Det. Hq. Eighth
42. Bomber Command Plan, G-3 '942.
43. Ltr., Eaker to Spaatz, 18 May
44. Ltr., Eaker to C G Eighth AF, 6
1942; ltr., Signal Officer, VIII BC to CG
VIII BC, 24 July 1942; w/c P.S. F ~ ~ ~ ,
Asst. Dir. Overseas (Ferrying), Air Min-
istry, Memorandum on the Movement by
Air of US. Forces to the United King-
dom, App. A, 19 Aug. 1942.
50. Ltr., Col. H.L. George, AWPD 66. Ltr., Col. Leland H. Stanford,
Signal Officer, Hq. VIlI BC to A-2 Sec.,
VIII BC, Report of Lessons Learned-
Communications, z z Nov. 1942, pp. I I -
1 2 ; Capt. E.K. Richardson, Radio and
Radar Officer, Hq. Eighth AF, Historical
Review-Radio and Radar Branch, 24
67. Sce sources in n. 66; also 1st ind.
to ltr.? Signal Set., Hq. VIII AFSC to
Signal Officer, Eighth AF, 24 Sept. 1942.
68. Stanford report, as cited in n. 66,
69. Ltr., Brig. Gen. J.T. McNarney,
C/S SPOBS to Sir Charles Portal, Brit.
C/AS, 30 Sept. 1941. See also, for the
Air Force*
Aug. 1942. p. 11.
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