“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 3 6 - 4 1
and XXW; Conference, Col. McGinnis,
CO, VIII AFSC and Col. McMullen,
Foreign Liaison Officer, ASC, 16 May
1942; ltr., Col. Lyon to CG AAF, 19
May 1942.
1 2 3 . Proposed msg., Spaatz to Chaney
for Eaker, 27 Apr. 1942.
124. Ltr., T A G to CG AAF, 27 Apr.
'942.
1 2 5 . Memo for Arnold from Spaatz,
z May 1942.
1 2 6 . VIII BC Diary, 1 1 - 1 2 May 1942.
127. VIII BC Diary, passim.
128. Msg., Black 831, Joint Planners,
Washington to Joint Planners, London,
30 Apr. 1942; ltr., CG Eighth AF to CG
AAF, 26 May 1942; File 706, 5 June
1 9 4 ~ ;memo for CG's AGF, AAF, SOS
from Eisenhower, AC/S WDGS, 18 May
'942.
129. Warning Orders, Hq. AAF to
Hq. Eighth AF, 30 Apr. 1942; ltr., W D
to All Activities Concerned, 13 May
1942; interview with Col. N.P. Beville,
as cited in n. 29; G O 2, Hq. Eighth AF
Staging Area Command, Ft. Dix, N.J.,
1 3 June 1942.
1 3 0 . History, VIII AFSC, chap. ii, p.
3 2 ; VIII BC Diary, 1 2 June 1942; memo
for Col. Craig from Gen. Kuter, 16 June
1942*
1 3 1 . Station List, Eighth Air Force,
3 1 Aug. 1942.
1 3 2 . History, North Atlantic Div.,
1 3 3 . Ibid., pp. 198-99; account of
meeting at Bolling Field with Gen.
George, Col. Giles, and Col. A.D. Smith,
in File 706, 6 June 1942; Report of
the Committee Appointed to take Neces-
sary Action for the Bolero Movement,
I May 1942; ltr., Hq. AAF to Gen. G.C.
Brant, C G Newfoundland Base Com-
mand, 4 May 1942.
134. File 706, 18 Apr. 1942; Re-
port.. . for the Bolero Movement, I May
'942.
1 3 5 . VIII FC Diary, 18 Apr. 1942;
ltr.; Spaatz to Hunter, 28 Apr. 1942;
memo for CG Eighth AF from CG
AAF, 17 May 1942.
136. Memo for CG's Third and
ATC, I, Pt. I, 192-94, 196-98.
74'
28 Oct. 1941; memo for C/S SPOBS
from Col. Davison, 5 Nov. 1941.
108. Memo for A-4, Hq. AAF from
Lt. Col. C.E. Duncan, S/AS, I Z Jan. 1942.
109. Ltr., Eaker to Spaatz, 1 1 Mar.
1942.
110. Ltr., Col. Lyon to C/S Hq.
USAFBI, 13 Apr. 1942; Eaker Diary, 2 3
Apr. 1942; memo for Robert A. Lovett,
AS/W for Air from Arnold, 2 7 Apr.
1942; Eighth AF Extract Diary, 28 Apr.
1942; msg. #1329, USAFBI to AGWAR,
29 Apr. 1942.
I I I . Memo for Lovett from Arnold,
2 7 Apr. 1942; ltr., Brig. Gen. Muir S.
Fairchild, Hq. AAF to Eaker, z May
'942.
I 1 2 . Conference, Gcn. Chanev and
Col. Llewellin, Minister of Aircraft Pro-
duction, n.d., probably late April or
early May 1 9 4 ~ ;ltr., Col. J,lewellin to
Gen. Bolte, C/S Hq. USAFBI, 2 3 May
'942.
1 1 3 . Standing Order #229, Burton-
wood Repair Depot, 3 0 June 1942.
114. Ltr., A.N. Duncan to Spaatz, 16
June 1942.
I 15. R&R, Air Officer, Hq. ETOUSA
to G-4 and G-3, Hq. ETOUSA, 20 June
'942.
116. Ltr, Spaatz to Arnold, 5 July
'942.
117. For a brief discussion of this
subject, see Bomber Command Plan, G-4
Annex, p. 4.
I 18. Ibid.
119. Ltr., Hq. AAF to CG's First,
Second, Third, Fourth, Eighth AF's, 7
May 1942; Accommodations of US.
AAF, as cited in n. 76, p. 3 ; memo for
CG AAF from Col. Eugene H. Beebe, I
June 1942.
120. Ltr., Eaker to Spaatz, 18 May
'942.
121. Ltr., Col. J.H. Hicks to Gen.
Lyon, 8 June 1942; ltr., Col. J.H. Hicks
to C G Air Service Command, 2 6 June
'942.
1 2 2 . Memo for A-4, Hq. AAF from
Col. George, 19 Jan. 1942; VIII BC
Diary, 27 Feb. 1942; ltr., Eaker to
Arnold, 11 Mar. 1942; JOMUS, Secs. XI1